Widow Jane 10 Year Bourbon Review – Is This Brooklyn Bottle Worth the Buzz?
Widow Jane Bourbon
Craft bourbon from Brooklyn? You better believe it. In this episode of Tortured Bourbon, Heather and B take on one of the most talked-about bottles on the shelf: Widow Jane 10 Year Bourbon. With bold flavor, limestone-filtered water from the Rosendale Mines, and a blend of sourced bourbons aged and bottled in Brooklyn, this bottle comes with a lot of hype—and we’re here to find out if it delivers.
Is this blend greater than the sum of its Kentucky, Tennessee, and Indiana parts? Or is Widow Jane just another pretty label with clever marketing?
Let’s pour, sip, and argue about it.
🥃 What Is Widow Jane 10 Year?
Type: Blend of straight bourbons
Age Statement: 10 Years
Proof: 91
Sourced From: Kentucky, Tennessee, Indiana
Bottled In: Red Hook, Brooklyn
Water Source: Limestone mineral water from the Rosendale Mines, NY
Widow Jane is all about small batch blending with a craft ethos. Their Brooklyn rickhouse offers a unique aging environment—with wide temperature swings and high humidity—creating flavor variation that you don’t get in traditional Kentucky rickhouses.
👃👅🫢 Tasting Notes (According to the Label)
Nose: Vanilla bean, Earl Grey tea, caramel, sweet tobacco
Palate: Pecan pie, whole grain toast, grapefruit peel
Finish: Nutmeg, birch beer, dry oak, tannin
Heather and B take you through the full tasting experience, one sip at a time—with their signature mix of bourbon geekery, sarcasm, and 90s pop culture references.
🧡 Why It’s on Our Radar
Heather first tried Widow Jane on a colleague’s recommendation and loved it. Naturally, she dragged B into the fold. Since then, it’s become one of those bottles we always come back to when folks ask, “Is it worth the price tag?”
This episode gives you our most honest—and occasionally unfiltered—take on that very question.
🔥 The Verdict: Tortured Bourbon Ranking
We rate everything on the Tortured Bourbon Scale:
🥃 Piddlin – basically bourbon-flavored regret
🥃 Bless Your Heart – bless its little label
🥃 That Dog Will Hunt – solid sipper, dependable
🥃 Hush Your Mouth – damn good
🥃 Cock of the Walk – top shelf greatness
So where does Widow Jane 10 land? You’ll have to watch the episode to see if it earns our highest praise—or gets sent back to Brooklyn.
Final Thoughts
Whether you’re a craft bourbon fan, a curious sipper, or just here for the laughs, Tortured Bourbon brings the flavor without the snobbery. Widow Jane may be aged in bourbon barrels, but this review is served neat—just the way we like it.
Cheers, y’all. Let’s find out if Brooklyn can bring the bourbon heat.
