Our Flagship Brand is Dexter, named after Edmund Dexter,
who was the “Johnnie Walker” of American Whiskey in the 1800’s.
Our Flagship Bourbon
Your Bourbon Your Way
Just like in the 1800s
DEXTER 1862 Bourbon Blending Machine Available at Fine Bars & Restaurants
The Dexter Bourbon Company returns Bourbon to it’s roots in the 1800s when Bourbon was crafted by Barrel Blenders. It is among the world’s experts on the most important element when it comes to crafting world-class bourbon through the artistry of wood finishing. The team focuses on managing the interaction of wood, bourbon, heating, and cooling as it is responsible for 70% of the flavor and 100% of the color of world-class bourbon.
Edmund Dexter
1800’s Bourbon Blender
Dexter is named after Cincinnati Bourbon Legend Edmund Dexter. His bourbon barrel blending shop was famous around the world in the mid-1800s just as Johnnie Walker’s was in Scotland. Edmund Dexter was so famous that author Charles Dickens and the Prince of Wales (Future King Edwards VII of England) visited Dexter at his home on Fourth Street.
In Edmond’s honor, we offer DEXTER Three Wood Straight Bourbon, finished with 200 Year Oak, Maple Wood and Cherry Wood.
The Dexter Bourbon Company was founded by Doug Hall & Joe Girgash. It is a luxury division of Brain Brew Distillery. The Brain Brew Distillery, which creates Dexter Bourbon, is located at 3849 Edwards Road in Newtown, Ohio, 45244. It is just east of Cincinnati and 7 miles north of Kentucky.
Celebrating the Artistry of Wood
Straight Bourbon Whiskey Finished
with 200 Year Oak, Cherry Wood & Maple Wood
Dexter Three Wood has an unmatched richness of flavor that comes from the artistic combination of heritage 200+ Year Oak, Cherry Wood, and Maple Wood. The result is a level of luxury complexity that is evocative of the bourbon crafted by the legendary Edmund Dexter in the 1800’s when bourbon was born.
What makes Dexter Three Wood Bourbon meaningfully unique is that it is the only whiskey in the world that is finished with air-dried 200 Year Oak.
200+ Year Oak is sourced from reclaimed wood from old barns built using trees from old-growth forests. This vintage American wood has a unique depth of character as the growth rings of old-growth oak trees are tighter resulting in a flavor complexity that is unmatched. For even more layers of flavor, Dexter Three wood is also finished with air-dried Cherry Wood and Maple Wood.
Connoisseurs such as F. Paul Pacult have celebrated the artistry of Dexter Three Wood Bourbon – giving it 95 Points – his highest recommendation in the Ultimate Spirits competition.
The result is a one-of-a-kind taste that comes alive with ice and that takes cocktails to a new level of deliciousness.
Vintage 200 Year Oak
A Long & Luxurious Finish
Cherry Wood
Fresh & Bright Flavor
Maple Wood
Incredible Smoothness
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Author Charles Dickens was very impressed with his visit to Cincinnati with Edmund Dexter. He wrote, “Cincinnati is a beautiful city, cheerful, thriving, and animated. I have not often seen a place that commends itself so favorably and pleasantly to a stranger at the first glance as this does.”
Our favorite way to drink Dexter is over ice. However, the Charles Dickens Bourbon Smash that he described to his fellow author Washington Irving, is also amazing. Here’s a contemporary version of it.
Author Charles Dickens visited with Edmund Dexter in 1842.
Dexter Three Wood Signature Cocktails
Dexter is most often drank neat or over ice. That said, it also makes for luxurious cocktails. Here are a couple of our favorites.
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Charles Dickens Bourbon Smash
In 1842, Charles Dickens visited Edmund Dexter at his home in Cincinnati. While there, he enjoyed a cocktail that he loved so much he sent it to fellow writer, Washington Irving. The drink is a cross between a mint julep and a sour.
2 oz Dexter Three Wood Bourbon
1/2 oz Orange Juice
1/2 oz Fresh Lemon Juice
5 Mint Leaves
1/2 oz Simple Syrup
Add ingredients into a shaker and shake for 12 seconds. Serve in a chilled coup glass or in an old fashioned glass with fresh ice.
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Prince of Wales Cocktail
In. 1860, the Prince of Wales (future King Edward VII) visited Edmund Dexter at his home in Cincinnati. During his visit, he is thought to have ceated his signature cocktail.
2 oz Dexter Three Wood Bourbon
1 tsp. Simple Syrup
1/2 oz Fresh Lemon Juice
1 tsp. Pineapple Juice
1/2 tsp. Maraschino liquor
Champagne to top (or 7-Up/Sprite)
Lemon Twist to garnish
Add ingredients into a shaker and shake for 12 seconds. Serve in a chilled coup glass or in an old fashioned glass with fresh ice.
Special Limited Edition Small Batch Releases
The success of DEXTER Three Wood Bourbon is legendary. All whiskies are made from grain. The Dexter Great Grains Collection celebrates the four most popular whiskey grains – classic Dexter Three Wood Bourbon celebrates corn. And we LOVE IT!
We are happy to produce three special Limited Editions Small Batch Releases for Wheat, Rye and Barley. This unique collection brings the WOW quality of DEXTER Three Wood to the other grains.
DEXTER Small Batch Wheat
Experience the “Pinot Noir” of Whiskey
This has a remarkably RICH & ELEGANT mouth feel. The taste is DELICATE YET COMPLEX, with a flavor that is captivating.
Purchase for pick up at Brain Brew Bottle Shop in Newtown
DEXTER Small Batch Rye
Five Dimensions of Whiskey
Complexity from Five Woods
This RYE will make you love rye whiskey. Its taste is BIG, BOLD, and COMLEX, but without harshness.
Purchase for pick up at Brain Brew Bottle Shop in Newtown
DEXTER Small Batch Single Malt
One of the Twelve Best American
Single Malts.
The Sherry cast notes come through immediately with this Single Malt.
See what Bourbon Thought Leaders are saying about Dexter Bourbon
“This whiskey has one of the best … the really strongest pleasant flavors when it first hits the palate… really, really nice.”
“In a Blind Taste Test against Ancient Age & Blantons – Dexter won. Dexter was picked first – way many more times than the others.”
“Thumbs Up. All Balanced, I like it.
… Mellow on the Finish.”
“That’s solid. WOW that’s silky for sure.
Second sip… very good. It’s good stuff… Well done Gang… Try this one… seek it out!”
“The flavors explode. Rating: A = All in all a really friendly & approachable whiskey that has a nice portfolio of woods.”
“An intriguing offering. An ultra-smooth mouthfeel & long, lingering finish.”
“Dexter is a gorgeous bottle of rock-solid, All-American, all Bourbon crafted Whiskey, a slam-dunk bargain.”
“Rating: Stands Out! I really dig the mouthfeel!”