Smoke Wagon Straight Bourbon Halloween Edition 2025 (75cl, 46.3%)

Smoke Wagon Halloween Edition 2025 is the latest of the brand's annual Halloween releases: a high-rye straight bourbon, non-chill-filtered, at 46.25% in a 75cl bottle. The glow-in-the-dark label shows a skeletal gunslinger and the Latin inscription "bibamus moriendum est", meaning let us drink, for we must die. The bourbon is a blend of high-rye straight bourbons from MGP in Lawrenceburg, Indiana, aged on the top warehouse floors, where summer heat deepens the influence of the wood. It was blended and bottled by Nevada H&C Distilling Co. in Las Vegas. The nose is sweet caramel, vanilla bean and toasted oak. The palate brings baking spice, toffee and dried fruit, and the finish is warm and lingering, with a hint of smoke and rye spice.