Smoke Wagon Straight Bourbon Whiskey Halloween Edition 2025
Smoke Wagon Straight Bourbon Whiskey Halloween Edition 2025 is the year's most collectible bourbon bottle: the annual limited-edition Halloween release from Smoke Wagon — high-rye straight bourbon at 92.5 proof (46.25% ABV), non-chill filtered, in a glow-in-the-dark label featuring a skeletal gunslinger and the inscription "bibamus moriendum est" ("let us drink, for we must die") — and it is available to order online at Del Mesa Liquor, San Diego, CA.
The bourbon is a blend of high-rye straight bourbons sourced from MGP in Lawrenceburg, Indiana, aged on top warehouse floors where intense summer heat deepens the wood influence, then blended and bottled by Nevada H&C Distilling Co. in Las Vegas, Nevada — Tennessee-style distillation, no chill filtration, in this 750mL bottle.
Brand tasting notes — nose: sweet caramel, vanilla bean, toasted oak; palate: balanced baking spice, toffee, dried fruit (sweet corn, apricot, raisin, cinnamon, nutmeg); finish: warm and lingering with a hint of smoke and rye spice edge.
Why buy the 2025 Halloween edition? Because it's the rare annual release that earns its shelf twice — a genuinely good high-rye bourbon inside a bottle that glows in the dark. Browse the bourbon whiskey collection, the Smoke Wagon brand collection, and all whisky.
Serving note: neat first, then a cube — the rye spice opens with a little dilution. Display the bottle where the lights go low.
What is the ABV? 46.25% ABV (92.5 proof), 750mL, no age statement.
Where is it distilled? The high-rye bourbon is sourced from MGP, Indiana; it is blended and bottled in Las Vegas, Nevada — not distilled in Nevada.
What makes the label special? A glow-in-the-dark skeletal gunslinger with the Latin inscription "bibamus moriendum est" — let us drink, for we must die.
Is it an annual release? Yes — Smoke Wagon issues a new Halloween limited edition each year; the 2025 is this year's design.