Lee Medoff started House Spirits Distillery in 2004, where he helped create several popular craft spirit brands of which his namesake Medoyeff Vodka and Aviation Gin are the most successful. He was one of the founding members and first president of the Oregon Distillers Guild, America’s first craft distillers guild. In 2010, with his sights set on making a pure malt Oregon Whiskey, he started Bull Run Distillery. It is here that he focuses on creating dark, aged spirits, from rum made with Hawaiian cane sugar to many expressions of whiskey. Barrel Strength grew out of a conversation on the merits of high proof, cask strength whiskey and the freedom to temper one’s whiskey one’s self with water or ice…or not at all.Soon after this Big Brother to our Straight Bourbon was in the works.Pulled from select barrels, dumped and bottled without any further dilution, Barrel Strength magnifies the already pronounced barrel flavors inherent in Bourbon. ~ Master of Malt