American Freedom Distillery, and Horse Soldier Bourbon, were created by six retired Special Forces Veterans from Tampa Bay, where they have a 16,000 square foot establishment. The bourbon itself is distilled and aged in Ohio, though, as Florida is a tad bit too warm to age bourbon properly.\n\nLike it's softer sibling, Horse Soldier Signature Barrel Strength is an extraordinarily complex whisky, with notes of vanilla, ginger, and cherries. It is a “wheated†bourbon, made from small batches of meticulously blended mature whiskey. The whiskey is non-chill filtered to provide a full-bodied and decadent finish.\n\nThe whiskey is bottled at a cask strength 58.85% abv.