Starlight Honey Finished Indiana Straight Bourbon

Honey From Home

Lost Lantern hand-selected this cask from Starlight Distillery in Starlight, Indiana. Ted Huber started Starlight in 2001 to capture the flavors of Indiana grain and fruit from the place his family has farmed for seven generations. Starlight revives the 19th-century distilling tradition of Huber’s Orchard & Winery, an Indiana institution since 1843.

Starlight is famous for its finishes, and this single cask shows why. Starlight took their 4-year-old bourbon whiskey and finished it for 3 months in a cask that previously held locally made barrel-aged honey from their own farm. The result is a spirit that bursts with summer freshness, with notes of fresh wildflower honey, white flowers, roses, and a honeyed yet not overly sweet palate.

We have released several whiskies from Starlight, but this is our first with a finish, and our first honey-finished whiskey from any distillery!

2025 Single Cask #3: Starlight Distillery Indiana Straight Bourbon Finished in a Honey Cask

Proof: 110
Age: 4 years
Quantity produced: 265 bottles
Format: 750mL
Details: Cask strength; Non-chill filtered; no color added

Cask Details

• Mashbill — Blend of three-grain (60% corn, 20% rye, 20% malted barley) and four-grain mashbills (51% corn, 20% rye, 20% malted barley, 9% wheat)
• Maturation Barrel Info — 53 gallon new American oak barrel
• Finishing Barrel Info — ex-Huber’s honey cask, Zak Cooperage
• Length of Secondary Maturation/Finishing — 3 months