Independent bottler Lost Lantern recently launched the United States of Bourbon, a blend of bourbon from all 50 states. The new release brings together one distillery from every state into a single blend.
The United States of Bourbon has been in development for more than five years, according to the company. Over that time, Lost Lantern co-founders Nora Ganley-Roper and Adam Polonski traveled across the country, visiting distilleries and evaluating whiskey in pursuit of a bourbon worthy of representing each state. Every cask in the blend was hand-selected from distilleries personally visited and vetted by the founders.
The inaugural release debuts in three expressions: United States of Bourbon 100 Proof (SRP $79.99), United States of Bourbon Cask Strength (SRP $99.99) and the limited United States of Bourbon 1776 Edition (SRP $199.99), a one-time-only 13-state blend created to commemorate America’s 250th anniversary in 2026.
“The United States of Bourbon has truly been years in the making and has been part of the vision for Lost Lantern since before we launched the company,” Adam Polonski, co-founder and head of whiskey sourcing at Lost Lantern, said in a news release. “From the earliest stages of dreaming up Lost Lantern, we envisioned crafting a fifty-state blend to showcase the diversity and breadth of bourbon. Shortly after, in 2021, we began sourcing barrels specifically for this whiskey, work that continued through 2025. I have visited and vetted every distillery in this blend in person.”
“This is certainly the most ambitious whiskey Lost Lantern has ever made,” Nora Ganley-Roper, co-founder and head blender at Lost Lantern, added. “But it has also always had true clarity of vision. I blended this to give a bird’s-eye view of bourbon from across the country. This whiskey provides a snapshot of the complexity and current landscape of bourbon.”
United States of Bourbon is available via LostLanternWhiskey.com, Seelbachs.com, at select retailers in CA, IL, MA, NH, NY, RI, VT and VA, and at the Lost Lantern Tasting Room in Vergennes, VT.
