Martini, Nico. Texas Whiskey: World-Class Bourbons, Premier Ryes, and New Single Malts from the Lone Star State. Kennebunkport, ME: Cider Mill Press, 2021.
Martini profiles Kooper Family as a blending house working with distillates from several states, multiple ages, and varied cask histories; one rye combined two sourced rye components of different mash bills and ages before re-barreling in bourbon casks.
Nico Martini, Texas Whiskey: World-Class Bourbons, Premier Ryes, and New Single Malts from the Lone Star State (Kennebunkport, ME: Cider Mill Press, 2021), 218–225.
Nico Martini, Texas Whiskey: World-Class Bourbons, Premier Ryes, and New Single Malts from the Lone Star State (Kennebunkport, ME: Cider Mill Press, 2021), 218–225.
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Martini, Texas Whiskey, 218–225.
Kooper Family Whiskey Company
Fresh September29,2026 audit: Complete-copy PDF sheets 239–245; displayed ebook pp. 218–225. Underlying excerpt and2021 attribution rechecked against sequential reading. Useful for separating blending authorship from distillation origin. PDF245's95% and51% describe rye grain proportions in two mash bills, not percentages of the final blend. All specifications are2021 release accounts.
Citation record
Full note: Nico Martini, Texas Whiskey: World-Class Bourbons, Premier Ryes, and New Single Malts from the Lone Star State (Kennebunkport, ME: Cider Mill Press, 2021), 218–225.
Short note: Martini, Texas Whiskey, 218–225.
Bibliography: Martini, Nico. Texas Whiskey: World-Class Bourbons, Premier Ryes, and New Single Malts from the Lone Star State. Kennebunkport, ME: Cider Mill Press, 2021.
Verification
Displayed ebook pages 218–225 verified against Complete-copy PDF sheets 239–245; displayed ebook pp. 218–225 in the complete 574-sheet OCR copy on 2026-09-02.