New Dawn Whiskey is a craft whiskey brand from New Dawn Distilling with a focus on community, ecology, and flavor.
This page highlights two expressions: a 6-Year Bourbon at cask strength and a 10-Year Wheated Whiskey, each with a different balance of fruit, oak, spice, and warmth.
Product Details
Product Type: Whiskey
Brand: New Dawn Distilling
Featured Expressions: 6-Year Bourbon Cask Strength and 10-Year Wheated Whiskey
Tasting Notes
6-Year Bourbon Nose: Prune, apricot, molasses, toasted oak, and vanilla.
6-Year Bourbon Palate: Burnt caramel, rye spice, and dark molasses.
6-Year Bourbon Finish: Long, dry oak and peppercorn with lingering warmth.
10-Year Wheated Whiskey Nose: Banana, caramel, chocolate, cherry, and vanilla.
10-Year Wheated Whiskey Palate: Ginger, orange zest, apricot, and clove.
10-Year Wheated Whiskey Finish: Smooth and refined with balanced fruit and spice.
How to Enjoy
Serve neat, with a few drops of water, or over a large cube. These also work in spirit-forward whiskey cocktails.
What Makes It Special
New Dawn’s whiskey lineup gives shoppers both a bold cask-strength bourbon profile and a softer wheated whiskey profile under one brand story.
New Dawn Distilling was founded in 2023 by Dr. Dawn O’Neal, who holds a PhD in Ecology. Her background in conservation, regenerative agriculture, and environmental advocacy deeply informs the brand’s ethos. Dr. O’Neal has described her pivot from academic and nonprofit work to spirits as a way to fuse purpose and craft — creating a whiskey company that stands for both flavor and impact.
Through New Dawn, she aims to reshape how whiskey is made — prioritizing sustainability, equitable sourcing, and building diverse partnerships.
