High Wire Distilling Jimmy Red Bourbon Benton’s Smoked Corn 45% abv

Benton’s Smoked Jimmy Red Bourbon
High Wire Distilling Co. | Charleston, SC

The first distillery in Charleston since Prohibition, High Wire Distilling is known for pushing boundaries—starting with a nearly extinct heirloom grain: Jimmy Red corn. This oily, burgundy-red corn was once moonshiners’ gold on James Island. High Wire brought it back to life—and made it the soul of their bourbon.

Now, they’ve added smoke.

In collaboration with Allan Benton—legendary Tennessee ham and bacon maker—High Wire smoked 5,000 lbs of Jimmy Red in Benton’s iconic smokehouse. No peat. No gimmicks. Just Southern tradition.

Aged in Kelvin Cooperage #3 char white oak, the result is lightly smoked, layered, and utterly unique:

🥃 Tasting Notes:
Elegant smoke, vanilla custard, charred pineapple, cracked black pepper.

This is more than bourbon—it’s Southern heritage in a bottle.