US-based Smooth Ambler Spirits will release its new Big Level Wheated Bourbon in the US over the coming months.

Produced using a mixture of corn, wheat, and malted barley, Big Level Bourbon has been aged in 53 gallon barrels.

Smooth Ambler Spirits head distiller and CEO John Little said: “Much of what we’ve done at Smooth Ambler has been leading up to this moment

“The release of Big Level signifies the beginning of our long-term ability to offer a third, important category of whiskeys to the US: those which are 100% made here in West Virginia.

“We’re excited for this whiskey to complement the merchant bottled and “married” (merchant and homemade blended together) families already embraced by our business.”

“The release of Big Level signifies the beginning of our long-term ability to offer a third, important category of whiskeys to the US.”

In February last year, Pernod Ricard’s US investment arm concluded its acquisition of a majority stake in Smooth Ambler.

The acquisition by Pernod Ricard’s subsidiary NBV Investments enabled Smooth Ambler to improve its production capacity.

Smooth Ambler is planning to further increase its production capacity to 3,000 barrels of whiskey this year, after completion of its distillery expansion.

Founded in 2009, the company produces gins, vodkas, rums and whiskeys, including the Old Scout Single Barrel Bourbon using regional natural resources and ingredients.

It produces spirits with distillery equipment in conjunction with the natural resources of the region.