Green River Honey Finished Bourbon Review: A $25 Honey Whiskey Worth Trying?

Updated: June 2026 The short answer: Green River Honey Finished Bourbon is a 92-proof, 4-year Kentucky straight bourbon with real honey added directly to the barrel during finishing. At $25 MSRP, it delivers a clean, honey-forward sip without the syrupy sweetness of most flavored whiskeys. We give it a combined 36.75/50 and an easy recommend. Introduction First, a quick note on the category, because "honey-finished bourbon" sits in a legal gray zone that Green River is navigating carefully. Under TTB rules, anything labeled "Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey" cannot have flavoring, coloring, or sweeteners added after distillation and aging. That's the rule that makes bourbon, bourbon. But in Green River's own words: "We start with real 4-year Kentucky straight bourbon and then add real locally sourced honey directly into the barrel. Then we let time do what it does best, and that's it." You may be wondering, as we still are, how this constitutes "finishing" if it happens in the same pr

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