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10 Best Bourbon Infused Coffee Brands Ranked (2023 Updated)

Last Updated on August 22, 2023 by Lydia Martin

Who said coffee is just for mornings? Caffeinated drink can be crafted with liquors, especially bourbons, and make an impressive and exciting infusion.

Bourbon-infused coffee is a natural companion with a strong and tasty connection as bourbon-tasting notes greatly impart the coffee beans.

To make sure you’ll get the best bourbon-infused coffee, we are beyond excited to give you our most recommended options. Here’s the list.

Top 10 Bourbon Infused Coffee (Must-Have!) 

10. Jim Beam Bourbon Flavored Coffee

Jim Beam Bourbon Flavored Coffee with mug and coffee beans on top of table

Jim Beam Original Bourbon Flavored Coffee’s flagship is a medium roast coffee.

This bourbon-infused coffee is an infusion of the classic Jim Beam extract with 100% Arabica beans.

It has a great full-bodied flavor highlighting vanilla and creamy caramel layers, making a flavorful cup of coffee.

9. Fire Department Bourbon Spirit Infused Coffee

Fire Department Bourbon Spirit Infused Coffee and a  mug

This bourbon-infused coffee has full of classic bourbon vanilla notes.

Fire Department’s bourbon-infused coffee dark roast beans pairs perfectly with the vanilla notes of bourbon.

When brewed, it creates a unique bourbon and coffee flavor with an indulgent bold yet sweet taste and a satisfying finish until the last sip.

8. Sydney Roasting Co Kentucky Bourbon Flavored Coffee

Sydney Roasting Co Kentucky Bourbon Flavored Coffee with cup and coffee beans

Sydney Roasting Co’s Kentucky Bourbon is a ground-flavored coffee with lots of bourbon flavors. It has sweet caramel notes, rich vanilla, and fresh oak infused into this roast.

7. Cooper’s Coffee Kentucky Bourbon Barrel Aged Coffee Beans

Cooper’s Coffee Kentucky Bourbon Barrel Aged Coffee Beans

This Cooper’s Coffee is a bourbon barrel-aged coffee bean that highlights cocoa and dark fruit notes.

It uses grade 1 coffee beans or those with no primary imperfections. [1

Cooper’s Coffee creates a medium-dark roast in a small batch barrel to give them full control of the beans’ flavor.

6. Split Oak Bourbon Barrel Coffee

Split Oak Bourbon Barrel Coffee with coffee beans on top of  wooden table

Split Oak Bourbon Barrel is a limited-edition coffee bean aged in barrels. This bourbon-infused coffee is organic and uses specialty-grade African single-origin coffee beans.

“It’s not coffee left to age in old whiskey barrels…Our beans are soaked in real whiskey, dried, and roasted…”

– J.B. Schneider, Burke Brands Chief Marketing Officer

It has more caffeine with a subtle sweetness and notes of dark chocolate, bourbon, and oak from the barrel.

5. Eight O’Clock Vermont Maple Bourbon

hand holding Eight O’Clock Vermont Maple Bourbon

Eight O’Clock Vermont Maple bourbon ground coffee has a distinct blend of 100% Arabica beans and Vermont Maple Bourbon.

This medium roast bourbon ground coffee offers a rich and elegant aroma with a sweet, strong flavor of caramel and Vermont’s official state flavor—maple. [2]

4. Cask’d Hand-crafted Bourbon Coffee – Coffee Infused

Cask’d Hand-crafted Bourbon Coffee - Coffee Infused on top of a wooden table

The Cask’d bourbon coffee is handcrafted with 100% premium Brazilian Arabica beans mixed with authentic Kentucky bourbon matured in American oak barrels.

Every sip of this brewed Cask’d bourbon coffee has a layer of vanilla, chocolate, and caramel. But you can also taste the sharp, distinct flavor of bourbon.

3. Black Powder Bourbon Infused Coffee

Black Powder Bourbon Infused Coffee Pack with mug on top of wooden table

This Black Powder Coffee blends coffee beans coffee from the Tarrazu region of Costa Rica and is infused with Kentucky straight bourbon. 

Black Powder bourbon-infused coffee is roasted using hand-selected coffee beans in small batches. It delivers a good combination of bourbon and coffee flavor and aroma.

2. Don Pablo Bourbon Infused Coffee

Don Pablo’s Bourbon Infused Coffee on a countertop

Don Pablo slow-roasts its bourbon-infused coffee beans in a small batch style until they’re golden blond. The infusion is made of soaked raw coffee beans in their Kentucky bourbon.

Don Pablo bourbon-infused coffee can create indulging flavor notes of butterscotch, caramel, and honey when brewed.

1. Buffalo Trace Coffee

box of Buffalo Trace Bourbon Infused Coffee

Buffalo Trace bourbon-infused coffee uses 100% Arabica beans with its signature Kentucky straight bourbon to make single-serving-size pod coffee.

This bourbon-infused coffee has a delicious medium roast coffee with the bold taste of bourbon but has a sweet caramel, vanilla, and subtle cream notes.

FAQs

Does bourbon infused coffee have alcohol in it?

No, bourbon-infused coffee doesn’t have alcohol in it. Since the coffee beans are roasted, the process will burn off any traces of alcohol.

What does bourbon-infused coffee mean?

Bourbon-infused coffee is coffee beans or granules infused, steeped, or aged in bourbon.

Does bourbon-infused coffee taste like bourbon?

Yes, bourbon-infused coffee tastes like bourbon and has the smooth, sweet, and balanced flavor of bourbon-aged whiskeys. However, it also has the roast flavor and aroma of coffee.

How do you make bourbon-infused coffee?

To make a homemade bourbon-infused coffee, pour bourbon into a large mason jar, add coffee beans, seal the jar, then shake it. Let it sit for at least 24 hours, then strain the coffee beans.

Final Verdict 

It’s not too late to start drinking your bourbon and coffee differently. Try small-batch roasters such as Cooper’s Coffee, Black Powder, and Don Pablo.

But if you’re into 100% Arabica bourbon-infused coffee, look for Jim Beam, Eight O’Clock, Cask’d, and Buffalo Trace.

References:

  1. https://www.fda.gov/food/laboratory-methods-food/mpm-v-1-beverages-and-beverage-materials 
  2. https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/01/011/00510# 

Lydia Martin

Lydia Martin hails from Redmond, Washington, where you’ll find some of the best cocktail bars and distilleries that offer a great mix of local drinks. She used to work as a bar manager in Paris and is a self-taught mixologist whose passion for crafting unique cocktails led her to create Liquor Laboratory. Lydia can whip up a mean Margarita in seconds! Contact at [email protected] or learn more about us here or feel free to give Lydia a tip.

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