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Long before Napa’s vineyards gilded the hills, a bolder spirit ruled the land—aguardiente, the "burning water" that flowed like liquid fire through the heart of old California. Distilled by mission friars and rancheros alike, this potent elixir fueled fiestas, sealed deals, and sparked legends beneath the golden sun.
Warbringer is forged from grain to glass, by hand, in intensive, absurdly small batches.
how we make it
John Campbell, the first native of Islay to run Scotland's iconic Laphroaig Distillery —and its longest ever serving Distillery Manager— earned legendary status in Scotch. Now he’s swapped peat for mesquite, leading Warbringer Bourbon on the Oxnard Plains to forge an “Islay of America” as the undisputed new home of the finest, most exciting American smoked whiskies.
MASTER DISTILLER OF THE YEAR
2014, 2016 & 2023
