The guys from It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (Glenn Howerton, Rob McElhenney, and Charlie Day) have launched Four Walls whiskey. Made up of two limited-edition offerings, the new whiskeys celebrate the record-breaking 15th Season of the breakout series and look to give back to the bar community. The brand name pays tribute to the bar that the gang calls home.
“The bar as we know it today is an offspring of the Irish Pub and the American Saloon,” explains a press release. Its inherent Irish American spirit carries the warmth and comfort of familiar faces and repeated stories, along with the unpredictability and energy that generate the wild moments we will never forget and keep us coming back.”
“We wanted to create a brand celebrating the four walls that have held our favorite memories in and kept our troubles out,” states Glenn Howerton. “We were shooting Season 15 when bars were shutting down all across America. So we decided to source some really great whiskeys and create something as a tribute to the bar and kick it off by giving back,” adds Rob McElhenney. “We learned just how rare and how collectible old Irish Whiskey is, and we couldn’t believe we got our hands on some and wanted to release it and do something for the people and places that do so much for all of us – the bars and the bartenders,” says Charlie Day.
The limited-edition Four Walls whiskey collection includes two products: a rare Irish whiskey with premium commemorative packaging for serious whiskey collectors and a blended Irish and Straight Pennsylvania Rye offering crafted with bartenders in mind and made to celebrate with fans.
The commemorative bottle is a 15+-year-old, single-barrel, cask-strength Irish Whiskey made to celebrate the record-breaking 15th season of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, all episodes currently streaming on Hulu/FXX, and the success of the It’s Always Sunny podcast. With premium packaging that includes signatures by Glenn, Rob, and Charlie, and a mirrored, engraved box, this package will retail for $999 and is only being released in a run of 755 bottles.
The second release is a mix of hand-selected barrels of grain and malt Irish whiskeys blended with Pennsylvania Straight Rye Whiskey for a new Irish & American tradition. Blended with bartenders in mind, it is smooth enough to be served neat but also holds up in a cocktail. This 90-proof spirit comes in a collectible premium box and retails for $89. Only a few hundred cases will be released now, with opportunities for fans to taste the spirit at special events over the coming months, including the just-announced The Always Sunny Podcast live events at Bourbon & Beyond festival and at The Met Philadelphia.
All proceeds from this collection will be donated to the Pennsylvania Restaurant & Lodging Association’s HARP (Hospitality Assistance Response of Pennsylvania).
The liquid in both bottles, in addition to having the blessing of Master Distillers at all partner distilleries and from the gang themselves, recently received high praise during a blind tasting by members of the Barleycorn Society with co-founder John McCarthy declaring the 15-year Four Walls, “a single malt rivaling any in the world” and the blended offering a “no-brainer for high-end cocktails as well as a perfect vehicle for neat sipping armchair contemplation.”
To purchase a bottle, head over to Four Walls’ official website.
