Sagamore Spirit Entered In 2016 Preakness Stakes
Sagamore Spirit – new brand of rye whiskey from Kevin Plank [CEO of UnderArmour apparel brand] has been deemed as the exclusive rye whiskey for the annual running of the Preakness Stakes, the second leg of the horse racing triple crown at Pimlico Race Course in Maryland on May 21, 2016.
While other whiskies will be sold at the race course throughout the racing weekend, only Sagamore’s Straight Rye Whiskey will be officially known as the rye whiskey of the Preakness Stakes. All full bars in the grandstand will sell the rye whiskey. Attendees can visit the Turfside Terrace’s Sagamore Rye Bar, which will sell $9 cocktails like the Whiskey Crush, the Maryland Mule and the Black-Eyed Rye.
Sagamore Spirit is also sponsoring two races on Black-Eyed Susan Day [May 20, 2016] at Pimlico: the Sagamore Spirit Pimlico Special and Sagamore Spirit Maryland Sprint Handicap.
The first batch of Sagamore Spirit whiskey is rolling out in stores and restaurants this week and is available in 750-milliliter bottles for $40.