Henry P. Ommen expanded BlackFork’s farming operation into South Dakota.  In 1951 he pointed the toothy grill of his Barrel-Nosed Ford west, into the Dakota wind.  As a tribute to Henry P, a 1938 Barrel-Nose Ford rests peacefully upon a hill at BlackFork Farms.  Barrel-Nose Fords were the workhorses of many American farms and ranches at the time.  Barrel-Nose Fords were the only vehicle that fought on both sides of the war. Henry Ford produced them in Germany pre-war and his plant was nationalized.

Entrepreneurs are a special breed, each unique, yet all have a common attribute, that is – they think – “In Terms of the Possible”.

They never stop inventing and reinventing.

It is in this spirit of invention and re-creation that we craft the Henry P. Barrel Expressions Series.  We start with a very nice barrel-aged bourbon, then we finish it with Toasted Oak. Toasting is a manual process, and each toasting technique expresses itself differently on the whisky.

We categorize the expressions based on the resulting nose and finish.