Copper Collar Bourbon

Copper Collar Bourbon: For Those Who Know

Copper Collar Bourbon is a Florida Gulf Coast bourbon inspired by and dedicated to those who know first-hand what it is like to work, protect, fight, and explore beneath the sea. The name is Navy heritage in bottle form: deep-sea divers have long been called “copper collar workers,” after the copper helmets that defined the trade for over a century. Founder Harvey Bane is a retired U.S. Navy Deep Sea Diver who served twenty years, from 1981 to 2001, diving from tugboats and minesweepers to submarines and aircraft carriers — and this small-batch bourbon is his tribute to all who work on and under the sea.

Splice the Main Brace and Think Deep

The whiskey itself is crafted with a quality-assurance officer’s precision. Distilled and aged from Florida grains and Florida spring water at Timber Creek Distillery in Crestview, Florida, Copper Collar is built on a proprietary grain bill of 60% sweet corn, 20% barley, 10% wheat, and 10% black rye — a proprietary distilling process that results in a whiskey of rare quality and complexity. It is aged five years in the Panhandle’s demanding climate and bottled at 90 proof, where the corn’s sweetness, the barley’s depth, and the black rye’s dark spice come together in a rich, balanced pour.

What makes Copper Collar truly rare is who makes it: every single bottle is filled, corked, and labeled by the hands of retired Navy Divers and their friends and family. It is a bourbon of brotherhood as much as craft — carrying the old Navy toasts “Splice The Main Brace” and “Think Deep” on its label, and the pride of the diving community in every batch. For those who know, no explanation is needed; for everyone else, one glass tells the story. Learn more at coppercollarspirits.com.