NIU Boneyard Blend Release

Northern Illinois University Athletics and Whiskey Acres Distilling Company are celebrating the 125th Anniversary of NIU Athletics and the Huskie football team’s historic victory over Notre Dame with the release of the “Boneyard Blend” NIU Athletics/Whiskey Acres co-branded bourbon.

The public is invited to attend the release event at the Whiskey Acres Visitor Center on Friday, November 15 from 4:30-7:30 pm. NIU head coaches and administrators, including football head coach Thomas Hammock, basketball coaches Lisa Carlsen and Rashon Burno, and Vice President and Director of Athletics Sean T. Frazier will be on hand to mingle with fans and autograph bottles of the ultra-small batch release.

The commemorative bottle celebrates 125 years of NIU Intercollegiate Athletics with the 125th Anniversary logo in gold, along with the words “Boneyard Blend, No Luck Needed” and 16-14, the score of the Huskies’ September 7 “Boneyard Win” at Notre Dame on the front of the bottle. Each bottle also showcases the NIU Cardinal and Black colors on the front and the Huskie logo on the back. The bourbon is a curation of four, five and six-year-old barrels hand-selected by Whiskey Acres Master Distiller Robert Wallace III.

All bottles of the Boneyard Blend NIU Huskies/Whiskey Acres bourbon sold at the Whiskey Acres Visitor Center will retail for $57.99 with $10 from each bottle donated to NIU Athletics.