You may not have been waiting 100 years to get a sip of Rieger’s Monogram Whiskey, but it will soon be ready for you to taste anyway.

J. Rieger & Co. will soon launch the first of the whiskey in a limited annual series that the distillery’s owners say showcases its highly innovative approach. Rieger’s Monogram is a blend of 11-year rye and nine-year-old corn whiskey.

The 2017 release Rieger’s Monogram Whiskey is finished for 18 months in century-old sherry botas supplied by Williams & Humbert, one of the oldest sherry producers in Jerez, Spain.

Andy Rieger, co-founder of J. Rieger & Co., says the Monogram label is reminiscent of the origins of Kansas City whiskey production in the 1800s and represents a legacy.

“For this first release, we wanted to push the limits of sherry as a component of our whiskey, and had the good fortune of obtaining four rare casks from Spain to turn part of our distillery into an active solera,” said Rieger. “We’ve only made 1,000 bottles of 2017 Monogram and are proud to offer a significant share to our home market.”

The suggested retail price is $99.99 at selected Kansas City stores.

The addition of a small amount of Oloroso Sherry to the final blend is a signature of Rieger’s Kansas City Whiskey.

Sherry expert Steve Olson, a partner in J. Rieger & Co., worked on all the “sacas,” or transfer-and-removals of the whiskey, to create the 2017 release of Rieger’s Monogram Whiskey. “It was a special day when we unloaded the 500-Liter Botas from the solera of Williams & Humbert at the distillery,” notes Olson.

Jacob Rieger & Company was originally founded in 1887 in Kansas City’s West Bottoms Livestock Exchange district. It was forced to close in 1919, however, with the enactment of Prohibition.

In 2014, 95 years after Prohibition’s repeal, the brand was relaunched by business partners Ryan Maybee, owner of The Rieger and Manifesto; and Andy Rieger, the great-great-great-grandson of Jacob Rieger. The current distillery is located in the historic East Bottoms of Kansas City.