Country Music Star Riley Green Co-Founds Duck Club Bourbon
Country music star Riely Green expresses his passion for watefowl hunting in his new bourbon brand
November 24, 2025 –––––– Laura Pelner
Memphis, Tennessee-based spirits company Morningside Brands has partnered with country music star Riley Green to launch Duck Club Bourbon, a new line of whiskeys geared toward those who love the outdoors. The brand is launching with two expressions this month, for sale online and in retail stores in seven states, with plans for national expansion in 2026.
Duck Club’s flagship bourbon (46% ABV/$30) is a four-grain blend of two whiskeys. One comprises 88% and is a 5 year old with a mashbill of 67% corn, 23% rye, and 10% malted barley. The second accounts for the remaining 12%, and is a 6 year old wheated bourbon with a mashbill of 51% corn, 45% wheat, and 4% malted barley.
The other label in this release from Duck Club is High Brass (55% ABV/$40), and it’s also a blend of two bourbons: 82% of which is a 5 year old from Kentucky with a mashbill of 67% corn, 23% rye, and 10% malted barley. The remaining 18% is an 8 year old Kentucky bourbon with a mashbill of 75% corn, 15% rye, and 10% malted barley. All the whiskeys are sourced from distilleries in Kentucky and Indiana.
“The two inaugural releases are mature blends of straight bourbon whiskeys sourced from three legacy distilleries that have been in operation for over 200 years combined,” says McCauley Williams, Morningside Brands CEO and co-founder of Duck Club Bourbon. “We’re in a great moment in whiskey where we can offer amazing blends of older whiskeys to our consumers at affordable pricing. We’ve purposely created Duck Club as blends of straight bourbons to give us the most flexibility in sourcing great whiskey from the best distilleries.”
Initially, Duck Club Bourbon is launching at retail in Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Missouri, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas. It’s also available online at duckclubbourbon.com, with direct-to-consumer shipping available to 42 states. Morningside Brands plans for a much larger national expansion across the U.S. in 2026.
The Duck Club brand is centered around the heritage of waterfowl hunting and the culture that surrounds it, something that’s close to Green’s heart. The new whiskey supports North American wetlands conservation in several ways. Duck Club has already donated bottles and barrels for auction events held by conservation groups like Ducks Unlimited and Delta Waterfowl, and the brand has a tab on its website linking to those organizations and to the Federal Duck Stamp, which is required for all waterfowl hunters over the age of 16.
Morningside and Riley worked with spirits brand builder The Silent Group on Duck Club Bourbon. The Silent Group counts partners like Bardstown Bourbon Co., High West Distillery, and Tennessee Distilling. Duck Club is the first whiskey in Morningside’s portfolio, though the company also has the Alma del Jaguar tequila label and the Waymar Gin House portfolio.
