Est. 1922

Family Secrets Reserve

~ Because you can't spell families without the lies ~

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Family Secrets ReserveEst. 1922

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Five expressions. One legacy. From Reed House Distillery.

Every Lie Has a Color

Reed House Distillery · Est. 1922

The Five Expressions

Five whiskeys, named for the lies we live by. Each one a color, each one a confession. See the full lineup.

No. 01
Half Truth

Half Truth

The Everyday · 4 Year

Caramel, vanilla, a little grain still showing. The everyday bottle.

No. 02
Little White Lies

Little White Lies

The Daily · 6 Year

Honey, oak, dried apricot. A degree more confidence on the tongue.

No. 03
Noble Lies

Noble Lies

The Flagship · 10 Year

Deep caramel, leather, baking spice, char. The one to pour for company.

No. 04
Blue Lies

Blue Lies

The Rye-Forward · 7 Year

Black pepper, dill seed, cedar, citrus peel. Spice forward, herbal underneath.

No. 05
Lies That Bind

Lies That Bind

Cask Strength Reserve · 14 Year

Heavy oak, leather, dried fig, smoke that is not smoke. It chooses you.

From the Still Room

The Family Recipe

Some measures were never written down where anyone could read them. Tap a redaction to take your chances.

The Mountain Old Fashioned

Stirred · Spirit Forward
  • 2 oz Noble Lies 10 Year
  • one bar spoon sorghum syrup
  • 3 dashes black walnut bitters
  • expressed orange peel

Half Truth Sour

Shaken · Bright
  • 2 oz Half Truth 4 Year
  • 3/4 oz lemon
  • 1/2 oz honey syrup
  • egg white, dry shake

The Window Tap

Built · Long
  • 1.5 oz Little White Lies
  • cherry shrub, 1/2 oz
  • soda to top
  • brandied cherry

More cocktails in the Recipe Book. The full 300 live in The Still Room Book.

Noble Lies
Family Secrets · Book One
The Library

The Novel

Reed House Distillery is the still at the center of a family that has been keeping each other's secrets for a hundred years. The bottles are real. The lies are older. Noble Lies is the first book in the Family Secrets trilogy, written by Stella Morgan Reed.

Mara
Mara
Emma
Emma
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Wind the Crank

The Phonograph

The Family Secrets soundtrack, recorded by K.T. Reed. Eleven sides.

The Mountain KeepsSide 1 of 11
The Ledger

The Gift Shop

Goods from the house. Reserve yours before the launch. See the full shop.

Family Secrets Glencairn

Etched to order · Pre-Launch 2026

The house glass, etched with the Reed House key. Made to order with our etching partner.

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Noble Lies Glencairn

Etched to order · Pre-Launch 2026

The flagship glass, etched with the Noble Lies mark.

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The Still Room Book

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Three hundred entries from Cora Reed's distillery ledger. Paperback, hardcover, and leather.

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