Our Story
Two actors, a real friendship and a bourbon born in a kitchen
The origin
Almost a decade before the first bottle
Ian Somerhalder and Paul Wesley met during years of filming in the southern United States. Between takes, they shared more than a script: long evenings over bourbon that wove a genuine friendship, the kind that is only built with time.
That closeness — and a shared taste for good whiskey — was the seed of an idea: if they were going to keep drinking bourbon together for life, why not create their own?
In their own voice
Ian and Paul tell the story of Brother's Bond
From the film set to the distillery: how they created their own bourbon, in the words of its two founders.
The road to the bottle
From Ian's kitchen to shelves around the world
Distillery visits, endless tastings and the conviction that they could create a different bourbon: approachable, elegant and easy to share.
For months, Ian and Paul experimented with different grain mixes in Ian's own kitchen, hand-selecting each whiskey until they found the perfect balance between smoothness and complexity.
Brother's Bond Bourbon is born. Their personal involvement — from the label to the shape of the bottle — makes the project much more than a brand with their name: it is their bourbon.
The brand quickly becomes one of the most awarded bourbon houses and the most followed spirits brand on social media, with a community of more than 1.9 million followers.
Unesdi brings Brother's Bond to the Spanish market, with the same founding philosophy: a bourbon to share among friends, at any after-dinner table.
Our method
Made the old way, no shortcuts
We wanted a bourbon with elegance, exceptional smoothness, complexity and balance. Something we'd be proud to serve to our friends. Ian Somerhalder & Paul Wesley, co-founders
In the press
What they say about Brother's Bond
