{"id":301743,"date":"2026-05-20T18:36:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T18:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/301743\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T18:36:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T18:36:08","slug":"san-antonio-texas-zoo-releases-gorilla-inspired-bourbon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/301743\/","title":{"rendered":"San Antonio, Texas, zoo releases gorilla-inspired bourbon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/sazoo.org\/?kudos_platform=Google&amp;kudos_source=MaxConnect&amp;kudos_medium=Local&amp;kudos_adid&amp;gad_source=1\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">San Antonio Zoo<\/a> is taking a new approach to its ongoing wildlife conservation efforts by releasing its own bourbon brand inspired by the residents of its new Congo Falls habitat, the seven Western lowland gorillas.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The limited-edition product, called B\u2019Wenzi Lowlands Texas Straight Bourbon Whiskey, was\u00a0curated in a partnership with <a href=\"https:\/\/drinkrangercreek.com\/awardsaccolades\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">award-winning<\/a> San Antonio-based &#8220;brewstillery&#8221; Ranger Creek Brewing &amp; Distilling.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to a May 13 news release, the San Antonio-spun spirit is a\u00a0&#8220;grain-to-glass, handcrafted Texas Straight Bourbon Whiskey made with Texas-sourced grains&#8221; and\u00a0carries &#8220;distinctive notes of cinnamon, maple syrup, and vanilla.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>For zoo President and CEO Tim Morrow, the partnership gives San Antonio residents a chance to contribute to &#8220;something bigger,&#8221; as a portion of the proceeds from every bottle sold will directly benefit wildlife conservation efforts.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;At San Antonio Zoo, everything we do comes back to our vision of securing a future for wildlife,\u201d Morrow said in the release. \u201cThis partnership is an extension of that mission and a delicious one at that! &#8230; we couldn\u2019t be more excited to share it with San Antonio.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;ll also be served at select San Antonio restaurants and bars, as well as at the San Antonio Zoo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The San Antonio Zoo is taking a new approach to its ongoing wildlife conservation efforts by releasing its&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":301744,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27,29,28],"class_list":["post-301743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301743","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=301743"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301743\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/301744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=301743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=301743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=301743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}