ASOMF Presents · A Limited Reserve Event
The Barrel Ballot: Selecting Iron Mike Reserve
Join us for an evening of bourbon, dinner, and live music as you cast the deciding vote for the barrel that will become Iron Mike Reserve, the Museum Foundation’s own custom bourbon.
Reserve Your SeatPresented In Partnership With
A Bourbon Made For The Mission
Help choose the barrel. Help fund the mission.
Bespoken Spirits will bring 3–4 exceptional bourbons for guests to sample side by side, and your ballot will help select the one that becomes Iron Mike Reserve, a bourbon created exclusively for the Airborne & Special Operations Museum Foundation. Enjoy the dinner buffet and bourbon tasting in the Museum lobby, with a cigar lounge experience by Fedora Elite and live acoustic music in the Reflection Garden. The evening also includes drinks and a few surprises along the way.
Seats
Event At A Glance
- Date
- October 16, 2026
- Time
- 6:00 to 9:00 PM
- Location
- U.S. Army Airborne and Special Operations Museum
A Milestone Worth Toasting
Iron Mike just turned 65.
The statue was dedicated at Fort Bragg on September 23, 1961, and has stood watch over the Airborne and Special Operations community ever since. Today he greets every visitor who walks through the doors of the Museum.
Iron Mike Reserve will be a limited edition bourbon crafted to honor that anniversary, so every bottle poured this evening carries a piece of his history.
Read The Full History Of Iron Mike- Bourbon Tastings
- Dinner Buffet
- Live Acoustic Music
- Cigar Lounge Experience
- VR Experience
- Keepsake Shot Glass
In The Reflection Garden
Cigars. Live music.
An evening to unwind.
Fedora Elite is bringing a cigar lounge experience to the Barrel Ballot. Step into the Reflection Garden to enjoy your cigar alongside live acoustic music.
With dinner in the Museum lobby and music in the garden, there is plenty to enjoy with either ticket option.
Choose Your Ticket
Two ways to join the evening.
Every ticket includes dinner in the Museum lobby, drinks, and live acoustic music and a cigar lounge experience by Fedora Elite in the Reflection Garden. The bourbon tasting itself, and your vote in the Barrel Ballot, is reserved for tasting tickets.
Bourbon Tasting Ticket
$110 per person
Bourbon tasting seats are limited to 40.
- 3–4 bourbon samples poured by Bespoken Spirits in the Museum lobby, plus your vote in the Barrel Ballot
- Dinner buffet in the Museum lobby
- 2 drink tickets (beer & wine)
- Live acoustic music in the Reflection Garden
- Cigar and Fedora Elite lounge experience in the Reflection Garden
- Free VR experience
- Keepsake shot glass
Plus One Ticket
$55 per person
Everything above except the bourbon tasting and Barrel Ballot vote.
- Dinner buffet in the Museum lobby
- 2 drink tickets (beer & wine)
- Live acoustic music in the Reflection Garden
- Cigar and Fedora Elite lounge experience in the Reflection Garden
- Free VR experience
- Keepsake shot glass
What’s Included
An evening built around the barrel.
From the first pour to the last song in the garden, every detail of the evening supports the Museum Foundation’s mission, and gives you a hand in creating something that will carry the Airborne & Special Operations story forward.
Good To Know
The Airborne & Special Operations Museum Foundation is a 501(c)(3); tax identification number 56-1785731. A portion of your ticket price may be tax-deductible to the extent it exceeds the fair market value of the dinner, drinks, and other items received. Please consult your tax professional for guidance.
The Airborne & Special Operations Museum Foundation is a non-federal entity. It is not part of the Department of Defense or any of its components and has no governmental status.
Must be 21 or older to sample bourbon or receive drink tickets. Please drink responsibly.