Bourbon

In 2018 Kentucky based Brown-Forman resurrected a decades-old whiskey brand from their vaults, "King of Kentucky". No strangers to quality Bourbon production with Woodford Reserve and Old Forester in their portfolio, this limited offering is one of their most expensive and exclusive Bourbon offerings to date. 

In 2018 Kentucky based Brown-Forman resurrected a decades-old whiskey brand from their vaults, "King of Kentucky". No strangers to quality Bourbon production with Woodford Reserve and Old Forester in their portfolio, this limited offering is one of their most expensive and exclusive Bourbon offerings to date. 

Distilled in early May 2010, this whiskey mash bill contains an assortment of grains; corn, buckwheat, brown rice, sorghum, wheat, and rice. These grains were milled, cooked and made into sour mash before being distilled on Buffalo Trace’s experimental micro-still to 130 proof white dog. The white dog was then entered into eight new charred white oak barrels that had received Buffalo Trace’s standard number four char. After resting in Warehouse H for seven years and one month, the whiskey was chill filtered and bottled at 90 proof.

This is a certified organic whiskey, as all six grains received organic certification, and the production method at Buffalo Trace Distillery, including distillation, processing, and bottling was organically certified.

12-year wheated recipe bourbon with an interesting proofing interruption during the aging process.

The bourbon begins with Buffalo Trace’s classic wheated bourbon recipe, used for favorites like Weller and Pappy Van Winkle. While both of those brands are already home to a 12-year expression, the new arrival involves a bit of an interruption to that time in the barrel. The distillate was first put into the barrel at 114 proof in December of 2007, and left to age for four years in Warehouse C. At the end of the first four years, the bourbon was dumped from the barrel, cut to 100 proof, and put back in to the same barrel. It then aged another eight years in Warehouse C.

Buffalo Trace 1998 Experimental Collection 15 Year Old 375 ML

Buffalo Trace have released a number of experiments, this was to find out how the air drying time of barrel staves would affect the final whisky. These staves were dried for 6 months.

Distilled January 1998 and then matured until September 2013.

Kosher wine is commonplace, and has been for some time. Kosher spirits, not so much. Many spirits are, in fact, technically kosher, but in most cases, they got there accidentally. The Buffalo Trace Distillery in Kentucky has taken a more proactive approach, working over the past 10 years with the Chicago Rabbinical Council on a line of purpose-built kosher American whiskeys. A bourbon (“Rye Recipe”), rye (“Straight Rye”) and wheated bourbon (“Wheat Recipe,” a whiskey made using a high percentage of wheat) were released on April 16, following the end of Passover. Every production step was overseen by the council, from barreling to bottling. So there is no mistaking their provenance, each bottle has the word “kosher” on the label in large letters. The limited-release line will be an annual event, arriving each year after Passover.

Kosher wine is commonplace, and has been for some time. Kosher spirits, not so much. Many spirits are, in fact, technically kosher, but in most cases, they got there accidentally. The Buffalo Trace Distillery in Kentucky has taken a more proactive approach, working over the past 10 years with the Chicago Rabbinical Council on a line of purpose-built kosher American whiskeys. A bourbon (“Rye Recipe”), rye (“Straight Rye”) and wheated bourbon (“Wheat Recipe,” a whiskey made using a high percentage of wheat) were released on April 16, following the end of Passover. Every production step was overseen by the council, from barreling to bottling. So there is no mistaking their provenance, each bottle has the word “kosher” on the label in large letters. The limited-release line will be an annual event, arriving each year after Passover.