Buffalo Trace Experimental Collection 19 Year Giant French Oak Barrel

About this bottle

Released in 2012, this one of two bottles from the 11th batch of Experimental Collection whiskeys from Buffalo Trace. This batch focuses on giant French oak barrels. This whiskey was distilled in January 1993 from BT Rye Mash #2 (which is a bourbon mash bill) and aged in a used French oak barrel. At 135 gallons, the barrel was a "giant" by American standards (typically we use 53-gallon barrels), and it had previously held an unknown type of wine. The barrel was brought to a #3 char. After nineteen years and five months (and 34.8% evaporation), the barrel was emptied and bottled in June 2012 at 45% ABV.