Handy Sazerac Rye, Eagle Rare 17-Year-Old, and Sazerac 18-Year-Old Rye (alas this year the 15-year-old George T. Somehow we were lucky enough to get our greedy paws on samplers of each of Buffalo Trace’s Antique Collection, and every year the package beams golden rays like that scene in Pulp Fiction where Vinnie Vega opens Wallace’s stolen briefcase.Īrguably the most coveted American whiskey collection every year, you could easily name all the Antique Collection on this list: William Larue Weller, Thomas H. $80 / 50% ABV Eagle Rare Antique Collection 2021 (Eagle Rare) Located some 6,500-feet in elevation the Grand Teton distillery also crafts vodka with Idaho potatoes, but for this special release they’ve hand-picked only nine barrels from the first whiskey they ever milled and distilled.Īged now for six-and-a-half years in used American white oak Colter’s Run bourbon barrels, head distiller John Boczar took their longest-aged spirit, proofed it down to 50% ABV with pure mountain water, and bottled it in hand-numbered glass (both barrel and bottle numbers). $400 / 47.2% ABV Grand Teton Private Stock Straight Corn Whiskey (Grand Teton)įounded in 2011 under the looming peaks of the Grand Teton, the eponymous distillery celebrates its 10-year anniversary with the first in their Private Stock series: a Straight Whiskey distilled from 100% local Idaho corn. The 20-year-old bottle might be better, but we haven’t tried it so we’re just grateful to taste Michter’s famed caramel, white chocolate and vanilla notes. While the whiskey was sourced, Master Distiller Dan McKee handpicked the barrels and oversaw the aging, where Michter’s heat-cycles their warehouses to perfect maturation. While the whiskey was sourced elsewhere, Master Distiller Dan McKee handpicked the barrels and oversaw the aging, where Michter’s heat-cycles their warehouses in order to perfect maturation.
Aged for a decade in new charred American white oak barrels, this Kentucky juice is so coveted a private barrel if Michter’s sold at auction last year for over $200,000 in London, making it the most expensive bourbon barrel ever sold. $700 / 57.1% Michter’s 10 Year Single Barrel Kentucky Straight (Michter’s)Īlthough originally gaining fame for their ryes, Michter’s 10-Year Single Barrel Kentucky Straight Bourbon was dubbed ‘Best American Whiskey’ by Food and Wine magazine. If you do, shake the hand of the bodega owner for keeping it real. Only 14,500 hand-numbered bottles of this limited edition bourbon will be sold in the USA with a SRP of $150 - but knowing the market for Four Roses Small Batch offerings you’ll be lucky if you even find it for double that price. Master Distiller Brent Elliot combines two mash bills with five proprietary yeast strains and then tests countless test batches to mingle the best blend - and for 2021 he selected two 16-year-old bourbons, a 14- and a 12-year-old. $600 / 50.5% ABV Four Roses’ 2021 Limited Edition Small Batch (Four Roses)įresh for autumn, Four Roses’ 2021 Limited Edition Small Batch features four different hand-selected batches (aged 12 to 16 years) representing a quartet of the Lawrenceburg, Kentucky distillery’s 10 distinct Bourbon recipes. Finally, they were laid to rest in one of Eddie’s favorite timber rickhouses.Įvery year one of Wild Turkey’s most coveted releases, Master’s Keep One, keeps the tradition flowing that started in 2015 with the original Master’s Keep 17-Year Old.
So Eddie hand-picked a 14-year-old whiskey to blend with younger barrels preferred by Jimmy - and then marry them in specially toasted and charred new oak barrels. Together Master Distiller Eddie Russell and his father, the previous MD Jimmy who led the foundational American distillery through the dark 80s that claimed numerous whiskey makers, share over a century of distilling experience.įor this edition they combined mid-aged bourbons (eight to 10 years) which are the latter Russell’s preference with the complexities that can be found in older bourbons, which are Eddie’s preference.
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The sixth limited-edition release in the Master’s Keep series aims to pay tribute to the generational talent and skill in the Russell family’s legacy. Wild Turkey ‘Master’s Keep One’ (Wild Turkey)
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