It was aged for a minimum of five years and finished for two extra years in a barrel with heavy char. Wild Turkey 8-Year 101 Proof has an orange peel throughline that lingers on the palate and gives away to a pleasant finish of turtle candies, oak, and nutmeg coupled with plenty of baking spice dusted throughout. Proof numbers are often synonymous with each release, and interchanged by enthusiasts to identify batch numbers. Many barrel proof bourbons share similar flavor notes of oak, vanilla, caramel, maple, molasses, and brown sugar. Keep scrolling to see where each of this year’s BTAC expressions fall among our other favorite whiskeys of the month.

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Stagg expressions (released as part of the annual Antique Collection), in that they're intense, full-on bourbon whiskeys. Join the Whiskey Raiders Bottle of the Month Club, where you will receive hard-to-find bottles curated by Whiskey Raiders staff with a 90+ rating on whiskeyraiders. The final bourbon is a blend of 11- and 12-year-old wheated bourbons and was bottled at a cask-strength 115. Smith Bowman, and sourced barrel proof bourbons such as Lucky Seven and Kentucky Owl over the past 12 months, Stagg has more competition than ever before.H. Taylor’s massive distillery into a thriving business, which later became the Buffalo Trace Distillery. Frey Ranch grows the grains used in all of its whiskeys, and this rye expression was made from Frey Ranch’s Winter Cereal Rye. This Buffalo Trace Distillery product is often referred to Baby Stagg, SJR, or Stagg Jr coupled with its unique proofing. I wish that it was just a hint less hot on my tongue, but I have a feeling that a few more years takes care of that. This hotly anticipated release was aged for six years in Maker’s Mark’s rickhouses and then spent another five and six years in Maker’s Mark’s limestone cellar.

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Buffalo Trace took a chance offering something new with Batch 18, but it came up short this go around. The nose on the 2023 offering is loaded with char and brown butter, coupled with maple sugar and luxardo cherry. It originally launched to much fanfare and hopefulness of it being an easier-to-obtain version of the ever popular Buffalo Trace Antique Collection release. Stagg holds a special place in the barrel proof bourbon realm as it is often unmistakable in its profile. was first announced in 2013, and with its junior designation it was expected to be a more widely available version of its counterpart released annually as part of the Buffalo Trace Antique Collection , George T.

Food critic Morgan Murphy once wrote "If you want your guests' eyes to pop out of their heads in a fit of bourbon ecstasy, this is your bourbon. The Amontillado makes an impact here, and Whiskey Raiders Chief Spirits Critic Jay West described this lovely whisky as “really something” in his review. Be sure to subscribe to the Whiskey Raiders YouTube channel to stay up to date with plenty of future whiskey content, including Jay’s first-taste reviews of the rest of the 2023 Buffalo Trace Antique Collection.

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People often complain that these bottles are impossible to find at or near MSRP, and I don’t dispute this fact. Stagg Jr is made in small batches (but no details are given as to how many barrels go into a batch) and released twice-a-year, with each batch exhibiting its own unique characteristics. Aged for 19 years and three months, this bourbon was pulled from barrels aged in Buffalo Trace’s Warehouses C, I,K, M and Q.David holds a Bachelor of Arts in Communication from Saint Louis University and a Master of Science in Journalism from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism. After it ramps up, it resides, bringing with it a good portion of the overall intensity of the finish’s flavors.