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Woodford 2024 Batch Proof, Outdated Fitzgerald Bottled In Bond, and Extra


The Fall launch from Outdated Fitzgerald is out: it is only a week earlier than the beginning of winter, however these Outdated Fitz releases are practically at all times definitely worth the wait. Woodford Reserve, in the meantime, provides a second Batch Proof launch this yr, whereas Penelope has a brand new rum barrel completed expression. Nonetheless Austin, contemporary off being named the No. 7 whisky of the yr in Whisky Advocate’s High 20 rankings for 2024, joins an more and more crowded cigar mix market with its new Nonetheless Austin Tanager. Hidden Barn, the work of former Outdated Forester grasp taster Jackie Zykan, has a brand new expression, whereas Chattanooga provides the 2024 version of its Vault Collection. And within the spirit of the vacations, Good Deed Spirits is again with a brand new blended whiskey whose proceeds will all be donated.

Woodford-Batch-Proof-2024_300.pngWoodford Reserve Batch Proof Bourbon (2024 Version)

ABV: 59.75%
SRP: $150
Availability: Restricted

Because of Woodford Reserve’s fiscal calendar, which ends in Might, we’re being handled to 2 editions of the yearly launched Batch Proof this yr—the primary debuted in February, and technically counted because the 2023 launch, in order that leaves us with this new version for 2024. This Batch Proof bourbon is available in at 119.5 proof, making it among the many “decrease” ABV iterations within the vary, second solely to the 2022 launch, which was bottled at 118.4 proof. But it surely’s nonetheless far above Woodford’s normal 90.4 proof, the place all its core whiskeys land. The mashbill for this launch is similar as all earlier editions, consisting of 72% corn, 18% rye, and 10% malted barley.

Batch Proof is as shut as you’ll get to tasting Woodford straight from the barrel, provided that the distillery works in batches and doesn’t supply any single barrel whiskey. As with all Batch Proof releases, when you’d like a bottle, you’ll have to go to the Versailles, Kentucky-based distillery, or ship it to considered one of these locations: Kentucky, North Dakota, Nebraska, or Washington, D.C.

Old-Fitz-BIB-Fall-2024_300.pngOutdated Fitzgerald Bottled in Bond Kentucky Straight Bourbon (Fall 2024)

ABV: 50%
SRP: $155
Availability: Restricted

The newest version of Outdated Fitzgerald has arrived, this one comprised of barrels produced within the fall of 2013, making it 11 years outdated. It’s a yr older than the Spring 2024 launch, which got here out this previous Might, and due to this fact has a slight enhance in value as nicely—it’s $155 a bottle, in comparison with Spring’s $140 price ticket. That is the 14th whiskey within the Outdated Fitzgerald sequence, which sees two releases annually. The oldest whiskey within the vary, a 19 yr outdated, debuted within the fall of 2022.

Penelope-Havana_300.pngPenelope Cooper Collection: Havana Bourbon

ABV: 46.5%
SRP: $80
Availability: Restricted

The latest launch in Penelope’s Cooper Collection, an annual assortment of cask-finished whiskeys, is Havana. This newcomer sees Penelope’s flagship four-grain bourbon—a 4 yr outdated distilled from 74% corn, 7% rye, 16% wheat, and three% malted barley—completed in Caribbean rum barrels for a yr. After that, the whiskey undergoes a further 1-month end in Penelope bourbon casks which have been used to age maple syrup. The primary batch has 27,000 bottles.

Whereas every Cooper Collection bottling sometimes spotlights a selected cask end, that is the second within the lineup with a dual-cask end. The opposite one is the weird however spectacular Rio—our highest-scoring Cooper Collection expression—which is completed utilizing South American amburana wooden and barrels that have been used to age honey.

Still_Austin_Tanager_Packaging_6_300.pngNonetheless Austin Tanager Cigar Mix Bourbon

ABV: 53%
SRP: $149
Availability: Restricted at first, with wider availability to come back later

Nonetheless Austin’s fashionable bonded Purple Corn bourbon was simply named our No. 7 Whisky of the 12 months. Now the Texas craft distillery is out with a brand new bourbon, designed to be paired with cigars. This mix includes two elements: The bulk is a bourbon distilled from blue corn, pink corn, rye, and malted barley. The second portion of the mix began as a 5 yr outdated high-rye bourbon, that was proofed to 25% ABV and aged for a further yr. That low-proof spirit was then used to chop the ultimate bourbon to 53% ABV.

That mixing course of might sound weird to whiskey followers, nevertheless it truly has roots on the earth of French brandy. For hundreds of years, cognac and armagnac makers have been using a way referred to as petites eaux (“small waters”) whereby their brandies are proofed utilizing watered-down brandy reasonably than water. The concept is to softly information the liquid towards a goal proof, with out compromising any of the flavors. Nonetheless Austin contends that this “small waters” course of helps fight the tough Texas local weather, which might spike tannic notes in whiskey whereas decimating barrel yields by means of excessive angel’s share.

Hidden-Barn-Series-One-Slow-Fade-Bourbon_300.pngHidden Barn Collection One Sluggish Fade Bourbon

ABV: 53.2%
Value: $80
Availability: Restricted; on-line, at Neeley Household Distillery, and in CA, CO, GA, IN, KY, NM, NV, and NY

Sparta, Kentucky-based unbiased bottler Hidden Barn, based by former Outdated Forester grasp taster Jackie Zykan in 2022, is out with a mix of 5 to six yr outdated bourbons, Sluggish Fade. Because the tenth expression in its Collection One lineup, this expression is produced in shut partnership with its mother or father firm and grasp distiller Royce Neeley’s household’s firm, Neeley Household Distillery. It sports activities a mashbill of 70% corn, 20% rye, and 10% malted barley, and is aged for two years in American white oak barrels. This whiskey is made as all Neeley Household whiskeys are, utilizing candy mash, wild-caught Appalachian yeast, and double pot distillation. The title Sluggish Fade is a reference to its declare of a slowly fading candy end. This expression marks a departure from the previous launch, which was a wheated bourbon. Elsewhere, Hidden Barn options Collection Two which highlights distillates from M.B. Roland Distillery primarily based in Pembroke, Kentucky.

Chattanooga-Whiskey-Vault-Series-2024_300.pngChattanooga Vault Collection Bourbon (2024 Version)

ABV: Varies
SRP: $47/375 ml
Availability: Restricted

Chattanooga Whiskey’s Vault Collection, first launched final yr, celebrates the distillery’s one-off experiments and rarest single barrels. For the 2024 Vault releases, Chattanooga tapped into considered one of its most rarefied Experimental Batches, Batch 002: Smoked Excessive Malt, which debuted in 2017. Whereas that bourbon was made with cherrywood-smoked malted barley because the lead malt (supplemented by corn, malted rye, and caramel malt) the 2024 Vault Collection whiskeys—all single barrels—spotlight two different forms of hardwood-smoked malts: mesquite and applewood.

The 4 single barrels aged for over 6 years, and every incorporates 18% smoked malted barley. Two of the barrels include recipes distilled with mesquite-smoked malted barley (and vary from 61.6%-62.1% ABV), one with applewood (61.75% ABV), and one with a mixture of mesquite, applewood, and cherrywood (62.6% ABV). The 2024 Vault Collection is obtainable completely on the Chattanooga Whiskey Experimental Distillery in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Good-Deeds-Batch-2-on-White-2_300.pngGood Deeds Blended (Batch 2)

ABV: 45%
SRP: $90
Availability: On-line unique

Good Deeds Spirits is an organization that bottles limited-run whiskeys to learn causes within the drinks business. Like its predecessor, 100% of the earnings from Good Deeds’s second launch will go to SETUP Basis, a variety initiative began by the American Craft Spirits Affiliation. The whiskey is a mix of WhistlePig straight rye and Black Button bourbon, each of which have been donated by the respective distilleries. It was blended by a five-person panel together with Erin Lee, head distiller of FEW Spirits in Illinois; Liz Rhoads, director of whiskey operations at WhistlePig; Jack Scardino, a distiller from Black Button; Sailor Guevara from Good Deeds Spirits; and Erica Paul, a SETUP intern.

Some 500 bottles have been produced, and they are often bought from Good Deeds Spirits’s web site. The bottles are scheduled to start out transport on December sixteenth.

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