Buffalo Trace Experimental Collection Coarse Grain Oak

About this bottle

This release from 2009 is one of two bottles from the sixth batch of Buffalo Trace's Experimental Collection, exploring differences in wood grain coarseness for barrels. Slow-growing trees yield fine-grained wood, while fast-growing trees produce coarse-grained wood. This bourbon, made from BT Rye Mash #2, was distilled in July 1994 and barreled in a coarse-grain oak cask with a #4 char. After fourteen years and nine months, and 51% evaporation, the barrel was emptied in May 2009 and bottled at 45% ABV.