Buffalo Trace Experimental Collection Made With Oats

About this bottle

This whiskey, released in 2011, was the ninth bottling in Buffalo Trace's Experimental Collection and one of two that year exploring variations on the standard bourbon mash bill. While whiskey can be made from any grain and legally called "bourbon" if corn constitutes over 51% of the mash bill, traditional recipes typically include rye, wheat, and barley. For this experiment, Buffalo Trace replaced rye in its BT Mash Bill #1 with oats, maintaining at least 51% corn and including some malted barley. This distinctive whiskey was distilled in April 2002 and aged for nine years and five months in new, charred American oak. Twenty barrels were produced. In October 2011, after 34.75% evaporation, the barrels were emptied and bottled at 45% ABV.