Buffalo Trace Distillery Bourbon Mash Bills

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Buffalo Trace Distillery Mash Bills

A break down of the majority of the Buffalo Trace distillery Bourbons and Ryes by their mash bill

Buffalo Trace uses two primary mash bills. While they don’t disclose the exact recipe Bourbonr’s much wiser than I have made educated guesses at the mash bill percentages.  Mash bill # 1 is probably 10% or less and mash bill #2 is somewhere between 10%-12%. Mash bill number two with 10-12% rye is a more common rye content for bourbons. read more

2013 Fall Bourbon Releases

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Fall is like Christmas for most Bourbonr’s

During the fall it feels like distilleries are releasing new bourbons every week.

Here is a partial list of the Bourbons and Whiskies set to release this fall:

Four Roses Small Batch Limited Edition (Est. Release Mid/Late September)

(the release I am most excited about) – This year, to commemorate their 125 years of distilling, Four Roses is releasing their Limited Edition Small Batch. “The recipes, each with different flavor characteristics, include an 18-year-old selection of Four Roses’ recipe coded OBSV (featuring delicate fruit, spicy and creamy characteristics), a 13-year-old OBSK (rich in spiciness, full body), and a 13-year-old OESK (spicy, full body).”  If you’re not familiar with Four Roses they have ten unique recipes (2 mash bills, 5 yeast strans) which they use to craft their bourbons. read more

When Will Pappy Van Winkle be Available

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Update 10/7/13: Old Rip Van Winkle has not set a release date for Pappy.

Breaking: 10/12/13 Pappy is spotted in Louisville at Party Source. Apparently, people were camping out in line the night before. Pappy is the new iPhone!!! Except the iPhone never brought me this much joy

Old Rip Van Winkle did announce that they were not going to have a Spring 2013 release. That should mean more bottles for the Fall!

Pappy Guess:

Mid-October

Pappy Van Winkle Release Tracker 

Did you ever wonder when Pappy became so popular? Check out our recent blog post 

Looking for a way to keep track of all the whiskies you’ve tasted? Go over to Bourbonr.com. A fast and simple way to keep track of your likes and dislikes read more

When Did Pappy Van Winkle Become So Popular

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If you are a Bourbonr or have been to any of the numerous Bourbon blogs or forums you have heard stories of when Pappy could be found in the wild and Lot B and Old Rip would sat on liquor store shelves for months. This is no longer the case. Stores now have lists hundreds of names long months before the Fall release. Bottles of Pappy 20 and 23 selling on the secondary market for 1000% the retail price. To say that Pappy has hit a tipping point is an understatement. read more