It’s the most wonderful time of the year as Buffalo Trace Distillery recently announced the release of its 2020 Antique Collection. The annual collection features five limited-release whiskeys of various ages, recipes and proofs. Here’s this year’s lineup:
The big bourbon of of the Antique Collection, George T. Stagg comes in at 130.4 proof this year. This year’s release contains bourbon from barrels filled in the spring of 2005. The evaporation loss for this year’s batch was 59%, a bit higher than the last few year’s releases.
The Antique Collection’s uncut, unfiltered, wheated recipe bourbon is William Larue Weller. The 2020 release was distilled in the winter of 2008. This bourbon registers at 134.5 proof.
This year’s Thomas H. Handy Sazerac Rye was distilled in the spring of 2014; aged in warehouses K, M, and N, and weighs in at 129 proof.
This year’s Eagle Rare 18 Year Old is a 101 proof whiskey was distilled in Spring of 2002 (the same time as last year’s release) and aged on the first floor of Warehouse P.
Introduced two decades ago, the Antique Collection has garnered numerous awards from Whisky Advocate Magazine, Spirit Journal, and “Jim Murray’s Whisky Bible.”
This year’s Buffalo Trace Antique Collection will be available later this month and early next in limited quantities for $99 each.
