May 2025
Woodford Reserve Batch Proof 118.4 Bourbon
Batch Proof is an extremely limited offering from Woodford Reserve, bottled at 118.4 proof, or 59.2% ABV.
Colour
Burnt orangeNose
Baked cinnamon apple, citrus blossom, spiced with hints of cardamom and cedar.Palate
Lively baking spices and peppermint fade into sweet pecans drizzled with raw honey and orange marmalade.What makes this whisky so special
Every expression crafted by Woodford Reserve showcases at least one of the five sources of flavour. Those sources of flavour are water, grain, fermentation, distillation, and maturation. The Woodford Reserve Batch Proof expression is a way to celebrate the flavour nuances contributed by the batching of 100+ different barrel maturation profiles together prior to a final standard flavour adjustment and tell the unique Woodford Reserve story of Proprietary Batching.
Batch Proof is crafted from Woodford Reserve barrels that are drawn from many different dates of production and matured in various warehouses and different floors within those warehouses. Batch Proof presents the complex range of sweet aromatics, fruit, spice, wood and grain characteristics that has become the Woodford Reserve trademark at its most original level.
Barrels drawn from the upper floors of their heat cycled warehouses routinely possess higher proof presentations due the more aggressive angel share process found there. This batch had more of these barrels in its composition, and therefore a higher batch proof presentation.
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The Specs
- Price
- $230.00
- Age
- No Age Statement (NAS)
- ABV
- 59.2%
- Country
- United States
Woodford Reserve’s History
Nestled among the rolling horse farms of Versailles, Kentucky, Woodford Reserve is home to one of America’s oldest working Bourbon distilling sites. The story begins in 1812, when distilling first took place on the land that is now the Woodford Reserve Distillery.
The distillery itself boasts historic stone buildings and a pure water source from the local Glenn’s Creek. The modern Woodford Reserve story began to take shape under Brown-Forman, with the brand launched in the 1990s.
Former Master Distiller Chris Morris, who led the distillery from 2003 to 2023, was responsible for a number of experimental expressions, including Double Oaked, Rye, Malt and Wheat. In 2023, Elizabeth McCall became Master Distiller, continuing Woodford’s tradition of combining Bourbon heritage with experimentation and modern whiskey-making.
Since its recent expansion in the early 2020s, Woodford Reserve doubled its capacity with 6 copper stills: 2 beer stills 2 high wine stills, and 2 low wine pot stills (previously it had used one of each). Using long fermentation and maturing in new, charred American oak barrels, its bourbon is built around a mash bill of 72% corn, 18% rye and 10% malted barley that achieves the balance of sweetness, spice and rich malt character for which the brand is known.
Today, Woodford Reserve is one of Kentucky’s best-known Bourbon distilleries.
Distillery Facts
- Region
- Kentucky
- Origin
- 7785 McCracken Pike Versailles, KY 40383
- Founded
- 1812
- Water source
- Iron‑free limestone-filtered water from Glenn’s Creek
- Washbacks
- 16, cypress wood
- Stills
- 6, copper (2 beer stills, 2 high wine stills and 2 low wine pot stills)
- Capacity
- 785,000 litres of alcohol per annum
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