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DaveOfAtl
08-09-2012, 07:29
Anybody else see this? http://www.buffalotracedistillery.com/PressRelease.asp?newsid=182

Hefty price tag, but looks very interesting. Set to be released in September.

Edit: I guess technically this isn't bourbon . . .
Rutherford
08-09-2012, 07:51
If they're in charred new oak, it can technically be classified as bourbon. Our regulations don't require a specific type of oak, nor that the barrel be a certain size.
DaveOfAtl
08-09-2012, 08:00
If they're in charred new oak, it can technically be classified as bourbon. Our regulations don't require a specific type of oak, nor that the barrel be a certain size.

Okay, that's right. I was thinking it had to be American oak, but I see that's not a requirement in the CFR. The press release doesn't say whether it was new oak, but it uses "whiskey" and "American whiskey" a few times, rather than bourbon. The only reference to bourbon is with regard to the mashbill. Either way, sounds like a cool experiment.
Tucker
08-09-2012, 08:14
Entry proof is too high (>125) to be bourbon.
Rutherford
08-09-2012, 08:37
Ahh, I stand corrected.
AaronWF
08-09-2012, 09:33
Very interesting, thanks for the link. I have yet to spring for a BTEC, but the description tempts me. 90pf and chillfiltered, eh? Eh.
StraightNoChaser
08-09-2012, 15:49
Very interesting, thanks for the link. I have yet to spring for a BTEC, but the description tempts me. 90pf and chillfiltered, eh? Eh.
Between the price and the proof, I don't see any reason to even consider buying these "experiments"
Tucker
08-09-2012, 15:52
I'm sure they'll sell out; sounds a little more appealing than rice or oats.

I'll pass unless one shows up on smokinjoe's dining room table.
MyOldKyDram
08-09-2012, 16:09
Sounds interesting, but with so much coming out in the fall...

Doubtful.
Tico
08-09-2012, 16:32
Very interesting, thanks for the link. I have yet to spring for a BTEC, but the description tempts me. 90pf and chillfiltered, eh? Eh.
Bingo

On the surface it sounds good but those two points didn't go over well with me.
sku
08-09-2012, 17:05
This sounds pretty interesting to me. At a time when aged bourbon is getting harder to come by, BT is sending out a 19 and a 23 year old, and made from the high rye mash which hasn't ever had anything that old out there as far as I recall. I'm game.
Bourbon Boiler
08-09-2012, 17:14
I'll probably have to give these a try. BTEC = Lighter wallet.
DaveOfAtl
08-09-2012, 18:55
This sounds pretty interesting to me. At a time when aged bourbon is getting harder to come by, BT is sending out a 19 and a 23 year old, and made from the high rye mash which hasn't ever had anything that old out there as far as I recall. I'm game.

Agreed. The opportunity to try an extra aged BT high rye mashbill will be too much for me to pass up ... If I can find one of either release. Wonder how much they made.
Stormeh
08-09-2012, 19:01
As much as I hate to admit it, I will probably bite on one of these.
WAINWRIGHT
08-09-2012, 19:20
This sounds pretty interesting to me. At a time when aged bourbon is getting harder to come by, BT is sending out a 19 and a 23 year old, and made from the high rye mash which hasn't ever had anything that old out there as far as I recall. I'm game.

I have only purchased 3 BTEC bottles, but this has my attention,I am very curious to see the influence of a larger cask on these whiskies I am expecting a lot of complexity with less wood influence than you may expect.
jburlowski
08-10-2012, 07:10
IIRC, Sazerac bought AA in 1992. If that is correct, was the 23 yo experiment begun by the pre-BT AA? Or by Sazerac at a different location?