If You Could Pick Any Single Barrel

[sailor22]

If you could pick a single honey barrel from any manufacturer currently producing and have it bottled at any proof or age you wanted what would it be? Your picking a great example of a favorite profile behind a current label.

Something like - Weller 12 at cask strength, OGD BiB at 9 years, ETL at 107.... what are your thoughts?

[michaelturtle1]

12 yr old Barton Rye at barrel strength. If the current recipe is anything like what was bottles as HW 16 it will be delicious.

[BradleyC]

10 year or older Thomas Handy. It's been done before and I hope it's done again. Soon.

[WAINWRIGHT]

THH @ 12yrs,Saz 18 @ cask strength and ETL15 again just to name a few.

[Wryguy]

Rittenhouse Rye, 18 years, barrel strength. Great idea for a thread, wish fantasies like this could become reality.

[michaelturtle1]

Great idea for a thread, wish fantasies like this could become reality.

[BradleyC]

Probably shouldn't forget Van Winkle 20 at 107pf, 114pf, or cask strength.

PVW 23 at 107 or 114 again would be nice.

[squire]

Barton Rye, fully aged, barrel proof.

[qman22]

Would love to see some extra aged OGD 114 10-12 yr, extra aged Blanton's 12 years or so at barrel proof, an older cask strength wheated bourbon from somebody in the 14-16 year range, VOB BiB at 10-12 years, and a 10-12 year BiB version of Makers Mark just because I'm curious

[ErichPryde]

Buffalo Trace mashbill #2 (high rye) 15 years, 7 months, barrel proof (137.8)

[callmeox]

Since we're wishing out loud, how about a barrel proof/unfiltered WT at 15 years old?

[fishnbowljoe]

Yeah, I agree. Nice idea for a thread Steve.

Funny, your first example is something close to what I would pick. With me and my love of wheaters, a 12-15 year old Weller at 100 proof would probably be my first choice. A close second would be an ER17 at 101 proof. See where I'm going with this? New and improved versions of Weller Centennial and ER 101.

[ErichPryde]

Since we're wishing out loud, how about a barrel proof/unfiltered WT at 15 years old?

This was my second choice.... but I've tasted something close (and DAMN was it good). so... anyone tried BT mash 2 at cs at 15 yo?

[kickert]

Any high quality, hand-picked, cask strength, unfiltered, 12-18yo barrel from Buffalo Trace would make me happy.

I have learned there are honey barrels from all distilleries, all mashbills and all ages, but the above criteria would be where I would start. Thankfully there are already quite a few whiskeys that already meet most of the requirements.

[Yeti]

Buffalo Trace mash bill #1 - aged 15 years - 6 month sherry hogshead finish - bottled at natural cask strength (around 70%)

Also known as sherry-finished GTS, I guess.

[squire]

Hmmm, 15 responses and 14 of them request cask strength. Definite trend here.

[VAGentleman]

This was my second choice.... but I've tasted something close (and DAMN was it good). so... anyone tried BT mash 2 at cs at 15 yo?

I've had the Abraham Bowman 17 and 18 year old cask strength, which is the BT mash #2. Great stuff

[Parkersback]

Maker's Mark at 12 yrs and a 100 proof.

OGD BIB, but not sure how old, maybe 7-9 (that seems to maybe be what the age might have been during the glut, but that's a guess)

Irish: Black Bush at 100 proof at 18 yrs.

Scotch: Macallan at 100 proof and 25 yrs

[HighInTheMtns]

I've had the Abraham Bowman 17 and 18 year old cask strength, which is the BT mash #2. Great stuff

Are you sure these are mash #2? I have heard otherwise but not from an authoritative source.

[Dolph Lundgren]

Elijah Craig 20 year (or maybe 21) - single barrel, barrel strength.

Buffalo Trace Wheater (15+ year) - single barrel, barrel strength.

2nd the Barton Rye.

[VAGentleman]

Are you sure these are mash #2? I have heard otherwise but not from an authoritative source.

Just going by the Whiskey Tree doc from this site, although it does have a question mark by it.

To the question at hand, I'd love to see about a 12 year old JDSB at barrel proof just to see what one would taste like

[clingman71]

Yeah, I agree. Nice idea for a thread Steve.

Funny, your first example is something close to what I would pick. With me and my love of wheaters, a 12-15 year old Weller at 100 proof would probably be my first choice. A close second would be an ER17 at 101 proof. See where I'm going with this? New and improved versions of Weller Centennial and ER 101.

I hear you with the Weller, WT101@12y/o also comes to mind. OGD114@10y/o. I would love an early Bernheim wheater, 20y/o barrel proof.

[Brisko]

Since we're wishing out loud, how about a barrel proof/unfiltered WT at 15 years old?

Came in here to say mostly this, I'd settle for 12 years old, though.

[unclebunk]

Came in here to say mostly this, I'd settle for 12 years old, though.

Me too. Wouldn't that be awesome?

[c2walker]

Are you sure these are mash #2? I have heard otherwise but not from an authoritative source.