Buffalo Trace information from Bourbon Bootcamp

[sysrick]

Harlen Wheatley conducted a well attended "Bourbon Boot Camp" in Lexington tonight. He hinted about a couple possible new releases --

He said that the "tornado bourbon" was now 6 years old and the BT bottled a lot of their bourbon at 8 years so we could draw our own conclusions of when this would be bottled (but said it would definitely be a special release)--

see http://www.straightbourbon.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5624.

And that they had taken GPS out and recorded information on at least 6 trees that have since become barrels -- and were contemplating a "single tree bourbon".

Rick

[Sweetmeats]

Single Tree Bourbon? ha ha...that's fantastic.

[barturtle]

Hmm...tornado bourbon...wonder if that has a hint of fresh mortar.

Getting a bit gimmicky for me.

[Sweetmeats]

I don't have a problem with them being "gimmicky" for the Experimental Collection. I like when people try different unique things.

[OscarV]

http://www.straightbourbon.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5624.

Hey Rick, this link will not open for me.

Can you recheck it?

[barturtle]

http://www.straightbourbon.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5624

[OscarV]

Thanks Timothy, I remember reading that a couple of years ago, funny it doesn't seem that long ago.

[sysrick]

Timothy,

thanks for the fix.

Rick

[MikeK]

Thanks Timothy, I remember reading that a couple of years ago, funny it doesn't seem that long ago.

I think the storm that you are thinking of (and myself too) was on April 2, 2006. It took out part of the warehouse right across from the visitors center, exposing barrels. They were joking about releasing Tornado Bourbon from that one. The batch that is 6 years old must be from another storm.

[doubleblank]

I'll bet the "tornado" barrels were four years old at the time of the storm and are now six years old. They probably had about a month, plus or minus, of exposure to the raw elements until repairs were made.

Randy

[Gillman]

That's rather piquant about a single tree bourbon. However they came upon the idea, good for them for doing this, it's a great concept. I want to know something first, though: how old was the tree?

Gary

[jinenjo]

I want to know something first, though: how old was the tree?

Gary

I'd definitely like to know this information too. Additionally, how old compared to the wood used in an everyday/normal barrel?

[cowdery]

Bluegrass Cooperage makes it a point to use wood not just from different trees. Every barrel contains wood from the three major growing regions. The idea of mixing it up is consistency.

In contrast, whiskey from a single-tree barrel will be absolutely unique and impossible to duplicate. On a production scale, it would be a variation on the single barrel concept in which there might be considerable difference from barrel to barrel, much more than there is now with a normal single-barrel product.