Buffalo Trace Experimental Collection 1993 Barrels, Rediscovered

Released in 2011, this is one of three bottles in the tenth batch from the Experimental Collection by Buffalo Trace. As the name suggests, the theme here is rediscovered barrels. This whiskey is taken from eight barrels that were found hiding on floor two of Warehouse L. They were distilled in May 1993 from an unknown bourbon mash bill with unknown distill and barrel entry proofs (hence the classification of "whiskey" and not "bourbon"). It was aged for seventeen years and seven months in new charred oak. By the time they were found, 43.6% of the contents had evaporated. The barrels were emptied in December 2010 and bottled at 45% ABV.