Woodford Reserve Whiskey
Making the “Best of the Best”
Woodford Reserve is crafted by production methods that were pioneered in the early 1800’s. Based upon Dr. James Crow’s standards of bourbon production, Woodford Reserve follows a time-honored process while adding a few elements uniquely its own.
The Woodford Reserve Distillery draws its limestone water from deep underground wells. It is the same water that nourishes the lush bluegrass and fuels powerful thoroughbreds in the surrounding area. Combined with choice corn, rye, and malted barley, the resulting sour mash is blended with a unique yeast strain that is the basis of great bourbon. This mash ferments in cypress vats up to seven days, longer than at most distilleries.
Within the 1840 Still House, the sour mash is uniquely triple-distilled in copper pot stills. These pot stills were imported from Scotland and their custom design cannot be found anywhere else in the United States. These stills allow the Master Distiller to craft a spicy and flavorful whiskey in the style of Dr. Crow favored generations ago.
The spirit is matured in newly charred white oak barrels, specifically crafted for Woodford Reserve at the company’s private cooperage. These barrels give Woodford Reserve its distinctive taste and color.
Woodford Reserve’s limestone warehouses create a micro-climate where the bourbon mellows and matures day by day until our Master Distiller, Chris Morris, deems it ready to be bottled. The Master Distiller vats these barrels with barrels selected from Brown-Forman’s stocks of maturing bourbon to create the award-winning Woodford Reserve taste profile.
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Woodford Reserve Tasting Notes:
Color: Sharp, brilliant dark honey amber
Nose: Strong, powerful vanilla overlays a rich fruit medley, with mint, sweet Cocoa and a dash of black pepper spice
Taste: Rich, rounded and smooth, with complex hints of mint, tobacco, leather, and fruit. Toffee and spice notes abound.
Finish: Smooth, long, spicy and warming, but with a noticeable absence of heat.
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| Bourbon is… | Woodford Reserve is… |
| A product of the USA | A product of the Woodford Reserve Distillery in Woodford County, Kentucky |
| Made with a grain bill that is a minimum 51% corn | A “high rye” bourbon with a grain bill of 72% corn, 18% rye and 10% malted barley |
| Distilled at less than 160 proof | Uniquely triple distilled, first at 40 proof, then at 110 proof and lastly at 158 proof |
| Entered into a barrel at no more than 125 proof | Lowest barrel entry proof level in industry at 110 proof |
| Matured in new, charred oak barrels | Matured in the unique designer barrels, the only ones to have toasted and charred heads |
| Aged for 2 years to be termed "Straight" | Matured in excess of 6 years in the last operating "patent" warehouses in the industry |
| Bottled at no less than 80 proof | Bottled with an international award winning taste. |
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