Eagle Rare 2002 | 17 Year Old Bottled 2019 50.5%

Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey
Distillery Bottling 750ml / 50.5% / 101 Proof

A bottle of the 2019 release of Eagle Rare 17-year-old Kentucky Straight Bourbon, one of the most popular of Buffalo Trace distillery's Antique Collection annual releases of prestige American whiskeys. This edition was awarded 'Best in Category' at the Los Angeles Spirits Competition.

This Eagle Rare 17-year-old is from the 2002 vintage and was bottled in 2019 at 101 Proof / 50.5% in tribute to the original Eagle Rare brand bourbon which was launched at 101 proof in 1974 by the Old Prentice distillery (now known as Four Roses). Buffalo Trace's owners Sazerac Company took over the Eagle Rare brand from Seagram in 1989. A glorious long-aged high strength bourbon, Eagle Rare is like a slightly toned-down, more elegant version of the mighty George T. Stagg.

Attributes

Additional Information

Distiller: Buffalo Trace Distillery, Franklin County, Kentucky

Age Profile
Year of Distillation: Spring of 2002
Release: Fall of 2019 Release
Brand Name: Eagle Rare Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey
Proof for release: 101 proof

Recipe
Large Grain: Kentucky Corn; Distillers Grade #1 and #2
Small Grain: Minnesota Rye
Finish Grain: North Dakota Malted Barley

Cooking / Fermentation
Milling Screen: #10
Cook Temperature: 240 degrees Fahrenheit
Water: Kentucky limestone with reverse osmosis
Fermentation: Carbon steel / black iron fermenter
Mash: Sour

Distillation & Aging
Distillation: Double distilled; beer still and doubler
Proof off still: 135 proof
Barrel: New, white oak; #4 char; charred for 55 seconds
Barrel Maker: Independent Stave; Lebanon, KY
Barrel Entry Proof: 125 proof
Barrel Size: 53 liquid gallons; 66.25 original proof gallons
Warehouse: Warehouses P
Floor: 1st floors
Evaporation loss: 66% of the original whiskey lost to evaporation

Bottling
Filtration: Chill
Product age: 17 years and 3 months old at bottling

Tasting Notes

Official Tasting Notes

Nose: Cooked cherries, oak and maple syrup

Palate: Cocoa, caramel and oak

Finish: Long finish of cinnamon, tobacco leaf and spearmint