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Old Rip Van Winkle To Release 25-Year-Old Bourbon

02/22/2017

by: Kyle Swartz

Old Rip Van Winkle has announced the oldest bottling to date of its bourbon.

The company will release a limited-edition 25-year-old age statement. Only 11 barrels comprise this bourbon launch, for a total of 710 bottles.

The barrels were distilled in the spring and fall of 1989, the company says, and stored on the lower levels of a metal clad warehouse built in 1935 at the Van Winkle family distillery in Shively, Ky. In 2002 the barrels were moved to Buffalo Trace Distillery, where they continued to age for another 12 years on the lower floors in Buffalo Trace’s brick warehouses.

“The lower floor placement helped preserve the sweet, mellow notes of the world-famous wheated bourbon recipe,” the company reports in a press release. “In 2014 the Buffalo Trace team moved the barrels into stainless steel tanks to halt the aging process and preserve the rich flavor profile fans have come to expect from the Van Winkle line.”

Each bottle is a handmade glass decanter from Glencarin Crystal Studio. The bottle information is engraved on each decanter, individually numbered, and hand finished with a silver stopper. A glass top for the decanter is also included.

Each decanter is packaged in a handmade wooden box crafted in North Carolina by James Broyhill II of Heritage Handcrafted. The lid is constructed using the oak staves from the 11 barrels that held this bourbon. The outside of the box bears a metal plaque with the Old Rip Van Winkle logo and states “asleep 25 years in the wood.”

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The 25-year Old Rip Van Winkle Bourbon is bottled at 100 proof and will start shipping in April. It is packaged one bottle per case. Suggested retail pricing is $1,800 for a 750-ml. bottle.

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