The Dividend: August 24, 2022 – Single Barrel Night

“What is a single barrel”

Widely considered as the most unadulterated expression of bourbon, the single barrel is highly sought-after. While the standard bottle of bourbon is typically made with a blend of whiskeys from multiple casks, single barrel indicates the liquor has spent its life in just one. As you scale back the number of barrels in a batch, however, you invite more unique flavors.

Lineup:

Evan Williams Single Barrel (Heaven Hill – KY)

Proof: 86.6

Age: 7 years, 10 months

Mashbill: 78% Corn, 12% Rye, 10% Malted Barley

SRP: $30 (Kentucky Only – starting in 2022)

Russell’s Single Barrel – Private Barrel Selection (Wild Turkey – KY)

Proof: 110

Age: 8 years, 11 months

Mashbill: 75% Corn, 13% Rye, 12% Malted Barley

SRP: $60

Elijah Craig Private Barrel (Heaven Hill – KY)

Proof: 126

Age: 10 years

Mashbill: 78% corn, 10% Rye, 12% Malted Barley

SRP: $80

Fun Facts:

Evan Williams Single Barrel Vintage – Barrel #951

• Evan Williams Single Barrel is the only vintage dated single barrel Bourbon on the market. Like the way vintage wines are selected, the distillers hand-select individual barrels that meet the specifications they’ve established. Then each bottle is marked with the vintage date it was put into oak, along with the year it was bottled and the exact barrel number of the single barrel that the bourbon was drawn from. Yearly release.
• A five-time winner of “Whiskey of the Year,”

Russell’s Single Barrel Selection – Selected by Fine Wine & Good Spirits

• Russell’s Reserve Single Barrel is part of Wild Turkey’s Russell’s Reserve line named in honor of Jimmy and Eddie Russell, the father-son master distiller team that have a combined tenure at Wild Turkey more than 100 years. 
• Russell’s Reserve Single Barrel Bourbon is matured in No. 4 “alligator” char, American White Oak barrels
• Barrels that exhibit the unique Russell’s Reserve flavor profile often come from the center cut – or “sweet spot” within the rickhouse.

Elijah Craig Single Barrel (Private Barrel – Weaver’s Liquors 2022): Barrel serial number – 6071269

• The regular releases of Elijah Craig Barrel Proof Bourbon are small batches and bear a 12-year age statement. The Private Barrels tend to be a bit younger, and typically 8 years old and up, with most in the 9 to 10-year range.
• Being single barrels, they are going to have some unique characteristics, but follow the usual ECBP flavors.
• Level 3 char – fired for ~40 seconds.