2019 Woodford Reserve Distillery Series Double Double Oaked Straight Bourbon Whiskey 375ml

The 2019 Woodford Reserve Distillery Series Double Double Oaked Straight Bourbon Whiskey is the 90.4 proof (45.2% ABV), 375ml edition from the year the release became a ritual: in January 2019 the bourbon returned as a distillery-store exclusive, and Master Distiller Chris Morris confirmed that Double Double Oaked would now be produced every January — the series' star, by his own account.

“For Double Double Oaked, we stay in the second barrel for two years, therefore doubling the double oaked process,” Morris explained that spring. “We've experimented with tripling and quadrupling that time period, and those didn't work.” The formula starts with fully mature Woodford Reserve Double Oaked — the brand's 72% corn, 18% rye, 10% malted barley mash bill given a second, heavily toasted, lightly charred new oak barrel — then holds it in that second barrel for a second year, trading Double Oaked's sweetness for a distinctly spicier, darker whiskey.

For the January 2019 release, Morris described a nose of rich maple syrup, dark butterscotch, and brittle caramel, with a palate of cherry, cranberry, chai tea, and clove — the profile that made this the bottle Kentucky bourbon hunters set alarms for. It was sold only at the Woodford Reserve Distillery store in Versailles, Kentucky, on the National Historic Landmark site where whiskey-making dates to 1812.

A note for collectors: Distillery Series bottles of this era carry the bottling year on the label, with release typically following in January — so confirm the vintage printed on this bottle. Either way, the 2019-era Double Double Oaked marks the moment a gift-shop experiment hardened into an annual tradition, the last stretch before four-bottle limits, same-day sellouts, and national sweepstakes turned each January release into an event. It was a scarcity story that only grew: within two years, the January release would sell out at the distillery in a single day.

• Size: 375ml
• Proof: 90.4 (45.2% ABV)
• Age: No age statement — fully mature Double Oaked finished an additional year in its second barrel
• Origin: Versailles, Kentucky
• Distillery: Woodford Reserve Distillery (Brown-Forman)
• Whiskey Type: Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey
• Mash Bill: 72% corn, 18% rye, 10% malted barley
• Cask/Cooperage: Second new oak barrel — heavily toasted, lightly charred; two years total in the second barrel
• Series: Woodford Reserve Distillery Series — January 2019 distillery-exclusive release; annual January tradition confirmed by Chris Morris
• Vintage: 2019 (per label; confirm on bottle)
• Tasting Notes: Rich maple syrup, dark butterscotch, brittle caramel; cherry, cranberry, chai tea, clove (per Chris Morris, January 2019)