2024 Woodford Reserve Master's Collection Batch Proof No. 8 Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey 700ml
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When Woodford Reserve first bottled its bourbon without any proofing water in 2018, the idea felt almost contrarian for a house famous for polish and balance. Yet Batch Proof quickly became one of the most anticipated annual events in the Master's Collection, the limited series through which the distillery salutes the pioneering whiskey makers of old Versailles by testing a new idea every year. Each spring since that debut, drinkers have waited to learn a single number: the natural strength of the new batch.
That number has wandered from the high 118s to a towering 128.3 across the run, and in 2024 it landed at 121.2 proof. The batch behind it was created from more than one hundred barrels pulled from various warehouse locations and various floors within them, capturing the character of Woodford's heat-cycled stone maturation houses in that particular season. The 72% corn, 18% rye, and 10% malted barley whiskey inside is the very same triple pot-distilled spirit as the flagship — only the absence of water separates the two.
In the glass, the 2024 batch shows heavy barrel influence laced with dark cherries and a hint of anise. Vanilla and dried banana chip notes endure throughout, while the whiskey grows increasingly smoky as it opens up, revealing touches of torched citrus along the way. It is a broad-shouldered pour that still keeps the essential Woodford elegance intact beneath the strength.
Seen against its siblings, the 2024 edition sits near the center of the series' proof spectrum, making it an ideal reference point for anyone studying how the annual batches evolve. Collectors who line up the yearly bottlings side by side treasure exactly this kind of vintage-to-vintage variation, and the 700ml release adds a distinctive mid-decade chapter to one of American whiskey's most quietly fascinating longitudinal experiments.
- Size: 700ml
- Proof: 121.2 (60.6% ABV)
- Origin: Versailles, Kentucky
- Distillery: Woodford Reserve Distillery (Brown-Forman)
- Style: Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey, cask strength
- Mash Bill: 72% corn, 18% rye, 10% malted barley
- Composition: 100+ barrels drawn from multiple warehouse locations and floors
- Series: Master's Collection Batch Proof, 2024 annual release
- Tasting Notes: Dark cherries, anise, vanilla, dried banana chip, torched citrus, building smokiness
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