Monday, August 2, 2010

Woodford Masters Collection Future Releases Revealed Exclusively To WHISKY Magazine (And Me).

The Woodford Reserve Masters Collection is an annual experimental whiskey release that began in 2005. Each release is different.

They are, of course, planned years ahead but Woodford has never revealed what it has in the pipeline until now, exclusively to me for WHISKY Magazine, Issue 89, available now.

Only the Maple Finish has been scheduled, for 2010, out this fall. The rest will roll out between 2011 and 2018 depending on what is ready in any given year. Get the current WHISKY Magazine for the full story.
  • Maple Finish (2010). Mature Woodford Reserve bourbon finished in toasted sugar maple casks.
  • Wine Finish. Mature Woodford Reserve bourbon finished in used wine casks (wine type to be announced).
  • Tequila Finish. Mature Woodford Reserve bourbon finished in used Herradura Tequila casks.
  • Rum Finish. Mature Woodford Reserve bourbon finished in used rum casks.
  • Straight Rye Whiskey, Low BEP (Barrel Entry Proof). Whiskey made from a 100 percent rye mash with an 86° BEP (43% alcohol), aged in new charred barrels.
  • Straight Rye Whiskey, Historic BEP. Whiskey made from a 100 percent rye mash with a 99.8° BEP (49.9% alcohol), aged in new charred barrels.
  • Rye Mash Whiskey, Low BEP. Whiskey made from a 100 percent rye mash with an 86° BEP (43% alcohol), aged in used barrels.
  • Rye Mash Whiskey, Historic BEP. Whiskey made from a 100 percent rye mash with a 99.8° BEP (49.9% alcohol), aged in used barrels.
  • Straight Malt Whiskey. Whiskey made from a 100 percent barley malt mash with a 124.8° BEP (62.4% alcohol), aged in new charred barrels.
  • Malt Mash Whiskey. Whiskey made from a 100 percent barley malt mash with an 86.6° BEP (43.3% alcohol), aged in used barrels.

3 comments:

Oscar said...

I have been underwhelmed with WRMC's.
But the two upcoming low BEP's has got me excited. Hopefully they'll be released at barrel proof also.

Anonymous said...

Does anybody know what they are coming up with for 2011 release?
Tadas

Chuck Cowdery said...

I haven't heard anything official, but unofficially I have heard it's rye whiskey.