The rye behind the 2014 Sazerac 18 was distilled in 1985 from Buffalo Trace's rye recipe of rye, corn and malted barley, and matured in oak in Warehouse K. In 2003 the remaining barrels were emptied into stainless steel tanks, which ended wood contact and fixed the whiskey at its 18-year age statement; every Antique Collection Sazerac 18 from that point through 2015 was drawn from the same reserve. The 2014 bottling was cut to the line's standard 90 proof.

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What whiskey is in the 2014 Sazerac 18?

The 2014 Sazerac 18 was bottled from rye distilled in 1985 and emptied out of oak into stainless steel tanks in 2003, which stopped further aging. Buffalo Trace names Warehouse K as the warehouse that aged the original barrels. It is bottled at 90 proof (45% ABV) under an 18-year age statement.

How does the 2014 Sazerac 18 differ from the 2016-onward releases?

The 2014 Sazerac 18, and the 2015 after it, came from the 1985 stock Buffalo Trace had held in stainless steel tanks since 2003. From 2016 the release switched to rye that stayed in barrel the whole way. Both eras are bottled at 90 proof under the same 18-year age statement, but only the pre-2016 bottles come from that tanked reserve.

Which warehouse aged the 2014 Sazerac 18?

Buffalo Trace states that the barrels behind the 2014 Sazerac 18 were aged in Warehouse K. Those barrels were emptied into stainless steel tanks in 2003, so Warehouse K describes where the 1985 rye matured in oak — not where it sat in the decade before bottling.