Angel's Envy Cask Strength 2026 Bourbon

Price

$249.95

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✔ Documented provenance on every bottle
✔ Climate-safe, collector-grade packaging

Age: NAS (Distilled 2014–2019) | Region: Kentucky, United States | Proof: 117.8

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117.8

Proof

58.9%

ABV

None

Age

2026

Released

750 mL

Format

$249.99

SRP

The 2026 Angel’s Envy Cask Strength Bourbon is the 15th edition of the distillery’s annual full-proof release, bottled at 117.8 proof, 58.9% ABV. Master Distiller Owen Martin built it from Kentucky straight bourbon distilled between 2014 and 2019, carried forward through Angel’s Envy’s Solera-inspired system and then double matured in hand-selected Ruby Port barrels for up to three years. It carries no age statement. Approximately 20,640 bottles were released nationally at a suggested $249.99 for 750 mL, with a further 1,446 sold internationally.

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The Elemental Distinction

117.8 proof, 58.9% ABV — bottled without proofing down.

The 15th annual Cask Strength edition, and the first to arrive as half of a dual release.

Base whiskey distilled between 2014 and 2019, then double matured in Ruby Port barrels for up to three years.

Solera-inspired: roughly 120 barrels are blended each year and about 100 bottled, with the remainder held back to seed the next release.

Approximately 20,640 bottles nationally plus 1,446 international, at a suggested $249.99 per 750 mL.

Presented in a ruby and gold box drawn from the art deco detailing of the downtown Louisville distillery.

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How It Was Made

Cask Strength 2026

Angel's Envy borrows the logic of the solera systems used in sherry and rum without replicating them exactly, which is why the distillery calls the process Solera-inspired rather than solera. Each year roughly 120 barrels are blended together; about 100 of them are bottled and the rest is reserved, becoming the foundation of the following year's blend. Nothing resets, so every edition carries a trace of the one before it, and the 2026 contains material drawn from the 2023, 2024 and 2025 releases alongside newly added bourbon. The base for this edition is Kentucky straight bourbon distilled between 2014 and 2019 — a notable shift toward Angel's Envy's own distillate rather than sourced stock. After blending, the whiskey is double matured in hand-selected Ruby Port wine barrels for an extended period of up to three years, considerably longer than the finishing given to the standard port-finished bourbon, before going into the bottle at its natural strength.

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The Construction

How it was assembled

Blending method

Solera-inspired

A portion of each release is held back to form the foundation of the next

Finishing

Double matured in hand-selected Ruby

Port wine barrels for up to three years

Strength

Cask strength

Bottled without proofing down

Outturn

Approximately 20,640 bottles

Nationally, plus approximately 1,446 international

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Sensory Profile & Strategy

Distiller notes & position

Sensory Profile

Nose: Cherry cordial and salted caramel lead.
Palate: Layered apple cider, red wine notes and creamy ganache.
Finish: Structured oak tannins with citrus preserves and jammy dark chocolate.

Strategic Position

Most annual bourbon releases reset each year from a fresh barrel selection. This one does not — a portion of every prior Cask Strength is folded into the next, so the 2026 carries traces of 2023, 2024 and 2025 inside it. That makes the series cumulative rather than sequential, and it means a vertical of Cask Strength years reads as one continuous line instead of a set of unrelated bottlings. It shelves with the finished-bourbon shelf at Midnight Whiskey, a step up in proof and finishing time from Angel's Envy's port-finished core bourbon.

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Collector Note & Index

Vault provenance

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Collector Note

There is a naming problem around this release that is worth getting straight before you buy, because several retailers have it wrong. The 2026 Cask Strength arrived as a dual release: a bourbon and, for the first time from Angel's Envy, an age-stated rye at ten years. The age statement belongs to the rye. The bourbon has none — its base was distilled across a five-year window from 2014 to 2019, and the Solera system makes a single age statement structurally impossible, since older material from prior releases is always present. Listings describing a ten-year Angel's Envy Cask Strength bourbon are conflating the two halves of the same announcement. On its own terms the bourbon is the more interesting of the pair for a vertical, precisely because each year contains the ones before it; the outturn of roughly 20,640 bottles also makes it obtainable in a way the rye's 10,800 is not.

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How to Taste It

Neat, and give the glass real time. Three years in Ruby Port barrels puts a great deal of wine-derived fruit on top, and at 117.8 proof that fruit arrives before the bourbon underneath it does; the cherry and ganache Angel's Envy describes sit forward while the oak tannins take several minutes to show. Water is optional here rather than necessary — this is high proof but not a hot whiskey, and diluting early trades the texture the port finish contributes for very little in return. If you are tasting it against an earlier Cask Strength year, pour both and come back to them, since the shared solera material makes the differences quieter than the release years suggest.

Collector IndexMW VAULT

Distillery: Angel's Envy, Louisville, Kentucky
Class: Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey finished in Ruby Port
Release: Cask Strength 2026
Proof: 117.8
ABV: 58.9%
Age statement: None
Master Distiller: Owen Martin

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Technical Specifications

Specification	Detail
Class	Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey finished in Ruby Port wine barrels
Release	Cask Strength 2026 — the 15th annual edition
Proof	117.8
ABV	58.9%
Age statement	None. Base whiskey distilled between 2014 and 2019.
Blending method	Solera-inspired — a portion of each release is held back to form the foundation of the next
Finishing	Double matured in hand-selected Ruby Port wine barrels for up to three years
Strength	Cask strength; bottled without proofing down
Outturn	Approximately 20,640 bottles nationally, plus approximately 1,446 international
Suggested retail	$249.99 at release
Master Distiller	Owen Martin
Distillery	Angel's Envy, Louisville, Kentucky
Format	750 mL
Companion release	Issued alongside the Angel's Envy 10-Year Cask Strength Rye at 111.6 proof — a separate whiskey

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Records & Assurance

Authentication & Vault Preservation

Every bottle sold through Midnight Whiskey is sourced as an authentic, sealed product and inspected before it ships. Orders are packed with padded, glass-rated handling and require an adult signature (21+) on delivery; we do not ship to anyone unable to verify legal drinking age. For our full sourcing and handling protocols, see our editorial and authentication standards.

Frequently Asked Questions

What proof is Angel's Envy Cask Strength 2026?

The 2026 Angel's Envy Cask Strength Bourbon is bottled at 117.8 proof, or 58.9% ABV. Angel's Envy bottles the Cask Strength release without proofing down, so that figure is the natural strength of the blend after finishing. The 10-Year Cask Strength Rye issued alongside it is a separate whiskey at 111.6 proof.

What is Angel's Envy's Solera-inspired process?

For each annual Cask Strength release Angel's Envy blends a set of barrels, bottles most of the blend, and holds the remainder back to form the foundation of the following year's blend. Because nothing is fully emptied, mature bourbon from earlier releases keeps influencing later ones and each edition carries a trace of the one before it. The 2026 release incorporates material from the 2023, 2024 and 2025 Cask Strength bottlings alongside newly added bourbon. Angel's Envy calls it Solera-inspired rather than solera because it borrows the principle of the fractional blending systems used in sherry and rum without replicating them exactly.

Is the 2026 Angel's Envy Cask Strength a 10-year bourbon?

No. The 2026 Angel's Envy Cask Strength Bourbon carries no age statement; its base is Kentucky straight bourbon distilled between 2014 and 2019, and the Solera-inspired process means older material from prior releases is present as well. The ten-year age statement belongs to the Angel's Envy 10-Year Cask Strength Rye, the brand's first age-stated cask strength rye, which was released at the same time as part of the 2026 Cask Strength Dual Release. Retail listings describing a ten-year Angel's Envy Cask Strength bourbon are conflating the two.

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Angel's Envy

The Elemental Distinction

How It Was Made