By the 2013 sheet, a sour-mash bourbon of Kentucky corn (distillers grade #1 and #2), Minnesota rye and North Dakota malted barley. The grain was milled through a #10 screen and cooked at 240°F in reverse-osmosis-treated Kentucky limestone water, fermented in carbon steel / black iron, and double distilled — beer still, then doubler — to 135 proof. Barrels were new white oak from Independent Stave of Lebanon, Kentucky, given a #4 char of 55 seconds and filled at 125 proof in the spring of 1993; each held 53 liquid gallons, or 66.25 original proof gallons. The 25 barrels chosen for 2013 came from the second, third and sixth floors of Warehouses I and K and were chill filtered and bottled at 90 proof at 19 years old.

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Is the 2013 Eagle Rare 17 really 17 years old?

It is older than its label. Buffalo Trace records 19 years at bottling for the 2013 Eagle Rare 17 Year Old, distilled in the spring of 1993, while the label keeps the brand's 17-year age statement.

What mash bill is the 2013 Eagle Rare 17?

Kentucky corn (distillers grade #1 and #2) is the large grain, Minnesota rye the small grain and North Dakota malted barley the finish grain, per Buffalo Trace's 2013 fact sheet for Eagle Rare 17. It is a sour-mash bourbon, double distilled to 135 proof.

What are the tasting notes for the 2013 Eagle Rare 17?

Buffalo Trace's tasting comment for the 2013 Eagle Rare 17 Year Old reads “Dry, with hints of oak, leather and tobacco.” The whiskey was 19 years old at bottling and was bottled at 90 proof (45% ABV).