Buffalo Trace's 2016 fact sheet gives the recipe as Kentucky corn (distillers grade #1 and #2), Minnesota rye and North Dakota malted barley, milled through a #10 screen and cooked at 240°F in Kentucky limestone water with reverse osmosis. The sour mash fermented in carbon steel / black iron and was double distilled in a beer still and doubler, coming off at 135 proof. In the spring of 1999 it went into new white oak barrels made by Independent Stave in Lebanon, Kentucky — 53 liquid gallons, #4 char for 55 seconds — at 125 proof. Seventeen years later, with 66.1% of the original whiskey gone to evaporation, 32 barrels from the first, second and third floors of Warehouses H and K were selected by taste, chill filtered and bottled at 90 proof.

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What proof is the 2016 Eagle Rare 17?

90 proof, or 45% ABV, per Buffalo Trace's fact sheet for the fall 2016 Eagle Rare 17 Year Old. Its barrels had been filled at 125 proof in the spring of 1999.

Where was the 2016 Eagle Rare 17 aged?

The 2016 Eagle Rare 17 aged on the first, second and third floors of Warehouses H and K at Buffalo Trace Distillery in Frankfort, Kentucky. It was distilled in the spring of 1999 and was 17 years old at bottling, by which time 66.1% of the original whiskey had evaporated.

Is the 2016 Eagle Rare 17 chill filtered?

Yes. The distillery's fact sheet for the 2016 Eagle Rare 17 Year Old lists chill filtration before the bourbon was bottled at 90 proof.