Buffalo Trace's 2007 fact sheet traces this batch from grain to bottle. The recipe set Minnesota rye against Kentucky corn, distillers grade #1 and #2, with North Dakota malted barley to finish; the grain went through a #10 milling screen, cooked at 240 degrees Fahrenheit in Kentucky limestone water treated by reverse osmosis, and fermented as sour mash in carbon steel and black iron fermenters. Distillation was a double run on a beer still and doubler, coming off at 135 proof and entering new white oak at 125. The barrels held 53 liquid gallons each, carried a #4 char burned for 55 seconds by Independent Stave of Lebanon, Kentucky, and aged in Warehouse K, where 51.94% of the whiskey was lost to evaporation. Twenty-eight of them were hand-picked for this release, chill filtered and bottled at 90 proof.

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What proof is the 2007 Sazerac 18?

The 2007 Sazerac 18 Year Old was bottled at 90 proof, or 45% alcohol by volume. Buffalo Trace's fact sheet for the release records the whiskey coming off the still at 135 proof and entering the barrel at 125, so it was reduced before bottling.

Is the 2007 Sazerac 18 chill filtered?

Yes. Buffalo Trace's fact sheet for the fall 2007 Sazerac 18 Year Old lists chill filtration for this release. The distillery does not publish a filtration line for every year, so this answer covers the 2007 bottling only.

How many barrels went into the 2007 Sazerac 18?

Twenty-eight hand-picked barrels, according to Buffalo Trace's 2007 fact sheet. They aged in Warehouse K and lost 51.94% of the original whiskey to evaporation before the release was bottled at 90 proof.

When was the rye in the 2007 Sazerac 18 distilled?

In the spring of 1985, and Buffalo Trace released it in the fall of 2007, 22 calendar years later, under an 18-year age statement. Under US federal labeling rules a rye whisky's age counts only the time it spent in charred new oak containers.