The Sazerac 18 released in 2008 came from rye distilled in 1985. After its years in oak barrels the rye was moved into stainless steel tanks, where it aged no further, and Sazerac 18 releases were drawn from those tanks until the 2015 release used the last of it; the 2008 portion was bottled at 90 proof under an 18-year age statement. Accounts of the stock give different years for the move into the tanks, and this page names no aging location, floor or grain percentages for the 2008 draw.

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How was the 2008 Sazerac 18 aged?

The 2008 Sazerac 18 Year Old came from rye distilled in 1985 that aged in oak barrels and was later moved into stainless steel tanks, where it aged no further. The 2008 bottling was the eighth-from-last Sazerac 18 drawn from that stock, which lasted until the 2015 release, and it was bottled at 90 proof under an 18-year age statement.

What proof is the 2008 Sazerac 18?

Buffalo Trace bottled the 2008 Sazerac 18 Year Old at 90 proof (45% ABV). Only one other whiskey in that fall's Antique Collection, Eagle Rare 17, shared that strength; the other three went out far higher, with George T. Stagg at 141.8 proof, Thomas H. Handy Sazerac at 127.5 and William Larue Weller at 125.3.

How does the 2008 Sazerac 18 compare with the 2009 release?

The 2008 and 2009 Sazerac 18 Year Old releases came from the same stock of 1985 rye held in stainless steel tanks, and both were bottled at 90 proof under an 18-year age statement, but each fall's draw was bottled separately. Buffalo Trace's 2009 announcement describes that year's draw as a rye spice aroma with oak, leather and molasses notes.