Buffalo Trace's wheated recipe puts North Dakota wheat in the small-grain position that rye holds in the distillery's other Antique Collection bourbons, beside Kentucky corn and North Dakota malted barley. The 2022 release was distilled in the spring of 2010, came off the still at 130 proof, and was filled into new white oak barrels with a number 4 char burned for 55 seconds, coopered by Independent Stave, at a barrel entry proof of 114. Those barrels rested on floors 2, 3 and 4 of Warehouses C, K and N for 12 years and 8 months, and 64% of the original whiskey evaporated over that time. Nothing was filtered and nothing was added back, so the 124.7 proof on the label is the strength the barrels gave up.

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What proof is the 2022 William Larue Weller?

The 2022 William Larue Weller is bottled at 124.7 proof, or 62.35% ABV. Buffalo Trace bottles this Antique Collection release uncut and unfiltered, so the figure is the strength the barrels reached rather than a target the distillery proofed down to. The whiskey went into the barrel at 114 proof and gained strength over its maturation.

How old is the 2022 William Larue Weller?

The 2022 William Larue Weller was 12 years and 8 months old at bottling. Buffalo Trace distilled it in the spring of 2010 and released it in the fall of 2022, which makes it two months older than the 2023 William Larue Weller that followed it.

How much of the 2022 William Larue Weller was lost to evaporation?

Buffalo Trace reports that 64% of the original whiskey was lost to evaporation over the 12 years and 8 months the 2022 William Larue Weller spent in barrel. That share is what concentrates a barrel-strength bourbon, and it is one reason the proof varies from release to release across the Buffalo Trace Antique Collection.

Which warehouses held the 2022 William Larue Weller?

The 2022 William Larue Weller matured in Warehouses C, K and N at Buffalo Trace Distillery, on floors 2, 3 and 4. The distillery names those three warehouses and those three floors in its release notes for the year, and reports a 64% evaporation loss across them.