Bourbon Whiskey, Outlaw, 'Buffalo Bill'

• Limited edition straight Kentucky wheated bourbon produced by Preservation Distillery in Bardstown, Kentucky
• Part of Preservation Distillery’s “Outlaw” Series
• Bottled exclusively for New York
• Distilled at Preservation Distillery from an undisclosed wheated bourbon mash bill
• All grains sourced from local farms including Affinity Farms in New Haven, Kentucky
• Sweet mash fermented in 1000-gallon stainless steel fermenters for 3–5 days using proprietary yeast
• Double distilled in copper pot stills
• Barrel-entry proof of 105–108 (versus the distillery’s standard 110); proofed with water from the estate’s limestone-fed aquifer
• Aged a minimum of 8 years in new American oak barrels with undisclosed toast and char levels
• Micro-batch of 1–3 barrels
• Non-chill filtered; bottled at 56% ABV

As Preservation’s stocks of its house-distilled wheated bourbon grow deeper, so too do the possibilities for core releases and special editions. Significantly, the Buffalo Bill bottling (part of  the collectable “Outlaw” series; there has also been a similarly themed “Legends of the Wild West” series) is drawn exclusively from house-produced distillate and offers the oldest whiskey in the series to date, with barrels in the blend coming in at 8 years and 6 months. What’s more, while the house “style” at Preservation tends to favor the more confectionary end of the wheated bourbon spectrum, these casks were drawn from the center of the warehouse, specifically selected for their smokier, “darker” nuances, befitting the history of one of America’s more notorious and colorful Wild West characters, Buffalo Bill Cody.