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Quick Profile
- Proof
- 100 Proof (50% ABV)
- ABV
- 50%
- Age
- 4 Years (Bottled-in-Bond)
- Style
- Bottled-in-Bond
- Region
- Kentucky
Flavor Profile
What to Expect: This bottle leans toward Spice, Sweet & Dessert-Like, and Grain & Cereal notes. Specific descriptors include black pepper, brown sugar, cereal / grainy, and cinnamon.
Value BiB staple; toasted grain, dark brown sugar, cinnamon, orange rind, and black pepper.
What Defines This Bottle
Bottled-in-Bond
A federally regulated designation; single distiller, single season, aged at least 4 years, bottled at exactly 100 proof; layered on top of an underlying recipe rather than describing one of its own.
Governed by the Bottled-in-Bond Act of 1897 (27 CFR § 5.42): single distiller, single distillery, single distillation season, aged at least 4 years in a federally bonded warehouse, bottled at exactly 100 proof. This site's own catalog records one proof designation per bottle, so a real-world Bottled-in-Bond release that also happens to be barrel-proof-labeled may only surface here under one of the two designations -- see How to Read a Label and the Proof & Dilution Calculator for how a fixed 100-proof requirement compares to standard and barrel-proof bottling.
Learn about Bottled-in-Bond →Age
This bottle carries a stated age of 4 years.
Production Details
Disclosed production notes from Willett Distillery -- structured, sourced facts, not a tasting review.
- Cooperage
- Charred New American White Oak (Char #4 standard).
- Warehouse Notes
- Historic stone-foundation, timber-and-iron warehouses perched on the high ridges of Bardstown.
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