Some dried red apple slices, like you get at Trader Joes. Nose: Heaps of dried fruits - persimmon, apricots, figs, raisons, cranberries and prunes laced with caramelized spices - ginger nutmeg and cinnamon. Mash Bill: Buffalo Trace’s RyeMash Bill (undisclosed) Bottled at 129.2 proof and aged on the 5th floor of Warehouse M, a total of 47 hand picked barrels were used yielding a (rough) total of 8,440 bottles. Handy was distilled in the Spring of 2008 making it 6 years and 3 months old. Handy, and his involvement with rye and the Sazerac from Robert F. You can read more here about the very detailed history of Thomas H. Ergo, Buffalo Trace (who’s parent company is named Sazerac Co., interestingly enough) named this formidable beast of a rye, after Mr. Thomas Handy was the gentleman most often associated with replacing the traditional brandy/cognac in a Sazerac, with rye whiskey. Handy worked at the Sazerac House in New Orleans during the mid to late 1800’s which was one of several establishments that helped make the Sazerac cocktail famous. Handy and his connection to the Sazerac cocktail is actually part of a long and very complex tangled web of cocktail history. This is a bold, rich, robust rye, and is one of only a handful on the market bottled at cask strength.īefore jumping into the rye itself, some of you may be asking “why the name Thomas H. This means the whiskey is not chill filtered, has had no water added to it and comes straight from the barrel, which accounts for its variability in profile each year and very high proof, ranging over the years from the mid 120’s to the mid 130’s. Handy is typically overlooked of the five and is the most commonly found for that very reason.Ĭoming in at just 6 years old, Handy is the youngest of the five but like Stagg, and Weller, is bottled at cask strength. Stagg, William Larue Weller, Eagle Rare 17, Sazerac 18 and of course, Thomas H. This collection of five is some of the most sought after domestic whiskey in the world: George T. Handy, commonly referred to as Thomas Handy, or simply Handy, is a 6 year old cask strength rye whiskey, and is one of two ryes and three bourbons released each year in the fall, that make up the Buffalo Trace Antique Collection (BTAC). These ryes are undisputed as some of the finest whiskeys in the world as well. However, commonly overlooked during this time of year, often by the bourbon bandwagoneers and the lovely “whiskey fans” that are looking for every opportunity to flip said bottles to the highest bidder, are many of the limited rye whiskeys that are released alongside their bourbon brethren. ![]() These are just a few of the many names you'll hear, and rightfully so they’ve won some of the highest awards and boast a long list of accolades that few whisk(e)ys ever will, making them some of the finest whiskeys in the world. Stagg, Old Forester Birthday Bourbon, Pappy Van Winkle, Four Roses Limited Edition Small Batch. As Bourbon Season shifts into high gear, your probablly flooded with the buzz of big name bourbons, and understandably so: George T.
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