Description

Abraham Bowman Release No. 17 Sweet Sixteen 16-Year is a Bourbon from A. Smith Bowman Distillery in Fredericksburg, Virginia, bottled at 116 proof (58% ABV). The Abraham Bowman Limited Edition Collection is the distillery’s experimental, small-output line, where Virginia’s oldest continually operating distillery explores how mashbill, maturation, and finishing reshape its whiskey.

This 16-year release marries four different barrel-entry proofs into one bottling, a study in how the strength at which spirit enters the barrel affects its maturation over more than a decade. Combining four entry points lets the distillery balance the distinct character each one develops across long years in Virginia oak.

With no published per-release tasting notes, the profile follows the distillery’s house character: this experimental bourbon leans on the warm vanilla, caramel, and toasted-oak tones that years in charred Virginia barrels dependably produce, framed by the maturity its age and warehouse time provide.

Produced in very limited quantity as part of the long-running Abraham Bowman Limited Edition Collection, this 2018 release is allocated, hard to find, and seldom seen on shelves. Each numbered entry occupies a fixed place in the series, making the collection a natural target for collectors who track the distillery’s experimental output release by release.

Size: 750ml
Proof: 116 (58% ABV)
Age: 16 Year Old
Origin: Fredericksburg, Virginia
Distillery: A. Smith Bowman Distillery