Description

Buffalo Trace Experimental Collection Warehouse Floors Floor #5 is a Bourbon from Buffalo Trace Distillery in Frankfort, Kentucky. This 2014 release was distilled in 2001 from Buffalo Trace’s Mash Recipe #1 and aged for 12 years and 3 months on the middle floor of Warehouse K, a nine-story brick warehouse chosen for the variety of aging conditions it provides.

The Experimental Collection is Buffalo Trace’s long-running program of one-off whiskeys exploring unique mash bills, woods, barrel toasts, and aging conditions, with more than 2,000 experimental barrels aging in the distillery’s warehouses. The Warehouse Floors Experiment held every variable constant except aging position – the same distillate from the same date was split across floors one, five, and nine of Warehouse K to isolate how altitude inside a rickhouse changes a bourbon’s character. Each floor was bottled and released as a separate label so drinkers could taste the variable directly.

On the nose, it shows caramel, honey, and ripe fruit. The palate brings caramel, honey, ripe fruit, cinnamon, vanilla, and clove, and the finish carries good oak grip with balanced spice.

Floor #5 was the middle ground of the three Warehouse K experiments and Whisky Advocate’s pick of the trio, with sweet fruit notes layered against dried spice and balanced oak. It drinks well neat or over a single large cube.

Size: 375ml
Proof: 90 (45% ABV)
Age: 12 Year, 3 Months
Origin: Frankfort, Kentucky
Distillery: Buffalo Trace Distillery