Description
Buffalo Trace Experimental Collection Oversized Barrel 250L is a Bourbon from Buffalo Trace Distillery in Frankfort, Kentucky. This release was aged for eight years and nine months in a 250-liter oak barrel – 25 percent larger than the standard 200-liter bourbon barrel – to test how a higher liquid-to-wood ratio shapes maturation over a roughly nine-year aging window.
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 Oversized Barrels release paired a 250-liter and a 500-liter barrel against each other on the same floor for the same length of time, with the 250L sitting closer to a control barrel’s profile while the 500L pulled noticeably less wood.
On the nose, it shows honey, vanilla, caramel, and subtle baking spice. The palate brings smooth, delicate sweetness with gentle oak, and the finish carries a clean, lightly spiced close.
The 250-liter barrel slowed wood interaction enough to preserve a softer, more delicate character than a standard 200L bourbon would show at the same age. It drinks well neat or over a single large cube.
- Size: 375ml
- Proof: 90 (45% ABV)
- Age: 8 Year 9 Months
- Origin: Frankfort, Kentucky
- Distillery: Buffalo Trace Distillery
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