Very Olde St. Nick 20 Years Very Rare Ancient Reserve Cask Lot No. A16 Blue Wax Sealed Barrel Proof 116.4 Handmade Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey 58.2% Vol. - rare old bottling of a marvellous Kentuck Straight Bourbon Whiskey for the Japanese market!
This very rare and stunning 20-year-old handmade Very Olde St. Nick Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey with the blue wax capsule and a particularly dark mahogany color comes from the limited Ancient Reserve Edition and was hand made by Cask Lot no. A16 without adding dyes and chill filtration at 58.2% Vol. / 116.4 barrel proof and is currently the whiskey with the highest alcohol content from this extraordinary series of exquisite old bourbon and rye whiskeys from the Olde St. Nick Distillery in Bardstown and was produced in the late 1970s/early 1980s by Willett and Kentucky Bourbon Distillers at the Stitzel-Weller distillery in Lawrenceburg or the old Heaven Hill distillery.
Very Olde St. Nick is a whiskey label that was bottled by Julian Van Winkle and Kentucky Bourbon Distillers exclusively for the Japanese export market back in the early 2000s. Back then, the Japanese market was much more interested in super-aged bourbons than the the American market. These bourbons and ryes likely came from some of the same sources that went into the legendary Willett and Black Maple Hill bottlings from that era. The ryes are most likely to be from the old Bernheim or Medley distilleries, the bourbons could be from any number of sources. These are extremely rare. Even in Japan, they haven't been available for years, except for the occasional dusty.
In response to a question about Very Olde St. Nick this post found from Julian Van Winkle in 2000 on Straight Bourbon: Olde St. Nick is bottled in Bardstown by Evan Kulsvein. He buys his whiskey from Heaven Hill. This label was ceated by a lady in CA some years ago who sells my whiskey in Japan. I actually used to bottle this whiskey for her, and she would ship to Japan. Years ago, I did not have much older whiskey, so she switched to Evan who had the Heaven Hill supply.
Of this extraordinary 20 years bourbon whiskey, only a few have found their way to Europe and even at the special auctions of Bonhams, Krüger and Christies this bourbon was rarely found. A special piece of whiskey history in excellent condition and extremely rare collector's item for lovers and connoisseurs of fine old Bourbon whiskey!
- Colour: dark mahogany
- Typ: Straight Bourbon Whiskey - Distillery Bottling
- Region: Bardstown - Kentucky
- Vintage: unknown - approximate 1975-1980
- Year bottled: 1995-2000
- Age: 20 years old
- Cask Wood Type: charred New White Oak
- Cask Lot No. A16
- Alcohol ABV% 58.2 - 116.4 Proof
- Bottling Serie: Very Rare Ancient Reserve - blue wax sealed
- Bottle Size 70cl / 700ml (consumer content 75cl / 750ml)
- Packaging without box
- Producer/Importer: Olde St. Nick Distillery, Bardstown, Kentucky, USA
- Country of Origin: USA - Kentucky
- Unique old bottling and special collector's whiskey!
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