Mark’s Whisky Ramblings 534: Blanton’s Single Barrel #158

Mark Dermul, Belgian whiskyblogger, tries a single barrel bourbon. Single Barrels are very commonplace nowadays, but it was actually Colonel Albert B. Blanton of the Buffalo Trace distillery who introduced it about a century ago. The marketing boys will have you believe that the best barrels are maturing in the centre of the metal-clad Warehouse H and those are hand selected for ‘their exquisite qualities’. The Single Barrel releases are all bottled at 93 Proof. In the glass is Barrel #158 from Rick #22, bottled on the 10^th of March 2023 and a gracious gift from my friend John.

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