Sweet Oak is the 2025 release in Woodford Reserve's Master's Collection and the twenty-first in the series. This Kentucky straight bourbon is bottled at 55.2% volume, equivalent to 110.4 US proof. MATURATION: Master Distiller Elizabeth McCall selected Chinkapin oak casks for this release. SUGGESTIONS: Serve neat or over one large ice cube. It can also be used in an Old Fashioned with sugar, aromatic bitters and orange peel.
Tasting notes
Mahogany.
Mulled cherries and raisins with clove, nutmeg, leather and toasted oak.
Baking spices, sassafras, roasted walnuts and black tea.
Lingering oak, black tea and dried dark fruit.
Woodford Reserve produces Kentucky whiskey at its distillery in Versailles. Alongside its regular range, the producer uses its annual Master's Collection to explore different grain recipes, cask treatments and maturation methods.
