Very Olde St. Nick 25 Years Cask Lot B35 Very Rare Ancient Estate Barrel Strength 81.2 Proof Handmade Blue Wax Sealed Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey 40.6% Vol. - very rare old bottling of a stunning Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey for the Japanese market!
This very rare and terrific 25-year-old handmade Very Olde St. Nick Kentucky Straigth Bourbon Whiskey with the dark blue wax capsule and a particularly dark mahogany colour from the limited Ancient Estate Barrel Strength Edition was bottled from Cask Lot B35 without the addition of colourants and chill-filtration at 40.6% vol / 81.2 proof. One of the few old bottlings still existing today from this extraordinary series of exquisite old Bourbon and Rye whiskeys from the Olde St. Nick Distillery in Bardstown, which was produced in the late 1970s by Willett or Kentucky Bourbon Distillers at the Stitzel-Weller distillery in Lawrenceburg or the old Heaven Hill distillery.
Very Olde St. Nick is a whiskey label under which bottlings from Julian Van Winkle and Willett were bottled and marketed exclusively for the Japanese export market in the early 2000s. At that time, the Japanese market was much more interested in rare and old bourbon and rye whiskeys and the demand was greater than in the USA. These old bourbon and rye whiskeys all came from the same sources as the legendary old Willett, Black Maple Hill and Stitzel Weller bottlings from this period.
In response to a question about Very Olde St. Nick, Julian Van Winkle gave the following answer on Straight Bourbon in the year 2000: Olde St. Nick was bottled by Even Kulsveen in Bardstown. He buys his whisky from Heaven Hill. The label was created by a lady in California a few years ago who sells my whisky in Japan. I used to actually bottle these whiskeys for her and they were shipped to Japan. But years ago I didn't have as much older whiskey as I needed, so she switched to Evan Kulsveen, who had the Heaven Hill supply.
Of this extraordinary 25 years Very Olde St. Nick Kentucky Straigth 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 and extremely rare collector's whiskey for lovers and connoisseurs of outstanding and old Bourbon whiskeys!
- Colour: dark mahogany
- Typ: Straight Bourbon Whiskey - Distillery Bottling
- District: Bardstown - Kentucky
- Vintage: approximate 1970-1975
- Year bottled: 1995-2000
- Age: 25 years old
- Cask Wood Type: Charred New White Oak
- Cask Lot B35
- Alcohol ABV% 40.6 - 81.2 Proof / Barrel Strength
- Bottling Series: Very Rare Ancient Estate Barrel Strength - dark blue wax sealed
- NOTE: capsule is cracked - see pictures
- 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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