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Type | Bourbon whiskey |
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Manufacturer | The Sazerac Company |
Country of origin | Kentucky, United States |
Alcohol by volume | 44.45% |
Proof (US) | 88.9 |
Related products | Buffalo Trace |
Hancock's President's Reserve Bourbon Whiskey is a single barrel bourbon whiskey produced in Frankfort, Kentucky by the Sazerac Company at Buffalo Trace Distillery. The brand is sold as a straight bourbon in 750ml glass bottles.
Hancock's President's Reserve is named after the early American settler Hancock Lee. [1]
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Woodford Reserve is a brand of premium small batch Kentucky straight bourbon whiskey produced in Woodford County, Kentucky, by the Brown-Forman Corporation. It is made from a mixture of copper pot still spirits produced at the company's Woodford Reserve Distillery, and column still spirits from the Brown Forman Distillery in Shively, Kentucky. Each 45.2% alcohol by volume bottle bears a unique batch and bottle number. The brand was introduced in 1996. Domestic sales of Woodford Reserve surpassed one million cases in 2021.
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