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Woodford Reserve Kentucky Straight Bourbon

in Shelf bourbons by Lena Carver

Woodford Reserve Kentucky Straight Bourbon on “Shelf bourbons”, a list by Lena Carver on TheLysts.

Details

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Style
Kentucky straight bourbon
Proof
90.4 proof (45.2% ABV)
Age statement
No age stated (~7 years, often blended)
Distillery
Woodford Reserve Distillery, Versailles KY
Typical NYC price
$40–$50
Best for
Dinner-party “something nice but not flexy”
Flavor notes
Dried fruit, cocoa, toasty oak, orange oil, hint of tobacco
Nerd stat
Triple-distilled in pot stills plus column-distilled stock—basically a blended origin story in one very giftable bottle.
My take
Feels like a well-edited manuscript: not experimental, but polished, balanced, and surprisingly re-readable (re-drinkable?).