Buffalo Trace Distillery will be releasing another version of their acclaimed E. H. Taylor, Jr. collection of whiskies this March, with the Seasoned Wood Bourbon. To create this Bourbon, Buffalo Trace Master Distiller Harlen Wheatley took a wheated mashbill (meaning he used a grain recipe where wheat was the secondary grain instead of rye) and aged the distillate in barrels that had some extra attention given to them.
The barrels used for this Bourbon, or more specifically the staves, were given an extra seasoning process. Some barrels comprised of staves that were soaked in an enzyme…