From Lexington Herald-Leader (April 24, 2006):
Buffalo Trace Distillery says it began experimenting 17 years ago and now has more than 1,500 barrels of one-of-a-kind bourbons aging in its Franklin County warehouses.
So the distillery has started bottling its experiments as the Buffalo Trace Experimental Collection. There will be no more than 400 bottles of the first three barrels, which will begin selling late this month for about $46.35 each.
The three varieties are French Oak (10 years in a French oak barrel), Twice Barreled (it was put in a new barrel after eight years and eight months) and Fire Pot Barrel (barrel was heated to 102 degrees before filling).
“We love to push the envelope of whiskey making,” says Harlen Wheatley, Buffalo Trace master distiller.