Augusta Distillery Buckner's Single Barrel Cask Strength 13 Yr
- Sourced
- Non-chill filtered
- Limited
On the shelf at Great American Craft SpiritsOpen and pouring · Rancho Santa Margarita, CA
- Proof
- 135
- Age
- 13 yr
- Style
- BourbonKentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey
- MSRP
- $229.99~$259.99 street
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“13-year single-barrel CS unfiltered - SFWSC World's Best Bourbon lineage”
Tasting notes
- nose
- leather, cherry, toffee, floral spice, pie-shop fruit — strawberry, raspberry, red apple — over mature oak, vanilla-mint, caramel
- palate
- cherry, rye spice, dark chocolate, smoke on high-proof oak that balances rather than scorches
- finish
- medium-long oak and cocoa that asks for another sip
Mash bill
- Corn75%
- Rye21%
- Malted barley4%
Exact mash for each Buckner's 13 barrel is not printed on every label; Augusta bottles sourced Kentucky straight bourbon selected to the house profile. Sibling Old Route 8 releases have been reported around 75% corn / 21% rye / 4% malted barley - a moderate-rye Kentucky recipe consistent with the cherry-rye-dark-chocolate tasting language Alex Castle uses for Buckner's 13. Treat percentages as indicative of the house selection lane until a barrel-specific mash is disclosed.
- Cask
- New charred American oak (single barrel)
- Best served
- neat
Awards
- SFWSC World's Best Bourbon 2023 (Buckner's 13)
Why it's craft
Northern Kentucky craft producer; age-stated single-barrel cask-strength showcase even while liquid remains sourced during own-distillate maturation.
Augusta Distillery
Independent · Est. 2018 · Tours