Woodford Reserve Batch Proof 2022 Debuts At 118.4 Proof

Woodford Reserve debuted this week the 2022 edition of its popular annual limited-edition, high-proof expression – Woodford Reserve Batch Proof. For this year it clocks in at 118.4 proof.

Batch Proof focuses in on creating a bottling  that’s said to make use of Woodford Reserve’s proprietary process – blending barrels into a batch and then bottling the whiskey at its actual proof, straight from the barrel. Batch Proof is crafted using the same grain bill and process as Woodford Reserve Kentucky Straight Bourbon.

Batch Proof, however, takes what’s described Woodford Reserve’s trademark flavor range of sweet vanilla and toasted oak to a whole new level, “offering consumers the privilege of tasting Woodford Reserve in its purest form, not the standard 90.4 for which Woodford Reserve is known.”

“Barrels drawn from the first floors of our heat-cycled warehouses routinely possess lower proof presentations due the more relaxed angel share process found there,” said Master Distiller Chris Morris in a prepared statement. “This batch had more of these barrels in its composition, and therefore a lower batch proof presentation than past releases.”

This limited-edition collection is available in select U.S. and global markets and has a suggested retail price of $129.99 for a 750ml bottle. It became available at Woodford Reserve Distillery yesterday.