Want Chris Stapleton’s barrel pick? Here’s where to find the special bourbon.
It takes a lot of Chris Stapleton to top himself. But, with the help of Buffalo Trace Distillery, he’s trying.
This year he’s releasing the Chris Stapleton Single Barrel version of E.H. Taylor Jr. Bottled in Bond bourbon, hand-selected by the Kentucky musician.
“The first glass of E.H. Taylor, Jr. I ever had was in the studio. Vance Powell, engineer of both music and good times, brought a bottle to the session for inspiration. That week we recorded an entire album, and that album was ‘Traveller.’ We’ve made it a point to keep a bottle around ever since,” Stapleton said in the news release. “We’re proud to celebrate the 125th anniversary of Bottled in Bond Day with this special single barrel bottling. All proceeds raised by these bottles will benefit Outlaw State of Kind, our charitable fund that is dedicated to giving back to the people and communities that continue to play a vital role in our journey.”
Last year, he teamed with the Frankfort distillery to release an autographed commemorative single-barrel edition through Chris and Morgane Stapleton’s charitable fund, Outlaw State of Kind. A bottle sold at auction for as much as $18,000.
This year’s version was bottled from a single barrel picked by Stapleton. It was distilled at Buffalo Trace on June 3, 2009; bottled in mid-February, this bourbon is over 12 years of age, and is bottled in bond at 100 proof.
It won’t be available in stores at any price.
However, two prize packages that include one bottle as well as Stapleton concert tickets are up for bidding on Charitybuzz.com.
One package has the bourbon plus four tickets to Stapleton’s April 23 concert at Kroger Field, a VIP tour and tasting for four at Buffalo Trace and more.
The other package has the bourbon plus two tickets to any Stapleton concert in 2022 and E.H. Taylor Jr. branded merchandise.
The rest of the bottles will by used by Outlaw State of Mind to raise money for causes throughout the year.
This year’s version also celebrates the 125th anniversary of the passing of the Bottled in Bond Act on March 3, 1897, championed by Edmund Haynes Taylor Jr. to preserve the integrity of whiskey and prevent it from being adulterated by things like tea, prune juice, kerosene or sulfuric acid.
Considered America’s first consumer protection law, the law stipulates that all to be sold as such whiskey must be from one distilling season at one distillery, aged in a federally bonded warehouse for at least four years and bottled at 100 proof.
This story was originally published March 3, 2022 at 7:58 AM.
