Kentucky Bourbon Festival offers chance to win a dozen rare bourbons. Here’s how to enter.

Still looking for the perfect gift for a bourbon love? Or maybe you just want something special for yourself.

Well, the Kentucky Bourbon Festival can help. The annual event in Bardstown is raising money to put on their September, 2024 event.

And you might get lucky in time for Christmas.

The festival is raffling off a collection hard-to-find bourbons, a dozen bottles in all, including some of the rarest and hard-to-find whiskeys, including Four Roses’ 135th Anniversary bottle, Old Rip Van Winkle 10 Year, Woodford Reserve Double Double Oaked and much more. The collection has a suggested retail price of $1,850, according to the organizers.

The price for a raffle ticket is $100, with 1,000 chances available. You can buy tickets online at kybourbonfestival.com through Dec. 15 (unless all of the tickets sell out before then.)

The winner will get all 12 rare bottles; winner will be announced on Dec. 16.

What’s in the rare bourbon collection?

Bourbons in the raffle include:

• Angel’s Envy 2023 Cask Strength Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey Finished In Port Barrels, 118.2 Proof
• Four Roses 135th Anniversary 2023 Limited Edition Small Batch Bourbon, 108 Proof
• Elijah Craig 18-Year Single Barrel Bourbon, 90 Proof
• Lux Row Double Barrel Aged 12-Year Bourbon, 118.4 Proof
• Knob Creek 18-Year Small Batch Bourbon, 100 Proof
• Michter’s 10-Year Single Barrel Bourbon, 94.4 Proof
• Rabbit Hole Founder’s Collection, 12-Year Kentucky Straight Whiskey finished in Brazilian Amburana Oak, 125.4 Proof
• Barton 1792 Sweet Wheat Bourbon, 91.2 Proof
• Wild Turkey Kentucky Spirit Single Barrel Bourbon, 101 Proof
• Old Rip Van Winkle 10-Year Bourbon, 107 Proof
• Woodford Reserve Double Double Oaked Kentucky Straight Bourbon, 90.4 Proof
• Old Forester The 117 Series High Angel’s Share Barrels Bourbon Release Date Nov. 2021 Batch No. 002, 110 Proof

This story was originally published November 21, 2023 at 10:00 AM.

Janet Patton

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