HANCOCK'S PRESIDENT'S RESERVE SINGLE BARREL BOURBON WHISKEY

Buffalo Trace Distillery produces Hancock's President's Reserve as a single barrel bourbon honoring Hancock Lee, who founded the 18th-century Leestown settlement along the Kentucky River where the distillery now stands. Made from the same high-rye mash bill as Blanton's, this bourbon benefits from Kentucky's limestone-filtered water and dramatic temperature swings that push the 88.9-proof spirit deep into charred oak barrels for extraction. The nose opens with vanilla, cinnamon, and stone fruit notes like peach alongside light oak, while the palate delivers cinnamon spice, vanilla, black pepper, and oak tannins, finishing medium-dry with leather and peppery warmth characteristic of mid-proof bourbons from this mash bill.