King Of Kentucky 12 Year Old Batch 3

UNITED STATES : KENTUCKY : LOUISVILLE

75% Corn, 15% Rye, 10% Malted Barley — Brown-Forman Distillery

FULL-BODIED, DARK CHERRY, SMOKED HONEY, DARK CHOCOLATE, MATURE OAK, TOFFEE

Brown-Forman's first-ever batched King of Kentucky arrives as three different proof expressions — 105, 107.5, and 110 — built from roughly 100 barrels each, aged 12 to 18 years in heat-cycled Louisville rickhouses where steam pushes warehouse temperatures above 85°F in winter, driving the spirit deep into new charred American oak. Some barrels retained only 14–16% of their original fill — extreme concentration that makes single-barrel release impractical but a blend extraordinary. Whisky Advocate 94 pts.

Batch 3, at 110 proof, is the expression that most closely resembles the annual King of Kentucky single-barrel releases that built the brand's reputation. The full 5.5 proof points above Batch 1 maximize barrel extraction — dark cherry, mature oak, and smoked honey are all more present here than in its siblings, and the finish is the longest of the three. Where Batch 1 (105 proof) is the most accessible and Batch 2 (107.5 proof) is the distinctive outlier, Batch 3 is the capstone: concentrated, viscous, and closest to what the single barrel delivers. UPROXX called it "the most focused and well-developed of the lot."

110 Proof

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