Stitzel-Weller

The 20-year-old Pappy Van Winkle Family Reserve has become a legendary bourbon, particularly following the theft of 65 three-bottle cases in 2013. It is also the expression which first brought the Van Winkle brand to prominence after being awarded an unprecedented score of 99 at the Beverage Testing Institute in 1996.

Released in 2003, this was the second bottling of the 23-year-old Pappy Van Winkle and the first to be filled at Buffalo Trace distillery by Sazerac Company. Unlike the previous version, this one now contained wheated Stitzel-Weller bourbon.

The 20-year-old Pappy Van Winkle Family Reserve has become a legendary bourbon, particularly following the theft of 65 three-bottle cases in 2013. It is also the expression which first brought the Van Winkle brand to prominence after being awarded an unprecedented score of 99 at the Beverage Testing Institute in 1996.

This was third release of the 23-year-old Pappy Van Winkle Family Reserve and the last to be produced with a gold wax seal. Released in 2005, it was filled at Buffalo Trace distillery by the Sazerac company and contained wheated bourbon whiskey from Stitzel-Weller distillery.