REGION

Kentucky

Kentucky is represented here by the qualifying bottles in the PROOF collection, not by a regulatory claim that every whisky from the region tastes alike.

THE HOUSE POSITION

Kentucky averages 40 on dried fruit against a category median of 10.

Median coordinates across 24 qualifying expressions. Flagship reference: Woodford Reserve Distiller’s Select.

Sweetness65

Body55

Smoke0

Fresh fruit50

Dried fruit40

Floral0

Spice25

Oak45

Malt / cereal25

How PROOF derives and verifies these positions →

ON THE MAP

The region in context.

Red: Kentucky bottlesOpen: other American whiskey bottlesHover or select any dot for its bottle name.

Jack Daniel’s Old No. 7 Woodford Reserve Distiller’s Select Buffalo Trace Maker’s Mark Wild Turkey 101 Bourbon W.L. Weller Special Reserve Blanton’s Original Single Barrel Uncle Nearest 1856 Premium Aged Whiskey Bulleit Bourbon Basil Hayden Kentucky Straight Bourbon Eagle Rare 10 Old Forester 86 Proof Elijah Craig Small Batch Four Roses Small Batch Knob Creek 9 Woodford Reserve Double Oaked WhistlePig 10 Year Evan Williams Black Label Sazerac Rye Wild Turkey Rare Breed Elijah Craig Barrel Proof · batch-variable Larceny Small Batch Blanton’s Gold Edition Four Roses Single Barrel OBSV · flagship 1792 Small Batch Old Forester 1920 Prohibition Style Eagle Rare 17 Old Overholt Straight Rye Bardstown Fusion Rittenhouse Rye Bottled-in-Bond Henry McKenna 10 Year Single Barrel Bottled-in-Bond Michters Us1 Bourbon High West American Prairie Angels Envy Port Finish Stagg Jr Basil Hayden Dark Rye Old Forester 1910 Jack Daniels Single Barrel Jack Daniels Single Barrel Barrel Proof Knob Creek 12 Knob Creek 18 New Riff Bourbon George Dickel No. 12 Four Roses Small Batch Select 1792 Bottled In Bond 1792 Full Proof Angels Envy Rye Bakers 7 Bookers Bourbon Bulleit 10 Bulleit Rye Eh Taylor Single Barrel Eh Taylor Small Batch Elijah Craig Toasted Barrel Evan Williams Bottled In Bond Evan Williams Single Barrel Four Roses Obsv Four Roses Single Barrel Barrel Strength Gentleman Jack George Dickel 8 George Dickel Bottled In Bond Heaven Hill Bottled In Bond 7 High West Double Rye High West Rendezvous Rye Jack Daniels Bonded Jim Beam Black Knob Creek Rye Knob Creek Single Barrel Larceny Barrel Proof Makers Mark 46 Makers Mark Cask Strength Michters 10 Bourbon Michters Us1 Rye Old Forester 100 Old Forester Rye Old Grand Dad 114 Old Grand Dad Bonded Pikesville Rye Redemption Rye Russells Reserve 10 Russells Reserve 13 Russells Reserve Single Barrel Smoke Wagon Uncut Unfiltered Weller 12 Weller Antique 107 Whistlepig Piggyback Wild Turkey 101 Rye Wild Turkey Rare Breed Rye Wilderness Trail Bottled In Bond Woodford Reserve RyeLittle smokeSmoke-ledLight-bodiedFull-bodied

HOUSE TO HOUSE

Distilleries within Kentucky.

Buffalo Trace Distillery Four Roses Distillery Heaven Hill Distillery Jim Beam Distillery Wild Turkey DistillerySmoke →Body →

DISTILLERIES

Houses represented here.

Barton 1792 DistilleryUnpeated American whiskey production.Buffalo Trace DistilleryUnpeated American whiskey production.Four Roses DistilleryUnpeated American whiskey production.Heaven Hill DistilleryUnpeated American whiskey production.Jim Beam DistilleryUnpeated American whiskey production.Wild Turkey DistilleryUnpeated high-rye bourbon and rye production.Woodford Reserve DistilleryUnpeated bourbon production; triple-pot component is release/process specific.

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