Rebel Yell Single Barrel
Release: September 2016
Price: $50
Proof: 100
Availability: 24,000 bottles
Style: Bourbon
Need to know: Aged for a full 10 years, this hand-bottled wheated bourbon will bear the number of each barrel, in order to emphasize the distinct differences between each individual bottle.
Whisky Advocate says: While the initial debut is limited, Rebel Yell informs us the release will double next year, to 48,000 bottles. Are you a fan of wheated bourbons like Rebel Yell? Interested in finding out more about exactly what make a “wheater?” Learn your way around wheated bourbon and much more with upcoming features in the winter issue of Whisky Advocate. Subscribe now.
Big Peat Christmas 2016 
Release: September 2016
Price: $100/1 liter
Proof: 109.2
Availability: 30,000 bottles
Style: Blended Scotch malt whisky
Need to know: Traditionally a marriage of primarily Ardbeg, Bowmore, Caol Ila and Port Ellen, this one-off Big Peat Limited Edition vatting includes all active distilleries on Islay, plus malt whisky from the closed Port Ellen.
Whisky Advocate says: Big Peat delivers exactly what the name says, and so much more! That’s why this original blended malt from Douglas Laing has achieved a cult following among Islay whisky devotees for its unbridled power and complexity. Every release reviewed in the Whisky Advocate buying guide has scored 90 points or higher, making this Christmas gift highly anticipated.
Tullamore D.E.W. 14 Year Old Single Malt
Release: September 2016
Price: $70
Proof: 82.6
Availability: 18,000 bottles
Style: Irish single malt
Tullamore D.E.W. 18 Year Old Single Malt
Release: September 2016
Price: $110
Proof: 82.6
Availability: 2,400 bottles
Style: Irish single malt
Need to know: While clearly different in age, these whiskeys share a similar maturation, including bourbon, Oloroso sherry, port and madeira casks.
Whisky Advocate says: Previously available only the U.K., we are pleased to welcome these Irish single malts to our shores. Look for the reviews in out Buying Guide now! Keep up with the all the excitement surrounding Irish whiskey in the winter issue of Whisky Advocate. Subscribe now.
George T. Stagg
Release: September 2016
Price: $90
Proof: 144.1 proof
Availability: 142 barrels
Style: Bourbon
William Larue Weller
Release: September 2016
Price: $90
Proof: 135.4 proof
Availability: 145 barrels
Style: Bourbon
Thomas H. Handy Sazerac Rye
Release: September 2016
Price: $90
Proof: 126.2 proof
Availability: 61 barrels
Style: Rye
Eagle Rare 17 year old
Release: September 2016
Price: $90
Proof: 90 proof
Availability: 32 barrels
Style: Bourbon
Sazerac Rye 18 year old
Release: September 2016
Price: $90
Proof: 135.4 proof
Availability: 145 barrels
Style: Rye
Need to know: Buffalo Trace’s Antique Collection includes uncut and unfiltered bourbon George T. Stagg; well-known wheater William Larue Weller; Thomas H. Handy rye, distilled in the spring of 2010; and well aged bourbon and rye in the form of Eagle Rare and Sazerac Rye.
Whisky Advocate says: There is always lots of excitement around this collection and Buffalo Trace provides an immense amount of detail on their website for anyone looking for warehouse locations, distillation dates and bottling procedures. Of special note, this year’s Sazerac Rye 18 was drawn directly form barrels filled in April of 1998, rather than being batched from matured whiskey stored in stainless tanks. It’s a process they intend to continue going forward.
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