Bulleit '87 Frontier Whiskey 750 ml

Bulleit '87 Frontier Whiskey is the brand's first-ever blend of bourbon and rye, both aged at least four years, then finished separately for four to six weeks with toasted American oak and French oak staves before being married together and bottled in Shelbyville, Kentucky. The '87 in the name marks the year Bulleit was founded, not an age statement. Bottled at 90 proof, 45% ABV, it opens with caramel and brown sugar, moves into warm baking spices and structured oak, and closes on a layered, gentle finish of sweet-and-spicy warmth. It sits between Bulleit's high-rye bourbon and its 95% rye whiskey, built as a permanent core release. Pour it for someone who already knows both ends of the Bulleit lineup.

How to drink Bulleit '87

Try it neat first — the separate French and American oak stave finishing on each component is easiest to pick out before ice mutes it. It also holds its own in a Manhattan, where the rye side keeps the drink from going too sweet. A single large cube is fine if you want it slower.

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