Guero Reserve Bourbon Whiskey 17 year 750ml

At 17 years, Guero Reserve is one of the oldest bourbons to carry the Savage & Cooke name, and the extra time in oak shows. The mash bill runs 84% corn, 8% rye, and 8% malted barley, rested long enough to pull deep color and layered wood from the barrel. Bottled at 108 proof, it opens on vanilla and caramel, then turns toward dried oak, baking spice, and a whisper of leather across a long finish. This is a slow sipper rather than a mixer, and the age is the whole point. Pour it neat in a Glencairn and give it ten minutes; a few drops of water loosen the older, drier character without thinning the body.

How to drink Guero Reserve 17 Year

This isn't a bottle to build a cocktail around — the age is the point, and mixing it would waste what seventeen years in oak did. Save it for an evening where you can actually sit with the glass rather than pour it in passing.

Bourbon108 proof · Mash bill: 84% corn, 8% rye, 8% malted barley · New charred American oak · United States