Woodford Reserve Sweet Oak Bourbon

Woodford Reserve Sweet Oak Bourbon is a limited-release bottle from the Master’s Collection, built on the classic Woodford mash bill but aged in rare Chinkapin oak barrels instead of traditional white oak. That unique wood gives the bourbon a darker color, a richer structure, and a completely different flavor development than the standard Woodford lineup. Bottled at 110.4 proof, it’s designed to show how deeply the barrel itself can shape a whiskey’s final profile, making it more of an experimental, collector-style release.

In the glass, Sweet Oak delivers bold notes of mulled cherries, raisins, baking spices, toasted oak, roasted nuts, and hints of caramel and dark chocolate. The palate is warm and layered, leaning heavily toward oak and spice, while the finish is long, dry, tannic, and full of lingering dark fruit. It’s a complex, wood-forward bourbon best suited for slow sipping, and ideal for people who enjoy rich, intense, and unique oak-driven flavor profiles.