Eagle Rare has been a historic bourbon brand, originally developed by Seagram in 1975 in an effort to capitalise on what it felt were the popular marketing motifs used by Wild Turkey. Distilled at their Four Roses distillery, the recipe was devised by Charles L. Beam and was sold as a 10 year old with both a 90 and 101 proof version available. Seagram held ambitions beyond the drinks industry however, and in an effort to diversify their portfolio in the 1980s, they sold Eagle Rare along with the Benchmark brand to the Sazerac Company. They initially bottled it using barrels sourced from Heaven Hill, but later moved production to Buffalo Trace in 1992. This is the first edition of Eagle Rare 17 for the Buffalo Trace Antique Collection which only featured 3 of the 5 expressions that we know of today. This bourbon was distilled in fall of 1982 and bottled in the summer 2000. This wonderfully crafted bourbon is composed of Buffalo Traces' proprietary mash bill #1 and is double distilled and aged in new white oak casks with #4 charring. A true must for any BTAC collector!
