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Bardstown Bourbon Company Chateau De Laubade Armagnac Cask Finished (2022 Release), 53.5%
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Bardstown Bourbon Company Discovery Series No. 7, 57.25%
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Booker's “The Lumberyard Batch” (2022-02), 62.4%
Score: 92

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