There are quite a few well-aged whiskies in this week's roundup, including a 12 year old from Barrell, and 10 year olds from Michter's, Sagamore Spirit, Bernheim, and Wyoming Whiskey, while Yellowstone's 8 year old bourbon revives the Yellowstone label from the 19th century (a bottle previously available only at its Limestone Branch Distillery). Elsewhere, Johnnie Walker seeks to woo American drinkers with a new bourbon cask-centric expression, and this year’s edition of Macallan Distil Your World is an ode to Paris.
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Johnnie Walker Black Cask Blended Scotch
ABV: 43%
SRP: $35
Availability: Nationwide
Black Cask is a new permanent Johnnie Walker expression designed to appeal to both scotch and American whiskey fans. Crafted exclusively from whiskies aged in bourbon casks, the recipe features whiskies from distilleries used in Black Label, including Cameronbridge, Glen Elgin, and Roseisle. It's the latest Johnnie Walker expression introduced this decade to be priced below $50, joining Black Ruby, Black Label Sherry Cask Finish, High Rye, and Blonde. It's also the first Johnnie Walker expression in some time that's specifically made with American audiences in mind—another recent example being the introduction of High Rye in 2021, which targeted rye drinkers.
Heaven Hill Bernheim 20th Anniversary Limited Edition Wheat Whiskey
ABV: 57.5%
SRP: $85
Availability: Limited
When Heaven Hill released the first edition of Bernheim wheat whiskey back in 2005, executive chairman Max Shapira noted that the distillery was taking a big chance—it was the first widely available wheat whiskey on shelves since the early 1900s. Twenty years later, we’ve seen that bet pay off, not only in the additional iterations of Bernheim (there’s now a Barrel Proof version as well), but in the success and prestige of other wheat whiskeys from the distillery, like Parker’s Heritage, which counts two wheat whiskeys in the series. Heaven Hill is now celebrating Bernheim with a commemorative 20th anniversary bottling.
The new whiskey is a blend of 10 year old Bernheim barrels (51% wheat, 37% corn, 12% malted barley), making it quite a bit older than the flagship release, which is 7 years old. It’s bottled at 115 proof—not quite as high as some past Barrel Proof releases, which have reached 62.6% ABV. Though limited, the whiskey will be available nationwide.
Michter’s 10 year old Bourbon
ABV: 47.2%
SRP: $195
Availability: Limited
It’s a good year to be a Michter’s fan—just weeks after the distillery announced the fifth release of its Celebration blend, it’s now back with the latest edition of its 10 year old bourbon. While historically it has not always been released every year, Michter’s ramped up production to a 24/7 schedule in 2023, and the fruits of those labors seem to be trickling down to whiskey drinkers.
The new release follows the same blueprint as its predecessors: once barrels are approved by master of maturation Andrea Wilson and master distiller Dan McKee, they're then bottled at 94.4 proof. It’ll start appearing on shelves in March. For bourbon lovers, Michter’s 10 represents a reliably delicious option, having scored well with our panel in years past.
Yellowstone Recollection Bourbon
ABV: 55%
Price: $70
Availability: Select retailers nationwide.
If you walked into a saloon or restaurant in the 1800s and ordered a Yellowstone Bourbon, it would have come from a glass decanter embossed with the name “Yellowstone,” and with the Lower Falls of Yellowstone National Park depicted on the front label. Yellowstone’s latest release, Recollection Bourbon, is a nod to that historical back-of-bar bottle, with the same packaging and art.
It’s an 8 year old expression, made from a mashbill of 75% corn, 13% rye, and 12% malted barley, and bottled at 55% ABV. The whiskey isn’t new, but was previously released at parent company Limestone Branch’s distillery in Lebanon, Kentucky in the fall of 2025. Now, it’s available broadly nationwide. It fits the bill as a classic Kentucky bourbon profile, according to master distiller Stephen Beam, bringing a notable sweetness from the grain that isn’t over-oaked.
Stephen Beam guided the revival of Yellowstone when it partnered with its owner, Luxco, in 2015. It’s one of the oldest continuously sold bourbons in the country, just behind Old Forester. This release comes on the heels of a barrel pick program to celebrate the nation’s 250th birthday, announced earlier this month.
Sagamore Spirit 10 Year Old Straight Rye (2nd Edition)
ABV: 55.4%
SRP: $80
Availability: Limited
Part of Sagamore’s Reserve Series, the whiskey remains the distillery’s oldest release to date. Sagamore has abided by the “if ain’t broke, don’t fix it” philosophy here—this release uses the same high-rye and low-rye Maryland-style mashbill blend as its predecessor (and all Sagamore Spirit ryes), and once again ages it entirely in new oak. Sagamore’s own-make distillate isn’t quite at the 10-year mark, so this release remains sourced from MGP for the time being. That’s hardly a knock—we were such fans of the first release that we named it the No.-7 whisky of 2025.
Copperworks Farmsmith American Single Malt
ABV: 50%
SRP: $70
Availability: Limited
The latest edition of Copperworks Farmsmith, a line that highlights single-variety barley, is distilled from genie pale malt from Coulee Hite farms in Reardan, Washington (a town a few hundred miles east of the distillery’s Seattle home base). A blend of four barrels, the single malt aged for just over 5 years in new oak. Copperworks president and co-founder Jason Parker notes that the distillery has only been able to source this barley from this growing region—a hot, arid environment that’s not typical for the grain—just once before in a Special Release whiskey from last year, making the release all the more rare. The whiskey is available now at the Copperworks distillery, as well as its Kenmore, Washington-based tasting room and on its website, while supplies last.
Woody Creek Colorado Avalanche Bourbon
ABV: 45%
SRP: $50
Availability: 18,000 bottles
Woody Creek’s new bourbon was created in collaboration with the National Hockey League’s Colorado Avalanche. Made with a mashbill of 70% corn, 15% elbon rye, and 15% malted barley, the whiskey aged for 5 years. Why the hockey partnership? Woody Creek co-founder and CEO Mary Scanlan is a lifelong hockey fan and a former hockey player. The Colorado Avalanche bourbon is available for purchase throughout Colorado and online at woodycreekdistillers.com.
While Woody Creek’s origins are in potato vodka, the distillery branched out into whiskey in 2013. Since then, it’s added a 100% rye, a bourbon, a wheated bourbon, and a high-rye bourbon to its roster, all of which are made with Colorado-grown grains.
Barrell 12 year old Toasted American Oak Finished Bourbon
ABV: 56.7%
SRP: $160
Availability: Select retailers and online
This new expression represents a blend of 12–15 year old bourbons from Indiana, Tennessee, and Kentucky, which was finished in toasted American oak barrels for an undisclosed period. This is the second release in Barrell’s Red Label series, a fairly new addition to the portfolio that focuses on cask finishing and age statements. It follows a 12 year old finished in toasted French oak, which hit the scene in September.
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Wyoming Whiskey Moran Straight Bourbon
ABV: 55%
Price: $500
Availability: Currently WY retailers, nationwide Spring 2026
Kirby, Wyoming-based distillery Wyoming Whiskey has unveiled a limited edition 10 year old bourbon named after Mt. Moran, a 12,610-ft peak in the Northern Teton Range and artist Thomas Moran’s legacy. This limited edition offering is inspired by the creation of a more recent release, the National Parks No. 5., A Tribute to the Tetons. It sports a higher proof (and price tag) compared to the No. 5 (48% for only $75). First released earlier this year and now available nationwide, No. 5 depicts Moran’s sweeping landscape from 1895, The Three Tetons as the bottle art. His painting is an icon of the American West, and the original is currently a part of the White House collection. His landscapes have long inspired conservation efforts, shared by the label since its inception in 2006. In doing so, the label commits a portion of its profit from each National Park series sale to preserving the national parks and their wildlife.
Moran, much like Old Faithful released alongside National Parks No. 4, is an extension of the National Parks Series, which since its inception in 2021 has honored the country’s Yellowstone, Acadia, and Teton Parks. Previous editions in the series have fared well with our tasting panel: No. 2 scoring 90 points and No. 3 scoring 91 points. Both Moran and No. 5 will be available nationwide in retailers this month, and online beginning this Spring.
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Macallan Distil Your World Paris
ABV: 47.2%
SRP: $4,750
Availability: Limited
The 2026 release in Macallan’s Distil Your World series aims to capture the senses of the City of Light and its fine dining traditions—including ingredients, preparation, cooking, crockery, ambiance, aromas, and flavors—to create a “liquid portrait” of the scene. The non-age statement whisky was matured in a combination of American and European sherry-seasoned oak and bourbon casks, then finished in cognac casks. The flavor notes expressed include buttered pastries, brioche, sweet fruits, and gentle spices.
The Distil Your World series, which began in 2020, is a collaboration between Macallan and the Roca brothers, owners of the Michelin-starred restaurant El Celler de Can Roca in Catalonia, Spain, which has been named the world’s best restaurant or the runner-up in multiple years. To create the whisky, the Macallan/Roca team travels to the selected location and becomes immersed in its cuisine and culture. Their sensory impressions are then channeled into making a whisky that expresses the place, mainly through cask selection. The release is also typically accompanied by a short documentary film and suggested food pairings. The series started with Distil Your World London, and other previous destinations have explored New York, Mexico, Hong Kong, and Jerez.
