Bourbon Release Calendar 2020
Looking for all of the old bourbon releases of the year? This 2020 bourbon release calendar is updated with new releases. We continuously update this allocated bourbon list to provide as much current info as possible for upcoming bourbon release dates for those hunting rare bottles. Check each monthly tab on our Bourbon Release Calendar 2020 edition. So grab one of our Bourbon Glasses, fill it with something special, and plot your bourbon hunting for the whole year!
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2020 Bourbon Release by Month
We will include various details from MSRP price, proofing, allocation when available, notes provided with any release, and more. For upcoming limited releases you might find the spirit’s official label, approved by the TTB. If you’re looking for a very specific date on a very specific bottle, you may not always find that release date due to the way American whiskey is distributed. Not all release dates across U.S. states happen simultaneously, and the allotment for each state could vary. Our attempt is to put 2020 bourbon releases on your radar to make bourbon hunting as easy as possible.
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Although this is our Bourbon Release Calendar2020 edition, we will also include adjacent whiskey release dates for those of you bourbon enthusiasts who are watching rye whiskeys, American whiskeys, and American single malt classifications closely.
If you are a distillery releasing a new batch that you would like to add to the whiskey calendar, contact us to be included in the2020 bourbon release calendar!
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January Bourbon Releases
- Barrell Bourbon 2020 New Year
- Barrell Whiskey Dovetail
- Ongoing release throughout 2020
- Barrell Whiskey Infinite Barrel Project
- Ongoing release throughout 2020
- Booker’s Bourbon “Granny’s Batch”
- 126.1 Proof
- Age Statement: 6 years, 6 months, 19 days
- Bourbon & Brew
- 90 Proof
- MSRP $55
- Bourbon finished with a spire soaked in cold brew coffee
- Bulleit Blenders’ Select
- 100 Proof
- “A limited mingling of three of our bourbon distillates for a unique character”
- C.B. Jackson Bourbon
- 86 Proof
- Bottled by Buffalo Trace Distillery
- Coalition Rye Whiskey Pauillac Barriques Finish
- 90.6 Proof
- MSRP $90
- Elijah Craig Rye
- 94 Proof
- MSRP $29.99
- Larceny Barrel Proof Batch A120
- 123.2 Proof
- MSRP $49.99
- Heaven Hill Distillery
- Old Charter Bourbon 13 Year
- 116.8 Proof
- Aged 13 years
- Wigle Phil’s Shadow Whiskey
- 92 Proof
- Rye whiskey
- Maple cask finished
- 375ml bottle
- MSRP $38
- Woodford Reserve Distillery Series: Double Double Oaked
- 90.4 Proof
- 375ml
- Available at Woodford Reserve Distillery
February Bourbon Releases
- Angel’s Envy Cellar Collection No. 2: Tawny Port Finish
- 111.6 Proof
- Barrell Bourbon Batch 023
- Barrell Rye Single Barrel
- Barrell Whiskey American Vatted Malt Second Release
- Brough Brothers Bourbon
- Elijah Craig Barrel Proof Batch A120
- 136.6 Proof
- Age Statement: 12 Years
- MSRP: $65
- Jack Daniel’s First Whiskey Barrels
- 80 Proof
- Whiskey aged in the first barrels Jack Daniel’s crafted
- Penelope Bourbon Barrel Strength Batch 04
- Pinhook Rye’d On
- MSRP $38
- Wilderness Trail Bourbon
- Availability expanded to CA, WA, NV, TX
- Woodford Reserve Master’s Collection: Batch Proof 2020
- 123.6 Proof
March Bourbon Releases
- Angel’s Envy Cellar Collection: Tawny Port Finish
- 10 year old bourbon
- MSRP $250
- Barrell Rye Batch 003
- Belle Meade Honey Cask Bourbon
- Release Date March 7 at Nelson’s Green Brier Distillery
- Daviess County Kentucky Straight Bourbon
- 96 Proof
- Daviess County Bourbon Cabernet Sauvignon Finish
- 96 Proof
- Finished in Cabernet Sauvignon casks for 6 months
- Daviess County Bourbon French Oak Finish
- 96 Proof
- Finished in French Oak casks for 6 months
- Peerless Rye Whiskey Absinthe Finish
- 111.2 Proof
- Finished in Copper and Kings Absinthe barrels
- Redemption Rye – Rum Cask Finish
- -94 Proof
- Smooth Ambler 12 Year Old Scout Rye
- 108.6 Proof
- distillery gift shop release
- MSRP $225
- Smooth Ambler 14 Year Old Scout SiB Bourbon
- 103.8 Proof
- distillery gift shop release
- MSRP $175
- Templeton Rye Caribbean Rum Cask Finish
- 92 Proof
- Tin Cup Rye
- 90 Proof
- Age Statement: 3 years
- distilled by MGP
- Woodford Reserve 146th Kentucky Derby Bottle
April Bourbon Releases
- Barrell Bourbon Batch 024
- Blade and Bow 22 Year – 2020 Release
- Buffalo Trace Kosher Whiskey
- Three expressions: Rye Recipe, Wheat Recipe, Straight Rye
- MSRP $40
- Chicken Cock Straight Rye
- 90 Proof
- Age Statement: 2 years
- Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Tasters’ Jamaican Allspice
- 100 Proof
- Finished for 180 days in Jamaican Allspice wood
- Knob Creek Bourbon 9 Year
- 100 Proof
- Age Statement 9 years
- Laws Whiskey House 6-Year Bonded San Luis Valley Straight Rye
- New Riff Backsetters Bourbon
- New Riff Backsetters Rye
- Michter’s 10-Year Single Barrel Bourbon 2020 Release
- MSRP $130
- Old Charter Oak Chinkapin Oak
- 93 Proof
- Pinhook High Proof Bohemian Bourbon
- 114.5 Proof
- distillate sourced from Castle & Key
- Wilderness Trail 6 Year Bourbon
- -Bourbon aged 6 years
- Blood Oath Pact No. 6
May Bourbon Releases
- 13th Century Rye Whiskey
- Barreled in 5, 10 & 15 gallon charred American white oak casks
- Barrel Strength
- Cask char levels: 2, 3, 4, 5
- Age Statement: 1 year
- Barrell Whiskey Private Release
- 18 blend variations
- Barrell Whiskey Single Barrel 18 Year
- Pinhook Vertical Rye Series, Tiz Rye Time 4-Year
- MSRP $45
- Kentucky Owl Dry State 100th Anniversary Edition
- 115 Proof
- Blend of Kentucky Owl’s most precious barrels
- Allocation: 1,775 bottles
- MSRP $1000
- 121.6 Proof
June Bourbon Releases
- Barrell Rum Private Release
- 18 blend variations
- Basil Hayden’s 10 Year Rye
- 80 Proof
- Blanton’s Gold Edition
- 103 Proof
- MSRP $120
- Limited release, released once a year
- E.H. Taylor 18 Year Marriage
- 100 Proof
- 18 year old blend of 2 high rye bourbons and a wheated bourbon
- MSRP $70
- Elijah Craig Barrel Proof Batch B520
- 127.2 Proof
- Heaven’s Door Highway 61 Blend
- 95.7 Proof
- Blend of bourbon and rye
- Knob Creek Aged 15 Years Limited Edition
- -100 Proof
- Larceny Barrel Proof Batch B520
- 122.2 Proof
- MSRP $50
- Old Tub BiB Limited Edition
- 100 Proof
- MSRP $23
- Sweetens Cove Tennessee Bourbon Batch 1
- MSRP $200
- Wild Turkey Master’s Keep 17 Year BiB
- 100 Proof
- Wilderness Trail Distillery 6 Year Bourbon
- 100 Proof
- Available at distillery June 8
- MSRP $75
- Woodford Reserve Distillery Series Five Wood Whiskey
- Distillery Gift Shop release on Friday, June 26, 2020
- MSRP $50
July Bourbon Releases
- Barrell Craft Spirits Rum
- Hirsch The Horizon
- 92 Proof
- J.P. Wiser’s 23 Year Blended Canadian Whisky
- 128.6 Proof
- Maker’s Mark Commemorative Bottle for Permanently Disabled Jockeys Fund
- Available in Kentucky on July 3, 2020
- Old Hickory Hermitage Reserve Whiskey
- 92.6 Proof
- Age Statement 11 years
- MSRP $70
- Old Fitzgerald Bottled-in-Bond 9-Year
- MSRP $90
- Still Austin Straight Bourbon
- 98.4 Proof
- Age Statement: 2 years
- MSRP $45
- Weller CYPB
- Age Statement 8 years
- MSRP $50
- Wild Turkey Rye Rare Breed
- 112.2 Proof
August Bourbon Releases
- Balcones Lineage
- 94 Proof
- MSRP $40
- Available in Texas – larger distribution release in 2021
- Barrell Bourbon Batch 025
- Benchmark Bonded Bourbon
- 100 Proof
- Distilled and aged by Buffalo Trace Distillery
- Benchmark Full Proof Bourbon
- 125 Proof
- Distilled and aged by Buffalo Trace Distillery
- Benchmark Single Barrel Bourbon
- 95 Proof
- Distilled and aged by Buffalo Trace Distillery
- Benchmark Small Batch Bourbon
- 90 Proof
- Distilled and aged by Buffalo Trace Distillery
- Maker’s Mark Wood Finishing Series 2020 Limited Release
- MSRP $60
- Silas Jones Bourbon
- 80 Proof
- Sazerac Company
- Yellowstone 2020 Limited Edition Bourbon
- 101 Proof
- Age Statement: 7 years
- Finished in Armagnac casks
- Limestone Branch Distillery
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September Bourbon Releases
- Angel’s Envy Founder’s Day 10th Anniversary Bourbon
- 97.8 Proof
- Finished in Japanese Mizunara Oak Casks
- MSRP $350
- Barrell Armida
- 112.10 Proof
- Blend of three straight bourbon whiskeys, each finished in Pear Brandy, Jamaican Rum, and Sicilian Amaro Casks
- Allocation: 3,700 bottle release
- MSRP $90
- Basil Hayden’s 10 Year Bourbon
- 80 Proof
- $70
- Eagle Rare 17 Years Old 2020
- 101 Proof
- Age Statement: 18 Years, 3 Months
- Elijah Craig Toasted Barrel
- 94 Proof
- EC Small Batch aged in a second, new white oak barrel that has been toasted
- MSRP $50
- Four Roses 2020 Limited Edition Small Batch
- 111.4 Proof
- 12 year OBSV, a 12 year OESV, 19 year OBSK, and 16 year OESK
- George T. Stagg 2020
- 130.4 Proof
- Age Statement: 15 Years, 4 Months
- Jefferson’s Mizunara Oak Cask Finish
- 94 Proof
- Finished in Japanese Mizunara oak barrels
- Kentucky Owl Rye Batch 4
- King of Kentucky 2020 Edition
- 131.3 Proof
- Age Statement: 14 years
- Allocation: 2,200 bottle release
- MSRP $250
- Little Book Chapter 4 Lessons Honored
- Marksman Straight Bourbon
- 80 Proof
- Sazerac Compnay
- Michter’s Toasted Barrel Finish Rye
- 109.2 Proof
- MSRP $85
- Old Fitzgerald Bottled in Bond Fall 2020
- 100 Proof
- Aged 14 Years
- MSRP $140
- Old Forester Birthday Bourbon 2020 Release
- 98 Proof
- Age Statement: 10 years
- MSRP $130
- Parker’s Heritage Collection 14th Edition: Heavy Char Barrels
- 120 Proof
- Age Statement: 10 years
- MSRP $120
- Remus Repeal Reserve Series IV
- MGP
- MSRP $85
- Sazerac 18 Year 2020
- 90 Proof
- Age Statement: 18 Years
- MSRP $100
- Smooth Ambler Old Scout Rye Single Barrel
- Cask strength
- Age Statement: 4 years
- MSRP $50
- Stagg Jr. Batch 14
- 130.2 Proof
- Templeton Corn 10 Year
- 96 Proof
- Corn whiskey
- Age Statement: 10 years
- Allocation: 6,000 bottles
- Thomas H. Handy 2020
- 129 Proof
- Age Statement: 6 Years, 2 Months
- MSRP $100
- Three Chord Whiskey Drummer
- Kentucky straight bourbon
- Allocation: 1,250 bottles
- MSRP $190
- William Larue Weller 2020
- 134.5 Proof
- Aged 12 Years, 6 Months
- MSRP $100
- Woodford Reserve Distillery Series Four Grain
- 90.4 Proof
- Blend of Woodford Bourbon, Rye, Malt, and Wheat whiskeys
- Distillery gift shop release on Sept 16th, 2020
- 375 ml bottle
- MSRP $50
October Bourbon Releases
- Angel’s Envy 10th Anniversary Bourbon
- 97.8 Proof
- Finished in Japanese Mizunara Oak Casks
- Barrell Armida
- 112.10 Proof
- Blend of three straight bourbon whiskeys, each finished in Pear Brandy, Jamaican Rum, and Sicilian Amaro Casks
- Allocation: 3,700 bottle release
- MSRP $90
- Blue Run 13 Year Bourbon
- 113 Proof
- Allocation: 2,600 bottle release
- MSRP $170
- High West A Midwinter’s Night Dram Act 8
- Jacob’s Pardon 15 Year
- 140 Proof
- Lost Lantern Vatted Malt Whiskey
- 105 Proof
- Blend of 6 different American Single Malt Whiskeys
- Allocation: 3000 bottle release
- MSRP $120
- O.H. Ingram River Aged Straight Whiskey
- 96 Proof
- Aged 3 years on the Mississippi River
- Maker’s Mark Breeder’s Cup Commemorative Bottle
- Michters 25 Year Bourbon
- 116.2 Proof
- MSRP $1,000
- Pappy Van Winkle Collection
- Peg Leg Porker Tennessee Straight Bourbon
- 90 Proof
- Age Statement: 15 years
- Penelope Bourbon Barrel Strength Batch 05
- Penelope Bourbon Finished in Oloroso Sherry & Cognac Casks
- Penelope Bourbon Rose Cask Finish
- 94 Proof
- Finished in Rose casks
- Allocation: 2,400 bottle release
- MSRP $65
- Pinhook Bourbon War Vertical 5 Year
- MSRP $50
- Rabbit Hole Boxergrail Founder’s Collection Rye Whiskey
- 114.6 Proof (Cask Strength)
- Allocation: 1,315 bottle release
- MSRP $195
- Saint Cloud 12 Year SiB Cask Strength
- 131.3 Proof
- Stranahan’s Blue Peak Solara Finished
- 86 Proof
- MSRP $43
- Very Olde St. Nick Ancient Estate 13 Year Bourbon
- 103.5 Proof
- Age Statement 13 years
- Very Olde St. Nick Unicorn Cask 17 Year Bourbon
- 107.3 Proof
- Age Statement 17 years
- Woodford Reserve Baccarat Edition Bourbon
- 90.4 Proof
- MSRP $2,000
November Bourbon Releases
The November Bourbon Releases for 2020 is a big month! With new bourbon releases from Buffalo Trace on their surprise and limited edition Eagle Rare 25 Year Bourbon that fetches at least $10,000, to Heaven Hill’s Evan Williams 10th Anniversary Single Barrel Bourbon which is a Commemorative Edition. Other standouts include the Old Forester 150th Anniversary Decanter, Michter’s 25 Year Kentucky Straight Bourbon 2023 Release, Wild Turkey Generations, Old Overholt Extra Aged Cask Strength, and a distillery only release of Willett XCF ‘Exploratory Cask Finish’ Small Batch American Rye Whiskey for Black Friday weekend. The November bourbon release calendar is a heavy hitter!
- Barrell Bourbon Batch 026
- 112.64 Proof
- Blend of 9, 10, 11, 13, 15 year old bourbons
- Barrell Craft Spirits Bourbon 2020 Release
- 104.9 Proof
- Aged 15 years
- Allocation: 12,000 bottle release
- MSRP $250
- Barrell Craft Spirits Private Release Bourbon Series
- 49 different recipes
- Barrell Craft Spirits Whiskey 2020 Release
- Benchmark Top Floor Bourbon
- 86 Proof
- Distilled and aged by Buffalo Trace
- Chicken Cock Master Distiller’s Pick
- 15-year-old Kentucky Straight Bourbon
- MSRP $300
- Corn Trooper Bourbon
- 101 Proof
- United Craft Bourbon
- Distilled in Indiana
- Daddy Rack Tennessee Whiskey
- 80 Proof
- Aged 3 years
- Double charcoal filtered
- Elijah Craig 18 Year
- Four Gate Split Stave Rye
- 112.5 Proof
- Allocation: 2,439 bottles
- Four Gate Batch #11 Eagle Thief
- Age Statement: 12 year bourbon
- 122.7 Proof
- MSRP $300
- George Dickel 15 Year Single Barrel Whisky
- 100 Proof
- Age Statement: 15 years
- Single Barrel
- George Dickel 9 Year Single Barrel Whisky
- 100 Proof
- Age Statement: 9 years
- Single Barrel
- Heaven’s Door Bootleg Series Vol. II
- Allocation 3,000 bottle release
- MSRP $500
- Jack Daniel’s Heritage Barrel 2020 Release
- Nathan Green 1870 Whiskey
- 114.8 Proof
- Age Statement: 15 years
- From Uncle Nearest Green Distillery
- New Riff Maltster Bourbon with Malted Rye
- 100 Proof
- Age Statement: 5 years
- 30% malted rye
- MSRP $50
- New Riff Maltster Bourbon with Malted Wheat
- 100 Proof
- Age Statement: 5 years
- Includes 18% Bohemian floor-malted wheat
- MSRP $50
- Buffalo Trace O.F.C. 1995 Vintage Bourbon
- 90 Proof
- Distilled in 1995
- O.H. Ingram River Aged Straight Rye
- Aged on the Mississippi River
- Old Forester 150th Anniversary Batch Proof
- 126 Proof
- MSRP $150
- Old Forester 150th Anniversary Straight Bourbon
- 100 Proof
- MSRP $150
- The Last Drop Buffalo Trace 1980 Bourbon
- Allocation: 240 bottle release
- MSRP $4,600
- The Last Drop 1976 “Overproof” Very Old Jamaican Rum
- Allocation: 183 bottle release
- MSRP $3,400
- The Last Drop 1959 Vintage Grand Champagne Cognac
- Allocation: 21 bottle release
- MSRP $5,200
- Woodford Reserve Master’s Collection Very Fine Rare Bourbon
- 90.4 Proof
- Age Statement: 17 years
- MSRP $130
- Woodford Reserve 2020 Holiday Bottle
December Bourbon Releases
- Bardstown Bourbon Company Discovery Series #4
- 115 Proof
- Blend of 10Yr, 13Yr, 15Yr bourbons
- MSRP $129
- Barrell Bourbon 2021 New Year
- Castle & Key Restoration Rye Whiskey
- Restoration Rye Batch 1, Restoration Rye Batch 2
- Distribution in Kentucky, Indiana, Texas, Tennessee, and Georgia in early December
- Available at the Castle & Key Distillery Friday, December 4, 2020
- MSRP $40
- Heaven Hill 85th Anniversary Bourbon
- 107 Proof
- Age Statement: 13 years
- Single barrel
- MSRP $299
- Old W.M. Tarr Bourbon
- 120 Proof
- Single Barrel
- “A rare and collector-worthy bourbon”
- Stagg Jr Batch 15
- 131.1 Proof
- Thomas S. Moore Bourbon Extended Cask Finish 2020
- Barton’s 1792 Distillery
- Thomas S. Moore Port Cask
- Thomas S. Moore Chardonnay Cask
- Thomas S. Moore Cabernet Sauvignon Cask
- MSRP $70
- Truman Cox Commemorative Series: First Whiskey Barrel
- 120 Proof
- Single Barrel
- Age Statement: 6 years
- Whistle Pig The Boss Hog VII “Magellan’s Atlantic”
- 120 Proof
- Age Statement: 17 Years
- Woodford Reserve Master’s Collection Very Fine Rare Bourbon 2020
- MSRP $130
That’s a wrap on our 2020 Bourbon Release Calendar, but always check back for new whiskey releases!
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