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Whiskey Quickie: King of Kentucky 2020 Review

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4.9866 Ratings

🗓️ 13 October 2020

⏱️ 4 minutes

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On this Whiskey Quickie by Bourbon Pursuit, we review King of Kentucky 2020. This 14 year old bourbon is 130.6 proof and $250 MSRP. Let us know what you think. Cheers! DISCLAIMER: The whiskey in this review was provided to us at no cost courtesy of the spirit producer. We were not compensated by the spirit producer for this review. This is our honest opinion based on what we tasted. Please drink responsibly. Support this Podcast on Patreon

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Welcome back, and this whiskey quickie, we're looking at King of Kentucky. All right. The King.

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And this is, of course, we know it's a barrel-proof expression coming from Old Forrester. This is something

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they revitalized a few years ago and got a little bit of data points on here. So let me,

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let me get it for you. Oh, boy. Yeah, you love, I love data.

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I love data.

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So, King of Kentucky was established in 1881 as a Kentucky Strait bourbon whiskey, and

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Brown Format acquired the brand back in 1936, and in 1940, it was conferred to a blended whiskey

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until it was discontinued in 1968. And then 2018 is when they revived

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the brand. Now, historically, this has only been available to Kentucky. However, with this year's

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release, it will be in limited quantities and well in Illinois and Ohio. And the 2020 expression

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will be 14 years old, of around 2,200 bottles, with an estimated SRP of $250.

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Now...

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Are these...

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Did you say it's a blend?

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