Small batch

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Small batch is a term usually referring to bourbon whiskey, and denotes liquor blended from selected barrels^[1].

Small-batch bourbons are positioned for the upper-premium market, and have been growing in popularity recently as a reply from bourbon producers to the enormous success of single malt whiskies. Small-batch bourbons are typically aged from six to nine years in oak barrels ^[2], but more limited series are also available (aged up to 23 years ^[3]). The majority of small-batch bourbons is produced in Kentucky, the American state traditionally associated with whiskey.

Examples of small-batch bourbons include e.g. Booker's, Basil Hayden's, Knob Creek, 1792, Woodford Reserve.

Recently, however, the term small batch has also been applied to many luxury level boutique spirit brands.^[4] As is the case with Palm Beach Proper, designer luxury vodka, which is produced in case runs of fewer than a thousand.