Eagle Rare |
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| Type | Bourbon whiskey |
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| Manufacturer | Sazerac Company |
| Country of origin | Kentucky, United States |
| Introduced | 1975 |
| Alcohol by volume | 45.00% |
| Proof | 90 |
| Related products | Buffalo Trace |
Eagle Rare is a brand of bourbon whiskey distilled and distributed by the Buffalo Trace Distillery.
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Eagle Rare was originally a 101-proof ten-year old Kentucky straight bourbon whiskey (not single-barrel) from Seagram created by master distiller Charles L. Beam. Introduced in 1975,[1] Eagle Rare was among the last new bourbon brands introduced prior to current era of 'small-batch bourbons'. Eagle Rare has been distilled, bottled and/or marketed by a number of companies, including the Old Prentice Distillery of Frankfort, KY.
The Sazerac Company, a New Orleans-based producer and importer and the parent company of five distilleries, acquired Eagle Rare from Seagram in March 1989.[2] Sazerac's Kentucky distillery was then known as George T. Stagg Distillery. Today the distillery is known as Buffalo Trace Distillery.
The original 101-proof ten-year old non-single barrel bourbon has been discontinued as of March 2005.[3][4]
Currently, two basic varieties of Eagle Rare are produced. The first is aged for ten years in charred oak barrels, and bottled at 90-proof. It is a single barrel bourbon. The whiskey from each aging barrel is bottled individually, none of it is blended. This creates a unique flavor for each barrel.
The second variety is aged seventeen years in charred oak barrels as part of its "Antique Collection".[5] It is also 90-proof, but aged for seventeen years, much longer than most bourbons.
Eagle Rare's 10-year offering has performed well at international spirit ratings competitions. It received a string of gold and double gold medals from the San Francisco World Spirits Competition between 2005 and 2010 and was given an above-average score of 92 by the Beverage Testing Institute.[6][7][8]