2018 Four Roses Single Barrel Private Selection OESV 15 Year 7 Month Barrel 59-2V 126.2 Proof 750ml

Fifteen years and seven months at 126.2 proof — a Four Roses Private Selection from Warehouse PS, barrel 59-2V, released for Father's Day 2018 on the OESV recipe.

Four Roses builds ten bourbon recipes from two mashbills crossed with five proprietary yeast strains. A Private Selection takes one barrel of one recipe and bottles it uncut, so nothing about the release repeats — recipe, age and proof change with every cask.

OESV pairs the E mashbill — 75% corn, 20% rye, 5% malted barley — with the V yeast strain. Four Roses describes it as the most subtle of the ten: delicate fruit and caramel, pear and apricot balanced against corn and rye rather than heavy spice. It's the recipe most often held back for long aging, and fifteen years and seven months is well beyond where most Private Selection barrels are dumped.

The Father's Day back label reads "Raise a Glass to the Man Who Raised You Well — Happy Father's Day."

Tasting Notes

• Nose: Rich caramel, mature oak and vanilla leading into dark cherry, baked red fruit and honey.
• Palate: Brown sugar, baking spice, toasted oak and creamy vanilla layered over the recipe's delicate fruit.
• Finish: Long and warming, with lingering fruit, spice and seasoned oak.

Specs

• Distillery: Four Roses, Lawrenceburg, Kentucky
• Type: Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey
• Expression: Single Barrel Private Selection, barrel strength
• Release: Father's Day 2018
• Recipe: OESV (75% corn, 20% rye, 5% malted barley; V yeast)
• Age: 15 years, 7 months
• Proof: 126.2 (63.1% ABV)
• Warehouse: PS  |  Barrel: 59-2V
• Size: 750ml

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Frequently Asked Questions

• How does this differ from the Father's Day 2024 OESV bottlings? Different year, different barrel, different whiskey. Four Roses has used the same Father's Day back label across multiple years; this one is the 2018 release from Warehouse PS, barrel 59-2V, at fifteen years seven months and 126.2 proof. The 2024 selections came out of Warehouse RN at sixteen years and roughly 138 proof.
• What does the age statement's precision mean? Private Selection barrels are dumped when they're ready rather than at a round number, and Four Roses records the actual figure — fifteen years and seven months here. It's a single cask, so there's no averaging across a batch to round off.
• What does OESV mean? O = Four Roses distillery, E = the low-rye mashbill, S = straight whiskey, V = the delicate-fruit yeast strain. OESV is the softest and most restrained of the ten recipes, which is exactly why it holds up to fifteen-plus years in oak better than the spicier ones.