Win a Pappy Van Winkle Family Reserve 15 Year Old

Use Coupon code “PAPPY” at checkout to enter the draw

For over 200 years, Buffalo Trace Distillery has been defined by a dedication to one craft: making fine American whiskey. By honouring tradition and embracing change, it has earned its place of leadership among the legendary spirits producers of the world and is now recognised as the World’s Most Awarded Distillery.

The venture produces a wide range of whiskeys using three different mash bills: one light rye, one heavy rye and a third flavoured with wheat. They've developed different products by aging those three mash bills to meet various grades and price points. At Buffalo Trace, that translates into at least fifteen labels: W. L. Weller, Eagle Rare, George T.Stagg and Old Rip Van Winkle, and that's not counting many reserve and limited-release variants (excluding 1792 which is made at Barton).

While the mash bills contribute to the flavour, the more significant differentiation among brands takes place in century-old warehouses. Constructed of massive wood beams and covered by a brick shell, these structures allow the alternating cooling and warming of Kentucky's four distinct seasons to mature the bourbon by nature's timetable. Steam pumped throughout the warehouses during the extreme cold of winter compensates for the dramatic drops in temperature and gives the whiskey additional cycles in and out of the wood. This is said to make for a more balanced bourbon as the liquid is able to take additional advantage of the natural sugars occurring in the charred barrels. The distillery was the first to use this method of aging in 1859 and has been doing so ever since.

The warehouses were built in the 1900s and represent diverse architectural styles. Consequently, their designs and location on the property contribute to the significant differences in the whiskey coming from each. Certain floors within a given warehouse produce better whiskey than others do. For example, the fourth and fifth floors of Warehouse C and the fourth through sixth floors of Warehouses I and K produce the company's best. It's these locations which have been reserved for the maturation of Buffalo Trace.

HOW TO ENTER

1. Purchase any qualifying whiskey,

2. use Coupon code “PAPPY” at checkout,

3. and subscribe to Nicks Spirits & Liqueurs newsletter list here Spirits & Liqueurs Email Newsletter

for your chance to win either a Pappy Van Winkle's Family Reserve 107 Proof 15 Year Old Bourbon Whiskey valued at $3499, a Buffalo Trace Shinola Watch valued at $850, or a Buffalo Trace branded jacket.

Each qualifying whiskey purchased will generate one entry ticket so you can enter as many times as you like.

Entry now also open to NSW residents.

See full competition terms & conditions below.