Four Roses 2025 Limited Edition Small Batch Barrel Strength Bourbon
Four Roses 2025 Limited Edition Small Batch Barrel Strength Bourbon
Four Roses 2025 Limited Edition Small Batch Barrel Strength Bourbon
Four Roses 2025 Limited Edition Small Batch Barrel Strength Bourbon
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Age: 13 and 19 Years | Region: Lawrenceburg, Kentucky, USA | Proof: 109.0
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Four Roses Limited Edition Small Batch Barrel Strength Bourbon (2025 Release) is a Kentucky straight bourbon bottled non-chill filtered at 109 proof (54.5% ABV) from four batches across three of the distillery's ten recipes, aged 13 and 19 years. Three-quarters of the blend is 13-year-old bourbon on the fruity V yeast; a single 19-year-old parcel supplies the aged edge. Brent Elliott's eighteenth in the annual series, released 3 September 2025 in roughly 16,854 bottles.

The Elemental Distinction

  • Four batches, three recipes: 38% a 13-year-old OBSV, 35% a 13-year-old OESV, 17% a 13-year-old OBSK, 10% a 19-year-old OESV. Two ages only — 13 and 19 — rather than the graded span most of these releases carry.
  • The two 13-year-old V batches are the spine at 73% of the blend. Elliott has said he was drawn to their delicate fruit and sweet barrel tone, and that the OBSK was what brought the complexity on top.
  • Both mash bills are in play: the high-rye B (60% corn, 35% rye, 5% malted barley) carries the OBSV and OBSK; the lower-rye E (75/20/5) carries both OESV parcels.
  • 109 proof at barrel strength, non-chill filtered. A shade above the 2024 edition's 108.2, and low by barrel-proof standards generally — these are assembled for balance, not for a headline number.
  • Roughly 16,854 bottles, released 3 September 2025 through select retailers and the distillery's own bottle drawing. No barrel count was published.

Sensory Profile

Nose: Sweet apricot, vanilla and caramel, with black tea leaves, a hint of rye and mellow oak — the distillery's own note on this batch.

Palate: Apricot and a touch of citrus, crème brûlée, and antique spiced oak.

Finish: Very soft and long, carrying the same apricot and oak rather than turning to heat.

Strategic Position

Among our barrel-proof Kentucky bourbon selection this is the year Four Roses argued that a recipe can carry a release without a headline age. Set against the 12-to-20-year 2024 blend, the 2025 is narrower by design — two ages, three-quarters of it 13 years old, one 19-year-old parcel doing the deepening. It is the opposite instinct from the 25-year-old 2023 anniversary bottling, where the oldest component was the entire point. Read the three together and the programme's range is the story.

Technical Specifications

Proof 109 proof (54.5% ABV)
Age 13 and 19 years
Composition 38% 13-yr OBSV · 35% 13-yr OESV · 17% 13-yr OBSK · 10% 19-yr OESV
Recipes Four batches, three recipes: OBSV, OESV, OBSK
Mash bills B: 60% corn / 35% rye / 5% malted barley · E: 75% corn / 20% rye / 5% malted barley
Filtration Non-chill filtered
Class Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey
Distillery Four Roses Distillery, Lawrenceburg, Kentucky
Region Kentucky, USA
Format [verify] — this release was bottled in both 750 mL and 700 mL; confirming the stocked fill
Release 3 September 2025, eighthteenth annual edition

Collector Note

Four Roses publishes the recipe codes, the parcel percentages and the age of every component, every year, so a run of these reads as a documented record of one distiller's thinking rather than a row of vintages. The 2025 is an unusually legible entry in that record: two ages, three recipes, and a stated reason — Elliott went to the 13-year-old V batches first and built outward, rather than starting from an old barrel and finding company for it. That is the inverse of the 2023 anniversary, and it is why the two sit interestingly side by side. The neck medallion dates this bottle at a glance; the fill line is worth checking, since this release exists in two sizes.

Recommended Serving

Neat in a Glencairn, room temperature. At 109 proof there is no heat to manage, so start dry and let the apricot arrive on its own — this is a blend built around fruit, and water pushes it toward the oak rather than away from it. If you do add water, a drop at a time. Poured beside a 13-year-old OBSV single barrel, the 2025 shows what the 19-year-old parcel is contributing at only 10% of the blend, which is the most instructive thing about it.

Production Methodology

Four Roses distils at Lawrenceburg, Kentucky from two mash bills — the high-rye B at 60% corn, 35% rye and 5% malted barley, and the E at 75% corn, 20% rye and 5% malted barley — fermented with five proprietary yeast strains to produce ten distinct bourbons. Each carries a four-letter code: O for the distillery's Old Prentice origin, B or E for the mash bill, S for straight whiskey, and a final letter for the yeast, where V is the delicate-fruit strain and K the baking-spice strain. Barrels mature in single-storey rack warehouses, which hold a narrower temperature range than tall multi-storey warehouses and let stock reach the high teens without collapsing into oak. For each annual release Brent Elliott works from batches held back beyond ten years, assembling at natural barrel strength without chill filtration. For 2025 he took two 13-year-old V batches as the base, added a 13-year-old OBSK for rye spice, and finished with a 19-year-old OESV at 10%.

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Every bottle sold through Midnight Whiskey is sourced as an authentic, sealed product and inspected before it ships. Orders are packed with padded, glass-rated handling and require an adult signature (21+) on delivery; we do not ship to anyone unable to verify legal drinking age. For our full sourcing and handling protocols, see our editorial and authentication standards.

Frequently Asked Questions

What proof is the 2025 Four Roses Limited Edition Small Batch?

Four Roses Limited Edition Small Batch Barrel Strength Bourbon (2025 Release) is bottled at 109 proof, or 54.5% ABV, non-chill filtered. That is the natural strength of the assembled batch, and because this is a batched release rather than a single barrel it is fixed for every bottle of the 2025 edition. It sits fractionally above the 2024 edition's 108.2 proof.

What recipes are in the 2025 Four Roses Small Batch?

Brent Elliott built the 2025 release from four batches drawn on three of the distillery's ten recipes: 38% a 13-year-old OBSV, 35% a 13-year-old OESV, 17% a 13-year-old OBSK, and 10% a 19-year-old OESV. The two 13-year-old V-yeast batches are the core — Elliott has said he was drawn to their delicate fruit and sweet barrel character — while the OBSK supplies rye spice and the 19-year-old OESV adds aged depth. Four Roses builds its ten recipes by crossing two mash bills with five yeast strains, so OBSV and OESV share the fruity V yeast but differ in grain.

Is the 2025 Four Roses older than the 2024 release?

No. The 2025 Four Roses annual release tops out at 19 years, while the 2024 carried a 20-year-old OBSV as its oldest component and spanned 12 to 20 years. The 2025 is built differently rather than older: three-quarters of it is 13-year-old bourbon, with a single 19-year-old parcel at 10% for depth. The oldest component the series has ever used remains the 25-year-old OBSV in the 2023 135th Anniversary bottling.
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