What makes this release legible as a set is how much Brown-Forman held constant. Every bottle draws on the same 12-to-18-year age band, comes from the Brown-Forman Distillery in Shively, Kentucky under DSP-KY-354, carries the same 12-year statement, and goes into the bottle without chill filtration at the same 700 mL. The one variable is bottling strength, chosen after maturation rather than during it, and set at 105, 107.5 and 110 proof. That is a narrower spread than most graduated releases attempt — five proof points end to end — which is the reason the three were issued together rather than spaced across a year. Brown-Forman also published its own notes for each batch instead of one shared description, treating the differences as the product.

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What is included in the King of Kentucky Small Batch set of three?

The set brings together all three bottlings of Brown-Forman's 2026 King of Kentucky Small Batch collection: Batch 1 at 105 proof, Batch 2 at 107.5 proof and Batch 3 at 110 proof. Each is a 700 mL bottle of Kentucky straight bourbon carrying a 12-year age statement and bottled non-chill filtered. Brown-Forman released the three as separate bottlings, and the set assembles them.

Are the three King of Kentucky Small Batch bottles the same whiskey?

Brown-Forman describes each of the three as its own blend of barrels aged 12 to 18 years, so they are not one whiskey split three ways. What they share is the age statement, the distillery in Shively, Kentucky, the non-chill filtration and the 700 mL format. What differs is bottling strength, at 105, 107.5 and 110 proof, and Brown-Forman published separate tasting notes for each batch.

Can the King of Kentucky Small Batch bottles be bought individually?

Yes. Brown-Forman released Batch 1, Batch 2 and Batch 3 as three separate bottlings rather than only as a set, each at a suggested retail price of $299. Buying them together matters only if the comparison across the three proofs is the point; any one of them stands on its own as a 12-year Kentucky straight bourbon.