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Age: None (Vintage Distillation Year 2006 / Released 2025) | Region: Frankfort, Kentucky, USA | Proof: 90
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Midnight Whiskey · The Vault Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey · Vintage Distillation Series

Buffalo Trace Distillery · Frankfort, Kentucky

O.F.C. Bourbon

Vintage 2006

90 Proof (45% ABV) · Distilled 2006 · Released 2025 · Hand-Cut Crystal Decanter

90
Proof
45%
ABV
750 mL
Format
2006
Distillation Year
2025
Release Year
Kentucky
Region

O.F.C. Vintage 2006 is the most recent fill of the three held here and the only one whose release year is documented: it reached the public in 2025, roughly nineteen years after the barrels were filled, at 90 proof (45% ABV). One bottle was offered through Buffalo Trace's Pour it Forward for Kentucky fundraiser in May 2025, run with BlockBar to raise money for storm and flood relief across the state. The presentation is the series standard — hand-cut crystal, copper lettering, wooden case, provenance card.

Nº 01

The Elemental Distinction

01

Distilled in 2006 and released in 2025 — the only one of the three vintages here with a documented release year.

02

Bottled at 90 proof (45% ABV), the series standard.

03

A bottle was offered through the Pour it Forward for Kentucky fundraiser in May 2025, raising money for storm and flood relief after tornadoes and flooding across the state.

04

The wooden case opens on a revolving door to show the bottle on a riser, with a provenance card inside listing events from 2006.

05

No bottle count has been published for this vintage.

Nº 02

Old Fashioned Copper Distillery Heritage

Historic Colonel E.H. Taylor Legacy

Named in honor of the Old Fashioned Copper Distillery founded by Colonel E.H. Taylor Jr. in 1870, this vintage collection pays homage to the historic Frankfort site now known as Buffalo Trace Distillery. Each release represents a single distillation year, matured in traditional Kentucky oak and preserved within collector-grade archive crystal.

Nº 03

Craftsmanship & Cask Architecture

Vintage Distillation Science
2006 Distillation Year

19-Year Barrel Maturation

Distilled in 2006 from Buffalo Trace's low-rye recipe and aged nineteen years in charred white oak barrels before its 2025 release.

Hand-Cut Crystal Decanter

Real Copper Lettering

Housed in a hand-cut crystal decanter patterned after historic 19th-century archive bottles with inlaid copper lettering.

90 Proof Delivery

Standard Series Strength

Bottled at 90 proof (45% ABV), delivering cherry cordial, caramel, dark chocolate, tobacco leaf, and cinnamon warmth.

Revolving Wooden Case

Copper Plaque & Card

Presented in a dark wooden revolving display case featuring a copper vintage plaque and a historical provenance card from 2006.

Nº 04

Sensory Profile & Strategy

Distillery Tasting Notes
I

Sensory Profile

Nose: Cherry cordial and caramel with oak just touched by smoke.
Palate: Dark chocolate and tobacco leaf against dates, sweeter in the middle than the older fills.
Finish: Leather, black pepper and a warm cinnamon close.

II

Strategic Position

Nineteen years is a long time for Kentucky bourbon and a short time for this series, which has released fills from as far back as 1980. That places the 2006 at the young end of a very old line — the fill still close enough to the modern distillery to taste like something a drinker might recognise, rather than a curiosity from a different era of production. It also carries the clearest recent history of the three: a documented 2025 release and a documented charity outing. the 2004 fill, two years earlier is the fill two years earlier, the distillery's annual collection runs the annual releases, and the bourbon selection at Midnight Whiskey holds the rest.

Nº 05

Collector Note & Index

Vault Provenance

O.F.C. Vintage Sequence

Anchors the 2000s distillation tier of the O.F.C. line, alongside O.F.C. Vintage 1996 and O.F.C. Vintage 2004.

Bourbon Vault Context

Catalogued within the primary Bourbon Collection and The Vault at Midnight Whiskey.

Evaluated strictly on verified liquid specifications, physical inspects, and primary distillery disclosures.

Collector IndexO.F.C. 2006
Distillery
Buffalo Trace Distillery
Series Position
O.F.C. Vintage Distillation Series
Category
Kentucky Straight Bourbon
Proof / ABV
90 Proof (45.0% ABV)
Distilled / Released
2006 Vintage (Released 2025)
Bottle
Hand-Cut Crystal w/ Copper Inlay
Nº 06

Technical Specifications

PRODUCER / DISTILLERY Buffalo Trace Distillery, Frankfort, Kentucky
CATEGORY Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey
DISTILLATION VINTAGE 2006
RELEASE YEAR 2025
PROOF / ABV 90 Proof / 45.0% ABV
MASH BILL Buffalo Trace Mash Bill #1 (Low Rye)
DECANTER Hand-Cut Crystal w/ Inlaid Copper Lettering
PRESENTATION Revolving Wooden Display Case w/ Copper Plaque & Provenance Card
REGION Frankfort, Kentucky, USA
FORMAT 750 mL
SKU BT-OFC-2006-750

† Specifications and details verified directly from physical bottle inspects and producer disclosures.

Nº 07

Records & Assurance

Production Methodology

Everything about the series points back at copper. Colonel E.H. Taylor Jr. named his 1870 distillery Old Fashioned Copper for the stills, piping and fermenters he installed to make cleaner spirit, and the bottles carry copper lettering and a copper plaque in tribute. The whiskey inside is a single year's fill held in the distillery's warehouses until it was judged ready — in this case, from 2006 to a 2025 release. The bottle is a hand-cut crystal replica of an O.F.C. decanter recovered from the distillery archives, and the provenance card inside the case ties the liquid to the year on the plaque.

Authentication & Vault Preservation

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

When was O.F.C. Vintage 2006 released?

It reached the public in 2025, roughly nineteen years after the barrels were filled. That makes it the most recent of the vintages Midnight Whiskey holds, and the only one of them with a documented release year.

Was O.F.C. Vintage 2006 part of a charity fundraiser?

Yes. A bottle was offered through Buffalo Trace's Pour it Forward for Kentucky fundraiser in May 2025, run with BlockBar to raise money for relief after tornadoes and flooding across the state.

How many bottles of O.F.C. Vintage 2006 were made?

Buffalo Trace has not published a figure for this vintage. Counts for other years in the series have ranged from a few dozen to more than a thousand, so no number should be assumed for this one.

Midnight Whiskey · The Vault Buffalo Trace Distillery · O.F.C. Vintage 2006 Bourbon
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