This whiskey is distilled meticulously from a high-quality grain mashbill platform, utilizing ancestral copper column configurations at DSP-KY-113 in Frankfort, Kentucky. The specific barrels chosen for the celebrated 2017 batching run were cellared for six years on the dynamic upper floors of Warehouses K, L, and Q. Bypassing modern chill-filtration parameters entirely ensures all natural wood vanillins and heavy grain crop oils remain fully locked inside the bottle framework under the long-standing management parameters of the Sazerac Company.

Every bottle handled by Midnight Whiskey is procured strictly through authorized, verified allocation channels and passes rigorous physical seal and label inspection points before being logged into inventory. Shipments are handled via specialized, glass-rated container packaging and absolute age-verification checks; an adult signature (21+) is strictly mandatory upon delivery. Review our complete protocols via our editorial and authentication standards.

Why is Thomas H. Handy so much younger than the other 2017 bottles?

At six years old, the 2017 Thomas H. Handy is by far the youngest expression in the annual collection tier, the next-youngest being roughly three times its maturation age. It is a premium barrel-strength rye, distilled in the spring of 2011 and aged on the third, fourth, and fifth floors of Warehouses K, L, and Q, bottled uncut and unfiltered at 127.2 proof (63.6% ABV) from a select pool of 72 barrels.

What floors was the 2017 Thomas H. Handy aged on?

The 2017 Handy matured entirely on the third, fourth, and fifth floors of Warehouses K, L, and Q. These upper floors experience maximum heat concentration across Kentucky summers, driving faster, more intense wood absorption over its six-year cycle before bottling at 127.2 proof under the direct management parameters of the Sazerac corporate group.