Four Roses Announces 2022 Limited Edition Small Batch, Featuring 20-Year Barrels in the Mix

It’s not every day Four Roses announces its long-awaited Small Batch Limited Edition release. Thankfully, that rare day came Monday.

Composed of some of the brand’s most enviable recipes, the 2022 Small Batch Limited Release features a blend of 14-year, 15-year and 20-year bourbon.

Releasing at 54.5% ABV, it’s a pour that’s sure to appeal to both proof hounds and lovers of well-layered whiskey. This year’s release is bottled without filtering, at cask strength.

Fans of Four Roses are no stranger to the increased demand of these bottling, but this year’s release is exceptional and well worth the hunt. We have a full review of this whiskey here. Notably, the complexity and integration of oak are the star of this show, with notes of cream, candied ginger, orange zest and bold toffee tying things together.

Four Roses Small Batch Limited Edition release is a year long project for the Four Roses distillery master distiller, Brent Elliot. The year-long project yielded 14,100 bottles, and they will sell for a suggested retail price of $179.99. The recipes included in this year’s release are:

• 14yr OESV
• 14ry OESF
• 15yr OESK
• 20yr OBSV

2022’s release of Four Roses Small Batch Limited Edition is the 15th for the brand. A small portion of bottles will be held back and released through the Four Roses Gift Shop via lottery. If you’re interested in signing up for a shot to win a bottle, you can do so at FourRosesBourbon.com from August 22-26.

This year’s release continues the trend of increasing prices over previous releases, but there’s no doubt that the demand will not slow down despite the elevated price tag. Many brands are choosing to raise prices, some in hopes of making better returns on their rarest whiskey stocks, others in hopes of taking some momentum from the secondary market.

We’ve covered nearly every previous Four Roses Limited Edition as well at Whiskey Raiders: Here’s a full list of previous vintages and their scores.

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