Frank August Bourbon Case Study: 02 Brandy Cask

Background It feels like ages since I first encountered Frank August and Single Barrel 005… but really it was a mere six months ago. This hobby moves too damn fast. Since then, Frank August has released Case Study: 02 and a fresh set of fifteen single barrels, which makes it a perfect time to revisit the brand. First up we have Case Study: 02, where the Pedro Ximenez (PX) casks involved in crafting this whiskey had quite the journey before being utilized by Frank August. First filled in 1992, they were filled with brandy for 17 years. This brandy was dumped, and then the barrels were refilled with brandy from 1948 and for an additional 13 years, making these barrels 30 years old by the time Frank August filled them with bourbon. Worth noting, they also filled them wet, meaning immediately after dumping the brandy. The bourbon was then finished for an undisclosed amount of time in the PX cask until it met a taste profile the folks at Frank August enjoyed. As for the latest