When it comes to bourbon, there’s one name that stands out from the rest: Pappy Van Winkle. The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board is running a lottery for the opportunity to purchase one of 1,931 bottles of six varieties of Pappy bourbons and rye whiskey, it announced this week.
Pappy is highly-regarded and sought-after. It’s not unusual for bourbon connoisseurs and flippers to spend hours in line outside stores that expect to get some bottles in stock, and they fetch high prices on the secondary market.
The bourbon is produced by Buffalo Trace, a distillery in Frankfort, Ky.The distiller says Pappy’s taste includes "early aromas of caramel and cream with soft notes of oak, nuts and leather.
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