{"product_id":"sazerac-18-year-old-thomas-h-handy-sazerac-buffalo-trace-antique-collection-2025-two-bottle-set","title":"Sazerac 18 Year Old + Thomas H. Handy Sazerac | Buffalo Trace Antique Collection 2025 Two Bottle Set","description":"\u003c!-- ============================================================\n     OAK \u0026 ORIGIN · PRODUCT DESCRIPTION\n     Sazerac 18 Year Old + Thomas H. Handy Sazerac\n     Buffalo Trace Antique Collection 2025 · Two Bottle Set\n\n     Standard product, no hero or details blocks. Paste into the\n     Shopify product description (Code view \"\u003c\u003e\").\n\n     ============================================================\n     PRODUCT NAME\n     Use this as the product title:\n\n       Sazerac 18 Year Old + Thomas H. Handy Sazerac\n       Buffalo Trace Antique Collection 2025 Two Bottle Set\n\n     Suggested handle:\n       sazerac-18-thomas-h-handy-btac-2025-two-bottle-set\n\n     Both bottle names lead, because those are the words people\n     search for. \"Antique Collection 2025\" carries the rest.\n\n     ============================================================\n     PRICING\n       $2,000, or $1,800 for Wayfarers members.\n     At current single bottle pricing that is $1,400 plus $880,\n     so $2,280, making the set a $280 saving and $480 for members.\n\n     Set the compare-at price to $2,280 so the saving shows on the\n     card. Both of those single prices are genuine live prices on\n     the store today, so that compare-at is clean.\n\n     The member price runs through the existing automatic discount\n     mechanism, same as the tasting pack. No new work needed, just\n     the number.\n\n     ============================================================\n     ★ THREE THINGS BEFORE THIS GOES LIVE ★\n\n     1. STOCK. Three sets. That is three of the three Sazerac 18\n        arriving and three of the ten Thomas H. Handy. Setting\n        inventory to 3 is what stops this overselling, and the\n        Sazerac 18 is the constraint, not the Handy.\n\n     2. THE SINGLE BOTTLES. If Sazerac 18 and Thomas H. Handy also\n        go up as singles in the same drop, the set has to be\n        cheaper than buying both separately or it makes no sense\n        on the page. It currently is, by $280. If Ray discounts\n        either single, re-check that the set still wins.\n\n     3. RELEASE TIMING. Built for the allocation release, members\n        Thursday 3 September 8pm, public Friday 4 September 8pm.\n        Nothing in this copy references the giveaway or Father's\n        Day, so it will not date if the drop moves.\n\n     ============================================================\n     COPY NOTES\n\n     ★ NEVER STATE UNIT COUNTS IN CUSTOMER COPY ★\n     Standing rule as of 28 August. No \"three sets\", no \"40 packs\",\n     no numbers of any kind describing how much we hold. Scarcity\n     is carried by the words allocated, short run and members\n     first, which are true and do not hand a competitor or a\n     flipper our position.\n\n     Inventory in Shopify still does the real work. Set it to 3\n     and the product sells out on its own without the page ever\n     saying so.\n\n     No \"last chance\" and no countdowns either. The allocation\n     does the work. The restraint reads as confidence.\n\n     The 77% evaporation figure and the warehouse locations come\n     from your own Sazerac 18 product page. The Handy distillation\n     years, age and filtration come from your Handy page. Nothing\n     here is invented.\n\n     The tasting is mentioned once, at the foot, because anyone\n     buying this set is exactly the person who should be on the\n     23rd. It is a soft link, not a pitch.\n     ============================================================ --\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-family:'Montserrat',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:#4a423a;line-height:1.65;\"\u003e\n\n  \u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 6px;font-size:10px;letter-spacing:.22em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#c5a55f;font-weight:600;\"\u003eBuffalo Trace Antique Collection · 2025 Release\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003ch2 style=\"margin:0 0 16px;font-family:'Playfair Display',Georgia,serif;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;font-size:28px;line-height:1.2;color:#0d0a08;\"\u003eBoth ryes, one set\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n  \u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 18px;font-size:15px;color:#4a423a;\"\u003eThe Antique Collection releases two rye whiskeys a year and they could not be less alike. One has been in oak for eighteen years and comes out at 90 proof. The other is six years old and comes out at 129.8, uncut and unfiltered. Same distillery, same rye, opposite ends of what it can do.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 26px;font-size:15px;color:#4a423a;\"\u003eThis is the only way we are offering the pair together, and the Sazerac 18 is the reason it is a short run.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003c!-- SAZERAC 18 --\u003e\n  \u003cdiv style=\"border-top:1px solid #e3ddd3;padding:22px 0 0;margin:0 0 22px;\"\u003e\n    \u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 4px;font-size:10px;letter-spacing:.2em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#857c72;font-weight:600;\"\u003eBottle one\u003c\/p\u003e\n    \u003ch3 style=\"margin:0 0 12px;font-family:'Playfair Display',Georgia,serif;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;font-size:22px;line-height:1.25;color:#0d0a08;\"\u003eSazerac 18 Year Old, 2025 Release\u003c\/h3\u003e\n    \u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 14px;font-size:14px;color:#4a423a;\"\u003eDistilled in the springs of 2006 and 2007, then left in Warehouses O, K and L for eighteen years and five months. Seventy-seven per cent of it evaporated before anyone came for what was left. Bottled at a restrained 90 proof, because after that long in oak it does not need the help.\u003c\/p\u003e\n    \u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 14px;font-size:14px;color:#4a423a;\"\u003eSeasoned oak and bright rye spice up front, with a herbal lift and soft mature leather behind it. The palate builds slowly through layered spice, oak and an earthy richness, into a long finish of caraway seed, leather and dry oak. Elegance rather than force, which is rare in this collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n    \u003ctable role=\"presentation\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" style=\"width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:13px;color:#4a423a;\"\u003e\n      \u003ctr\u003e\n        \u003ctd style=\"border:0;padding:0 0 6px;width:38%;color:#857c72;\"\u003eVolume\u003c\/td\u003e\n        \u003ctd style=\"border:0;padding:0 0 6px;\"\u003e750ml\u003c\/td\u003e\n      \u003c\/tr\u003e\n      \u003ctr\u003e\n        \u003ctd style=\"border:0;padding:0 0 6px;color:#857c72;\"\u003eStrength\u003c\/td\u003e\n        \u003ctd style=\"border:0;padding:0 0 6px;\"\u003e45%, 90 proof\u003c\/td\u003e\n      \u003c\/tr\u003e\n      \u003ctr\u003e\n        \u003ctd style=\"border:0;padding:0 0 6px;color:#857c72;\"\u003eAge at bottling\u003c\/td\u003e\n        \u003ctd style=\"border:0;padding:0 0 6px;\"\u003e18 years, 5 months\u003c\/td\u003e\n      \u003c\/tr\u003e\n      \u003ctr\u003e\n        \u003ctd style=\"border:0;padding:0 0 6px;color:#857c72;\"\u003eWarehouses\u003c\/td\u003e\n        \u003ctd style=\"border:0;padding:0 0 6px;\"\u003eO, K and L\u003c\/td\u003e\n      \u003c\/tr\u003e\n      \u003ctr\u003e\n        \u003ctd style=\"border:0;padding:0;color:#857c72;\"\u003eDistillery\u003c\/td\u003e\n        \u003ctd style=\"border:0;padding:0;\"\u003eBuffalo Trace, Frankfort, Kentucky\u003c\/td\u003e\n      \u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003c\/table\u003e\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n  \u003c!-- THOMAS H. HANDY --\u003e\n  \u003cdiv style=\"border-top:1px solid #e3ddd3;padding:22px 0 0;margin:0 0 22px;\"\u003e\n    \u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 4px;font-size:10px;letter-spacing:.2em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#857c72;font-weight:600;\"\u003eBottle two\u003c\/p\u003e\n    \u003ch3 style=\"margin:0 0 12px;font-family:'Playfair Display',Georgia,serif;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;font-size:22px;line-height:1.25;color:#0d0a08;\"\u003eThomas H. Handy Sazerac, 2025 Release\u003c\/h3\u003e\n    \u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 14px;font-size:14px;color:#4a423a;\"\u003eThe wild one of the collection, and the reason it is not just a museum. Distilled in the springs of 2018 and 2019 and bottled after six years and three months, completely uncut and unfiltered at 129.8 proof, out of Warehouses N, L, AA and DD.\u003c\/p\u003e\n    \u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 14px;font-size:14px;color:#4a423a;\"\u003eBold oak and rye spice come straight out of the glass, lifted by baked apple and vanilla underneath the intensity. The palate is thick and oily with charred oak and dark sweetness, and the finish runs long and warm. Despite the proof there is real energy and lift here, which is what separates Handy from the older bottles in the range.\u003c\/p\u003e\n    \u003ctable role=\"presentation\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" style=\"width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:13px;color:#4a423a;\"\u003e\n      \u003ctr\u003e\n        \u003ctd style=\"border:0;padding:0 0 6px;width:38%;color:#857c72;\"\u003eVolume\u003c\/td\u003e\n        \u003ctd style=\"border:0;padding:0 0 6px;\"\u003e750ml\u003c\/td\u003e\n      \u003c\/tr\u003e\n      \u003ctr\u003e\n        \u003ctd style=\"border:0;padding:0 0 6px;color:#857c72;\"\u003eStrength\u003c\/td\u003e\n        \u003ctd style=\"border:0;padding:0 0 6px;\"\u003e64.9%, 129.8 proof\u003c\/td\u003e\n      \u003c\/tr\u003e\n      \u003ctr\u003e\n        \u003ctd style=\"border:0;padding:0 0 6px;color:#857c72;\"\u003eAge at bottling\u003c\/td\u003e\n        \u003ctd style=\"border:0;padding:0 0 6px;\"\u003e6 years, 3 months\u003c\/td\u003e\n      \u003c\/tr\u003e\n      \u003ctr\u003e\n        \u003ctd style=\"border:0;padding:0 0 6px;color:#857c72;\"\u003eFiltration\u003c\/td\u003e\n        \u003ctd style=\"border:0;padding:0 0 6px;\"\u003eNone. Uncut, barrel proof\u003c\/td\u003e\n      \u003c\/tr\u003e\n      \u003ctr\u003e\n        \u003ctd style=\"border:0;padding:0;color:#857c72;\"\u003eDistillery\u003c\/td\u003e\n        \u003ctd style=\"border:0;padding:0;\"\u003eBuffalo Trace, Frankfort, Kentucky\u003c\/td\u003e\n      \u003c\/tr\u003e\n    \u003c\/table\u003e\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n  \u003c!-- WHY THE PAIR --\u003e\n  \u003cdiv style=\"border-top:1px solid #e3ddd3;border-bottom:1px solid #e3ddd3;padding:22px 0;margin:0 0 22px;\"\u003e\n    \u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 10px;font-size:10px;letter-spacing:.22em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#857c72;font-weight:600;\"\u003eWhy buy them together\u003c\/p\u003e\n    \u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 12px;font-size:14px;color:#4a423a;\"\u003eNeither of these tells you much on its own. Poured side by side they do, because every variable except time and proof is held still. Same distillery, same rye recipe, eighteen years against six, 90 proof against 129.8.\u003c\/p\u003e\n    \u003cp style=\"margin:0;font-size:14px;color:#4a423a;\"\u003ePour the 18 first. It will read as restrained and refined. Pour the Handy after it and the same rye arrives with the volume turned all the way up. Then go back to the 18, and it will taste like a different whiskey to the one you started with.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n  \u003c!-- MEMBERS --\u003e\n  \u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 14px;font-size:13px;color:#4a423a;\"\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"color:#0d0a08;\"\u003eWayfarers members pay $1,800.\u003c\/strong\u003e The discount applies itself at checkout, so log into your account before you order or you will be charged the full $2,000. Members also get first access to every allocated release we bring into Australia, this one included.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003c!-- TASTING --\u003e\n  \u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 14px;font-size:13px;color:#4a423a;\"\u003eBoth of these are pours four and five in our Sazerac Rye vertical virtual tasting on Wednesday 23 September, alongside the standard Sazerac Rye, Full Proof and our own single barrel. If you want to taste before you commit to a bottle, that is the way.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cp style=\"margin:0;font-size:13px;color:#857c72;\"\u003eAllocated to us in very small numbers and offered to Wayfarers members first.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Oak \u0026 Origin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44670530715736,"sku":null,"price":2000.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0682\/0243\/0552\/files\/sazerac-18-thomas-h-handy-btac-2025-two-bottle-set.png?v=1787901260","url":"https:\/\/oakandorigin.com.au\/products\/sazerac-18-year-old-thomas-h-handy-sazerac-buffalo-trace-antique-collection-2025-two-bottle-set","provider":"Oak \u0026 Origin","version":"1.0","type":"link"}