BARDSTOWN, Ky. — Preservation Distillery is celebrating the holiday season with three limited-edition whiskey releases, including a 22-year-old bourbon priced at $1,500 and a 23-year-old expression priced at $1,000, as its Very Olde St. Nick brand marks its 40th anniversary.
The holiday collection includes Very Olde St. Nick Believe 22-Year-Old, Very Olde St. Nick Christmas Dream “White Christmas” and Pure Antique 23-Year-Old. Each release features exceptionally limited quantities, with fewer than 580 bottles produced across all three expressions.
Very Olde St. Nick Believe 22-Year-Old is bottled at 122.2 proof and priced at $1,500, with fewer than 140 bottles produced. The fourth annual Believe expression continues the distillery’s tradition of releasing exceptionally aged whiskey during the holidays.
“This is our fourth Believe expression,” said Marci, the brand’s founder. “It’s an extremely small annual release around the holidays, always exceptional and highly coveted.”
Very Olde St. Nick Christmas Dream “White Christmas” is a nine-year-old Kentucky bourbon bottled at 114 proof and priced at $200. Limited to fewer than 300 bottles, the release continues a holiday tradition dating to the 1990s. Originally featuring rare whiskey sourced from legendary producers, the Christmas Dream series now showcases Preservation’s own aged Kentucky bourbon.
The collection also includes Pure Antique 23-Year-Old, bottled at 115.2 proof and priced at $1,000, with fewer than 140 bottles produced. The expression draws from vintage whiskey stocks collected and aged over decades.
“Over the years I’ve continued to collect small lots of exceptional whiskey and age them, hoping to find the depth of flavor I loved in those original bottlings,” Marci said.
Availability varies by release. Believe 22-Year-Old is exclusive to Preservation’s sold-out Farmhouse Harvest Series dinner, while Pure Antique 23-Year-Old will be available Nov. 14 at the distillery’s Farmhouse, limited to one bottle per person. Christmas Dream is scheduled for public release in early December.
Preservation Distillery also plans another special release event in early December as the Very Olde St. Nick brand concludes its 40th anniversary celebration.
