Preservation Distillery Bourbon Whiskey Very Olde St. Nick “Immaculata” 750ml

Preservation Distillery assembled Immaculata’s 2026 release around its 8 year old wheated pot-distilled bourbon, and a 10 year old Kentucky high rye made for Preservation, and blended it with 18 year old sourced Kentucky bourbon. The 18-year stocks came from the same barrels—no tankers here—that appeared in Notorious, a useful reference point for anyone who’s familiar with that bottle. (Fun fact: though it says 18-year on the bottle, the liquid actually turned 19 during the bottling phase.) The Immaculata blend comes in at 118.2 proof, which is cask strength and unfiltered.

The nose opens on salted praline and real butterscotch—not your typical generic “caramel”—with vanilla and golden raisin underneath. The palate is immediately about texture: intense viscosity and heavy oil. There’s a fantastic horehound candy note, root beer meets anise or something close to Good & Plenty. Spiced plum surfaces in the mid-palate. The finish is lengthy, driven by very old oak that tips toward medicinal without crossing the line. Each sip is round in the way great dusty bourbon is, no sharp edges, nothing angular. It is dangerously crushable.