Old Carter Straight American Whiskey Batch #9 132.8 Proof

Old Carter Straight American Whiskey Batch #9 132.8 Proof is a high-proof small batch release from Old Carter Whiskey Co., founded by Mark and Sherri Carter — the team behind Kentucky Owl. Batch #9 is part of Old Carter's flagship "Straight American Whiskey" line, which uses sourced barrels from multiple Kentucky and Tennessee distilleries, blended and bottled at barrel strength when the Carters determine the blend is ready. At 132.8 proof (66.4% ABV), this is one of the more powerful batch releases Old Carter has produced. Non-chill filtered, with Sherri hand-labeling each bottle.

Old Carter's "American Whiskey" designation (as opposed to their straight bourbon or rye lines) allows them to blend whiskeys of different grain types and ages to hit a target flavor profile — in practice these are typically high-rye bourbon-forward blends that drink more like a bold American straight than a conventional rye or bourbon. Batch #9 at 132.8 proof is intense by any measure.