{"title":"Binders Stash","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"binders-stash-ceci-nest-pas-un-willett-flask-8-year-single-barrel-bourbon","title":"Binder’s Stash “Ceci n’est pas un Willett” Flask Private Single Barrel Bourbon 8 Year 124.4 Proof","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCeci n'est pas un Willett.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOr is it?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis private single barrel bourbon was selected by Flask with Drew Stoddard, owner and CEO of Binder's Stash, after tasting through nearly two dozen barrel samples.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe narrowed it down to two finalists.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne was a beautiful 7 year bourbon: lighter, brighter, more fruit-forward, and very easy to like. If we had picked that barrel, it would have landed somewhere around $200+ on the shelf.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe other was the problem.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn 8 year barrel. Big proof. Big caramel. Deep oak. Dark vanilla. Warm spice. Huge Kentucky bourbon weight. It beat the 7 year, and honestly beat the 9 year barrels we tasted too.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe only hesitation was price. If it was Willett-distilled stock, the 8 year was going to land over $300. We were still ready to do it because the quality was there, but the jump was real.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThen the story went sideways.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe sample bottle said Willett. It was pulled and bottled by Willett for our tasting. We all thought we were tasting Willett stock. Blind, it drank like the older Willett barrels bourbon people still lose their minds over.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOnce we picked it, Drew called Bill Binder to pull the barrel and got the full story: it might actually be Kentucky stock that had been aged at Willett, not necessarily distilled there; likely OZ Tyler, now Green River.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd suddenly, the price problem disappeared.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTreated as Tyler stock instead of Willett stock, the 8 year no longer had the massive price jump attached to it. So the barrel we already thought was the best one, the barrel we were ready to sell at $300+, is landing under $200 instead.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSo what is it?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt was aged at Willett. It was pulled by Willett. It was bottled by Willett. It tasted like old Willett.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut is it actually Willett if it may not have been distilled there?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat depends on when you became a bourbon nerd. To newer drinkers, Willett is a distillery. Simple enough.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut Willett has been a few different things. It distilled from the 1930s into the early 80s, went quiet, and spent decades as one of the great NDPs, sourcing, selecting, and bottling other people's distillate under the Willett name. Then in 2012 the stills came back on. Some of the most legendary \"Willett\" bottles ever released came from that middle era, and they were not legendary because Willett distilled a single drop of them. They were legendary because of the barrels, the selection, the bottling, the profile, and the whole strange Willett mythology around them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVelvet Glove. Wheated Patriot. Red Hook Rye.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAre those \"Willett\"?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOf course they are.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIs this?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNot really.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut kind of.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd that is exactly the point.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSo we named it properly:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCeci n'est pas un Willett.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is an 8 year private single barrel bourbon selected by Flask with Drew Stoddard. Rich, sweet, powerful, and exactly the kind of bourbon that made the whole origin story worth telling. Even the label is in on it. Big Willett script up top. Small print: \"Distilled in Kentucky. Bottled by Willett Distillery, Bardstown, KY.\" Make of that what you will.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDetails\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProducer: Binder's Stash\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSelection: Flask x Drew Stoddard\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAge: 8 Years (distilled September 2017, bottled May 2026)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProof: 124.4\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMash Bill: 75% corn \/ 21% rye \/ 4% malted barley\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChar: #3\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBarrel: 2101: Warehouse C, Floor 3, Rick NR 1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBottled by: Willett Distillery for Stoddard Spirits\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRelease: 161 bottles\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNot a Willett.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKind of.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Binder's Stash","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48803316236505,"sku":"210000048869","price":189.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0350\/4717\/8372\/files\/mxqr9mfdp8jbig4hxl9e.jpg?v=1781214854"}],"url":"https:\/\/flaskfinewines.com\/collections\/binders-stash.oembed","provider":"Flask","version":"1.0","type":"link"}