Frank August Case Study 08 Winter Wheated Reserve Bourbon

Frank August has announced CASE STUDY: 08 | 8 YEAR | WINTER WHEATED RESERVE | 8 BARREL BATCH, the eighth release in its CASE STUDY program and its second look at wheated bourbon. The Kentucky straight bourbon carries an eight-year age statement, with barrels approaching nine years old, and is bottled at 108.8 proof.

For this release, Frank August went back to the same barrel lots behind CASE STUDY: 05, which was named World’s Best Wheated Bourbon at the 2025 San Francisco World Spirits Competition. This time the team only used barrels from winter distillations and gave them more time in American oak. The release is made up of eight distinct batches, each built from eight hand-selected barrels.

“CASE STUDY: 05 gave us a meaningful introduction to these barrels, but there was more of their story to tell,” said Johnathan Crocker, CEO, Co-Founder and Blender of Frank August. “Returning to the same lots allowed us to explore how the whiskey had evolved with additional time. For CASE STUDY: 08, we narrowed our selection to winter distillations and built each eight-barrel batch around the balance, texture and depth we found in those barrels.”

The CASE STUDY program has earned multiple double gold medals and two “World’s Best” titles: World’s Best Rye for CASE STUDY: 03 in 2024 and World’s Best Wheated Bourbon for CASE STUDY: 05 in 2025. Each release is a one-time expression and will not be produced again.