Eagle Rare vs Woodford Reserve: What’s the Difference?

Updated May 2026.

These are two Kentucky straight bourbons from different companies in the same proof class. Buffalo Trace’s Eagle Rare Aged 10 Years page prints 90 proof (45% ABV), a 10-year age line, and Mash Bill #1. Woodford Reserve Distiller’s Select prints 90.4 proof (45.2%). A 1.5-ounce pour is 1.13 drinks at 45% and 1.13 at 45.2%. This is not a 2023 winner.

Related: Eagle Rare vs Blanton’s, Elijah Craig vs Woodford, Woodford Reserve.

Proof is close; house is not

Eagle Rare 10 Woodford Distiller’s Select
Company Sazerac / Frankfort Brown-Forman / Versailles
US proof 90 / 45% 90.4 / 45.2%
1.5 oz drinks 1.13 1.13
Age / mash 10 years; Mash Bill #1 NAS; mash % unpublished

A 750 mL 45% bottle is about 19 drinks. Four pours are about 4.5 drinks. Allocation on Eagle Rare is real; we will not invent a 2026 sticker. Pour math: whiskey drinks.

Sources

  • buffalotracedistillery.com Eagle Rare 10: Proof 90 (45%); Mash Bill #1.
  • woodfordreserve.com Distiller’s Select: Proof 90.4°.
  • TTB 27 CFR 5.143; 5.74. NIAAA December 2025.

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