The 2015 Sazerac 18 years is the last year of the tanked Sazerac – next year will be fresh Buffalo Trace juice. If you’re not familiar with the story of Sazerac 18 and thus don’t know what in the Sam Hill I’m talking about, allow me to fill you in. Back in 2005 Sazerac 18 was given the award of American Whisky of the Year by Whisky Advocate (then Malt Advocate). Buffalo Trace didn’t want to risk the remaining stocks of whiskey becoming over-oaked so they dumped all the barrels of 18+-year-old Sazerac they had into a giant 13,500-gallon steel tank to halt the maturation process and the 2006 Sazerac 18 was the first steel tanked release.