Released for the 149th running of the Kentucky Derby, the Woodford Reserve Derby 2023 bottling puts the distillery’s Kentucky straight bourbon in a collector’s bottle with a blue cap. The liquid is the standard Woodford pour, drawn from a mash of 72% corn, 18% rye, and 10% malted barley and matured in new charred oak. Expect dried fruit and vanilla up front, with toasted oak, cocoa, and a hint of mint and spice through the middle. This one-liter format is the annual Derby edition, a commemorative that collectors track down each spring. It pours as easily as it displays neat, over a big cube, or in a Mint Julep for race day.