Up to $200,000 worth of vintage and ultra-rare bourbons are to be raffled off nationwide. There are a total of 22 lots to be won.
All proceeds from the raffle will support underprivileged kids at the West End School, and include the soon-to-be-built West End Girls School, expected to be finished in fall 2025.
The live raffle drawing for the lots will take place at 11am EDT on 20 June. Tickets are priced at $100, and winners do not need to be present to win.
Among the brands leading the way for others to donate include Brown-Forman, Michter’s, Heaven Hill, Pappy and Maker’s Mark.
The 22 prized lots available are as follows:
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- - Brown-Forman 150th Anniversary Bottle
- - 2023 Michter’s 25 Year Old Bourbon
- - Maker’s Mark Private Select Barrel
- - Heaven Hill private tour and tasting
- - Heaven Hill Heritage Collection
- - Pappy 5-bottle Vertical signed by Julian P. Van Winkle III
- - 1913 Early Times bottled-in-bond straight whiskey
- - 2023 King of Kentucky 16 Year Old
- Four Gate Collection signed
- Watch Hill Proper Barrels Pick Lot
- Michter’s 8-bottle Vertical signed
- 15 Stars 9-bottle Vertical
- Old Forester Birthday Bourbon & Distillery Series
- W.L. Weller Bourbon 6-bottle Vertical
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- - Berghoff 10 Year Old bourbon
- - 2022 William Larue Weller
- - Daniel Weller (Emmer Wheat Recipe)
- - Colonel EH Taylor 4-bottle collection
- - Colonel EH Taylor Four Grain
- - Colonel EH Taylor 17 Year Marriage
- - Colonel EH Taylor Amaranth
- - 2023 Four Roses Small Batch
Commenting on the raffle, West End School co-founder Paul Perconti said: “It’s an ambitious undertaking but the school has the support to get this done. We hope to raise $2 million with this initiative, which will further support fundraising for the West End School.”
Wall Street Journal bestselling author and bourbon critic Fred Minnick has partnered with the school to lead the curation of this effort. He said: “I am a Louisvillian and love my community. The West End School is among the very best endeavors happening in our city and am so incredibly thankful the bourbon community has stepped up to raise funds.
“These bottles are not just unicorns, they represent some of the greatest releases of the past 100 years. The 1913 Early Times bottle tells the story of the time with pre-hybrid grains and water pure and straight from a stream. The Pappy set needs no introduction, and you won’t see bourbon geeks get more eager to rumble than over a King of Kentucky. Perhaps the best part, all of this was donated by members of our community. From Watch Hill Proper to bourbon collector Jonah Goodman, they all represent the best of Louisville, just like the West End School students.”
More information on the lots in detail, as well as how to purchase tickets and rules and regulations, can be found here.
