The Vaults 2025 limited release is a marriage of bourbons aged a minimum of 15 years and finished in Mythological Oak from the ancient coastal forests of Greece.
Over the past several years, we’ve set aside a cache of extraordinary, long-aged bourbons. When we uncovered a range of barrels with remarkable depth and character, we began the painstaking process of blending them—always in hyper-small batches—to create the next release of The Vaults.
Each annual edition features a different finishing wood, offering collectors a rare chance to experience how unique wood varietals shape the profile of mature bourbon. The 2025 release is finished in air-seasoned casks made from Mythological Oak, harvested from the ancient forests of Amfilochia, Greece. Sacred to Zeus and steeped in legend, this rare oak lends evocative notes of wild honey, mountain sage, and dried fig, enriching the bourbon’s structure and length.
Proofed with mineral-rich limestone water from the legendary Rosendale Mines of NY and bottled at 99 proof, The Vaults 2025 is a whiskey of commanding age, origin, and intent—crafted to intrigue and destined for the top shelf of serious collectors.
99 Proof (ABV 49.5%)
SMALL BATCH
Whiskey from Red Hook, Brooklyn, NY
We work each day within this city, over these cobblestone streets, in Red Hook at the juncture of old and new New York City. Where things get done in their own way—a place that defines itself.
Widow Jane scours the country for the finest barrels of Straight Bourbon & Rye Whiskeys. Hand assembled right here in the Red Hook neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, we bring these to you with non chill-filtration, and proofed with a hard-yet-sweet pure limestone water from the Legendary Rosendale Mines of Upstate New York.
We also distill every week in Red Hook using the finest non-GMO ingredients, including corn varietals such as Baby Jane that are unique to us and that we have nurtured over many years.
SWEET WATER from Tough Rock
When the Widow Jane team set out to produce our own whiskey, we wanted to offer something that was bold and rich with character, but most importantly had the intense taste of New York in each sip. All Widow Jane whiskeys are proofed with pure limestone mineral water from the legendary Rosendale Mines of NY, just 100 miles north of our home in Red Hook, Brooklyn. It was limestone from these mines in Rosendale which were used to build the foundation of some of New York’s and the country’s greatest structures: the gargantuan caissons of the Brooklyn Bridge, the Empire State Building and the 27,000-ton pedestal to the Statue of Liberty. In addition, Grand Central Terminal, the original Federal Hall in Lower Manhattan, the Washington Monument, roads across American, & parts of the White House, too, used Rosendale limestone to build their tough foundations.
Why this water, from these mines? Rosendale cement was world-renowned for its strength. This toughness made it the building material of the early 20th century, and built many of the monuments that define America. These caverns that were mined over the better part of a century then laid empty for so long, their limestone now gone. Over years and years, rainfall filtered down, deep into underground aquifers, combining to fill the mines with pure fresh water that drew its own strength from the limestone that cradled it. The result, a self-renewing source of unique, sweet water, unusually high in mineral content and thus perfect for making and proofing great whiskey.
This water is our fingerprint and signature ingredient in all Widow Jane whiskeys.
Our FUTURE
At Widow Jane our firm plan is to make 100% of our whiskey in our home state as soon as practical. Obviously as much of this whiskey will be aging for 10 years or more it will be a while however before some of it becomes available.
We’re currently making quite a bit of whiskey in Red Hook, Brooklyn and we find ourselves increasingly at capacity there. We are working hard on plans to bring all of our distilling to our New York home, and will share these within the very near future. We look forward to welcoming you one day in the not-too-distant future into a new space in New York that has all production under one roof.
WHISKIES OF THE WORLD
Gold Outstanding in Bourbon > 6 Years
SAN FRANCISCO SPIRITS COMPETITION
Double Gold
TASTINGS.COM
Gold
WORLD WHISKEY AWARDS - BOURBON OVER FIVE YEARS
Best in Class
GREAT AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL SPIRITS COMPETITION
Double Gold
Aroma
Floral & Citrus Notes
Taste
Rich, dark mulled fruit, Salty Olive Oil Pastries
Finish
Burnt Sugar
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