August 05, 2025
Jeff Faughender/Courier Journal; USA TODAY NETWORK
Pennsylvania residents can enter for a chance to purchase limited-release whiskey bottles like Eagle Rare Double Eagle Very Rare Straight Bourbon and Weller Millennium Straight Bourbon. Registration for the PLCB lottery ends at 5 p.m. Friday.
Serious whiskey collectors soon may have a chance to buy hard-to-find bottles of brown.
The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board has opened registration on its latest limited-release lotteries. The drawings give state residents and liquor license holders a shot at purchasing rare whiskeys from distilleries like Woodford Reserve, Buffalo Trace and Heaven Hill.
Participants of legal drinking age with a verifiable Pennsylvania billing address can enter online through 5 p.m. Friday. A computer program will randomly select the winners next week.
The pricing and quantity of each whiskey varies significantly. For instance, the PLCB is offering 423 bottles of Blanton's Gold Straight Bourbon for $144.99 each. But it only has four bottles of Woodford Reserve Baccarat Edition Straight Bourbon available, and at $2,199.99 a pop. The whiskies will be spread across nine drawings.
While participants can enter multiple lotteries, they can only win and purchase one bottle per drawing. Entrants must also choose a Fine Wine & Good Spirits location to pick up their prizes. They cannot be delivered to home addresses. All told, there are 3,705 bottles up for grabs.
Here's the complete list of lotteries and products available. Drawings will be held in the order listed below:
• Blanton's Straight From the Barrel Bourbon, $157.99 each – 213 bottles for individual consumers, 70 bottles for licensees
• Blanton's Gold Straight Bourbon, $144.99 each – 423 bottles for individual consumers, 141 bottles for licensees
• Heaven Hill Heritage Collection Straight Corn Whiskey 20 Year Old 2023 Edition, $289.99 each – 3 bottles for individual consumers
• Woodford Reserve Baccarat Edition Straight Bourbon, $2,199.99 each – 4 bottles for individual consumers, 1 bottle for licensees
• Buffalo Trace Prohibition Collection Number 2 5x375 mL Bottles, $999.99 each – 6 collections for individual consumers, 2 collections for licensees
• Eagle Rare Double Eagle Very Rare Straight Bourbon, $2,999.99 each – 8 bottles for individual consumers, 2 bottles for licensees
• Russell's Reserve Straight Bourbon 13 Year Old Barrel Proof, $149.99 each – 10 bottles for individual consumers, 3 bottles for licensees
• Weller Millennium Straight Bourbon, $7,499.99 each – 45 bottles for individual consumers, 15 bottles for licensees
• Old Forester Birthday Straight Bourbon 2024, $199.99 each – 54 bottles for individual consumers, 18 bottles for licensees
• Stagg Straight Bourbon Barrel Proof, $59.99 each – 2,016 bottles for individual consumers, 671 bottles for licensees
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