Found North Cask Strength Whisky Batch 12

Limit 1 bottle per person

Today we have a limited supply of Found North Cask Strength Whiskey Batch 012 available on Seelbach's first come, first served.

For far too long, Canadian whisky in the U.S. was defined by the Crown Royal's of the world. The truth is, some of the best whiskey is produced in Canada. Bottlers like Found North are now making those barrels available to whiskey lovers across the country.

The success of Found North has been incredible to watch, not because they follow the familiar American playbook of old heritage bourbon and rye blends, but because they are creating some of the most thoughtful, layered, and distinctive blends in whiskey right now. People have caught on quickly.

For many of our customers, this may be the first real chance to dive into Found North, as the last few years’ worth of releases have largely been limited to PRO access and lotteries.

Batch 012 is a 16-year cask strength Canadian whisky bottled at 128.2 proof. The blend is made from 11 components ranging from 16 to 22 years old, with a mash bill of 86% corn, 13% rye, and 1% malted barley. Like all Found North Batches, it is non-chill filtered, with no additives and natural color.

At the heart of Batch 012 is a 16-year corn component matured for 11 months in lower-warehouse conditions in ISC Cooper’s Reserve 24-Month Air-Seasoned, Heavy Toast, Char #2 New American Oak. That component brought a savory, lightly phenolic, high-vanillin profile that stood apart from previous Found North Batches.

All 11 components are critical to the final blend, but three in particular anchor the new wood profile:

2009 corn in ISC Cooper’s Reserve 24-Month Air-Seasoned, Heavy Toast, Char #2 New American Oak

2003 corn in Kelvin Heavy Toast, Char #1 New American Oak

2004 rye in Chevalier Heavy Toast, Char #3 New American Oak

Layered together, they create the burnt brown sugar and roasted marshmallow quality that sets the course for the entire blend.

What makes Batch 012 especially interesting is that it reflects where Found North is now as a blender. The early Batches were built around discovery, finding what was possible with old Canadian whisky and a relatively small group of component lots. Over time, they realized the incredible potential of taking corn whisky aged for decades in used white oak and transferring it into high-quality new American oak.

The concept is simple but powerful: maximize the oxidative benefits of long aging before introducing the wood sugars, tannin, and vanillin extractives of new oak.

That approach has become central to Found North. They are no longer just looking for ready-to-blend components. They are actively shaping mature whisky through reracking, wood selection, and maturation before it ever reaches the blending table.

Batch 012 is the result: old Canadian whisky with depth, structure, and age, pushed through a modern maturation program that brings toasted sweetness, spice, vanillin, dark sugar, and roasted oak into focus.

Maple syrup, vanilla custard, and sweet toasted oak lead on the nose, with warm butterscotch continuing to grow more prominent the longer it sits. Still, I can’t get over this perfumed, jammy fruitiness that lies lower in the glass for a brief moment before giving way to the fresh, raw woodiness of standing in the middle of a rickhouse.

The palate plays off those notes, leading with a mix of butterscotch, smoked oak, and fresh blueberries with a gentle but noticeable heat. Where this one really shines is texture, as it has an initial explosion of flavor that begins to blanket the tongue and lay silky before coming off like freshly baked chocolate chip cookies topped with Maldon sea salt.

It moves into this caramel hot chocolate note in both flavor and texture, sprinkled with cinnamon and, to a softer extent, white pepper, while never forgetting those freshly baked berry notes right at the edge of bursting, mixed with warm blondies flecked with English toffee bits.