The Giving Voice Foundation is excited to announce it has once again obtained and is raffling off one of the rarest and most sought after 5 bottle antique bourbon collections in the country. Bourbon aficionados are fully aware of the rarity and high value of the Buffalo Trace 2023 release of this unique, antique collection, which includes the highly-coveted and extremely limited release, Eagle Rare 17.
This rare collection is especially in demand this year given that the Buffalo Trace distillery, located in Frankfort, Kentucky, was flooded with its inventory severely impacted this past April.
Every autumn, Buffalo Trace, America’s most awarded distillery, releases a limited collection of American whiskeys called the Buffalo Trace Antique Collection (BTAC). The 2023 Collection consists of three bourbons and two ryes, the most highly sought-after American whiskeys. Fewer than 100 sets of this exclusive, limited collection were released to select retailers across the State of Ohio.
The five bottles making up the 2023 Buffalo Trace Antique Collection are: George T. Stagg Bourbon, Thomas H. Handy Sazerac Rye Whiskey, Sazerac Rye 18-Year-Old Whiskey, William Larue Weller Bourbon and Eagle Rare 17-Year-Old Bourbon, which is the oldest expression of Eagle Rare 17 ever produced, according to Gear Patrol.[3]
The Giving Voice Foundation has obtained this extremely rare and valuable antique bourbon collection thanks to the generosity of a very kind donor who wishes to remain anonymous. True bourbon lovers should strongly consider this as possibly their only and very real chance to win this highly desirable 5 bottle collection, which has an estimated value of more than $10,000.
“We were blown away by the community support of our inaugural Cincy Bourbon Raffle last year,” said Giving Voice Foundation founder and board president, Dr. Christian Gausvik, MD. “When you buy a raffle ticket, you are helping us continue to offer crucial programs and services to Cincinnati’s aging community at no charge. We are hopeful that our bourbon-loving Tri-state will once again buy raffle tickets to show their support of those dealing with memory loss!”
The organization is aiming to raise $50,000 through the raffle to support its free community programs provided to older adults with Alzheimer’s and dementia and their caregivers.
Raffle proceeds will directly support the Giving Voice Foundation’s free, interactive music and movement initiatives for local seniors which include programs like Creative Connections, Music in Motion, Brains in Bloom and Dancing to Remember, a ballroom dancing program. Giving Voice also offers complimentary writing programs and peer support for caregivers.
More than 151,000 individuals across the Greater Cincinnati area are currently living with or caring for a loved one who has a form of dementia. Giving Voice Foundation exists to help them all receive much-needed support and to achieve their highest quality of life through connection and movement.
Anyone (age 21+) may purchase raffle tickets, which are 1 for $25 or 5 for $100. Raffle tickets may be purchased online now at cincybourbonraffle.com.
The winner will be drawn LIVE from Revival Vintage Bottle Shop in Covington at 2:00 p.m. on June 14, 2025, National Bourbon Day, and contacted immediately by phone. The collection must be picked up in-person locally in Cincinnati.
Dr. Christian Gausvik, MD, our founder and board president of Giving Voice Foundation, expressed his standpoint on the matter: “We continue to look for new ways to support funding for our programming that enables us to keep offering them to Cincinnati’s aging community at no charge. As we diversify our fundraising efforts beyond hosting annual events, we felt this unique and rare raffle would be a great way to engage and encourage our bourbon-loving Tri-state to get involved in our important cause!”
“We were blown away by the support through our bourbon raffle last year and this year we aim to raise $50,000 to fuel our free community programs provided to older adults with Alzheimer’s and dementia and their caregivers.”
The raffle proceeds will directly support the free, interactive music and movement initiatives for local seniors, including our programs Creative Connections, Music in Motion, Brains in Bloom, and Dancing to Remember, a ballroom dancing program. We also offer complimentary writing programs, Caring for the Caregiver, and peer support for caregivers during Creative Connections and our Purposeful Planning Program.
With more than 126,000 older adults across the Greater Cincinnati area currently affected by this life-altering diagnosis, the Giving Voice Foundation exists to help them all receive much-needed support and achieve their highest quality of life through connection and movement.
Anyone aged 21 and above can purchase raffle tickets, which are 1 for $25 or 5 for $100. Raffle tickets may be purchased online now at cincybourbonraffle.com.
Join us at Revival Vintage Bottle Shop in Covington where the winner will be drawn at 2:00 p.m. on June 14, 2025, National Bourbon Day, and contacted by phone. The collection must be picked up in person locally in Cincinnati.
So, on National Bourbon Day, raise a glass to support and solidarity and consider participating in this wonderful cause!