Buffalo Trace is located in Frankfort, Kentucky.  It is owned by Sazerac.  It produces various bourbons, rye whiskeys and even vodka.

Buffalo Trace produces no less than four unique recipes: a low-rye mash bill, a high-rye mash bill, a wheated mash bill and two rye mash bills.  It has also produced numerous “one-off” mash bills, including 2017’s award winning Four Grain Bourbon.

Using these recipes, Buffalo Trace produces products ranging from bottom shelf to top shelf, with often the only difference between the two being where in the warehouse (and which warehouse) the whiskey barrel was stored.  As an example, Buffalo Trace produces the Weller lineup, along with the Van Winkle products, all from the same recipe and process.

Ancient Age

Ancient Age
Ancient Ancient Age 10 Star (6 Year)
Ancient Ancient Age 10 Star (3 Year)

Antique Collection

Eagle Rare 17 (2016)

Eagle Rare 17 (2017)

George T. Stagg (2016)

George T. Stagg (2017) 

William Larue Weller 2016 (2)

William Larue Weller 2017

Thomas H. Handy (2016) – (2) (3)

Thomas H. Handy (2017)

Benchmark

Blanton’s

Blanton’s Gold
Blanton’s Original Single Barrel  (2)
Blanton’s Special Reserve
Blanton’s Straight From the Barrel (2)

Buffalo Trace

Buffalo Trace
Buffalo Trace Glaziers Store Pick

Charter 101

Eagle Rare

Eagle Rare
Eagle Rare Potomac Wine and Spirit Pick

Elmer T. Lee

E.H. Taylor

E.H. Taylor Barrel Proof
E. H. Taylor Four Grain
E. H. Taylor Rye
E.H. Taylor Single Barrel
E.H. Taylor Small Batch

Hancock’s President’s Reserve

Old Charter

Old Charter 8
Old Charter 8 Year

Stagg Jr. (2)

Van Winkle

Pappy Van Winkle 20 Year
Old Rip Van Winkle – (2)

W.L. Weller

W.L. Weller 12 Year
W.L. Weller Special Reserve
Weller Antique (2)

2017 Antique Collection Announced.

Bourbon Brand Basics