Founded: 1773 (site); modern distillery as Buffalo Trace: 1999 (ESTABLISHED FACT) Location: Frankfort, Kentucky, USA Founder: Hancock Lee, Colonel E.H. Taylor Jr., George T. Stagg, Albert B. Blanton (key historical figures); current owner: Sazerac Company
The distillery site on the Kentucky River has operated under various names since the late 18th century. It was known as the Old Fire Copper (O.F.C.) Distillery under E.H. Taylor Jr., then as the George T. Stagg Distillery (Schenley/Len Rome), and was renamed Buffalo Trace by Sazerac in 1999. The distillery houses multiple mash bills and produces bourbon under many labels. (source: Wikipedia)
Signature style: Classic Kentucky bourbon — caramel, vanilla, brown sugar, oak. Multi-mashbill distillery with wheated and high-rye expressions.
Famous expressions: Buffalo Trace Kentucky Straight Bourbon, Eagle Rare 10, Blanton’s Single Barrel, E.H. Taylor Jr., W.L. Weller, Pappy Van Winkle (contract-produced).
Trivia: Blanton’s, launched in 1984, is widely credited as the first commercially marketed single-barrel bourbon. (source: Wikipedia) — ESTABLISHED FACT