Buffalo Trace Rolls Out 2023 Antique Collection
Buffalo Trace has released five bourbons and whiskies to comprise their 2023 Antique Collection.
Buffalo Trace Eagle Rare was aged for 19 years and three months, bottled at 50.1% alcohol by volume (101 proof) and is said to offer notes of caramel, cherry and dark chocolate.
Buffalo Trace George T Stagg Bourbon was aged 15 years, bottled at 68% alcohol by volume (136 proof) and is said to offer notes of cherry, chocolate, cinnamon and vanilla.
Buffalo Trace Sazerac Rye 18 Year Old Whiskey was aged 18 years, bottled at 45% alcohol by volume (90 proof) and is said to offer notes of aniseed, black pepper, clove, honey, tobacco leaf and the ubiquitous vanilla.
Buffalo Trace Thomas H. Handy Sazerac Rye Whiskey was bottled at 62.85% alcohol by volume (125.7 proof) and is said to offer notes of black licorice, caramel, orange and pine.
Buffalo Trace William Larue Weller Bourbon was bottled at 64% alcohol by volume (128 proof) and is said to offer notes of brown sugar, cherry, maple syrup and, of course, vanilla.
All five bottles in the 2023 Buffalo Trace Antique Collection are being made available for $125 per bottle.