Tasting notes

nose

bright orange zest and dried cherry over sweet bakery notes

palate

oatmeal cream pie sweetness and fudgy chocolate

finish

deepening oak and baking spice

Mash bill

Buffalo Trace has not published the recipe for this barrel. Its bourbon comes from Mash Bill #1, a low-rye recipe of corn, rye and malted barley, and the percentages are not published. With little rye in the mash, the whiskey leans on corn sweetness first.

Why it's craft

Buffalo Trace makes its own whiskey in Frankfort, Kentucky, and a retailer picks a single barrel from it to bottle on its own. This is barrel 054, so no other bottle holds the same whiskey,. Buffalo Trace is owned by the Sazerac Company.