Buffalo Trace Distillery
Stagg Kentucky Straight Bourbon (formerly Stagg Jr.)
- Own distillate
- Non-chill filtered
- Allocated
On the shelf at Great American Craft SpiritsOpen and pouring · Rancho Santa Margarita, CA
- Proof
- 129.3
- Age
- ~8 yr
- Style
- BourbonKentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey
- Street price
- $169.00
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“Buffalo Trace barrel-proof Mashbill #1 — uncut, unfiltered, ~8 years (ex-Stagg Jr.)”
Tasting notes
- nose
- dark chocolate, brown sugar, black cherry, and bold oak over low-rye spice
- palate
- uncut power — caramel, cocoa, cherry, and clove with dense barrel oils; water optional but structure holds neat
- finish
- long cherry-clove smoke and lingering brown sugar
Mash bill
Full grain split not published.
Buffalo Trace Mashbill #1 (low-rye; exact percentages unpublished) — the same low-rye architecture behind Eagle Rare and many E.H. Taylor releases. Corn-forward sweetness with enough rye spice to carry barrel-proof intensity.
- Cask
- New charred American oak
- Best served
- neat
Why it's craft
Uncut Buffalo Trace barrel-proof bourbon with batch-variable proof — craft intensity inside a heritage DSP, cataloged for allocated Mashbill #1 context.
Buffalo Trace Distillery
Corporate-owned · Est. 1775 · Tours