Buffalo Trace Distillery

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caption = Buffalo Trace Distillery with its filtered water reservoir and distillation pipes.
location= Frankfort, Kentucky
area =
built =1920
architect= Oberwarth, Leo L.; Blanton, Albert Bacon
architecture= Romanesque, Colonial Revival
added = May 02, 2001
governing_body = Private
refnum=01000450cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]

Buffalo Trace Distillery is a distillery located in Frankfort, Kentucky. Since 1815 it has been known by several names, including most notably, the George T. Stagg Distillery and O.F.C. Distillery. [cite web |url=http://www.maltadvocate.com/classics-bourbon-buffalo.asp
title= Bourbon Company, Bourbon Man Buffalo Trace Distillery & Mark Brown
accessdate=2007-12-05
author=Lew Bryson
date=
work=Malt Advocate
publisher=Malt Advocate, Inc.] Its flagship bourbon, Buffalo Trace Kentucky Straight Bourbon whiskey was introduced in August 1999. Buffalo Trace Distillery stands as the oldest distilling site in the United States. [cite web|url= http://www.internetwines.com/buffalotrace.html |title= Buffalo Trace Distillery |accessdate = 2007-09-23 12:34 a.m. |year= 2007 |publisher= Internet Wines] Located on what was once an ancient buffalo crossing on the banks of the Kentucky River in Franklin County, the distillery's namesake is a tribute to the American bison that created paths followed by America's early pioneers. The Sazerac Company, a New Orleans, LA (USA)-based producer and importer purchased the distillery in 1988 and is now the parent company of Buffalo Trace Distillery. [cite web|url= http://www.ellenjaye.com/buffalotrace.htm |title= The Buffalo Trace Distilling Company |accessdate = 2007-09-23 12:34 a.m. |year= 2001 |publisher= ellenjaye.com]

The distillery is listed on the National Register of Historic Places under its old name, George T. Stagg Distillery.

The Buffalo Trace Distillery is home to the world's smallest bonded storage warehouse, Warehouse V. This warehouse only stores a single barrel of whiskey at a time.

History

Records indicate that distilling started on the site that is now the Buffalo Trace Distillery sometime before 1773 by Hancock Lee, who died in 1776. The oldest building on the site, the Riverside house, was constructed in 1792 by Commodore Richard Taylor and is still standing today. The first true distillery was construced in 1812 by Harrison Blanton. In 1870 the distillery was purchased by Edmund H. Taylor and given its first name, the O.F.C. Distillery. Taylor sold the distillery eight years later to George T. Stagg along with the Old Oscar Pepper Distillery. This second distillery was sold within the year to James Graham in order to add more land to the O.F.C. Distillery. In 1886 Stagg installed steam heating in the storage warehouses, the first climate controlled warehouse for aging whiskey in the nation.

Gallery

Spirits

While Buffalo Trace Distillery is mainly known for its bourbon, it also produces other spirits such as rye whiskey and vodka. "Buffalo Trace" is the made by Buffalo Trace Distillery. It was introduced in August 1999, two months after the distillery changed its name from the George T. Stagg Distillery. Buffalo Trace is made from corn, rye, and barley malt, and aged in charred oak barrels. Approximately 25-30 barrels are selected and mixed before bottling. It has won [http://www.buffalotrace.com/main.asp?page=distillery_awards numerous awards] since its introduction.

The following list of spirits are produced by Buffalo Trace Distillery: [ [http://www.kybourbon.com/english/pages/brands.html Bourbon Brands] ]

seealso|List of bourbon brands

External links

* [http://www.buffalotrace.com/ Buffalo Trace Distillery Homepage]

References