Distillery: Buffalo Trace
The company claims the distillery to be the oldest continuously operating distillery in the United States.[3] Another distillery with similar historical extent is Burks' distillery, now used for production of Maker's Mark. According to its citation in the registry of National Historic Landmarks, Burks' Distillery's origins extend to 1805,[6] and Burks' Distillery is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the oldest operating bourbon distillery.[7][8] Records indicate that distilling started on the site that is now the Buffalo Trace Distillery in 1775 by Hancock Lee and his brother Willis Lee who died in 1776.[9][10] The oldest building on the site, the Riverside house, was constructed in 1792 by Commodore Richard Taylor and is still standing.[citation needed] The first distillery was constructed in 1812 by Harrison Blanton.[11] In 1870 the distillery was purchased by Edmund H. Taylor and given its first name, the Old Fire Copper (O.F.C.) Distillery.[4] 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.[12] During Prohibition, the distillery was allowed to remain operational, in order to make whiskey for "medicinal purposes".[3] In 1972 Gary Gayheart became the master distiller. After his retirement in 2005, he was succeeded by Harlen Wheatley. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_Trace_Distillery
Items under distillery Buffalo Trace
Old Rip Van Winkle 10 Year Old
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Van Winkle Special Reserve 12 Year Old
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Blanton's Straight From The Barrel Bourbon Limited
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Blanton's Single Barrel Bourbon Bottled For Old Oaks Liquors
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Buffalo Trace Bourbon Whiskey 1 Liter
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Stagg Jr Barrel Proof 131 Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey
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Blanton's Single Barrel Bourbon Brown Label 80 Proof
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William Larue Weller Uncut Unfiltered 124.7 Proof
Uncut and unfiltered, this hand-bottled bourbon is barrel proof. More ›
Stagg Jr. Barrel Proof 128.7 Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey
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1996 Buffalo Trace Distillery O.F.C. Old Fashioned Copper
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Buffalo Trace Kosher Rye Recipe Bourbon
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