Buffalo Trace Bourbon Whiskey

Buffalo Trace is the flagship of the distillery that makes Pappy, Blanton's, Weller, and Eagle Rare — and the one bottle on that list you can still find under $40. The Frankfort distillery on the Kentucky River is the oldest continuously operating distillery in America, running through Prohibition on a medicinal license, and it takes its name from the ancient buffalo migration path that crossed the river there; Harlen Wheatley has been master distiller since 2005. Buffalo Trace bourbon is Mash Bill #1 — the low-rye recipe, believed around 10% rye or less, with Kentucky corn, Minnesota rye, and North Dakota malted barley — sour-mashed with limestone water from the site, aged around eight years in new charred oak in the distillery's century-old brick warehouses, batched from no more than 40 barrels, and bottled at 90 proof. The house yeast and the low rye give it a profile all its own: Bourbon Culture, tasting it against Bulleit, found it sweeter and more caramel-driven, with vanilla, brown sugar, toffee, and a soft oak backbone, a hint of mint and dried fruit, and a medium, warming finish. Honest note: it's allocated in many markets now and marked up on secondary, which is absurd for a bourbon built to be an everyday pour — at retail it's one of the best values in Kentucky. For an Old Fashioned, a Manhattan, a highball, or neat, it's the benchmark. The buffalo's path, at 90 proof.

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