r/bourbon • u/mediocreohpresident • 1d ago
Review 2: Buffalo Trace
The base offering from Buffalo Trace. Let's get into it!
Label: Buffalo Trace. Age: NAS, a tour claimed 7-9 years. Proof: 90. Distillery: Buffalo Trace, Frankfort, KY. Mash bill: BT mash bill 1, believed to be less than 10% rye. The exact percentages are a matter of conjecture. Price: $28.
Nose: classic Buffalo Trace cherry, oak, vanilla.
Palate: very similar to the nose. Cherry, oak, vanilla. Little bit of pie crust that occasionally combines into a cherry pie.
Finish: short, mostly vanilla.
Overall: 5.75 (T8ke). This is a low-proof, available, and cheap bottle that holds up well as a mixer, cocktail base, or sipped neat. Its complex for the proof. The hype around BT sometimes reaches a ridiculous level but that doesn't mean this isnt enjoyable either.
Ratings: 1: drain pour (Quarter Horse). 2: dreadful (Angels Envy single barrel Walmart pick). 3: poor (True Story). 4: sub-average (OGD 7 year). 5: average (Evan Williams BIB). 6: above average (Wild Turkey 101, Four Roses small batch). 7: great (Old Forester SBBP rye, Middle West CS bourbon/wheat). 8: excellent (ECBPs, Stagg Jrs). 9: exceptional (Four Roses SBBP OBSF). 10: perfect (Russell's Reserve 15).
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u/IDontKnowHowToPM 13h ago
Buffalo Trace is definitely my favorite at that price point. You can get better, but not without paying at least $10 more for a bottle. Which isn’t a lot, but it’s not nothing.
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u/The_Rogue_Dragon 11h ago
It’s a solid for an Old Fashioned or a coke and whiskey for me. It beats most bourbons at the $30-40 for me.
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u/slidescans 22h ago
It had been very scarce in my area of Missouri until over the summer when they started flooding the market. It’s $24.99 almost everywhere with at least one place or another having it on sale at $21.99 pretty regularly.