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- Name
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- Style
- Flagship Kentucky straight bourbon
- Proof
- 90 proof (45% ABV)
- Age statement
- No age stated (often ~8 years)
- Distillery
- Buffalo Trace Distillery, Frankfort KY
- Typical NYC price
- $35–$45
- Best for
- Baseline weeknight pour
- Flavor notes
- Caramel, orange peel, light cherry, gentle oak
- Nerd stat
- Mash bill is unofficial, but this is the reference bourbon in more online blind tastings than my inbox can track.
- My take
- I treat this like the league-average OPS of bourbon—if I don’t like a whiskey more than this, it’s not earning a second buy.
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