The distillery that patience built. Shop Buffalo Trace online at Del Mesa Liquor in San Diego, CA — the flagship bourbon America waits in line for, plus Eagle Rare and the distillery's allocated releases, every bottle available to order online when it lands.
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Two Centuries on the Kentucky River
The Buffalo Trace Distillery in Frankfort has made whiskey on the banks of the Kentucky River for generations — the site is a National Historic Landmark and one of the few distilleries permitted to keep producing through Prohibition for medicinal purposes. Its brilliance is in the recipes: a low-rye mash bill behind Buffalo Trace bourbon and Eagle Rare; a high-rye recipe behind Blanton's single barrels; and a wheated recipe behind Weller and the Van Winkle family. The flagship bourbon — caramel, vanilla, and candied fruit over gentle oak — might be the most loved everyday bottle in America, while the annual Antique Collection (George T. Stagg, William Larue Weller, Eagle Rare 17 Year, and friends) sits at the very top of the bourbon world.
Some Buffalo Trace bottles restock constantly; others appear a few times a year and vanish in hours. This page is the shelf to watch.
Order Buffalo Trace online from Del Mesa Liquor in San Diego, CA — Kentucky's most in-demand distillery, one page, no wild goose chase.
Buffalo Trace FAQs
Why is Buffalo Trace bourbon so hard to find?
Demand exploded faster than the distillery could age whiskey — bourbon being poured today went into barrels years ago. Buffalo Trace has expanded massively, but flagship and allocated bottles still move faster than they arrive.
What other brands does the Buffalo Trace Distillery make?
Eagle Rare, Blanton's, E.H. Taylor Jr., Weller, Sazerac Rye, and the Van Winkle line are all produced at the same Frankfort distillery under different mash bills and barrel programs.
What is the Buffalo Trace Antique Collection?
An annual fall release of five limited, mostly barrel-proof whiskeys — George T. Stagg, William Larue Weller, Thomas H. Handy, Sazerac 18 Year, and Eagle Rare 17 Year — considered among the finest American whiskeys made.