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Bottle Details
Blanton's Single Barrel Gold Edition Dumped 2018
First introduced by then Ancient Age distillery Master Distiller, Elmer T. Lee, Blanton's was the first single barrel bourbon popularised in the US. Ancient Age was renamed the Buffalo Trace distillery by the Sazerac company in 1999.
Normally a 6 to 8 year old bourbon, it is aged in Warehouse H at Buffalo Trace, which is the only metal-clad warehouse at the distillery, commissioned for construction by Albert B. Blanton, after whom the whiskey is named. The warehouse was built shortly after prohibition and being metal, transfers heat quicker than brick warehouses, allowing for more rapid ageing.
This Gold Edition was dumped on 20th June 2018 and is bottled at the slightly higher 103 US proof.
Drawn from single barrel #529 which was stored on rick number 55.
Each bottle of Blanton's has one of 8 different stoppers, each depicting a horse and jockey at a different stage of finishing a race. The designs are all lettered so that a complete set laid out side by side will spell \"BLANTONS.\"
Buffalo Trace
A historic Kentucky distillery and the oldest still operating in the state. It is the flagship production facility of the Sazerac Company and in addition to its eponymous straight bourbon, also produces a host of brands such as Pappy Van Winkle, Col. E.H. Taylor, Eagle Rare, Weller and Sazerac Rye.
Blanton's
America's first single barrel bourbon brand, produced by Buffalo Trace distillery on behalf of Japanese multinational, Takara Shuzo. It was first introduced in 1984 by Elmer T. Lee and is instantly recognisable for its rounded bottles and famous collectable horse-and-rider stoppers.
Sazerac Company
A historic American spirits company established in 1869 by Tomas H. Handy. It is headquartered in New Orelans, Louisiana and has distilleries in the US states of Kentucky, Virginia, Maine and Tennessee, as well as in Canada and Ireland.
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