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Stagg Jr. Coming From Buffalo Trace
July 25, 2013 – As WhiskyCast first reported in March, Buffalo Trace plans to release a younger and more widely available version of its award-winning George T. Stagg Bourbon. The distillery unveiled Stagg Jr. today, and like the original, will be an uncut and unfiltered Bourbon. However, Buffalo Trace plans to release several batches of Stagg Jr. each year, compared to the extremely limited annual release of George T. Stagg Bourbon as part of the Buffalo Trace Antique Collection.
The first batch of Stagg Jr. was bottled from 8 and 9-year-old casks at 67.2% ABV, but future batches will vary slightly. The distillery has been setting aside casks for several years with plans to release them as Stagg Jr., and the new whiskey will not affect casks already earmarked for future George T. Stagg releases.
The whiskey is named after George T. Stagg, who was one of the early masterminds of Bourbon whiskey sales during his partnership with Col. E.H. Taylor Junior. The distillery was named after Stagg in 1904, and carried his name until it was renamed Buffalo Trace by Sazerac in 1999. Stagg Jr. will be available starting in August with a suggested retail price of $49.99.
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