Buffalo Trace Barrel Select

Buffalo Trace Barrel Select

Introduction

This is a single barrel select pick version of the flagship bourbon from Buffalo Trace. It’s made from mash bill #1, just like Eagle Rare, Taylor and Stagg. It’s younger than Eagle Rare, but it’s bottled at the same proof. It’s about the same age as Taylor Small Batch, but it’s not bottled in bond. It’s about the same age as Stagg, Jr., but it’s not barrel proof. Hence, one would expect the flagship Buffalo Trace to be of lower quality but still hold its own as a daily drinker served neat. It’s readily available and it’s affordable. Of course, it won’t last long in the liquor store, because it has the name of the world’s most award winning distillery on the bottle. The flagship bourbon from the foremost whiskey house can deliver the goods at a reasonable price. However, this is a single barrel version that was specially selected by Forbes Liquors. Will the barrel select version provide more aroma and flavor?

Discussion

So far on Bourbon Roxx, we’ve spent our entire time reviewing Buffalo Trace bourbons. I receive no compensation from the distillery. I just believe it’s the greatest distillery on Earth. Straight up, they produce the best bourbons. You know I love “Pappy”. You know I love the BTAC. You know I love Weller, Stagg, Taylor, Eagle Rare and Blanton’s, but what about the flagship bourbon? It doesn’t receive the same hype as its more expensive brethren. Buffalo Trace is what it is, a daily drinker which will satisfy your desire for an above average bourbon. In its standard form, it’s a rather simple offering, but the barrel select version is a different animal altogether. This single barrel is a strawberry bomb. It’s soft and sweet. It tastes more like a wheated bourbon than a ryed bourbon. The flagship Buffalo Trace is the most affordable bourbon from the distillery worth drinking neat, though it’s better suited for cocktails. However, this particular store pick of Buffalo Trace Barrel Select is an easy sipper straight out of the bottle. Picking a song to pair with this bourbon was easy. Listen to Hello Strawberry Skies by Trouble.