Buffalo Trace's Prohibition Collection is going to have whiskey geeks beating down the doors of their local liquor stores.
In an announcement that will send shockwaves through the whiskey hype-sphere, Sazerac’s Buffalo Trace has unveiled an entire new annual, limited edition collection of whiskeys known as The Prohibition Collection. This five-bottle series of 375 ml containers is sold as a set, commemorating five Prohibition-era brands from the distillery that have never existed in modern times, until now.
All of the new Buffalo Trace brands involved in The Prohibition Collection trace their histories back to that often misunderstood period in the American story between 1920 and 1933, when various factions of American society typically at war with one anotherto support the banning of alcoholic beverages, each for their own very different reasons.
“We stand behind our motto, ‘Honor Tradition, Embrace Change’,” said Harlen Wheatley, Buffalo Trace Master Distiller in a statement. “Each of these brands disappeared slowly in the years after Prohibition, but they were integral to our survival. Without them, today there would be no Buffalo Trace, Eagle Rare or Weller bourbons. The Prohibition Collection is a tribute to these great whiskeys from our past.
If we had to guess, we’d say that the Old Stagg and Spiritus Frumenti bottles are likely to be especially sought-after in this first release of The Prohibition Collection: The Old Stagg for its advanced proof point, and the Spiritus Frumenti for its wheated mash bill, which paints it as an obvious ancestor to the likes of W.L. Weller, William Larue Weller and Pappy Van Winkle.
According to Buffalo Trace: “The Prohibition Collection will be rolling out in limited quantities to its distributor network, which will ship to select retailers, bars and restaurants across the United States as of October 2023 at a suggested retail price of $999.99 ; state taxes will vary per market.
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