BUFFALO TRACE PROHIBITION COLLECTION 5PK 375ML Old Stagg, Golden Wedding, Three Feathers, Walnut Hill, Spiritus Frumenti

PROHIBITION COLLECTION From 1920 to 1933, the production, sale and transportation of alcohol was banned in the United States due to the ratification of the 18th amendment to the United States Constitution, an era known as Prohibition. Purchasing alcohol was only legal with a medical prescription. At the time, many doctors believed spirits to be a cure for a wide variety of ailments. As such, the U.S. Government granted licenses to six distilleries to bottle medicinal whiskey: one of those distilleries was the George T. Stagg Distillery in Frankfort, KY. Known today as Buffalo Trace Distillery, it is the longest continually-operating distillery in America. Old Stagg would become the flagship whiskey brand for the George T. Stagg Distillery at the tail end of Prohibition, taking the place of O.F.C. bourbon. Made to honor George T. Stagg, who owned and operated the distillery in the late 1800s, the brand would be used in several ads and sales materials in the years after Prohibition. Today, the brand lives on as Stagg and George T. Stagg, both barrel proof whiskeys that have their roots in this Prohibition era brand. TASTING NOTES An oaky, vanilla aroma on the nose. Has a sweet and mellow taste with notes of leather and dark cherries, with a smooth vanilla finish. GOLDEN WEDDING RYE WHISKEY Trademarks for Golden Wedding date all the way back to 1869. During Prohibition, Schenley Distilling Corporation purchased the Joseph S. Finch Distillery, along with the Golden Wedding brand. The brand’s bottling was split between Schenley’s Pennsylvania distillery and the George T. Stagg Distillery. In the late 1940s, the brand was moved to Schenley’s distillery in Canada and would become a Canadian whiskey before it ceased to exist in the late 20th century. TASTING NOTES Has heavy rye on the nose. A grainy, herbal taste with notes of dill pickle and rye on the pallet. The finish is spicy and smokey with a hint of banana. THREE FEATHERS BLENDED WHISKEY The earliest reference to Three Feathers indicates it was first made in 1812. Originally advertised as a luxurious rye whiskey, it would later become a bonded whiskey and then a blended whiskey. The three ostrich feathers were chosen as a logo as they were synonymous with royalty in the 1800s; They would later represent the three people involved in creating the Three Feathers blend. TASTING NOTES Presents a vanilla and charred oak aroma. Stone and light tropical fruit taste with a smokey, caramel and a slight cocoa finish. WALNUT HILL WHISKEY During Prohibition, the George T. Stagg Distillery often bottled brands, like Walnut Hill, for other companies. Our records show the President of the George T. Stagg Distillery, Albert Blanton (who would later have the world’s first single barrel bourbon named after him), overseeing the production of this brand. Notes from his correspondence with the United States Patent Office in December 1932 show his direct responsibility over the bottling of Walnut Hill. TASTING NOTES A slightly citrus aroma with light corn and oak notes. Sweet molasses, stone fruit and vanilla taste and a smokey, woodsy finish. SPIRITUS FRUMENTI WHISKEY In the 1800s American apothecaries used “Spiritus Frumenti” to track whiskey in their ledgers. Latin for “Spirit of the Grain” it would later be used as a generic name for medicinal whiskey during Prohibition. Spiritus Frumenti was produced by the George T. Stagg Distillery and other distilleries throughout the 1920s creating many iterations of Spiritus Frumenti. TASTING NOTES An aroma of caramelized brown sugar. Fruity yet floral taste with notes of cherry and oak. The finish is vanilla with notes of wheat and citrus.