Like every Stagg, 23C is a Buffalo Trace bourbon on the distillery's low-rye Mash Bill #1 — the grain percentages unpublished — bottled straight from the barrel and left unfiltered, so it keeps the oils and full strength a chill filter would cut. What is unusual here is the number: at 125.9 proof it is the lowest-strength Stagg to date, where the line usually runs higher. The bottle carries no age statement; reviewers place the maturity around eight or nine years.

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What proof is Stagg Batch 23C?

At 125.9 proof — 62.95% ABV — Batch 23C is the lowest-strength Stagg released so far, and it is unfiltered, as the 23C label shows. The proof comes straight from the barrel, with no water added to standardize it, so each batch reads differently; 23C is the low mark. The 2024 batches that followed, by contrast, sat between 127.4 and 128.9 proof.

Is Stagg Batch 23C really the lowest-proof Stagg?

Yes — at 125.9 proof (62.95% ABV), Batch 23C is the lowest-proof Stagg release to date; earlier batches have all come in higher. It was also the third Stagg batch of 2023, the first year the line was issued three times. The lower strength makes it a touch more approachable than a typical Stagg, though it is still a barrel-proof, uncut, unfiltered bourbon from Buffalo Trace.