George T. Stagg Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey (2013 Antique Collection)

Name: George T. Stagg Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey (2013 Antique Collection)
Brand: Buffalo Trace
SKU: 088004027841-13
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Age: 15 Years, 11 Months (2013 Release) | Region: Frankfort, Kentucky | Proof: 128.2

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George T. Stagg 2013 is the barrel-proof centerpiece of the fall 2013 Buffalo Trace Antique Collection: distilled in the spring of 1997, matured 15 years and 11 months in warehouses I, K, and Q, and bottled uncut and unfiltered at 128.2 proof (64.1% ABV) — the lowest bottling proof of any Stagg release up to that point.

The Elemental Distinction

Bottled uncut and unfiltered at 128.2 proof (64.1% ABV) — straight from the barrel, no water added.
Distilled in the spring of 1997 and released at 15 years, 11 months old.
Matured in Buffalo Trace warehouses I, K, and Q, largely on lower floors — the cooler, more humid air behind the year's proof dip.
The lowest bottling proof of any George T. Stagg release to that point, sitting between the 142.8-proof 2012 and the 138.1-proof 2014.
Buffalo Trace Mash Bill #1 (low rye), the same recipe class behind the flagship Buffalo Trace bourbon.

Sensory Profile

Nose: Dense charred oak and barrel char lead, with vanilla and toffee sweetness underneath, per contemporaneous reviewer accounts.

Palate: Classically built barrel-proof bourbon: heavy wood tones up front, balanced by an unexpected dark-fruit sweetness beneath the oak.

Finish: Long and warming, with the oak carrying through; full barrel-strength intensity despite the lower proof number on the label.

Strategic Position

The 2013 bottling is the "proof dip" year in the senior Stagg line: after a 2007-2012 run that never dropped below 141 proof, warehouse placement pulled the 2013 batch down to 128.2. That makes it the gentler of the year's two barrel-proof bourbons — the 136.2-proof Weller that year came in eight proof points higher — and a reference point across the Antique Collection stacks at Midnight Whiskey for how floor position shapes barrel-proof bourbon.

Technical Specifications

Proof	128.2
ABV	64.1%
Age (release data)	15 years, 11 months
Distilled	Spring 1997
Mash bill	Buffalo Trace Mash Bill #1 (low rye)
Warehouses	I, K, and Q (floors 1, 2, 4, 8)
Region	Frankfort, Kentucky
Format	750 mL

Collector Note

Edition identity matters here: the 2013 is spring-1997 distillate, a different stock from both the spring-1995 barrels behind the 2012 and the spring-1998 barrels behind the spring-1998 2014 Stagg. Its proof-dip status was never repeated at this depth until the 116.9-proof 2019, which keeps the 2013 a marked vintage for Stagg verticals.

Recommended Serving

Serve neat in a tulip-shaped glass and give it several minutes of air; at 128.2 proof, a few drops of water open the fruit beneath the oak without flattening the barrel character.

Production Methodology

Buffalo Trace distilled this batch in the spring of 1997 from Mash Bill #1, its low-rye bourbon recipe, then matured the barrels in warehouses I, K, and Q on floors one, two, four, and eight. Lower-floor aging runs cooler and more humid, so alcohol evaporates faster than water — the mechanism the distillery itself cites for low-proof Stagg years — and the 2013 batch came out of the wood at 128.2 proof. It was bottled uncut and unfiltered for the fall 2013 Antique Collection.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What proof is the 2013 George T. Stagg?

The 2013 George T. Stagg was bottled uncut and unfiltered at 128.2 proof (64.1% ABV). Buffalo Trace distilled it in the spring of 1997 and released it in the fall 2013 Antique Collection at 15 years, 11 months old.

Why is the 2013 George T. Stagg only 128.2 proof?

Much of the 2013 George T. Stagg batch matured on the lower floors of Buffalo Trace warehouses I, K, and Q, where cooler, more humid air lets alcohol evaporate faster than water. The result was the lowest bottling proof of any Stagg release up to that point, though the bourbon still went to bottle uncut and unfiltered.

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