Stagg is made at Buffalo Trace in Frankfort, Kentucky, from the distillery's low-rye Mash Bill #1 — the recipe family shared with George T. Stagg, though Buffalo Trace keeps the exact grain percentages private. The defining choices are at bottling: it is barrel proof, taken from the barrel and bottled undiluted, which is why 24C reads 128.9 where other batches read otherwise; and it is unfiltered, leaving in the oils and texture that chill-filtration would strip. No age is stated — vendors cite maturation approaching a decade, but the 24C label prints none.

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What proof is Stagg Batch 24C?

Batch 24C is bottled at 128.9 proof — 64.45% ABV — straight from the barrel, and it is unfiltered, as printed on the 24C label. "Barrel proof" means the strength comes from the barrel itself, with no water added to reach a set number, so every Stagg batch lands at a different figure; 128.9 is specific to 24C. The neighboring Batch 24D, by comparison, is bottled at 127.4 proof.

How is Batch 24C different from other Stagg releases?

Every Stagg release is an uncut, unfiltered, barrel-proof Kentucky straight bourbon from Buffalo Trace on the same low-rye mash bill, so what changes between them is the batch: each is bottled at the proof it reached in the barrel and identified by a code on the lower label. Batch 24C is the winter 2024 bottling at 128.9 proof, where the neighboring 24D is 127.4. None of the batches carries an age statement, and Buffalo Trace does not publish the grain percentages.