Located in Frankfort, Kentucky, Buffalo Trace is the most decorated distillery in the world and one of the oldest distilleries in the United States.
Originally known as the Old Fire Copper, then renamed George T. Stagg in 1900, it was one of four distilleries in the United States authorized to produce whiskey for medicinal purposes during Prohibition. Renamed Buffalo Trace since 1999, it has been named Distillery of the Year 7 times since 2000 and Distiller of the Year 3 times. Specialist in maturation, the distillery has more than 1500 experimental barrels that allow it to study different types of aging.