George T. Stagg

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George T. Stagg Bourbon whiskey
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Bottle of George T. Stagg
Type Bourbon whiskey
Manufacturer Sazerac Company
Country of origin  Kentucky, United States
Alcohol by volume  70.70% (varies)
Proof (US) 141.4 (varies)
Related products Buffalo Trace

George T. Stagg is a limited-production bourbon whiskey distributed by Buffalo Trace Distillery, as part of the distillery's "Antique Collection" series. It is a high proof uncut and unfiltered bourbon, aged for approximately 15 years. It has been distributed only once a year in the fall, but in 2005 a second spring release was added. It is rare to find outside the U.S., but some is distributed in other major cities.

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Reviews and awards

The whiskey has been highly awarded in various spirit ratings competitions and has won best rankings in some years in Jim Murray's "Whisky Bible". The San Francisco World Spirits Competition awarded three gold and three double gold medals to the bourbon between 2006 and 2012. [1]

George T. Stagg was awarded the Chairman's Trophy among Kentucky Straight Bourbons at the 2014 New York "Ultimate Spirits Challenge", [2] and in 2013 it won the Best North American Whiskey award at the World Whiskies Awards. [3]

In December 2015, the 2015 release of George T. Stagg was named "#3 of Top 65 Five-Star Spirits of 2015" and awarded "5 Stars - Highest Recommendation" by F. Paul Pacult's Spirit Journal. The 2015 release of Stagg also won a Gold Medal in the "Best Non-Age Statement Bourbon" category of the 2016 World Whiskies Awards, sponsored by Whisky Magazine.

Food critic Morgan Murphy once wrote "If you want your guests' eyes to pop out of their heads in a fit of bourbon ecstasy, this is your bourbon." [4]

Releases

Year/InformationYear of DistillationProduct AgeProof % ABVNumber of BarrelsWarehousesWarehouse FloorsEvaporation LossNumber of Bottles (est.)
2002N/A15 years137.668.8N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
2003N/A15 years142.771.35N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
2004Spring 198816 years12964.540QN/A53.18%5,009
Spring 2005 Lot A: Kentucky Spring 198816 years, 8 months130.965.4580 (combined Spring release)Q2, 454.98%9,633 (combined Spring release)
Spring 2005 Lot B: Non-Kentucky releaseSpring 198816 years, 8 months131.865.980 (combined Spring release)Q2, 454.98%9,633 (combined Spring release)
Fall 2005Spring 199015 years, 4 months141.270.695I2, 4, 858.59%10,522
2006Spring 199016 years, 3 months140.670.389I857.57%10,100
2007Spring 199215 years, 6 month144.872.494I145.23%13,770
2008Spring 199315 years, 6 months141.870.983I, K1, 3, 550.07%11,084
2009Winter 199216 years, 7 months141.470.7109K1, 349.81%14,632
2010Winter 199317 years, 7 months143.071.5142H, I, K, L1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 948.43%19,586
2011Winter 199318 years, 5 months142.671.3124H, I, K1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 857.83%13,986
2012Spring 199516 years, 9 months142.871.4118L, H, I, K1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 853.69%14,616
2013Spring 199715 years, 11 months128.264.1157I, K, Q1, 2, 4, 873.34%11,195
2014Spring 199816 years, 4 months138.169.05161C, H, I, K, L, P, Q1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 774.81%10,847
2015Spring 200015 years, 1 month138.269.1128C, H, I, L, M, H, Q, K1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 784.46%5,320
2016Spring 200115 years, 4 months144.172.05142M, N, H, L, K1, 2, 375.99%9,119
2017Spring 200215 years, 3 months129.264.6309C, K, M, Q1, 2, 3, 654.03%37,993
2018Spring 200315 years, 4 months124.962.45284C, H, I, K, P, Q1, 2, 3, 4, 551.15%37,107
2019Spring 200415 years, 3 months116.958.45N/AC, H, K, Q, I1, 2, 3, 456.0%N/A
2020Spring 200515 years, 4 months130.465.2N/AL, K, Q1, 2, 959.0%N/A
2022Spring 200715 years, 5 months138.769.35N/AK1, 375.0%N/A
2023Spring 200815 years, 3 months13567.5N/AC, I, K, L, M1, 2, 3, 4, 568.0%N/A
2024Fall 2008 Through Spring 200915 years, 2 months136.168.05N/AC, L, M, P1, 2, 3, 4, 561.0%N/A

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References

  1. "Proof66.com Liquor Reviews and Ratings Summary Page for George T. Stagg Bourbon". Archived from the original on 2012-10-05. Retrieved 2012-10-21.
  2. "Ultimate Spirits Challenge – 2014 Results", MUDL magazine, March 24, 2014.
  3. "George T. Stagg wins Best North American Whiskey award". Archived from the original on 2013-05-12. Retrieved 2013-05-10.
  4. Murphy, Morgan; Editors of Southern Living magazine (2014). Southern Living Bourbon & Bacon: The Ultimate Guide to the South's Favorite Foods. Oxmoor House. ISBN   978-0848743161.{{cite book}}: |last2= has generic name (help)