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Old 12-29-2007, 10:08 AM   #1
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George T. Stagg - letter and fact sheet

My local state store gave me the signed letter that is sent to distributors of George T. Stagg from Mark Brown, President and CEO of Buffalo Trace Distillery. In it he describes this years bottling, and on the reverse side he added a fact sheet which I found interesting. Below are the contents of the fact sheet.

Distiller
Buffalo Trace Distillery, Franklin County, Kentucky

Age Profile
Year of Distillation: Spring of 1992
Release: Fall of 2007
Release Brand name: George T. Stagg Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey
Proof for release: 144.8

Recipe
Large Grain: Kentucky Corn; Distillers Grade #1 and #2
Small Grain: Minnesota Rye
Finish Grain: North Dakota Malted Barley

Cooking/Fermentation
Milling screen: #10
Cook Temperature: 240 degrees Fahrenheit
Water: Kentucky Limestone with Reverse Osmosis
Fermentation: Carbon Steel / Black Iron fermenter
Mash: Sour

Distillation & Aging
Distillation: Double Distilled; beer still and doubler
Proof off still: 135 Proof
Barrel: New, White Oak; #4 Char; Charred for 55 seconds
Barrel maker: Independent Stave; Lebanon KY
Barrel entry proof: 125 proof
Barrel size: 53 liquid gallons; 66.25 Original Proof Gallons
Warehouse: Warehouse I
Floor: 1st
Evaporation loss: 45.23% of the original whiskey lost to evaporation

Bottling
Barrel selection: 94 hand picked barrels
Filtration: None
Product Age: 15 years and 6 months old at bottling
Tasting comment: "BIG and RICH"


There you go - all you wanted to know about G.T. Stagg, and then some.
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