Three Buffalo Trace Distillery Spirits Take Home the Gold

FRANKFORT, FRANKLIN COUNTY, KY Three Buffalo Trace Distillery spirits were named “Best of Category” at the 2019 Los Angeles International Spirits Competition. Eagle Rare 10 Year Old Bourbon won in the category of Small Batch Bourbon 10 years or less, Col. E. H. Taylor, Jr. Small Batch Bourbon was named Best Straight Bourbon 6 years or older, and Wheatley Vodka won the category title for Best Small Batch Vodka. All also were awarded Gold Medals, as were the following spirits:

Buffalo Trace Kentucky Straight Bourbon
Weller Special Reserve Kentucky Straight Bourbon
Weller CYPB Kentucky Straight Bourbon
Old Weller Antique Kentucky Straight Bourbon
William Larue Weller Kentucky Straight Bourbon
George T. Stagg Kentucky Straight Bourbon
Stagg Jr. Kentucky Straight Bourbon
Thomas H. Handy Sazerac Straight Rye
Elmer T. Lee Kentucky Straight Bourbon
Blanton’s Single Barrel Kentucky Straight Bourbon (no age)
Benchmark Kentucky Straight Bourbon

Silver Medals were awarded to:

W.L. Weller 12 Year Kentucky Straight Bourbon
Colonel E.H. Taylor Single Barrel Kentucky Straight Bourbon
Colonel E. H. Taylor, Jr. Straight Rye Whiskey

This competition, in its thirteenth year, is judged by a panel of the spirit industry’s most renowned judges including award-winning authors, buyers, journalists, educators and bar owners, who rate each spirit on a 100-point scale.

Complete results for the 2019 Los Angeles International Spirits Competition can be found at https://fairplex.com/competitions/spirits-competition/awards-celebration.