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Buffalo Trace White Dog Mash 1

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(2)€31United States, Kentucky, Single Malt

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Buffalo Trace bottles what most distilleries never release: spirit straight from the still. Clear and vivid, before oak has touched it. This is white dog, the raw heartbeat of Kentucky bourbon. Mash #1 brings sweet corn to the glass with grain and a bright green-apple lift. Herbal notes flicker through alongside lemon and vanilla. The distillery has poured this kind of spirit for over two centuries on the banks of the Kentucky River. Pour a small measure neat. You are tasting bourbon at its most honest, unfiltered by years in wood.

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Long before Buffalo Trace existed by that name, settlers arrived at Leestown on the banks of the Kentucky River in 1775. They followed paths worn into the ground by migrating buffalo, and those ancient trails eventually gave the distillery its name. Distilling continued on this ground for two centuries under several names. The site passed from O.F.C. to George T. Stagg before settling on Buffalo Trace in 1999, after purchase by the family-owned Sazerac Company. During Prohibition it stayed running, one of only a handful of Kentucky distilleries licensed to make whisky for medicinal purposes. That unbroken history earned it a rare mark. In 2013 the United States Department of the Interior named it a National Historic Landmark. That puts it alongside sites like the Alamo, one of only about 2,577 landmarks nationwide.

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About the Buffalo Trace White Dog Mash 1

Buffalo Trace White Dog Mash 1 is unaged American whisky from Kentucky. Buffalo Trace Distillery bottles it in the United States before barrel aging. This release captures new-make spirit from Mash #1 straight off the still. Corn sweetness and grain character greet the nose alongside bright green apple. Herbal and lemon notes add lift with vanilla and fresh fruit. At 62.5% ABV, it suits small neat pours. White dog was the first drink many Kentucky pioneers tasted off the still. Long before charred barrels turned corn mash into bourbon, this clear spirit was the daily pour. Buffalo Trace still makes it on riverfront grounds where buffalo once crossed the Kentucky River. The distillery traces more than two centuries of continuous production on that site. White Dog Mash #1 uses the house Mash #1 recipe behind much of its aged bourbon. Sweet corn and grain lead on the palate with almost no oak to soften them. Grassy freshness runs through the spirit, edged by green apple and herbal tones. Lemon brightness cuts the richness without hiding the underlying vanilla. Fresh fruit flickers at the edges, direct and vivid rather than mellowed by age. The texture feels raw and immediate, closer to the still room than a quiet warehouse. Most bourbon fans only meet whisky after years in wood. Buffalo Trace White Dog Mash 1 turns that habit on its head. You taste Mash #1 exactly as it leaves the still, uncoloured and without barrel influence. That honesty appeals to drinkers who want to understand mash bills before oak takes over. It is educational, intense, and firmly rooted in Kentucky distilling craft. Serve Buffalo Trace White Dog Mash 1 neat and in modest pours. The high strength rewards patience rather than volume. Share it with friends who love bourbon and want to see where familiar notes begin. No colouring has been added, so the pour stays clear and unadorned. It is a rarity on shelf and a window into American whisky at its source.