How To Build A Fine Bourbon Collection In Just Four Days! This Is An INSIDER SECRET!

Captain Nathan • Jun 13, 2023

Frankfort has quickly become the center of the bourbon world. With multiple distilleries in town and county, you cannot go wrong basing your experience out of Frankfort. The Bourbon World is way more than just distilleries; its great food, awesome cocktail bars and great bourbon guides! And we have it all. But how can you make the most out of your experience in our town? READ ON for insider secrets on playing the Buffalo Trace game and getting yourself a fine bourbon collection started in just four days!

What is "The Buffalo Trace" game? Buffalo Trace distillery typically (but not guaranteed) puts Buffalo Trace Bourbon, Sazerac Rye and one of four different premium bourbons on the shelf every day. The four premiums are Blanton's Original, EH Taylor Small Batch, Weller Special Reserve and Eagle Rare. These premiums will all be shelf price, so around $69.00 for Blanton's, and around $39.00 for the other three. You are allowed one bottle a day of BT and Saz per day, but the premium bourbon is allowed at only one bottle per person per 90 days. This 90 days is referred to locally as "bourbon timeout".

You can CLICK HERE to start researching how the rotation works. This page is updated usually around 8:30 AM every day, and it will show you which bourbons are on the shelf that day.

So the "game" is plan on staying within 30 minutes of Frankfort for three nights. That way, each day you can go to the distillery and get BT, Saz, and one of the four premiums. Plan on arriving before the doors open, which is 9:00 AM during the week and 11:00 AM on Sunday. Most serious "game players" arrive at least one hour early. And, plan on each of you in your party buying while there... why not, its bourbon !

After four days, you will have four BT's, four Saz, and one of each premium. Take all that home and you got yourself one fine bourbon collection! But beware... " bourbon collection " is a BAD word! We don't collect bourbon... we drink bourbon! The best story on WHY WE DON'T is below.. . please watch, you won't be disappointed!

Got the plan? Good, but don't tell anyone; might overwhelm the system! Now get on the horn (that's old man talk for what today would be the internet) and start planning.

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