Southern California Whiskey Club is excited to share a three-year-in-the-making vertical tasting! This lineup started in the summer of 2022 and has been carefully curated to bring you a complete lineup of all the Blanton’s Bourbon expressions. Blanton’s is made using Buffalo Trace Mash Bill #2, known as the “high rye” recipe at around 10-15%. The event will kick off with a light charcuterie selection and pecan bars as part of Dale’s Birthday celebration.

 

Please bring at least 8 glasses.

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Blanton’s Vertical Lineup:

Single Barrel Bourbon Takara Red (Japan Exclusive)

Dumped on 9/10/21 from Barrel No. 98

Stored in warehouse H on Rick No. 41

Bottle No. 253

46.5% ABV

 

Straight From The Barrel Bourbon 

Dumped on 1/27/22 from Barrel No. 160

In warehouse H on Rick No. 67

Bottle No. XXX

64.4% ABV

 

Blanton’s Gold Edition

Dumped on 2/10/22 from Barrel No. 431

Stored in warehouse H on Rick No. 30

Bottle No. 243

51.5% ABV

 

Single Barrel Bourbon Black Label (Japan Exclusive)

Dumped on 9/8/21 from Barrel No. 67

Stored in warehouse H on Rick No. 41

Bottle No. 215

40% ABV

 

Blanton’s Gold Edition Takara Gold (Japan Exclusive)

Dumped on 5/19/21 from Barrel No. 99

Stored in Warehouse H on Rick No. 32

Bottle No. 66

51.5% ABV

 

The Original Single Barrel Bourbon Whiskey

Dumped on 3/11/22 from Barrel No. 531

Stored in Warehouse H on Rick No. 20

Bottle No. 226

46.5% ABV

 

Blanton's Special Reserve 'Green Label' Bourbon Whiskey (Export Markets Exclusive)

Dumped on 8/7/23 from Barrel No. 109

Stored in Warehouse H on Rick No. 34

Bottle No. 86

40% ABV

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Distillery information:

Blanton's bourbon was named in honor of one of the distillery's early leaders, Albert B. Blanton, who the company claims spent most of his life preserving the tradition of handcrafted bourbon. Blanton worked at the facility now known as the Buffalo Trace Distillery for approximately 55 years. He was born and raised on a farm just outside Frankfort, Kentucky, and he began working at the distillery (then called the O.F.C. Distillery) in 1897 as an office boy when he was 16 years old. Over the next few years he reportedly worked in every department, and in 1912 he was appointed superintendent of the distillery, its warehouse, and bottling shop – at the same time that the distillery was renamed to become the George T. Stagg Distillery. He became president of the whiskey plant in 1921. Blanton died in 1959.

 

In the winter of 1881, Albert Bacon Blanton was born into one of the first families of bourbon history. At the age of sixteen, he started work in the Distillery as an office boy and fast became a leading pioneer in the development of bourbon. From the time he was made company president in 1921 until his retirement in 1952, his Distillery expanded from 44 to 144 buildings to become the largest Distillery of its day. During that period Colonel Blanton created his very special and limited supply of bourbon - his private reserve - handpicked and stored in what now is known as the famous Warehouse H. Although Colonel Blanton died in the spring of 1959, his legacy lives. Introduced in 1984, Blanton’s namesake bourbon was the first ever Single Barrel Bourbon sold commercially. The Single Barrel Bourbon is the first of its kind.

 

Company: Sazerac Company Inc.

Distillery: Buffalo Trace

Mashbill: Buffalo Trace Mashbill #2 (higher rye mash bill consisting of 10-15% rye)​​​