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Buffalo Trace White Dog Mash #1 is an unaged whiskey produced by Buffalo Trace Distillery. It is bottled at 125 proof, which is the strength that the distillery would’ve otherwise barreled this whiskey at.
Buffalo Trace Mashbill #1 is shared with Buffalo Trace, Eagle Rare, E.H. Taylor, Jr., Stagg, and Benchmark, among others. It is an opportunity to try the popular mashbill without any barrel influence.
White dog is the term American distillers use for unaged whiskey, which cannot be labeled “whiskey” unless it has been stored for any period of time in wooden containers1in the United States, Corn whiskey is the only type of whiskey where aging is optional. It is also known as moonshine, white whiskey and new make.
Historically, white dog is the style that early explorers would have distilled and drank, directly from the still. Aging whiskey in barrels did not become popular in the United States until the mid-1800s.
