When the Civil War ended, George T. Stagg moved with his growing family to St. Louis, Missouri, where he worked as a whiskey salesman in St. Louis. As a salesman, Stagg purchased barrels of O.F.C. and slowly grew his relationship with the bourbon icon E.H. Taylor, Jr. Together they built the most dominant American distillery of the 19th century: Buffalo Trace Distillery.
In honour of this achievement, the Distillery was rechristened in 1900 to bear Stagg’s name.
In 2000, the Distillery was honoured with the prestigious “Distillery of the Year” designation by Whisky Advocate, the first American distillery to win this award. Since 2000, Buffalo Trace Distillery has won multiple other Distillery of the Year titles, each a testament to Stagg’s efforts and the foundation that he built nearly 150 years ago.
