John is on the standard Buffalo Trace tour. The production-and-history walkthrough on the spiritual home ground of American bourbon — the one stop nobody skips in Frankfort.

What is the Buffalo Trace Distillery Experience?

Buffalo Trace’s standard public tour — the no-frills walkthrough of the most-toured distillery in America — covers production, history, and the bourbon program from the front of the house. Buffalo Trace is recognized as a National Historic Landmark; the Frankfort campus is on the National Register of Historic Places. Sazerac Company acquired the operation in 1992; Master Distiller Harlen Wheatley has run the program since 2005.

The bourbon portfolio includes Buffalo Trace, Eagle Rare, W. L. Weller, Sazerac Rye, Blanton’s, E. H. Taylor Jr., the Antique Collection, and the Pappy Van Winkle line.