Thank you for your inquiry and for being a fan of our brands.

Despite the increase in distillation over the past few years, demand for bourbon is outpacing supply. Bourbon must be matured in new oak barrels and Buffalo Trace ages many of its barrels for eight to ten years, and some even as long as 23 years. That’s a long time to wait for a bottle of bourbon. This is the price paid for well-aged whiskey, but not good news for a world thirsty for every drop of bourbon coming out of this 200 plus-year-old Distillery.

We are making more bourbon every day. Our warehouses are filling up with new barrels. Waiting for the bourbon to come of age is the hard part. While we wait, there could be temporary product shortages, even on favorites like Buffalo Trace and Blanton’s. What this means is that there simply may be times when some of our brands are missing from store shelves. Any bourbon shortages from Buffalo Trace will be temporary, as new barrels are coming of age and are being bottled daily at the Distillery, and will soon find their way to the liquor store shelves and bars. We just ask our fans to remember, aging good bourbon takes time, and we’re doing our best to keep up.

Thank you for taking the time to write us.

Alan Tenniswood
Consumer Affairs Associate
113 Great Buffalo Trace
Frankfort, KY 40601