The long and successful history of the distillery now known as Buffalo Trace is intertwined with the stories of some of the most famous names in American whiskey, including E.H. Taylor, George T. Stagg, Albert Blanton and, of course, Elmer T. Lee. All of these pioneering figures in the Bourbon industry played a part in the history of the distillery in Lee's Town in Frankfort, Kentucky and today their names are synonymous with the finest bourbons produced at Buffalo Trace. Elmer T. Lee himself, who revolutionised the industry by re-inventing single barrel bourbons in the 1980s, celebrated his 90th birthday in August 2009 yet still hand-picks the barrels to be bottled under his name.
