Sazerac Company
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The company in brief
An American spirits company from New Orleans and one of the largest players in the bourbon and rye market. Key distillery: Buffalo Trace (Frankfort, Kentucky) — one of the oldest continually operating distilleries in the USA. Portfolio: Buffalo Trace, Blanton's (the world's first commercial single-barrel bourbon, 1984), Eagle Rare, W.L. Weller (wheated, an affordable Pappy alternative), E.H. Taylor and the legendary, ultra-rare Pappy Van Winkle.
Timeline
- 1870 Thomas H. Handy took over the Sazerac Coffee House in New Orleans, a pivotal moment in the Sazerac brand's history.
- 1949 The Goldring family acquired the Sazerac Company, beginning a new era in its development.
- 1991 Sazerac acquired the Glenmore Distillery in Owensboro, Kentucky.
- 1992 Sazerac acquired the George T. Stagg Distillery in Frankfort, Kentucky, which was later renamed Buffalo Trace Distillery.
- 1993 Sazerac acquired the Barton 1792 Distillery in Bardstown, Kentucky.
- 2003 Sazerac acquired the A. Smith Bowman Distillery in Fredericksburg, Virginia.
- 2016 Sazerac acquired the Southern Comfort and Tuaca brands from Brown-Forman.
Subsidiaries
Owned distilleries (2)
In catalogue All in catalogue (12)
Buffalo Trace Distillery Kentucky Straight Bourbon
Buffalo Trace Distillery Sazerac Straight Rye
Buffalo Trace Distillery Blanton’s Straight From The Barrel
Buffalo Trace Distillery 10 YO Eagle Rare 10-Letni Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey
Buffalo Trace Distillery 90 Proof
The Sazerac Company St Patrick's Irish Whiskey Cask Aged
The Sazerac Company Wild Side
