![]() ![]() The New Orleans Times newspaper published an article stating, "The oldest and best known of these houses is the Sazerac." It was the great age of coffee houses in New Orleans and there was one on every corner. Handy bought the coffee-house and asked his friend Peychaud to join him in business. In 1869 Handy's friend and boss John Schiller died. Schiller eventually bought the Sazerac Coffee House and Handy quickly became an expert barman, concocting fabulous Sazerac cocktails for his patrons. He immediately went to work for John Schiller at a liquor store on Royal Street. The cocktail become famous and was dubbed the "Sazerac Cocktail," after the Sazerac Coffee House on Royal Street began serving cocktails made with brandy and his secret family recipe for bitters. Meanwhile down in New Orleans a number of saloons veiled as coffee houses began lining the streets of the French Quarter. Handy anyway? Here is Buffalo Trace's official statement on the man, the legend: Handy being the youngest of the bunch, but still coming in at a whopping 126.9 proof. ![]() ![]() As you can see from the fact sheet above, most of these whiskeys are age stated, with Thomas H. Stagg (GTS) for near retail this past fall, so at least look out for a GTS post in the future and I'll do my best to acquire samples of the rest. I was lucky enough to find THH and George T. who do you think I am? Even though I know where to find the rest of the set in the secondary market, there's no way I'll be paying over $450 for these bottles and neither should you. Handy (will be referred to as 'THH' going forward) and come back to the rest in later articles. The lineup for 2015 includes the following:Īs much as I would love to go into the history of the Antique Collection, its best to leave it up to professionals over at the Breaking Bourbon blog, they have done a tremendous job outlining the History of Buffalo Trace Antique Collection and even provided a great info graphic on this year's release below:įor this particular post, lets focus on the Thomas H. Since the BTAC lineup is only released once a year since 2002, it has become increasingly harder and harder to find, especially in the midst of our current bourbon boom. Chances are if you are still searching for the elusive Pappy Van Winkle, you are also having the familiar struggle of finding any of the Buffalo Trace Antique Collection or "BTAC", as affectionately called by whiskey enthusiasts. ![]()
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