Buffalo Trace | Elmer T. Lee Commemorative Collection (Death Bottle)

In 1949, a slight young man fresh out of college with an engineering degree came to work at Buffalo Trace Distillery (then known as the George T. Stagg Distillery). That man was Elmer T. Lee, and little did anyone know, he would become a legend in the Bourbon industry – a Master Distiller, creating the world’s first single barrel Bourbon in 1984 and revitalizing the Bourbon industry.

Sadly, in 2013 Elmer died just a few weeks shy of what would have been his 94^th birthday. Now, Buffalo Trace honors Elmer again with the release of a commemorative edition Elmer T. Lee Single Barrel Bourbon at 93 proof, his age when he passed.