Buffalo Trace bottles Stagg uncut and unfiltered, straight from the barrel — this is Batch 23B at 127.8 proof, and every batch lands at a different strength because nothing is diluted to hit a number. Expect enormous concentration: dark fruit, baking spice, and a long finish that keeps developing. A few drops of water genuinely help here, opening the aromatics that the proof otherwise holds shut. Barrel-proof releases like this are allocated and don't come back once a batch is gone.