Whisky Producer Profile - Eagle Rare

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$20.71 / pctl

Eagle Rare | Est. 1975

Eagle Rare Kentucky, USA Bourbon $2,033 Median Price

Part of the The Sazerac Company family of brands.

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Overall, Eagle Rare is known for:

Vanilla

(13)

Oak

(8)

Leather

(7)

Caramel

(4)

Honey

(4)

Almond

(3)

Producer Overview

Eagle Rare is a brand of bourbon whiskey distilled and distributed by the Buffalo Trace Distillery. Eagle Rare is 90 proof bourbon, aged for either 10 or 17 years, depending on the variety. It was introduced in 1975 and is distilled in Frankfort, Kentucky. Eagle Rare was originally a 101-proof ten-year-old (not single-barrel) Kentucky straight bourbon whiskey from Seagram created by master distiller Charles L. Beam. Eagle Rare was among the last new bourbon brands introduced prior to the current era of 'small-batch bourbons'. Eagle Rare has been distilled, bottled and/or marketed by a number of companies, including the Old Prentice Distillery of Frankfort, KY. The Sazerac Company, an American family-owned producer and importer based in New Orleans, Louisiana, and the parent company of five distilleries, acquired Eagle Rare from Seagram in March 1989. Sazerac's Kentucky distillery was then known as the George T. Stagg Distillery. Today the distillery is known as the Buffalo Trace Distillery. The original 101-proof ten-year-old non-single-barrel bourbon has been discontinued as of March 2005. Read more...