Founded in 1792, the Buffalo Trace Distillery is located in Frankfort, in the state of Kentucky. Owned by the Sazerac group, it has been known under several names including George T. Stagg and Old Fire Copper (OFC), and is thought to be the oldest distillery in operation in the United States. It produces an eponymous brand of bourbon, Buffalo Trace Kentucky Straight Bourbon, as well as numerous other brands including William Larue Weller, Thomas H. Handy, Georges T. Stagg and the famous Pappy Van Winkle.

Sazerac is the flagship brand of the eponymous group. It is named after the cocktail invented at Thomas H. Handy’’s Sazerac Coffee House in 1850 in New Orleans. After his death in 1893, the shop was bought by his former secretary C.J. O’’Reilly, who founded the Sazerac Company and produced the rye until Prohibition. The brand was revived in 1998 and has ever since been a spearhead of the group. It is produced at Buffalo Trace.