Blanton’s, Antique Collection, Double Eagle Very Rare: Bourbon for hurricane relief
Bourbon lovers have a chance to help those impacted by Hurricanes Helene and Milton while snagging some special bottles.
Sazerac, which owns Buffalo Trace Distillery in Frankfort, is partnering with BlockBar for an online auction of some of the bourbon maker’s rarest whiskeys for disaster relief.
The money raised will go to the American Red Cross hurricane relief efforts in the Southeast, where devastating floods in Western North Carolina and surrounding states have killed more than 200 lives. Soon after, Florida’s Tampa Bay area was hit by another hurricane.
The auction at blockbar.com/producers/sazerac/sazerac-charity-auction goes live at 10 a.m. Thursday and runs through 10 a.m. Nov. 1.
Special bottles in the auction include Double Eagle Very Rare Kentucky Straight Bourbon, The Last Drop Release 18: Drew Mayville Signature Blend of Kentucky Straight Whiskeys; The Last Drop Release 32: Louise McGuane 32-Year-Old Single Malt Irish Whiskey; The Last Drop Release 33: 15th Anniversary 40-Year-Old Blended Scotch Whisky.
The auction also includes special collections including:
▪ The five-bottle 2023 Buffalo Trace Antique Collection
▪ Buffalo Trace’s Premium Bottle Collection, which includes Blanton’s Gold Single Barrel Bourbon, Blanton’s Straight from the Barrel, George T. Stagg Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey and Stagg Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey
▪ A six bottle Weller collection
▪ A six bottle E.H. Taylor Jr. collection
▪ A six-bottle 1792 Bourbon collection
▪ And a three-bottle A. Smith Bowman Cask Strength collection.
