Elmer T. Lee 40th Anniversary Edition Uncut & Unfiltered Bourbon

A single barrel of the first-ever uncut and unfiltered Elmer T. Lee 40th Anniversary, bottled straight from the barrel at 135.4 proof — near the top of the 40th Anniversary Edition's range.

Buffalo Trace released the Elmer T. Lee 40th Anniversary Edition to mark four decades since the original Elmer T. Lee Single Barrel Bourbon debuted in 1986. For the first time, the bourbon is presented uncut and unfiltered, drawn directly from the barrel without dilution or chill filtration — the way Elmer T. Lee himself evaluated barrels. Every bottle in the release comes from its own barrel at its own natural proof, and across the edition those proofs run from 124.8 to 138.6. This listing is a specific bottle at 135.4 proof (67.7% ABV), one of the more concentrated barrels in the release.

Elmer T. Lee joined the then-George T. Stagg Distillery in 1949 and rose to Master Distiller. In 1984 he created Blanton's, the world's first single-barrel bourbon and the release that launched the premiumization of the category. Only limited quantities of the 40th Anniversary Edition were sold, through a bottle draw at the Buffalo Trace Distillery gift shop.