Buffalo Trace Mash Bills: What the Label Has to Mean

Updated May 2026.

A mash bill is a grain recipe, not a TTB class. Buffalo Trace Distillery names Mash Bill #1 and Mash Bill #2 on brand pages without printing the corn/rye/barley split. Weller is the wheated line — official pages say wheated, not a percentage. Allocated bottles (Weller, Pappy, Blanton’s) get no street price here. Bourbon still has to meet A 1.5-ounce pour at 45% is 1.13 NIAAA drinks. No invented chart and no ranking.

Related: Buffalo Trace bourbons, wheated bourbon, straight bourbon.

Recipe vs class

Language 1.5 oz drinks
Mash bill
Mash Bill #1 / #2
Weller 1.13 at 45%
Bourbon floor 1.00 at 40%

A 750 mL 45% bottle is about 19 drinks. Four 90-proof pours are about 4.5 drinks. Pour math: whiskey drinks.

Sources

  • 27 CFR 5.143. Buffalo Trace brand pages print Mash Bill #1 / #2 and “wheated” without grain %. Do not invent a percentage chart.
  • Weller/Pappy/Blanton’s allocated — no street. 100 proof ≠ BiB. NIAAA December 2025.
  • 27 CFR 5.143 ≥51% corn

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