Blanton’s Bourbon 2024 Special Edition 40th Anniversary

40th Anniversary. 2024. Blanton’s Special Edition — commemorating four decades since the September 1984 launch that created the single barrel bourbon category and permanently transformed American whiskey.

Blanton’s Original Single Barrel was introduced on September 10, 1984 — the first commercially marketed single barrel bourbon in history. Master Distiller Elmer T. Lee identified the concept: pulling one exceptional barrel rather than blending, documenting its individual character, and marketing that individuality to consumers. The innovation Blanton’s pioneered in 1984 is the foundation for virtually every premium American whiskey program that followed — from Willett Family Estate to King of Kentucky, from Jefferson’s Presidential Select to Old Carter. Every single barrel bourbon in the current Wooden Cork catalog exists because of what Blanton’s did in 1984.

The 40th Anniversary Special Edition is the official commemorative expression released in the year marking four full decades of the single barrel category’s existence.

Specs

• Distillery: Buffalo Trace, Frankfort, Kentucky
• Style: Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey, Single Barrel
• Release: 2024 — 40th Anniversary Special Edition
• Commemorating: September 10, 1984 — founding of the single barrel bourbon category
• Size: 750ml

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Frequently Asked Questions

• What did Blanton’s invent in 1984? The single barrel bourbon category — the first commercially marketed bourbon pulled from one specific barrel and documented as an individual expression. Every single barrel program in American whiskey traces its origins to this innovation by Elmer T. Lee.
• Is the Blanton’s 40th Anniversary still available? Yes — available now.