Chris Stapleton Releases Boldest Traveler Whiskey Yet at an Unapologetic 121 Proof

When country music star Chris Stapleton and Buffalo Trace Master Distiller Harlen Wheatley first began working together, their goal was to create an “easy sippin’” American whiskey.

Their so-called Traveller Whiskey, which is a blend of barrels from different Buffalo Trace distilleries, is 90 proof and debuted in January 2024. 

But it didn’t take long before both men wondered how more proof the whiskey could handle. As Wheatley recalled during a recent joint interview with Stapleton...