Stagg Bourbon Price 2026: Stagg and George T. Stagg
The stagg bourbon price at state liquor stores in November 2026 is $64.95 in North Carolina and $64.99 at Virginia ABC for 750 ml of Stagg. George T. Stagg is $154.95 to $154.99 at those same stores. Resale costs more: The Collective's August 2026 estimate is about $130 for recent Stagg batches and $695 for the 2025 George T. Stagg.
Below are dated prices for each bottle, with a source for every number. Official suggested retail, state shelf prices and secondary-market estimates sit in separate columns, because mixing them is how people end up overpaying.
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Stagg bourbon price: key takeaways
- Stagg (750 ml): $64.95 on North Carolina's November 1, 2026 list and $64.99 at Virginia ABC. (Source: NC ABC, November 2026 price list) (Source: Virginia ABC, Stagg Bourbon)
- George T. Stagg (750 ml): $154.95 in North Carolina and $154.99 at Virginia ABC. (Source: NC ABC, November 2026) (Source: Virginia ABC, George T. Stagg Bourbon)
- Official suggested retail: $149.99 for each 2025 Buffalo Trace Antique Collection bottle, including George T. Stagg. Buffalo Trace does not publish a suggested retail price on the regular Stagg product page. (Source: Buffalo Trace Antique Collection 2025 release)
- Proof varies by batch. The distillery bottles Stagg and George T. Stagg uncut and unfiltered. North Carolina lists Stagg at 131 proof and George T. Stagg at 135 proof; Virginia lists George T. Stagg at 142.8 proof, matching the 2025 release. (Source: Buffalo Trace Distillery, Stagg) (Source: Buffalo Trace Distillery, George T. Stagg)
- Where the markup is: recent Stagg batches resell for about $65 over the North Carolina shelf price. The 2025 George T. Stagg resells for about $540 over (our math from the cited numbers).
How much does Stagg bourbon cost?
Buffalo Trace Distillery makes two different whiskeys under the Stagg name. Stagg is a barrel-proof Kentucky straight bourbon aged eight years in charred white oak, released uncut and unfiltered. Older bottles of this line were labeled Stagg Jr.; current bottles and the official product page use Stagg. (Source: Buffalo Trace Distillery, Stagg)
George T. Stagg is a separate, once-a-year bottle in the Buffalo Trace Antique Collection. It is aged no less than 15 years, also uncut and unfiltered. The 2025 release was bottled at 142.8 proof after more than 15 years and 4 months in the barrel. (Source: Buffalo Trace, George T. Stagg) (Source: BTAC 2025 press release)
Proofs and prices below come from the dated sources named in each column. A batch on a store shelf may not match the proof currently shown on a product page.
| Bottle (750 ml) | Proof (as cited) | Official suggested retail | NC ABC retail (Nov 1, 2026) | Virginia ABC (checked Nov 11, 2026) | Secondary estimate (The Collective, Aug 2026) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stagg | Varies by batch. NC lists 131; VA lists 125.98–131; the producer page currently shows 134.4 | Not published | $64.95 | $64.99 | About $129–$130 for batches 26a and 26b |
| George T. Stagg | 2025 release: 142.8. NC lists 135; VA lists 142.8 | $149.99 (2025 Antique Collection) | $154.95 (listed at 135 proof) | $154.99 (listed at 142.8 proof) | About $695 for the 2025 142.8-proof bottling |
| Stagg Single Barrel Select | NC 128.7; VA 124.5 | Not published | $69.95 | $69.99 | Not a standard national bottling we priced |
Stagg bourbon price
North Carolina’s November 1, 2026 list prices Stagg Bourbon (code 20-595) at $64.95 for 750 ml and 131 proof. (Source: NC ABC, November 2026)
Virginia ABC’s product page, checked November 11, 2026, shows $64.99 for 750 ml, with a proof range of 125.98 to 131.0, and notes that the proof varies with each release. (Source: Virginia ABC, Stagg Bourbon)
Buffalo Trace’s Stagg page describes an eight-year, barrel-proof bourbon and currently displays 134.4 proof (67.2% ABV). That displayed proof does not match the 131 proof on the North Carolina list or Virginia’s range, so we treat it as the number on the page today, not as a guarantee of the batch on a given shelf. (Source: Buffalo Trace, Stagg)
Public, 90-day-delayed values from The Collective as of August 2026 are $129 for Stagg Batch 26a (129.3 proof, 32 recorded trades) and $130 for Batch 26b (125.2 proof, 29 trades). (Source: The Collective, Stagg Batch 26a) (Source: The Collective, Stagg Batch 26b)
Batch 25d, a 2025 release at 129.2 proof, is $126. Batch 26c had no public delayed value yet. (Source: The Collective, Stagg Batch 25d)
George T. Stagg bourbon price
Suggested retail for each 2025 Antique Collection bottle, including George T. Stagg, was $149.99 before local taxes and fees. The same press release lists the 2025 George T. Stagg at 142.8 proof, aged more than 15 years and 4 months. (Source: BTAC 2025 press release)
Buffalo Trace’s product page shows the same 142.8 proof (71.4% ABV). (Source: Buffalo Trace, George T. Stagg)
Virginia ABC currently lists George T. Stagg at $154.99 and 142.8 proof, marked limited availability. In its January 5–8, 2026 lottery, Virginia offered 640 bottles at $149.99 and 71.4% ABV, which matches the 2025 release. (Source: Virginia ABC, George T. Stagg) (Source: Virginia ABC lottery page)
North Carolina lists George T. Stagg (code 20-594) at $154.95 and 135 proof. That proof matches the 2023 bottling, not the 2025 release at 142.8. We cannot see the lot on North Carolina shelves from the price list alone, so we report the state’s figure as published and note the mismatch. (Source: NC ABC, November 2026)
The Collective’s August 2026 delayed estimate for the 2025 142.8-proof George T. Stagg is $695, from 97 recorded trades. The 2024 136.1-proof and 2023 135-proof releases both sit at $625 in that same delayed window. (Source: The Collective, George T. Stagg 2025) (Source: The Collective, George T. Stagg 2024) (Source: The Collective, George T. Stagg 2023)
Stagg Single Barrel Select price
This is a store- or state-select barrel, not the standard national Stagg batch. North Carolina lists Stagg Single Barrel Select (BTB), code 19-318, at $69.95 and 128.7 proof. Virginia ABC lists it at $69.99 and 124.5 proof. Different barrels will not have the same proof. (Source: NC ABC) (Source: Virginia ABC, Stagg Single Barrel Select)
Why do Stagg and George T. Stagg cost such different amounts?
They are not the same whiskey. Stagg is an eight-year barrel-proof bourbon that Buffalo Trace releases in batches through the year. George T. Stagg is the older, annual Antique Collection bottling, aged at least 15 years, with a published suggested retail price of $149.99 for 2025. (Source: Buffalo Trace, Stagg) (Source: BTAC 2025)
Already at state stores, the gap is large: about $65 versus about $155. The resale gap is larger still. Using the cited August 2026 Collective figures, recent Stagg batches are about $130, roughly double the North Carolina shelf price.
By our math, the 2025 George T. Stagg at $695 is about 4.5 times its $149.99 suggested retail and about 4.5 times the Virginia and North Carolina shelf prices.
Does the proof change the price?
For Stagg, each batch has its own barrel proof. Virginia says so on the product page, and The Collective catalogs batches separately, from 26a at 129.3 proof to 26b at 125.2 proof, with delayed values only a dollar apart in August 2026. Proof alone does not explain the retail price, which stays near $65 at the state stores we checked.
George T. Stagg’s proof changes every year and should be read with the vintage. The 2025 bottle is 142.8 proof.
If a price list still says 135 proof, as North Carolina’s does, you may be looking at leftover 2023-dated stock, a stale proof field, or both. Ask the store which release is on the shelf before you treat $154.95 as a 2025 bottle.
How can you avoid overpaying for Stagg?
Start with the shelf-price column, not the resale column. North Carolina and Virginia are useful anchors because they publish dated prices. If a private shop wants $120 for standard Stagg, that is close to The Collective’s delayed $129–$130 estimates, not to the $65 state-store price.
For George T. Stagg, compare any asking price with the $149.99 suggested retail and the $154.95–$154.99 state-store figures, then with the $695 delayed resale estimate for the 2025 bottle. A “deal” at $400 is still well above shelf price. Confirm the year and the proof on the label; a 2023 135-proof bottle and a 2025 142.8-proof bottle are not interchangeable.
State lotteries sometimes sell Antique Collection bottles at or near suggested retail, as Virginia did in January 2026. Those drawings are limited and are not the same as walking into a store the following week. (Source: Virginia ABC lottery)
How does Stagg compare with other Buffalo Trace bottles?
Stagg sits well above everyday Buffalo Trace in both proof and asking price, but below the Antique Collection bottles. George T. Stagg is in the same $149.99 suggested-retail tier as Eagle Rare 17 Year and William Larue Weller in the 2025 collection.
See our guides to Buffalo Trace price, Eagle Rare price and Weller bourbon price for those dated tables. Pappy Van Winkle and Blanton’s are separate lines with their own shelf and resale patterns.
Bottom line on Stagg bourbon prices
If you can buy standard Stagg at around $65, you are at the state-store price we can document in November 2026. George T. Stagg’s official suggested retail is $149.99, and the two control states we checked are a few dollars above that.
Secondary-market estimates, based on The Collective’s delayed August 2026 figures, are about $130 for recent Stagg batches and $695 for the 2025 George T. Stagg. Always match the price to the bottle, the year and the proof.
Stagg bourbon price FAQ
How much is Stagg bourbon?
North Carolina lists 750 ml at $64.95 (November 1, 2026). Virginia ABC lists it at $64.99 (checked November 11, 2026). Resale estimates for recent batches are about $129 to $130 as of August 2026, per The Collective’s delayed data.
What is the George T. Stagg bourbon price?
Suggested retail for the 2025 Antique Collection bottle is $149.99. North Carolina lists it at $154.95 and Virginia ABC at $154.99. The Collective’s August 2026 delayed estimate for the 2025 142.8-proof release is $695.
What is the George T. Stagg retail price?
The official suggested retail is $149.99. The state-store prices we checked are $154.95 and $154.99. Those are shelf or published list prices, not resale.
Is Stagg the same as George T. Stagg?
No. Stagg is the eight-year batch release. George T. Stagg is the annual Antique Collection bourbon, aged at least 15 years. Older Stagg bottles were labeled Stagg Jr.
What proof is Stagg bourbon?
It depends on the batch. Virginia lists a range of 125.98 to 131 proof. North Carolina lists 131. The producer page currently shows 134.4. Read the label on the bottle you are buying.
What proof is George T. Stagg 2025?
142.8 proof (71.4% ABV), per Buffalo Trace’s 2025 Antique Collection release and the current product page.
Why is Stagg hard to find at shelf price?
Both bottles are allocated. George T. Stagg is a limited annual release; Virginia marks it as limited availability and has also sold it by lottery. Standard Stagg is easier to price than to find at the $65 list price, which is why resale estimates sit near $130.
Last updated November 11, 2026. State prices were checked on that date against the North Carolina November 2026 list and Virginia ABC product pages. Secondary figures are The Collective’s public values delayed 90 days, as of August 2026, and are estimates, not offers.
