A liter of Buffalo Trace Kentucky Straight Bourbon solves the most common home-bar problem: running out. The whiskey is the flagship pour the distillery names itself after, made from a low-rye mash bill, aged for years in new charred oak in Frankfort, Kentucky, and bottled at 90 proof. Expect vanilla and molasses on the nose, then brown sugar and baking spice giving way to toffee, dark fruit, and a run of oak that holds through a long, even finish. This bourbon drinks above its price neat and anchors an Old Fashioned without disappearing into it. The extra quarter-liter over a standard fifth is the point here; pour for the whole table and stop rationing.