Rain
Permit holder on file: BUFFALO TRACE DISTILLERY, BUFFALO TRACE DISTILLERY, INC. — FRANKFORT, KY
Ireland, Kentucky, Louisiana
Rain vodka passes through fine diamond dust on its way to the bottle, Difford's Guide says. Read the brand history
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| Label Name | Spirit Type | Status | Approval Date | Permit holder on file | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rain VODKA 100 PROOF UP | Vodka 100 Proof Up | Approved | 2026-09-19 | BUFFALO TRACE DISTILLERY, BUFFALO TRACE DISTILLERY, INC. |
| Rain Black VODKA 100 PROOF UP | Vodka 100 Proof Up | Approved | 2026-09-19 | BUFFALO TRACE DISTILLERY, BUFFALO TRACE DISTILLERY, INC. |
| Rain Gluten Free VODKA 80-89 PROOF | Vodka 80-89 Proof | Approved | 2026-07-20 | BUFFALO TRACE DISTILLERY, BUFFALO TRACE DISTILLERY, INC. |
| Rain VODKA 80-89 PROOF | Vodka 80-89 Proof | Approved | 2026-06-01 | BUFFALO TRACE DISTILLERY, BUFFALO TRACE DISTILLERY, INC., SAZERAC COMPANY, INC. |
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Rain at a Glance
Rain has 4 distinct products with 8 total TTB label approvals, including Vodka 100 Proof Up, Vodka 80-89 Proof. Labels approved between 2024-11-27 and 2026-09-19. Label origins on file: Ireland, Kentucky, Louisiana.
At a Glance data sourced from public TTB records.
Rain: A Vodka Story Told by Guides, Reviewers, and a Company Email
Rain is distilled seven times in four separate stills from organically grown sweet white corn, Difford's Guide says. The guide dates the launch to 1987, while Summit Sips, writing after a 2010 visit to Buffalo Trace Distillery, put the brand's start at 1997.
How Rain vodka is made
The corn comes from a single farm, Fizzle Flat Farms in Yale, Illinois, Difford's Guide records. The spirit is filtered through charcoal, the guide adds. The same page lists the vodka at 40% alcohol by volume. Spirits Review puts the distillation count at a minimum of four and says nothing else is made in the still, which is solely dedicated to this spirit.
What the brand said about its ingredients
The company did not use animal products in the production of Rain straight vodka, it said in an email on record at Barnivore, checked in April 2009. It was still checking what the flavor house used for the flavored Rain vodkas, the same email said.
What the Rain bottle looks like
Rain is packaged in a frosted teardrop-shaped bottle with a synthetic stopper, Difford's Guide says. The graphics are minimalist, the frosting stops about halfway up to show the transparency of the spirit, and a dark blue transparent stopper tops the long neck, Spirits Review wrote.
Who filed for Rain and where the origin on file moved
In the BUY.VODKA TTB snapshot, the Rain approval dated in 2024 was filed by Sazerac Company, Inc. of New Orleans, Louisiana, and the approvals dated from 2025 onward were filed by Buffalo Trace Distillery, Inc. of Frankfort, Kentucky. The label origin on file moved with the filings: Louisiana on the 2024 approval, Kentucky on the 2025 approval, and Ireland on the approvals dated 2026. Difford's Guide, for its part, names Buffalo Trace Distillery as the producer. Each approval appears in the TTB label records for Rain on this page.
Sources
- Difford's Guide. “Rain Corn Vodka.” Undated. https://www.diffordsguide.com/beer-wine-spirits/192/rain
- Summit Sips. “Kentucky Wrap Up: Rain Vodka.” 17 March 2010. https://summitsips.com/2010/03/kentucky-wrap-up-rain-vodka/
- Spirits Review. “Rain (Buffalo Trace).” Undated. https://spiritsreview.com/reviews/rain-buffalo-trace/
- Barnivore. “Rain Organic Vodka - Barnivore.” Company email on record, checked April 2009. https://www.barnivore.com/liquor/616/rain-organic-vodka
- TTB Public COLA Registry via BUY.VODKA data snapshot (src/data/labels.json, local build 26 October 2026). “Rain” label approvals. Local read-only query, 26 October 2026.
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