re: Whiskey/Bourbon/Scotch appreciation thread Volume II

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Buffalo Trace Distillery is continuing to honor Colonel E. H. Taylor, Jr. with its newest special release Bourbon. The Colonel E. H. Taylor Four Grain Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey is a 100 proof, Bottled-In-Bond, small batch recipe Bourbon aged for 12 years.

Made from a mash recipe using corn, rye, wheat, and malted barley, this Bourbon was distilled in 2005, entered into the barrel at 104 proof, and should have a distinctly different flavor profile from the typical rye and wheat recipe Bourbons that are made at Buffalo Trace Distillery. These four grains were chosen since they are the four grains E. H. Taylor would have had access to when he set up shop at Buffalo Trace in the late 1800s. During the 1860s, Taylor traded in grains and learned that they can vary tremendously from different farmers and harvests. Taylor consistently wanted the products produced in his distillery “of upmost class,” right down to the grains.

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