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Newest Colonel E. H. Taylor, Jr. Bourbon Arrives As An 18 Year Old Marriage

The hearts of bourbon lovers tend to always beat a bit happier when a new Colonel E. H. Taylor, Jr. American whiskey is announced from Buffalo Trace. This particular line up started back in early 2011 and several subsequent releases such as Single Barrel, Barrel Proof, Straight Rye Whiskey, and Small Batch Bourbon have followed.  A previous limited release, E. H. Taylor, Jr. Four Grain Bourbon, was named World Whiskey of the Year in Jim Murray’s Whisky Bible in 2018. 

Joining the party now is the latest Colonel E. H. Taylor, Jr. offering, an 18 year old bourbon whiskey which is a marriage of three mashbills, two rye bourbon mashbills and one wheated bourbon mashbill. We first took note of it when an approved bottling label appeared in a TTB database earlier this year.

Colonel E.H. Taylor, Jr. 18 Year Old Marriage Bourbon
Colonel E.H. Taylor, Jr. 18 Year Old Marriage Bourbon (image via Buffalo Trace)

The new Colonel E.H. Taylor, Jr. 18 Year Old Marriage Bourbon Whiskey, according to those behind it, is a 100 proof, bottled-in-bond small batch bourbon that was put into barrels in 2002. Barrels chosen for this special batch release matured using one of three Buffalo Trace mashbill recipes; wheated bourbon, rye bourbon #1 and rye bourbon #2. The whiskey from these 18-year-old barrels was married together to make this expression.

It is said this is a one time bottling, thus making the release vey limited. This bottle displays a vintage label and is offered inside a distinct canister “reminiscent of Taylor’s whiskey package from over one hundred years ago. These six bottle cases will be shipped in an impressive wooden box first used for the Cured Oak release in 2015.  The boxes are modeled after the wooden crates used by Taylor to transport goods during the days before Prohibition.”

Plans call for Colonel E.H. Taylor, Jr. 18 Year Old Marriage Bourbon Whiskey to price around $70 per 750 ml bottle. Given this is likely to become a collector’s item, however, actual retail prices will trend somewhat higher. It will come available in late June.

Limited official tasting notes speak of “a nose of vanilla butter cake, a taste of caramel and cinnamon, and a finish of toasted oak, cinnamon, and a hint of spearmint.”

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