Today I'm trying a bottled in bond straight Kentucky bourbon whiskey for the first time. A bottled in bond whiskey is a whiskey that has been aged and bottled according to specific legal regulations. This entails the bourbon to be produced during one distillation season (Jan.-Jun. or Jul.-Dec.), be aged for a minimum of 4 years in a Government bonded warehouse and is bottled at 50% ABV. So if I'm trying my first BiB why not start with an interesting one?
This Colonel E.H. Taylor comes from Buffalo Trace distillery and is named after Colonel Edmund Haynes Taylor Jr. who is a pioneer of sorts in the bourbon industry but is also known as the grand nephew of US President Zachary Taylor, one of the shortest lived Presidents who died just a year into his term from cholera. It retails in Ontario, Canada now for $99 CAD which is slightly up from $90 which was the retail price last year before those nasty tariffs and hikes kicked in!
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Age: 4+ Years
Region: Kentucky
Cask Type(s): Charred American White Oak
ABV: 50%
Number of Bottles: Not Available
Maturation Time: Not Available
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- Colour: Amber
- Nose: Strong baking spices, toasty oak, apple, vanilla fluff, tannin, toffee, Strong cereal with a touch of ryespice
- Palate: Strong caramel cream, vanilla, oak, apple, baking spices, cocoa powder, lemon citrus
- Finish: Medium with spiced almonds and apple jam
Pretty solid stuff, nothing off-putting or out of the ordinary and the sweet and spicy elements work well for a young bourbon. However, for the price of $90 here in Canada I think there are better options at barrel proof that exist where I wouldn’t buy this whisky and am quite content with this inexpensive dram.
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