You can also follow me on or reddit to keep up with these reviews and my other whiskey-centric adventures. Poor - Overpriced, not worth the money SmB TL DR: Great whiskey, go with the Small Batch. All that said I’ll probably pick another one up at some point chasing those honey barrels. Given the price, scarcity and variance on the Single Barrels I don’t think they are a good value proposition and I’d recommend grabbing the Small Batch over it to most folks. I’ve had some amazing EHT SiB but unfortunately this barrel was just ‘good’. I prefer my current bottle of Blanton’s to both of these and they are on par to slightly better than the bottle of Eagle Rare I have right now. Somewhat oddly this SiB did not have nearly as much vanilla as I usually get from EHT. To compare the two this SiB was a bit better but not by much and definitely not by enough to justify the price increase. After drinking the EHT Small Batch alongside the Dickel BiB I realized that the Dickel wasn’t going to have a long term place on my shelf as long as EHT was easy enough to find. is widely considered one of the founding fathers of the bourbon. I’m a fan of the Buffalo Trace profile and a higher quality, higher proof release at a good price is hard to argue with. Single Barrel Bourbon 750ml: Colonel Edmund Haynes Taylor, Jr. These were both very good and handily beat out the rest of the bottled in bond bourbons in this series. Taste: Oak, vanilla, caramel, cherry, slightly thinner mouthfeel than the SiB but still niceįinish: Short to medium length sweet with cherry, oak and vanilla Conclusion Taste: Caramel and oak dominate with faint spice notes, and a very nice mouthfeelįinish: Short to medium finish sweet with mostly caramel and a little oak and warm spice 2017 Colonel EH Taylor Small Batch Nose:Sweet vanilla, caramel, a touch of citrus and hint of oak But we’re not here to muse on the Buffalo Trace line up so let’s taste some whiskey and see how they stack up against the rest of the bottled in bond drinker lineup! 2018 Colonel EH Taylor Single BarrelĪge: NAS but 4+ years from Bottled in Bond In a world where Blanton’s and Eagle Rare are getting harder to find EHT Small Batch is still pretty reliably available at retailish prices here in Austin. As far as I know the EHT lineup are Buffalo Trace’s only bottled in bond offerings, other than the EHT barrel proof of course. Taylor is remembered as the last of a breed, a true bourbon aristocrat who was responsible for linking the classic and modern eras of bourbon making.After drinking my way through a number of sub $40 bottled in bond bourbon we’ll come to the end of the line with EH Taylor Small Batch and compare it side by side with it’s more expensive Single Barrel expression. Stagg in 1879 and remains an integral part of Buffalo Trace's history. As if his involvement in the bourbon industry wasn't enough, Taylor served as mayor of Frankfort for sixteen years. Among his innovations were copper fermentation tanks, state-of-the-art grain equipment, column stills, modernized buildings, a more efficient sour mash technique and a first-of-its-kind steam heating system still used in the barrel warehouses today.Ī skilled politician, Taylor was instrumental in fighting for higher standards in the bourbon industry, pushing for the passage of the Bottled-in-Bond Act of 1897. ![]() was his first foray into distilling, making an immediate mark on the industry by modernizing, expanding and upgrading the plant. Taylor's 1869 purchase of a small Leestown distillery that he christened O.F.C. ![]() Through his experience as a banker, Taylor became personally acquainted with several prominent whiskey makers. ![]() His first involvement in the industry came as a banker, aiding in the organization and financing of several distilleries. Taylor is celebrated for the countless innovations he contributed to the bourbon industry in his time. He founded a world class Distillery, made advancements to the industry, and fought for the purity and legitimacy of bourbon gaining him the title of the “Father of the Modern Bourbon Industry.” was a visionary in the whiskey world with a mind for distilling that was years ahead of its time.
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