Tasting Notes
Nose: Butterscotch and stewed fruit, with cinnamon and fresh corn.
Palate: Caramel-corn sweetness and butterscotch lead, with licorice and black pepper.
Finish: Soft and medium-rich, with vanilla followed by subtle peppery spice and tobacco.
Summary
E.H. Taylor, Jr. Small Batch is Buffalo Trace Distillery’s 100-proof (50% ABV) bottled-in-bond Kentucky straight bourbon, made from Mash Bill #1 and blended from selected barrels aged in the century-old warehouses Colonel Taylor built. It is a balanced, caramel-corn and butterscotch-led bourbon with licorice, restrained spice and tobacco character.
Interesting Facts
- Bottled in bond means one distillery, one distilling season, at least four years in a government-bonded warehouse and exactly 100 proof.
- Colonel E.H. Taylor, Jr. fought for the Bottled-in-Bond Act of 1897, often described as America’s first consumer-protection law.
- It is made with Buffalo Trace Mash Bill #1 and blended from selected barrels.
