The name is in remembrance of Colonel E.H. Taylor Jr. A blend of seven-year-old barrels from the sixth level of a Kentucky brick building is used to make Small Batch Bourbon. The bourbon, which is 100 proof and bottled in Bond, has a pronounced oak and dried fruit flavor. On the end, the initially sweet flavors give way to notes of citrus, butterscotch, and salted caramel.

Every bottle of Colonel E.H. Taylor Jr. Small Batch Bourbon comes in a canister and vintage label that harken back to the bottles Taylor used more than a century ago.

Today, honor the founder of contemporary Colonel E H Taylor Small Batch bourbon by picking up a bottle of history!

Concerning E.H. Taylor, Jr.

Taylor acquired a tiny distillery on the Kentucky River’s banks in 1869. Taylor started updating and modernizing the distillery after naming it O.F.C. Distillery (OFC stood for Old Fire Copper). He bought copper fermentation tanks, new grain grinding machinery, and distinctive columnar stills. Taylor also used a number of cutting-edge distillation methods during his time there, such as maturing bourbon in climate-controlled rickhouses.

The vast majority of distilleries at the time had yet to age their whiskey. Some distillers and retailers sweetened their bourbon with juices and syrups to make it more drinkable, while others added tobacco and acid to give the whiskey its distinctive amber color.

Equipped with a political background and distilling expertise, Taylor worked with Treasury Secretary John G. Carlisle to help enact the Bottled-In-Bond Act of 1897 (27 C.F.R. 5.21). Any spirit bearing the labels “Bonded” or “Bottled-in-Bond” had to be produced by a single distiller at a single distillery during a single distillation season, according to the act. The Act also mandated that bonded spirits be bottled at 100 proof and matured for at least four years in a federally bonded storage overseen by the US government.

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Notes on Tasting

hints of dried fruit and wood. On the end, the initially sweet flavors give way to notes of citrus, butterscotch, and salted caramel.