IF YOU JUST WRANGLED A HERD WITH NOTHIN BUT A HANDKERCHIEF AND A HARD STARE.
No punches pulled here. This is straight cowboy stuff. Dusty streets, high noon sun glaring down, Stetson hats, creaky saloon doors, and a sip of sweet candy fire that might just knock your spurs off.?í´íë_So...sip, don't shoot, and always have your gun hand free.?í´íë_
George T. Stagg built the most dominant American distillery of the 19th century, a time known as the Gilded Age of Bourbon. Uncut and unfilteRed, this one boasts a character reminiscent of the man, himself.
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Standing today as the oldest continuously operating distillery in America, Buffalo Trace Distillery has been making whisky for more than 200 years. Designated as a National Historic Landmark, Buffalo Trace is the most award-winning Distillery in the world, garnering more than 300 awards for its wide range of premium whiskies. As an American family-owned company based in Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky, the Distillery is fully operational and dedicated to preserving the rich history and rugged authenticity that founded the Distillery, while always striving to create the world’s most perfect bourbon ever made through innovative experimentation.?í´íë_
Edmund Haynes Taylor, Jr.
Taylor was born in Kentucky on February 12, 1830. Orphaned at an early age, he was raised in New Orleans where he attended Boyer's French School. The well-educated youth moved back to Kentucky, where E. H. Taylor, Sr., adopted him. In Frankfort, Taylor attended B. B. Sayer's Academy, which later moved to Louisville. Following in the footsteps of his adopted father, Taylor became involved in banking where he aided in the organization of several distilleries. Through his banking, Taylor became personally acquainted with many of the early whiskey makers.
In 1870, Taylor purchased a small distillery located in Leestown, on the banks of the Kentucky River where distilling and whiskey storage had been taking place on the site 1787. Taylor equipped the distillery with a modern boiler and immediately began to renovate, upgrade and modernize the plant. Some of his improvements were copper fermentation tanks, new grain grinding equipment, column stills and modern buildings to house them. He was responsible for the patented mash technique, which separated the solids from the slop, providing a thick creamy liquid rather than an inert mass for the sour mash. Because of his innovations, his systematic approach to whiskey making, his dedication to quality and his constant battle to protect bourbon and keep its name from being applied to inferior whiskies, Taylor is known as "The Father of the Modern Bourbon Industry."
During this period Taylor christened the distillery - O.F.C., its first official name. Taylor became involved in several other distilleries in Franklin and Woodford County. Because of money problems, Taylor left O.F.C., which became the property of George T. Stagg. Taylor continued to innovate and be involved in Bourbon until his death in 1923. It is said that E. H. Taylor, Jr. was the last of a breed. A Bourbon Aristocrat who linked the "classic and modern eras of Bourbon making."
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Age: 6 years
Size:? 750mL
Proof: Varies
Distiller: Buffalo Trace Distillery, Franklin County, Kentucky
Family: Buffalo Trace, Van Winkle, EH Taylor, George C. Stagg, Stagg Jr, Blantons, Eagle Rare, Sazerac Rye
We can't ship to: AL, KY, MA, MD, MS, ND, NH, NV, NY, PA, TX, UT, VT, WV
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A sweet but bold, spicy kiss? that might just knock you out of your socks
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Rich chocolate and brown sugar? on the tongue
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Finishes with a big, warm embrace and a dizzying scent of cherry, clove, and smoke
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