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KENTUCKY STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISKEY
This ten-year-old Bottled in Bond bourbon was aged in Warehouse C, built by Col. Taylor in 1885, and the barrel warehouse he was most proud of - the final piece in his "model distillery."  Like some of the previous releases, this one-time-only bottling of E.H. Taylor, Jr Warehouse C Bourbon is very limited.   

The barrels in the E.H. Taylor Jr. Warehouse C release were all aged for ten years in the center of Warehouse C, with half of them coming from the 2nd floor and the other half from the 5th floor.  The second floor is an outstanding aging floor for older barrels.  The ricks are very tight, making it slow and difficult to put in new barrels.  The floor is very dry, making it ideal for 10 to 15-year-old products.  The fifth floor of Warehouse C is a well-rounded aging floor with windows all the way around, providing excellent air flow throughout the floor.  There is ample sunlight through these windows which helps heat up the warehouse and the aging process.  

The ideal aging locations for these barrels led to a wonderful flavor combination, with a nose of cherry cobbler with rum sauce and a hint of oak; a palate of cherry cola, vanilla bean and toasted oak; and a finish that is long and lingering with a hint of spearmint, coffee, raisin bread and anise.  
 

Item Special Note

Buffalo Trace Distillery has announced their annual limited edition Col. E.H. Taylor, Warehouse C Bourbon.

The new Taylor expression honors Taylor's favorite barrel aging rick house, Warehouse C. If you've ever made the pilgrimage to the distillery in Frankfort, Kentucky, you've seen it as soon as you walked out of the gift shop - a 136 year old brick and limestone building that's survived ice storms, floods, and even the tornado that tore the roof off for the unique barrel aging of the original E.H. Taylor Warehouse C Tornado Surviving Bourbon.

 "We know Col. Taylor had a lot of pride and affection for Warehouse C, as evidenced by his attention for detail, especially on the exterior with the architectural features," said Master Distiller Harlen Wheatley in a press release.  "Fortunately, it's a really good aging warehouse for bourbon too, so not only does the warehouse look good, it produces some of our best whiskies.  This year's release of the Warehouse C bourbon is no exception."  

The press release from the distillery highlights some of the unique characteristics and history of the warehouse.

Originally built before elevators were available, ramps were used inside Warehouse C to manually roll barrels to each floor. With six floors holding a total of 24,000 barrels and each barrel weighing approximately 500 pounds when filled, it must have been quite a task to get barrels into their ricks! 

"In more modern times, a barrel elevator was installed, and Warehouse C was re-ricked and re-floored to maximize capacity. Since barrel warehouses are built with the barrel ricks as stand alone units not attached to the walls for safety measures in case of a collapse, the re-design of Warehouse C when the elevator was put in allows for good air flow throughout the floors, making for an excellent all around aging warehouse for new and old barrels."

E.H. Taylor Warehouse C is aged 10 years and (like most Taylor products) is bottled-in-bond at 100 proof. The barrels used for the new Warehouse C release were all aged in the center of Warehouse C, with half of them coming from the 2nd floor and the other half from the 5th floor. The distillery tells us that the second floor is an outstanding aging floor for older barrels, with very tight ricks, making it slow and difficult to put in new barrels, and very dry floors. The fifth floor of Warehouse C, we're told, has sunny windows all the way around, providing excellent warm air flow throughout the floor. 

The distillery tells us to expect "a nose of cherry cobbler with rum sauce and a hint of oak; a palate of cherry cola, vanilla bean and toasted oak; and a finish that is long and lingering with a hint of spearmint, coffee, raisin bread and anise."