EH Taylor Amaranth Announced
This morning Buffalo Trace received TTB approval for a new E.H. Taylor extension. The next release will be E.H. Taylor Amaranth “Grain of the Gods” Bottled-In-Bond. I still can’t figure out why the E.H. Taylor brand continues to be the carrier for these experimental whiskeys. As I’ve mentioned before, isn’t that what the Buffalo Trace Experimental Collection (BTEC) is for? I don’t have a problem with these releases. However, I enjoyed being able to try them in a 375ml under the BTEC brand.
We don’t have a lot of details yet. I’d be willing to bet that the Amaranth is just a small percentage flavoring grain. Probably in the 5-7% range. The bourbon will most likely be 11 – 12-years old. The price will end up around the $79 mark. Who’s ready to drink some Amaranth?
It’s interesting to note that Amaranth isn’t actually a grain. Amaranth is classified as a pseudo-grain. This can’t be considered bourbon, right? Previously the TTB never defined the term “grain”. The TTB is kicking around proposed changes to include pseudo-grains in the whiskey class. I’m glad Buffalo Trace has these experiments sitting around. I love tasting quirky releases like this. I just don’t understand how it fits in the E.H. Taylor brand profile.
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Seventeenth century? Colonel EH Taylor was producing whiskey in the 1600’s?
The annual EH Taylor experimental release is an obvious indicator to me that the folks at Buffalo Trace consider this to be their best experimental expression this season. They have litterally done everything under the sun with the Taylor label, so there are no limits to what they’re willing to put inside.
Whoa! Looks like BT has made Colonel Taylor two hundred years older than he actually was. He lived in the late 19th century, not the 17th! They might want to change that back label :-O
Anyone else tired of the Marketing Bullshit yet??
ED EDMUND HAYNES TAYLOR: BORN FEB 12th, 1830, DIED JAN 19th, 1923 (PER ANCESTRY.COM)
THAT’S A QUITE A GAP FROM THE 17th CENTURY (1600’S).