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Old Taylor Bourbon 
Type Bourbon whiskey Manufacturer The Sazerac Company Country of origin Kentucky, United States Alcohol by volume 40.00% Proof 80 Related products Buffalo Trace Old Taylor Bourbon is a bourbon whiskey produced in Frankfort, Kentucky by the Sazerac Company. The brand is sold as a straight bourbon. It is sold in glass in 16 oz pint bottles, glass 750ml bottles, glass 1-liter bottles and plastic 1.75L bottles.
On June 24, 2009 Buffalo Trace Distillery (part of the Sazerac Company) has purchased the Old Taylor Bourbon label and barrel inventory from Beam Global Spirits & Wine, maker of Jim Beam Bourbon. The product line changed hands in an agreement where Beam bought the EFFEN Vodka brand from Buffalo Trace parent company Sazerac.[1] "We are ecstatic about this transaction," said Mark Brown, president and CEO of Buffalo Trace Distillery. "Part of our family is returning and we are thrilled to welcome home a true bourbon whiskey pioneer."Old Taylor" is part of the Sazerac family of companies, which has operations in New Orleans, Louisiana; Franklin County, Bardstown and Owensboro, Kentucky; Fredericksburg, Virginia and Baltimore, Maryland.
Namesake
Old Taylor Bourbon was named in honor of the Edmund Haynes Taylor, Jr. who lived from 1830-1923. Taylor was one of Kentucky’s original Bourbon aristocrats, he was an industry leader who greatly advanced the quality of Kentucky Bourbon and safeguarded the Bourbon label from bogus producers. Taylor was called the "father of the modern bourbon industry," Taylor started and owned seven different distilleries throughout his career, the most successful being the O.F.C. and Carlisle distilleries, the forerunners of today’s Buffalo Trace Distillery.
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