Sazerac acquires Old Taylor.

[jinenjo]

From yesterday until Aug. 1, 1800 barrels of Old Taylor are being trucked to BT. On Wed. July 29 from 4 - 7 PM we are having a "Welcome back Taylor" party at BT. It's open to the public.

Thanks for this info. How'd you come across this? Also, when you mean "we are having a party," do you mean as a Kentuckian? I'm curious as to what they'll do at the party. Please let us know!

[Rughi]

Thanks for this info. How'd you come across this? Also, when you mean "we are having a party," do you mean as a Kentuckian? I'm curious as to what they'll do at the party. Please let us know!

Lear,

When Fred says "we're having a party" he probably means his coworkers at BT and other locals who appreciate BT's classy ways, but when I say "we're having a party" it means YOU...and the other East Bay Study Groupers. We're going to have a lot to celebrate.

Fred, please give us a report back on how the Return of Taylor celebration goes.

Things are getting exciting again.

Roger

[cowdery]

They are having an event on the 29th, though it's primarily for locals. They're giving a "Taylor Tour," which I assume will look at some of the parts of the facility specifically associated with E. H. Taylor.

[shoshani]

OT is such a minor brand, they probably didn't want the expense of changing the label.

Oh please God I hope BT does. What a wonderful thing it would be to regain the medicinal-looking OT label of the ND days.

I happen to have two 375ml OT bottles from ND, distilled 1971 bottled 1980, one sealed and the other half-consumed after having been opened by me years ago. I gaze at those labels with reverence and awe, and guard their contents with my very life.

[jburlowski]

Anybody heard anything about a label or bottle change? I've noticed several local liquor stores have OT on their "close-out" shelf.

[cowdery]

I was just at Buffalo Trace. They have big plans for Old Taylor. They plan to make it the equivalent in the rye-recipe bourbon arena of what Van Winkle is in the wheated bourbon segment. No guess yet when the first barrels will be rolling out. They're still figuring out what they have and what they can do with it, but the talk (directly from Mark Brown) is of a portfolio of offerings similar in some ways to the Antique Collection, but not quite so scarce and not with an annual release but with a steady, full time availablility of a consistent, ongoing but high end product, like Van Winkle.

[ThomasH]

Excellent. I'm glad OT is finally getting the attention it deserves. This brand has been back burnered WAY to long!

Thomas

[OscarV]

I was just at Buffalo Trace. They have big plans for Old Taylor. They plan to make it the equivalent in the rye-recipe bourbon arena of what Van Winkle is in the wheated bourbon segment. No guess yet when the first barrels will be rolling out. They're still figuring out what they have and what they can do with it, but the talk (directly from Mark Brown) is of a portfolio of offerings similar in some ways to the Antique Collection, but not quite so scarce and not with an annual release but with a steady, full time availablility of a consistent, ongoing but high end product, like Van Winkle.

I hope they succeed.

It is a great idea shooting to be the ryed bourbon equivalent of the Van Winkles.

But that thar is some big shoes to fill.

Again, I hope they succeed.