Your favorite of the 3 Col. Taylors?

[trumpstylz]

Which of the three are your favorite? The tornado? SB? Sour mash?

[p_elliott]

I would rank the E H Taylor's in this order:

Tornado

SB

Sour Mash

But the Sour Mash was the most interesting so far there is one coming that might beat it out, the E H Taylor original recipe.

[jcg9779]

1. Tornado

2. Sour Mash

3. Single Barrel (the sample I tried just might not have been very good)

[CaptainQ]

1. Tornado

2. Sour Mash

3. Single Barrel

This is my preference as well.

[callmeox]

Whichever I find on the table in the Gazebo is my favorite.

[Steve99]

I haven't gotten to try the sour mash, but I like the Tornado better than the Single Barrel. That said I do like the Single Barrel very much.

[jburlowski]

The Tornado... The others lag far behind.

[JohnHansell]

Tornado. Much more even-keeled.

[Hershmeister]

Only tried tornado and single barrel and the tornado is well above the SB

I'd rank it nearly into pappy level - nearly

[Restaurant man]

Sour mash (very unique and cool story) the only really origional bourbon released under the label

Tornado (delish) thanks bill

sB (what's the biggie)

[TradingBoiler]

I am going to agree with most of the posts here and rank:

Gold: Tornado

Silver: SB

Bronze: Sour Mash (Even though the story makes the bourbon taste better)

[sailor22]

Going with what seems to be the popular opinion and ranking the Tornado as easily the best of the three. Not impressed with the other two.

[cigarnv]

Not overly impressed with any of them for the $$$. I like the Sour Mash the best. I found the Tornado the weakest. I am wondering if we may be seeing some fairly wide batch variation given several folks I know love the Tornado.

[birdman1099]

Not overly impressed with any of them for the $$$. I like the Sour Mash the best. I found the Tornado the weakest. I am wondering if we may be seeing some fairly wide batch variation given several folks I know love the Tornado.

If you believe what BT said that there were barrels that were between 9 and 11 years old.... Given that they can only batch the ones distilled the same season to adhere to BIB regulations... there would definately be a digfference between the 9 yr batch and the 11 year batch.

[cigarnv]

If you believe what BT said that there were barrels that were between 9 and 11 years old.... Given that they can only batch the ones distilled the same season to adhere to BIB regulations... there would definately be a digfference between the 9 yr batch and the 11 year batch.

Scott, I am rounding up a few samples to compare... should be interesting to see how much variation there is between bottles/batches..

[jburlowski]

Scott, I am rounding up a few samples to compare... should be interesting to see how much variation there is between bottles/batches..

Reid, is there a way to tell what age/batch a particular bottle is from?

[cigarnv]

Reid, is there a way to tell what age/batch a particular bottle is from?

John, not that I can tell which really complicates the issue. I will be comparing a sample from Steve in Florida which he really likes to one a friend has here in Va. which we both found just so-so. I know you really like the Tornado and that typically would bode well for me liking it.

[CaptainQ]

If you believe what BT said that there were barrels that were between 9 and 11 years old.... Given that they can only batch the ones distilled the same season to adhere to BIB regulations... there would definately be a digfference between the 9 yr batch and the 11 year batch.

I don't believe BT. I bet someone screwed up and batched the whole lot, 9 and 11 years all together.

Quick, somebody ask Harlan. :skep:

[cigarnv]

I don't believe BT. I bet someone screwed up and batched the whole lot, 9 and 11 years all together.

Quick, somebody ask Harlan. :skep:

He did say no more Tornado after this year and they are removing it from the barrel program:grin:

[sku]

John, not that I can tell which really complicates the issue. I will be comparing a sample from Steve in Florida which he really likes to one a friend has here in Va. which we both found just so-so. I know you really like the Tornado and that typically would bode well for me liking it.

Are there bottle codes on it? Maybe that would be a way to distinguish batches.

[CaptainQ]

Are there bottle codes on it? Maybe that would be a way to distinguish batches.

Here's the bar code from my bottle (which I rate excellent):

B1134817:40N

[cigarnv]

Here's the bar code from my bottle (which I rate excellent):

B1134817:40N

I suspect the bar codes will be all the same...

[CaptainQ]

I suspect the bar codes will be all the same...

Oops, I meant dot matrix code.

[Restaurant man]

I don't believe BT. I bet someone screwed up and batched the whole lot, 9 and 11 years all together.

Quick, somebody ask Harlan. :skep:

100% with you brother. I find it hilarious that a product dedicated to the guy who pioneered the BOB act would violate the rules by mingling whiskeys from different seasons. The whiskeys is good and u gotta love 100 proof expressions and no one is going to raise a major stink. least of all the BATF (unless wade sends them an email):stickpoke:

[redbear]

Here's the code from my bottle (which I rate excellent):

B1134817:40N

Mine was bottled 2 days before yours.