He Lost His First Bourbon Empire, Then Built Another. The Story of E.H. Taylor Jr.

He Lost His First Bourbon Empire, Then Built Another. The Story of E.H. Taylor Jr.

Old Taylor 1913 in the BAXUS vault Every so often, a bottle comes along that feels less like whiskey and more like a piece of living history. This 1913 Old Taylor quart, filled under Colonel Edmund Haynes Taylor Jr. and his son Jacob, is exactly that, a pre-Prohibition Bottled-in-Bond release that connects us directly to the man who helped shape modern bourbon. Looking at it today, you’re not just seeing a bottle of whiskey, you’re holding a cha…