The Buffalo Trace Antique Collection Lineup Is Changing for the First Time in 19 Years — What You Need to Know
The Colonel E.H. Taylor family of whiskeys is pictured. This fall, E. H. Taylor Bottled-in-Bond will be released as a new member of the Buffalo Trace Antique Collection. (Photo: Buffalo Trace)
A major change is occurring within America’s most sought-after annual whiskey release lineup.
A sixth bottle — E.H. Taylor Bottled-in-Bond Bourbon — is being added to the Buffalo Trace Antique Collection, Buffalo Trace confirmed to Bottle Raiders on Monday.
E.H. Taylor Bottled-in-Bond Bourbon is an ode to Colonel Edmund Haynes Taylor Jr. and his influence on the bourbon industry. The expression will make its debut this fall as part of the 2025 BTAC.
“The Buffalo Trace Antique Collection was originally created to celebrate our legacy brands and the visionaries behind them, giving whiskey enthusiasts access to some of the rarest and most exceptional expressions from our distillery,” Buffalo Trace Distillery Global Brand Director Andrew Duncan said. “As a founding figure who helped define bourbon quality — not just for Buffalo Trace, but for the entire industry — it’s only fitting that Colonel E.H. Taylor Jr.’s namesake brand takes its place among the collection. With this release, we proudly pay tribute to Colonel Taylor’s enduring legacy of innovation and craftsmanship.”
E.H. Taylor Bottled-in-Bond will mark the first new addition to Buffalo Trace Antique Collection since the 2006 addition of Thomas H. Handy Sazerac Rye Whiskey. The other bottles in the annually released collection are George T. Stagg bourbon, Sazerac 18-Year-Old Rye Whiskey, William Larue Weller bourbon and Eagle Rare 17-Year-Old.
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- Labels submitted to the TTB for E. H. Taylor Bottled-in-Bond.
Per the Bottled-in-Bond Act of 1897, the bourbon will be aged at least four years and bottled at exactly 100 proof.
Often called the “Father of Modern Bourbon,” Taylor purchased what is today known as Buffalo Trace Distillery in 1869. He upgraded and modernized the distillery from top to bottom and played a key role in the movement that led to the passage of the Bottled-in-Bond Act of 1897.
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