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Many of the bourbon barons of the late 1800’s rode a roller coaster of success and failures. Despite his strong business acumen and wild success, Col. E. H. Taylor, Jr., literally fled the Commonwealth in May 1877 to avoid creditors before George T. Stagg… Continue Reading “Col. E. H. Taylor, Jr. – Running from Creditors in the Summer of ‘77.”
If Dr. James Crow was the father of modern bourbon, then Col. Edmund Haynes (“E. H.”) Taylor, Jr. (1830-1923) is often viewed as the father of the industrialization of bourbon-making. Dr. Crow is largely credited with bringing his knowledge of chemistry to bourbon and… Continue Reading “The Origin of Col. E. H. Taylor, Jr.’s Signature (As Told By Three Trademark Rulings).”
The “Labrot & Graham Distillery” is what Brown-Forman called its distillery in Woodford County, Kentucky, when it began producing its popular Woodford Reserve bourbon, although it has since renamed the distillery the “Woodford Reserve Distillery.” But this relatively quiet name-change 10 years ago stands in… Continue Reading “How Woodford Reserve got to keep the (old) name of its distillery.”
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