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    Master distiller / blender

    Edmund H. Taylor Jnr

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    Master distiller / blender
    Portrait of Edmund H. Taylor Jnr

    Portrait of Edmund H. Taylor Jnr

    i. Biography

    Colonel Edmund Haynes Taylor Jr. (1830–1923) was an American bourbon distiller and industry reformer associated with Kentucky distilling, especially Old Fire Copper (later Buffalo Trace) and Old Taylor. He is a visionary who founded a distillery and helped drive industry standards, while the distillery’s historical bios and secondary histories credit him with linking the classic and modern eras of bourbon making.