By Request only

Colonel Taylor

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We will pick you up at the Pepper Distillery District, 1178 Manchester St, Lexington.


The tour is approximately 7-8 hours long with a moderate amount of walking. Water and snacks will be provided.

Price $200 (includes tours and tastings at Castle and Key, Glenns Creek Distilling, and Buffalo Trace Distillery).


Colonel Taylor Tour

Colonel E. H. Taylor

The focus of this historical tour is the man who modernized the bourbon industry, Colonel Edmund Haynes Taylor Jr. Taylor was a man who traveled Europe and brought those distilling techniques back to his distilleries. We will discuss how he used this knowledge in his operation of the famous Old Crow, Old Fire Copper and Old Taylor Distilleries. We will also explore Taylor’s fight for the purification of bourbon through his support of legislative action. On this tour, we will visit Glenns Creek Distilling, Buffalo Trace and Castle and Key Distillery. We will receive tours and tastings at all three locations with the tour at Buffalo Trace being the E. H. Taylor Tour.