{"product_id":"colonel-e-h-taylor-jr-cured-oak-bottled-in-bond-straight-kentucky-bourbon-whiskey-750ml","title":"Colonel E.H. Taylor, Jr. Cured Oak 2026 Release, Bottled in Bond Straight Kentucky Bourbon Whiskey 750mL","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is the 2026 release of Cured Oak, and we can prove it. The laser code etched into the glass reads \u003cstrong\u003eL26086\u003c\/strong\u003e, which is Buffalo Trace's own dating: 26 for the year, 086 for the eighty-sixth day of it. This bottle was filled on 27 March 2026 and shipped out with the May reintroduction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat matters, because Cured Oak has been released twice with a decade between them and the two are not remotely the same bottle on the secondary market. If you are shopping this expression, ask the seller which one they have and how they know.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThe bottle built around the wood\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCured Oak is the E.H. Taylor release that is about the barrel rather than the whiskey. White oak staves air dried for thirteen months, more than twice as long as a standard stave, then coopered and filled and left in Warehouse C. The extra curing lets the weather pull the harsh green tannin out of the wood before any whiskey touches it, so what you get back is depth instead of bitterness. Buffalo Trace puts the 2026 release at ten years old.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat it tastes like\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eVanilla, toffee and candied fruit up front, then it dries out into figs and seasoned oak and stays there. A hundred proof, bottled in bond, which is a federal guarantee rather than a marketing line: one distillery, one distilling season, at least four years in a bonded warehouse, bottled at exactly 100 proof, nothing added and nothing taken out.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhy it is scarce\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCured Oak came out in 2015 as a limited edition and then vanished for ten years. Buffalo Trace brought it back in May 2026 alongside Four Grain, the first time either had been seen in a decade. There is no standing supply. You get what the distributor allocates and then it is gone again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThe details\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e50% alcohol by volume, 100 proof\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBottled in bond\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBarrels built from staves cured 13 months, aged in Warehouse C\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBottled 27 March 2026, laser code L26086\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e750 mL\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDistilled, aged and bottled by Old Fashioned Copper Distillery, DSP-KY-113, Frankfort, Kentucky\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eOne bottle\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere is one of these and it is not reorderable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSomebody 21 or older has to sign for it. We pack heavy glass properly, so it shows up in one piece.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Buffalo Trace Distillery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54669427278099,"sku":null,"price":379.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.theboozeoutlet.com\/products\/colonel-e-h-taylor-jr-cured-oak-bottled-in-bond-straight-kentucky-bourbon-whiskey-750ml","provider":"The Booze Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}