but one worth judging on its own terms rather than secondary-market mythology

Presented in a hand-painted Talavera-style ceramic decanter introduced to Mexico by Spanish artisans during the Colonial period

with a slight dunnage funk and soft oak spice

Dark caramel coats layers of malt nuttiness and sweet graham cracker all warmed by green peppercorn and coriander spice brightened with a hint of cedar

a drink that demonstrates the marvelous density of the best mezcals

E.H Taylor Small Batch Bourbon Whiskey The Glenlivet Founders Reserve but one worth judging onCol. E. H. Taylor Jr. earned the nickname "Father of the Modern Bourbon Industry" the hard way: born in 1832, he pioneered new mash and sour mash techniques, modernized distillery buildings, and lobbied hard for the Bottled in Bond Act of 1897, the law that first protected consumers from adulterated whiskey. His own distillery, O. F. C., eventually became today's Buffalo Trace after financial troubles forced him to sell it in 1879. Buffalo Trace