Batch 4 is built entirely on the distillery's celebrated low-rye mash platform—the exact grain recipe shared with legendary expressions like George T. Stagg, separated fundamentally by barrel age parameters—distilled at DSP-KY-113 in Frankfort, Kentucky, and matured inside the brick-and-wood walls of Colonel Taylor's century-old warehouses. The 2015 vintage carries zero age statement and was packaged straight to glass completely uncut and unfiltered at 127.2 proof.

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What proof is E.H. Taylor Barrel Proof Batch 4?

Batch 4 is bottled at 127.2 proof (63.60% ABV), uncut and unfiltered — the lowest proof of the line's first five batches. The 2025 release also came in at 127.2, so the proof doesn't separate them on its own; the laser code does, and Batch 4 reads L15 for 2015. It is the strength the barrels delivered.

Is E.H. Taylor Barrel Proof Batch 4 more approachable?

At 127.2 proof, Batch 4 is the gentlest of the line's first five batches — well below the 134.5 and 135.4 of the opening pair — and reviewers find the strength sits softly for a barrel-proof bourbon, with caramel, butterscotch, and stewed-fruit sweetness. It is an easier pour than the early high-proof releases, though still bottled uncut and unfiltered at full barrel strength.