I just did a couple of reviews for Old Taylor from bottles I acquired from an estate sale. The older of the two was late 70s and bottled at 86 proof by national. The second bottle was mid 1980's and the whiskey was probably made by National and bottled by Beam at a lower 80 proof. They were very similar but the older, higher proof was clearly better with more flavor. I will get a bottle of the new Old Taylor and review it sometime in the near future. It should make for an interesting comparison.
Mike Veach