Re: VW Fall 2011 Allocation Actual Tasting Discussion
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Originally Posted by
AaronWF
Depends on how you define VW. Is the Heaven Hill-made OF really OF? Is OGD really OGD? SW was a distillery but VW is just a brand. As history demonstrates, brands have no obligation to remain consistent.
No and no. OGB and OF are simply just names now. The brands were bought, not the whiskey. And yes, you're right, but as a discerning and regular consumer, I have no obligation to continue glorifying their products if, in my opinion, it changes in quality.
This is slightly off topic and I'll save the details for a different thread, but soon I'm going to do a past->present whiskey tasting with a couple friends. Basically we'll compare current offerings with their original counterparts before being sold off to different companies (i.e., OC12/90 BT vs UD juice, VSOF12 SW vs HH juice, etc). I'm sure the results will be fascinating.
Re: VW Fall 2011 Allocation Actual Tasting Discussion
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Originally Posted by
MacinJosh
I still have several bunkered and am still acquiring more. I freakin' love that shit! :D
Josh
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Come on Josh, I thought you spend all your time hunting BTAC and VW stuff...spend your time on those two offerings...leave the PHC in Indy on the shelf for me! ;)
Re: VW Fall 2011 Allocation Actual Tasting Discussion
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Originally Posted by
hectic1
Come on Josh, I thought you spend all your time hunting BTAC and VW stuff...spend your time on those two offerings...leave the PHC in Indy on the shelf for me! ;)
Hectic,
Are you having a hard time trying to find the PHC10 124.2's up there?
Re: VW Fall 2011 Allocation Actual Tasting Discussion
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Originally Posted by
StraightNoChaser
No and no. OGB and OF are simply just names now. The brands were bought, not the whiskey. And yes, you're right, but as a discerning and regular consumer, I have no obligation to continue glorifying their products if, in my opinion, it changes in quality.
This is slightly off topic and I'll save the details for a different thread, but soon I'm going to do a past->present whiskey tasting with a couple friends. Basically we'll compare current offerings with their original counterparts before being sold off to different companies (i.e., OC12/90 BT vs UD juice, VSOF12 SW vs HH juice, etc). I'm sure the results will be fascinating.
actually, ogd was bought as whiskey. Beam still ues the original mashbill and yeast. Some people use this same line of logic to say that stitzel weller quit being stitzel weller when the distillery sold the first time to jb hunt/canada dry in the days of the early 70s. Recipe changed slightly.
are you going to do your tasting blind?
Re: VW Fall 2011 Allocation Actual Tasting Discussion
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Originally Posted by
ErichPryde
actually, ogd was bought as whiskey. Beam still ues the original mashbill and yeast. Some people use this same line of logic to say that stitzel weller quit being stitzel weller when the distillery sold the first time to jb hunt/canada dry in the days of the early 70s. Recipe changed slightly.
are you going to do your tasting blind?
I do like current OGD, and while it is the same mashbill/yeast, or at least that's what Beam claims, it's a different animal from ND era OGD. A distillery leaves an imprint that you can't always replicate, IMHO.
Don't get me wrong, while Crow and Taylor are indeed gone, I do believe OGD lives on in a way. (Actually, I can believe the mashbill remaining more than the yeast. Maybe they started out using the OGD yeast, but it was quickly contaminated by Beam's inferior, and nasty, yeast strain.:lol: )
Re: VW Fall 2011 Allocation Actual Tasting Discussion
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Originally Posted by
ErichPryde
actually, ogd was bought as whiskey. Beam still ues the original mashbill and yeast. Some people use this same line of logic to say that stitzel weller quit being stitzel weller when the distillery sold the first time to jb hunt/canada dry in the days of the early 70s. Recipe changed slightly.
are you going to do your tasting blind?
I was thinking earlier that a blind tasting of each brand would be the best way to determine what is actually better
Re: VW Fall 2011 Allocation Actual Tasting Discussion
Oh how things have changed (or not changed) in a year! Why, I'm getting rather nostalgic.
Re: VW Fall 2011 Allocation Actual Tasting Discussion
This thread makes me glad I have a bottle of 2011 PVW 20 hidden the the back of my cabinet.
