Old Forrester Single Barrel

[straightwhiskeyruffneck]

Seen this on their website. Looks like you have to buy a whole barrel, then they bottle the lot at 90 proof.
Looks interesting, wonder if they'd bottle the juice at barrel proof?
id be willing to go in on a barrel if that were so

[BigBoldBully]

When I saw this on the ttb, I assumed it was going to come out in bottles so I ran out and bought more birthday for fear of increased popularity and price. Good to hear it's this format (for now at least) instead. Shame they won't let you pick a proof above 90 for bottling "your" barrel, though.

[beerbrewer2000]

I don't post normally, but this has my interest. If enough enthusiasm exists, I'd definitely consider going in on a barrel for a case or two!

[gburger]

I saw that each barrel yields 220-240 bottles. If you take the 230 as an average and $7,500 as the average price for a barrel, each bottle would cost $32-35 each.
Not sure how many per case, if it is 12 that would be around 19 cases or around $400 per case. So 19 people would have to pony up.
I'm in for a case.

[mosugoji64]

If we could pick something that tasted more like Bonded OF, this would be a very good idea. If it's just a spunkier version of current OF, I'll pass.

[squire]

Single barrel would by definition be BIB wouldn't it? Presuming it was made during one of the distilling seasons.

[Jonny.Applebury]

Since they're bottling it at 90 proof it isn't eligible to be labeled "Bottled in Bond."

[mosugoji64]

Yeah, it wouldn't be 100 proof, but I was referring to the flavor profile. I love that old Bonded OF profile and find that current OF pales by comparison. Not that it's bad, just not the same.

[Jonny.Applebury]

Yeah, it wouldn't be 100 proof, but I was referring to the flavor profile. I love that old Bonded OF profile and find that current OF pales by comparison. Not that it's bad, just not the same.

I was replying to squire.

[squire]

Seems to me BF could use any label for which it has approval, which would actually include the old BIB label if they still have a box of those around.