Van Winkle Family Reserve 13 rye

[fussychicken]

Hi Leif,

I was going off of the above post, and this one, as to the age of the rye. My understanding is that the labels changed around 2004.

[Luna56]

A nostalgic, but rather sad scene. A couple old brother soldiers in the twighlight of life.

I will gladly euthanize these for you. I assure you they'll pass with the dignity they deserve...

Campai!

[Attila]

On the bottle of the bottles there is a strange logo that spells SAV. Anyone knows what that stands for?

[The Boozer]

Picked up what was the last bottle of VWF Rye the other day - # I. Looks like MI won't be getting anymore as it appears to have been dropped from the State list. That sucks. Going to have to travel out of state to get more.
TJ

[Josh]

Picked up what was the last bottle of VWF Rye the other day - # I. Looks like MI won't be getting anymore as it appears to have been dropped from the State list. That sucks. Going to have to travel out of state to get more.
TJ

Just picked up a bottle tonight myself. Looking forward to getting into it soon!

[The Boozer]

Josh
tried to PM you - didn't work.
Where did you find the Rye at. Got mine at Red Wagon shop in Rochester Hills. Need to get together on Friday?
Tim

[Josh]

Josh
tried to PM you - didn't work.
Where did you find the Rye at. Got mine at Red Wagon shop in Rochester Hills. Need to get together on Friday?
Tim

Sounds good. I sent a pm, hopefully it will come thru.

[JamesW]

Just cracked my first bottle open this week. Bottle # G778. I love it! Tastes more like a bourbon than a rye to me though, not that that's a bad thing, but I wasn't expecting it to be that way. If it were a bourbon then I'd have to say that it would be one of the better bourbons I've had. It must be 51% rye and 49% corn to get that flavoring. The aging also seems to have taken down the rye bite a bit too I guess. Either way I'm thrilled with it and would buy more if I see it. Purchased it on a drive-by at a hole-in-the-wall little beer shop that had a couple whiskeys on the wall behind the counter. It looks like it was there a long time. At $35 it was a steal.

[DeanSheen]

$35! That was a steal you lucky guy.

[Special Reserve]

$35 for a bottle of VWFR is a steal. I agree about the taste. In MI it is $55+ if you can find it. As stated above it has been removed from the state list. Too bad.