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My understanding is that Mr. Stoll let the copyright lapse on the Michter brand name. The new people (no prior connection) were able to register the name at that point. The new copyright holders threatened Mr. Stoll in court not to discuss his relationship with the original brand he founded. I think that rubbed a lot of people the wrong way.

Yeah, I have a couple more left. Not sure how long I’ll keep one of ‘em though.

Let me clarify. I was told about a store that had some. I knew that by the time I got in my car and drove over there they’d be gone. Believe it or not, it’s happened before. I was told the Blanton's Gold was $127.00, and the Taylor Single Barrel was $80.00. The Blanton’s and two Weller SR’s I bought today cost less than the Blanton’s Gold. I’m happy. I’d be happier if OWA would show up.

I’m newish (3 years) to the bourbon scene,but I have tried to read as much as I can on the topic. I grew up in SE Pennsylvania not far from schaefferstown and was elated to learn about the history of the famed AH Hirsch 16 year, the original Michters and shenks,etc. and, the story of dick stoll closing up the distillery and then working as a custodian at Lebanon high school only to open stoll and Wolfe later is legendary. … it’s easy to see this history and then see that Michters is the Most admired brand in whiskey” in the world and be proud. I mean I love Michters products. And I love that joe -Michters owner really adheres to quality. But, honestly I’m pissed. And I am writing this post hoping someone can help me not be so pissed. im pissed that it seems that modern Michters has completely stolen the heritage from Michters and not given an ounce of help or cred to the old PA Michters people, distillery, or place. Didn’t joe and company take the original still from pa and set it up in ky? My neighbor says I should be happy that Michters exists and that joe has restored a brand from the trash heap of history to make it good again. And I get that… I really do…I’m not upset about that… it’s just the fact that it wasn’t joe that found sick sroll to offer him a job. Or it wasn’t the new Michters that wanted to help make a museum in pa for the history… or the fact that joe and company ran dick stoll off by stealing the bombergers name, real low move. Does anyone know if joe and new Michters ever reached out to the producer of one of the greatest bourbons of all time - dick stoll to bring him on, or did he just screw him? And second, why would he bring Pratt on over stoll? I sound jaded and am now, I grew up with kids names Shenk and bombergers and other Pennsylvania Dutch… wish Michters could at least genuinely make a connection to that past vs milking it w marketing that doesn’t mean anything. If anyone can help share details about this past I’d love to know. Help me come to grips w the old Michters and new Michters so can be less jaded.

One does not simply pass on Blanton's Gold! (Unless priced at secondary.)

Going back to the 1792 12 year this evening. This one is a bit too unbalanced on the dry tannic astringent side. It has a very good nose with a nice sweet oak profile but unfortunately it doesn't translate to the taste and finish. I'm going to experiment blending this one with either the 1792 Bonded or the small batch to help balance it out. I'm thinking the fresh banana note of the BiB will help out this whiskey.

Thanks!

Looks great!

Another find that I technically didn't buy. My wife was TDY in South Korea the last 10 days, and she picked these up in the duty free shop on her way back. We'll do a blind between the NCF she brought home and a regular Rare Breed this weekend.

FEIW, I really like the dickel x Leopold bottling...

A little Jack watching the Phillies (yesterday's game)

Congratulations to you and your son!

Gonna ride the wave as long as possible. Here’s todays grabs. FWIW, I had a chance at Blanton’s Gold And Taylor Single Barrel a week ago but passed.

Here's the 15 for your collection... I only tried it once in a restaurant in DC, but I really enjoyed it.

Wow! Where did you pickup that one? I picked up a 135pf last week at Port Royal.

Playing hooky today after a busy weekend. We attended our oldest sons graduation from GWU in DC. It was the longest ceremony that we've ever attended, and we've been to a few as he's earned a handful of degrees...this one is a post-graduate "Master of Laws" in Government & Procurement law. The speakers and presenters took forever and the guest speaker for commencement, Nina Totenberg,(an NPR correspondent), was cringe worthy and.....but I digress....we're very proud! OGD BiB in the glass

It is very nice!

1792 High Rye gives up its last tonight.

These are such good bottles.

Indeed, I like all of those bottled in bond brands. I believe they are all the same mash bill. HH has something like 67 warehouses, so it must come down to barrel selection for the various profiles. Dant reminds me of rye bread. JTS Brown is liquid Cracker Jack (the sweet popcorn with a prize).

MM101 is probably my favorite iteration of MM. I don't dig the paper label though....I thought that that the gold lettering on the earlier released are beautiful and I'm going to assume that you saved one of those gold letter embossed bottles too?

That sort of reminds me of another t shirt I once saw. "Instant A** Hole - just add alcohol"

As I mentioned……

Man down, man up, part #2. I had an empty handle of MM, so I decided to go ahead and make a batch of my HH BiB Blend. Most of what was left over went into the other bottle of my HH BIB Blend. I still have some Dant left as it was a liter bottle, but this too shall soon pass.

Man down, man up. FWIW, I don’t like the new MM 101 label near as much as I do the old. I just bought this new label bottle. It will be opened shortly. I have a couple of the old label bottles in the bunker. I will keep at least one around for sentimental reasons. Hey, MM was basically my gateway bourbon. FWIW, I was at one of our get togethers in Bardstown with @Vosgar when the new, domestic MM 101 was released in 375’s at the distillery. A shout out to @BourbonJoe and @fricky for buying a bottle for everyone to taste. After @Vosgar and I had a taste, we immediately went to MM to grab a couple of bottles.