How many bottles do you own of Stitzel-Weller bourbon?

[StraightBoston]

Seeing funknik's BHC haul and the recent thread about BTAC sent me to the bunker for an inventory:

15 fifths/750 mls (if you count UD and BT bottlings of S-W juice.)

20 more minis (1/10 pint and 50ml)

[funknik]

I have a VSOF & WLW SR 200ml open & 8 VSOFs bunkered -- always looking for more, though.

[ggilbertva]

My SW range in bottling from:

Old Fitz BIB

Old Fitz Prime

Cabin Still

Weller Cent.

Pappy 20/23

ORVW 15/107

About 37 liters total.

[MissingKY]

Somewhere in the neighborhood of 15 liters, I think. I've got seven different brands/bottlings, but most of the volume is 1991-ish Old Fitz BIB. As Mr. Burns would say, though, I'd trade it all for a little more.

[wwilson]

I have none...would like to find some though, reckon I'll be heading out of my control state soon to do some searching...

Billy

[TBoner]

About 15 liters less than I did 3 months ago...

Regards,

Tim

[SBOmarc]

Not nearly enough.

Pappy 20 and 23, one of each.

[fishnbowljoe]

9 Weller Centennials 750's, two VSOF BHC 750's, one Weller Centennial 50 mil, and one VSOF BHC 50 mil. Joe

[Stones]

2 x PVW 20 & 1 x PVW 23 in the bunker.

Would love to get my hands on a Weller Centennial though, as does every other devoted member here who hasn't got one yet... :smiley_acbt:

[chefnash51]

1 PVW 20 and 1L of Old Fitz PRIME 80 proof

[Squash]

A liquor store near me has two, one-liter bottles of Old Fitzgerald Prime Bourbon, 86 proof. They say distilled and bottled in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky. On the bottom of the bottle is the number 42.

Is this SW juice, and are they worth getting for $16?

[scratchline]

At 16 bucks, buy it, try it, if you like it, get the others. Try to forget that it might be SW whiskey. Sounds like it might be.

At 86 proof and 16 bucks that would be my recommendation regardless of the label.

-Mike

[ggilbertva]

A liquor store near me has two, one-liter bottles of Old Fitzgerald Prime Bourbon, 86 proof. They say distilled and bottled in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky. On the bottom of the bottle is the number 42.

Is this SW juice, and are they worth getting for $16?

Do the bottles have a UPC and Gov't warning? What is the UPC if it has one?

[craigthom]

I've just got two 750ml bottles of 1849 and a 1.75l of Rebel Yell. The Rebel Yell isn't very good. The 1849 is peachy. Or, rather, cherry.

[Squash]

"Do the bottles have a UPC and Gov't warning? What is the UPC if it has one?"

It has a government warning, and the UPC is 8850822440. The bottom of the bottle says 95. Before, I only had what info the store attendant would give me.

[ggilbertva]

"Do the bottles have a UPC and Gov't warning? What is the UPC if it has one?"

It has a government warning, and the UPC is 8850822440. The bottom of the bottle says 95. Before, I only had what info the store attendant would give me.

Ok, so those are SW bourbon for sure. If '95 is correct, then the distillation would have been at least '91 if not older. The UPC of 88508 is the UPC that UD used before the SW plant closed in '92.

[StraightBoston]

I agree with Greg -- it's S-W juice. The catch is that Old Fitz Prime is arguably a "lesser" expression, but at that price I'd grab it in a heartbeat!

[MissingKY]

I've got a few 375s of exactly what you're describing. It's not mind-blowing, but it's a very nice bourbon that gives you a bit of that S-W taste at a reasonable price. It's noticeably better than the Cabin Still/Rebel Yell bottlings from the early-mid 90's that I've tried.

[squire]

Used to keep a couple cases around, I particularly liked the green label Bond and that was no longer available moved to the 1849. Somewhere between the 2nd and 3rd wives switched back to rye based mash bills and haven't purchased any SW expressions in several years now.

[jburlowski]

Only a few (sigh)

[CygnusX-1]

0 :cry: This needs to change.

[squire]

Don't have open nary a bottle of the old good stuff. Do recall my Dad getting irritated when the VVV Old Fitzgerald got up to $12.00 a fifth.

[theDon]

About 26 total:

9 - 1979 OW 107

4 - Weller Cent

6 - Weller 12 (old label)

1 - Old Fitz BIB (Thanks Greg)

1 - Rebel Yell (Old label)

3 - Early 90's OW 107

2 - Old Fitz Prime UD 1.75's

The Rebel Yell has been vatted with one of the 90's OW 107 - very tasty.

I'm going to pick up a couple of 1998 liters of OW 107 that a store is holding for me when I get paid.

[tommyboy38]

Maybe 25 bottles...I've never counted., But it's about 25 more bottles tha I had before I was bitten by the hunting bug.

In reference to:

A liquor store near me has two, one-liter bottles of Old Fitzgerald Prime Bourbon, 86 proof. They say distilled and bottled in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky. On the bottom of the bottle is the number 42.

It has a government warning, and the UPC is 8850822440. The bottom of the bottle says 95. Before, I only had what info the store attendant would give me.

I would have guessed a 1995 OF Prime was 80 proof. Anyone know when they made the switch from 86 to 80?

[cowdery]

Proof cuts tend to coincide with increases in the Federal Excise Tax (FET). Since the FET is based on alcohol content, cutting the proof allows the producer to absorb the tax increase without raising the price. The last two FET increases were in 1985 (to $12.50) and 1991 (to $13.50). Although I don't know when OF Prime went from 86 to 80, I agree that it probably was earlier than 1995.