birdman1099 Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 I saw my first one today in Indiana. $400.00....:bigeyes: As much as I'd like to have one of these, it just does not make sense !!!:hot: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruby K Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 My Xmas present has finally arrived!SMOWKI'm generally in the broke and can't see buying it camp, but man, those look beautiful. Congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVB Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 What we have here....is conspicuous consumption. JK. In the scotch world it is said one should always buy three. One to drink, one to trade and one to hold onto. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jburlowski Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 My Xmas present has finally arrived!SMOWK What recession? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeanSheen Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 I'm tearing up over here. Great pics, better haul! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 I saw my first one today in Indiana. $400.00....:bigeyes: As much as I'd like to have one of these, it just does not make sense !!!:hot: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
p_elliott Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 My Xmas present has finally arrived!SMOWK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tritioch Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 Just hit the shelves in upstate NY today. A brave new price-world for Bourbon to be sure:skep:. That being said, the phone has been ringing off the hook the last few weeks with interest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gillman Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 Taste notes please.Gary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMOWK Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 Taste notes please.GaryIt's gonna be quite a while before I can provide any. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Lamplighter Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 WOW!!!!.....bout all I can say.....congrats on the hat trick! Three would do me for a long, long, long time....open 1, display 1 and put one in a safety deposit box for the hards times ahead...that would be my plan.....lol!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gillman Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 Well we'll have to wait but if anyone else has tasted it I'd be interested in the comments. The combination of prolonged age and high strength is rather intriguing.Gary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommyboy38 Posted January 22, 2010 Share Posted January 22, 2010 I picked up a three pack (I can't pass up something when it's on sale) but I'm in no hurry to open up a bottle. There will have to be a very special occassion for that to happen.It's the prettiest damn bourbon decanter I've ever seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stones Posted January 22, 2010 Share Posted January 22, 2010 I picked up a three pack (I can't pass up something when it's on sale) but I'm in no hurry to open up a bottle. There will have to be a very special occassion for that to happen.It's the prettiest damn bourbon decanter I've ever seen.Damn that's a nice cash outlay Tom, if i had three let alone 1 i certainly would be uncorking for a taste and comparing to a normal bottling of PVW 23yo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokinjoe Posted January 22, 2010 Share Posted January 22, 2010 I cast my eyes upon the ORVW 114 for the first time this week. Lordy, is that one gorgeous package. My hands twitched, my heart rate went to 180, and I began to salivate and breathing in very rapid and short breaths. (Sorta like I get when I see Denise Richards in the car wash scene in "Wild Things. :yum:) Luckily, I didn't touch it. It would have been all over, if I had. I was in fact, though, reaching for it when Troyce said, "Ya know, if you buy that, Amy is going to kick your ass when you get home." That thought was like a pail of ice cold water thrown on me, and the spell the Pappy had cast on me was then broken. It was kinda like when Indiana Jones is saved by his father Henry Senior, when he was reaching for the fallen and just out of reach Grail...."Indiana, let it go......." I don't know what I'll do if there's a next time, though. Dammit Julian, I can't take this kind of drama in my life! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Lamplighter Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 I don't know what I'll do if there's a next time, though. Dammit Julian, I can't take this kind of drama in my life! All I can say is "may the force be with you". The first time I saw one, same symptoms overcame me as well. Fortunately, it was in a glass case and I was escorted out of the establishment for mashing my drooling face against said glass case and resisting all attempts to pull me away until someone put a plunger against the back of my head to dislodge me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sku Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 Ha! I too recently tore myself away from the glass case. It's a good looking product, that's for sure. It took all my will power to leave with wallet in tact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommyboy38 Posted February 4, 2010 Share Posted February 4, 2010 My problem was there wasn't a glass case. I couldn't resist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spun_cookie Posted February 6, 2010 Share Posted February 6, 2010 Old Rip Van Winkle 23yr, 114 proof – tasted in an ORVW Glencairn Glass:Nose:Lots of Caramels and cream. What a GREAT nose. This has all of the characteristics of the classic VVOFs with a more complete body to it. As this juice opens up fully there are caramel candied Washington red delicious apple notes and a vanilla sweetness with a blend of light cotton & linen aromas. The oak in this is mysterious. As the oak begins to come out waves of intense caramel cream push it back into perfect balance.Not a touch of alc in this nose.Taste:Vanilla cream with just the perfect touches of oak on this Juice right out a pour.The caramel red delicious apples from the nose come through after this sits a few min (~5) and just set your mouth into frenzy. Finish:The finish starts with memories of buttery vanilla caramel desserts and then those rich tastes of oak and butter just race across you mouth. There is an oily characteristic here that is lost on bourbons today.Like the nose and the taste, a distinct caramel red delicious apple flavor stands out with a touch of Oak. The oak in this is in perfect balance with the oils and buttery vanilla caramel.Overall:It has to be the unfiltered higher proof that takes the standard PVW 23 to the woodshed and leaves it there. This is truly a great bourbon that does the Van Winkle name justice.This just became my favorite Van Winkle on my shelf. Incredible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whskylvr Posted February 6, 2010 Share Posted February 6, 2010 Spun TERRIFIC NOTES!!I drank mine in a couple of days with a good friend. As I am still fairly new to bourbon and liquor in general I could never of written the notes so well. (Wine is a different matter) which is where I started and had the formal training.Bourbon and Scotch is where I am at today and I look forward to being able to provide tasting notes like that in the future. When I bought my bottle from Joe (Lost Polito) at Binny's (awesome online retailer) he asked about providing notes but after tasting the ORVW 23yr 114 proof but I felt so overwhelmed with what I was tasting I just couldn't do it. I too tasted the apple, vanilla, caramel but your descriptors are fabulous.For those that haven't bought a bottle yet after reading SPUNS' notes how could you not. I was tasting this wonderful bourbon while reading his notes.Well Done!! :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: 23 bowdowns for ORVW 23yr 114 proofTHANKS JULIAN and PRESTON!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommyboy38 Posted February 6, 2010 Share Posted February 6, 2010 Fabulous notes on the tasting. I think I need to pay more attention when drinking...I'm still like "Damn...that's good!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Lamplighter Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 Reading those notes is giving me the fever again though my bank account just cannot support the cure for it right now......must resist. How many total bottles were produced? And, would that be from 1 barrel or >1 based upon the number of bottles? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
callmeox Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 For those that haven't bought a bottle yet after reading SPUNS' notes how could you not. Why? Because it is too expensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMOWK Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 Reading those notes is giving me the fever again though my bank account just cannot support the cure for it right now......must resist. How many total bottles were produced? And, would that be from 1 barrel or >1 based upon the number of bottles? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronHead Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 Reading those notes is giving me the fever again though my bank account just cannot support the cure for it right now......must resist. How many total bottles were produced? And, would that be from 1 barrel or >1 based upon the number of bottles?1200 bottles were released. You could get about 265 bottles out of one full barrel if there was no absorbtion, leakage or evaporation. From what I've read you can lose 3/4 of the original volume or more over periods of aging as long as 23 years. So definitely more than one barrel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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