Beam releases a new Old Crow?

[fishnbowljoe]

For the record, I can't confirm the details yet, but there is something in the works involving Old Crow and also (and this is the bigger news) Maker's Mark. By "can't confirm" I mean I don't know. I wouldn't hold out on you.

Wow! Maybe a MM 101 proofer? That would be nice. :cool: Thanks for the info Chuck. Keep your ear to the ground and let us know of any further developments. I will be waiting with baited (or bated?) bourbon breath. Joe

[Josh]

For the record, I can't confirm the details yet, but there is something in the works involving Old Crow and also (and this is the bigger news) Maker's Mark. By "can't confirm" I mean I don't know. I wouldn't hold out on you.

Wow! Maybe a MM 101 proofer? That would be nice. :cool: Thanks for the info Chuck. Keep your ear to the ground and let us know of any further developments. I will be waiting with baited (or bated?) bourbon breath. Joe

Wow, very cool stuff. Thanks for keeping us in the loop!

For Beam Global: P.S. When I said

But everything else basically blows, except the 86 proof OGD which is ok.

I was not including MM, which I like a lot. I was referring to stuff made @ Clermont or Boston. I have been on the MM distillery tour three times and touched by Bill Samuels twice. I am also a MM ambassador. I dig it.

[jburlowski]

Wow! Maybe a MM 101 proofer? That would be nice. :cool: Thanks for the info Chuck. Keep your ear to the ground and let us know of any further developments. I will be waiting with baited (or bated?) bourbon breath. Joe

Or how about an 8 or 10 or 12 year old?

[B3Nut]

I'd be all over a 101-proof MM. I still enjoy the standard 90 proofer, it was my gateway bourbon and even now is kind of like comfort whiskey but a higher-proof expression, perhaps with more age, would be really interesting. Beam knows how to make good juice when they want to, I'm looking forward to what they bring out.

Oh, and the term is indeed "bated breath." (bated being a term meaning "held" in this instance.) Little fun English trivia from a sometime grammar nerd... (don't get me started on apostrophe abuse! LOL!)

Todd, polishing off the last of his OGD BIB....

[mgilbertva]

I'm not a big fan of MM, although I heard the 101 export version was outstanding. I've wished for a long time they would make that available to the US market.

[DeanSheen]

Nope, just OGD 114.

Bookers and KC are ok, never buy any for the house just fallback pours when I'm out.

I'll take Weller SR and the extra cash over the Makers wax attorneys surcharge and bland juice all day long.

[ErichPryde]

I'm not a big fan of MM, although I heard the 101 export version was outstanding. I've wished for a long time they would make that available to the US market.

Maker's mark was one of the first whiskeys I drank neat, and I'd absolutely kill to see something like the black wax variant available stateside.

[funknik]

Nope, just OGD 114.

Bookers and KC are ok, never buy any for the house just fallback pours when I'm out.

I'll take Weller SR and the extra cash over the Makers wax attorneys surcharge and bland juice all day long.

yes, yes & yes . . . I'm with you . . .

I'm sure MM could come out with something good, though -- the potential is there.

[DeanSheen]

^ Heh, sometimes it's good to know you are not alone.

I just couldn't resist the possible opportunity to vent directly to Beam. I hope they read this thread.

Now bring on some new tasty juice!

[smokinjoe]

I'm with ya'll all the way....up to the Weller SR. Now, this is just me talkin', but IMO, Weller SR is the most boring and dull bourbon in all of Bourbonia. I've never understood the love that it gets. Well, I have a theory....

[BourbonJoe]

I'm with ya'll all the way....up to the Weller SR. Now, this is just me talkin', but IMO, Weller SR is the most boring and dull bourbon in all of Bourbonia. I've never understood the love that it gets. Well, I have a theory....

And the theory is ????????????

Joe :usflag:

[Josh]

I'm with ya'll all the way....up to the Weller SR. Now, this is just me talkin', but IMO, Weller SR is the most boring and dull bourbon in all of Bourbonia. I've never understood the love that it gets. Well, I have a theory....

I dunno, I think the ORVW 90 proof gives it a run for its money.

[ErichPryde]

I dunno, I think the ORVW 90 proof gives it a run for its money.

you guys are leaving out the standard bottling of weller 12.

[funknik]

you guys are leaving out the standard bottling of weller 12.

Although I can see why others would find the WLW SR boring (me, I like it ok for $13) and I've never been a fan of the ORVW 10/107 (hence I can imagine being bored by the 10/90), but I absolutely draw the line at Weller 12. I think that is a great bourbon -- better even than the OWA 107 (which I also love) and almost as good as VW Lot B (I said almost, guys, calm down :grin:).

there, I love Weller 12, I should marry it

[DeanSheen]

Although I can see why others would find the WLW SR boring (me, I like it ok for $13) and I've never been a fan of the ORVW 10/107 (hence I can imagine being bored by the 10/90), but I absolutely draw the line at Weller 12. I think that is a great bourbon -- better even than the OWA 107 (which I also love) and almost as good as VW Lot B (I said almost, guys, calm down :grin:).

there, I love Weller 12, I should marry it

Not to create a circlejerk but umm what the right good gentleman from Maine said.

I'm not in love with Weller SR but here MM is $27 bucks. I actually prefer the taste of Weller SR to MM and I can get 2 for 1. That's some easy decision making for me.

[ILLfarmboy]

For the record, I can't confirm the details yet, but there is something in the works involving Old Crow and also (and this is the bigger news) Maker's Mark. By "can't confirm" I mean I don't know. I wouldn't hold out on you.

Or how about an 8 or 10 or 12 year old?

Wow! Maybe a MM 101 proofer? That would be nice. :cool: Thanks for the info Chuck. Keep your ear to the ground and let us know of any further developments. I will be waiting with baited (or bated?) bourbon breath. Joe

I'd love an 8 year 100 proof MM. Well, I think I would. I sure would love to try it at that age and proof. Or the return of the Black Label would be nice, too. Unfortunately, I never got to try it.

[cowdery]

It turns out I'm not going to get the details I was promised until later, but I can now officially confirm that a new expression of Old Crow will be formally launched in January. Though this part wasn't officially confirmed, I feel confident that it will be four-years-old (current Old Crow is three), 86 proof and called Old Crow Reserve, as previously reported. That's all I know.

[OscarV]

it will be four-years-old (current Old Crow is three), 86 proof and called Old Crow Reserve,

[jburlowski]

It turns out I'm not going to get the details I was promised until later, but I can now officially confirm that a new expression of Old Crow will be formally launched in January. Though this part wasn't officially confirmed, I feel confident that it will be four-years-old (current Old Crow is three), 86 proof and called Old Crow Reserve, as previously reported. That's all I know.

[cowdery]

That's it.........?

It's more on the order of a tease, in that they confirmed something I already knew so, effectively, they didn't tell me anything, but for what it's worth I'm also told there are even bigger dealies in the works. Stay tuned.

[jburlowski]

Chuck:

Didn't mean to suggest that you were holding anything back. But taking a second-rate three-year-old whiskey and changing it to a four-year-old doesn't do much for me.

I'm hoping Beam's other plans are much more ambitious.

[JeffRenner]

It turns out I'm not going to get the details I was promised until later, but I can now officially confirm that a new expression of Old Crow will be formally launched in January. Though this part wasn't officially confirmed, I feel confident that it will be four-years-old (current Old Crow is three), 86 proof and called Old Crow Reserve, as previously reported. That's all I know.

It's already on the Michigan state price list. As a matter of fact, I found it there first while browsing and then searched here to see what was up.

The remarkable thing is that it is priced the same ($7.97) as the regular Old Crow. I'll certainly try it. I loved the old 4yo of the mid-to-late 90's. It was a delightful light little whiskey which was just what I wanted on occasion. Of course, it probably contained a good bit of the old ND bourbon.

[keng]

The remarkable thing is that it is priced the same ($7.97) as the regular Old Crow.

I really don't mind OC for what it is and at that price, so if there's a better version at the same price I would have to atleast give it a try.

[OscarV]

Yep you are right, I ordered a bottle today at one of my favorite retailers and at $7.97 it's worth a try.

[ThomasH]

Old Crow Reserve is now officially available in Ohio, although I have only seen 1.75's so far. At least the 1.75 size comes in a glass bottle instead of the cheap plastic one. It runs 23.00+change for the big bottle!

Thomas