age of current OGD 114

[loose proton]

What's the age of current OGD 114?

[nblair]

Funny, I got my first bottle of OGD 114 a couple days ago and was wondering the same thing. I'm not so sure anyone knows exactly, but I'm intrigued.

[SMOWK]

I'm curious person #3

[Gillman]

I don`t have my 1987 World Guide to Whisky handy, but something tells me Jackson may have written it is 10-12 years (or was then at any rate). If anyone has their copy to hand, they might check.

Gary

[Josh]

I don`t have my 1987 World Guide to Whisky handy, but something tells me Jackson may have written it is 10-12 years (or was then at any rate). If anyone has their copy to hand, they might check.

Gary

Jacko says that the 114 was, at that time, 10 years old and barrel proof.

[Gillman]

Okay thanks.

Gary

[BigRich]

Chuck said he thought it was between 4 and 6.

http://chuckcowdery.blogspot.com/2009/11/retro-bourbon-you-really-must-try-old.html

[nor02lei]

I don`t have my 1987 World Guide to Whisky handy, but something tells me Jackson may have written it is 10-12 years (or was then at any rate). If anyone has their copy to hand, they might check.

Gary

[Gillman]

Thanks Leif, and Rich.

Gary

[smokinjoe]

I had a side by side of OGD114 from the 80-is and the currant Beam version in April Gary. It was very much more wood in the older Frankfurt version so I guess the newer is younger. I did personally like he currant better though as I thought the spiciness was to discrete under all the wood in the ND version.

Leif

[ErichPryde]

it's all about ND's lost barrel selection.

[DeanSheen]

We better shut this thread down quick before someone from Beam Global figures out that some of the bourbon heads favorite product of theirs is also one of the cheaper offerings they have. That just can't stand!

[cowdery]

I guess 4 to 6 -- and it is just a guess -- because it's at least 4 (no age statement) and usually, if something is more than 6, they declare it. Also, 114 probably is not barrel proof, though it's probably close.

[OscarV]

We better shut this thread down quick before someone from Beam Global figures out that some of the bourbon heads favorite product of theirs is also one of the cheaper offerings they have. That just can't stand!

Or worse yet, they'll do like Buffalo Trace and discontinue it.

[DeanSheen]

Now ya went and done it Oscar!

[OscarV]

Now ya went and done it Oscar!

[burghguy]

Man that brings back memories. My first taste of bourbon was OGD114 and ginger ale. Drank that all through my younger years before I replaced the ginger ale with a splash of water. OGD 114 is some mighty fine bourbon at a very reasonable price

[jburlowski]

I don't believe that the current OGD 114 is anywhere near 10 yo. I think Chuck is closer... I'd say 5-6 years.

Any hooo, I love the high-rye, high-proof punch of OGD 114 and always have a bottle open on my bar.

It may be the best bottling that Beam currently distributes.

[Old Lamplighter]

It may be the best bottling that Beam currently distributes.

Absolutely....no doubt about it.

[wskybnt]

I dont know if its the best beam offering, I dont even favor it over the BIB. It is great bourbon though. Anything 114 proof under $25 is a steal...

[DeanSheen]

I dont know if its the best beam offering, I dont even favor it over the BIB. It is great bourbon though. Anything 114 proof under $25 is a steal...

Well I'm on the edge of my seat, what do you favor?

[NOBourbon]

I just picked up a bottle of OGD 114 for $20. I'm wondering, how does it stack up to my daily pour of EWB NAS 86? The EW is my go to bourbon during frugal times. Never had the OGD.

Also, would you consider $20 a good price for that bottle?

Thanks,

Larry

[loose proton]

Also, would you consider $20 a good price for that bottle?

I pay $24 plus sales tax.

[smokinjoe]

I just picked up a bottle of OGD 114 for $20. I'm wondering, how does it stack up to my daily pour of EWB NAS 86? The EW is my go to bourbon during frugal times. Never had the OGD.

Also, would you consider $20 a good price for that bottle?

Thanks,

Larry

I think you did very well, Larry. $20 is on the low side of what you'll find OGD114 in most places around the country. I pay twice that for other bourbons that I enjoy half as much as the 114. :crazy:

[cowdery]

One thing to remember about NAS products, especially good ones, is that they typically contain whiskeys of several different ages. Because it is a straight and NAS, everything in the bottle must be at least 4-years-old, but mixed in could be some 6, 8, 10, 12 -- who knows?

That's an example of blending as an art, but we don't want to call it 'blending' lest it be confused with GNS-packed 'blended whiskey.' Brands like OGD can do this better than Jim Beam white because Jim Beam white is so huge, it's inevitably mostly 4- to 5-year-old, with a dollop of older stuff here and there.

My sense of Beam, and Daniel's the same way, is that pretty much they have to start dumping on the whiskey's birthday. They have some wiggle room to let some age a bit longer, but not much.

Because they don't make much OGD, they probably make it infrequently. My guess would be once a year, and they might make two days of it, maybe three. Then they spend another three or four days making all of the rye whiskey for the year.

In both cases they don't want to make too little so they tend to make too much, which means they always have some to keep aging at the end of the year.

Setting up the distillery to make a different recipe is like a car factory re-tooling for a new model. They don't want to do it any more often than they have to. If they're running OGD and the rye more than once year then it's once each season, i.e., twice a year.

OGD is a win-win. It's a good value for us but it's actually very profitable for Beam. It sells for more than Jim white, is maybe slightly more expensive to make, but they spend zero on marketing it. Obviously they make a lot more on Beam because of the volume, but OGD has a better margin.