High West Double Rye!

[cowdery]

Nice notes, David. I have no problem with anything you wrote there and stand corrected on the whole "ignorance" thing as well as the two-state source requiring that "blend" be used. That may be the first time that particular rule has ever been applied.

Brown-Forman, by the way, isn't able to call Woodford straight bourbon because the two distilleries are owned by the same company. Ownership doesn't matter. They just have to be two distilleries in the same state.

Care to tell us in what two states your rye was made?

[Gillman]

Excellent, many thanks for all this. I have tried all the aged products except Bourye and that's next on the list. It's very good whiskey, for sure.

Gary

[Josh]

Yes, thanks for chiming in David. It's great when folks like you drop bye. Well, most of the time.:deadhorse:

[jburlowski]

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Brown-Forman, by the way, isn't able to call Woodford straight bourbon because the two distilleries are owned by the same company. Ownership doesn't matter. They just have to be two distilleries in the same state.

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But doesn't the WR label clearly state "Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey"?

At least the one pictured on the WR web site does.... I haven't examined a bottle recently.

[Josh]

But doesn't the WR label clearly state "Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey"?

At least the one pictured on the WR web site does.... I haven't examined a bottle recently.

It does call itself a KSBW. I think what Chuck meant was that the reason B-F is able to call Woodford a straight, and doesn't have to call it a blend, is because it is the product of two distilleries in the same state. The fact that they are both owned by the same company doesn't matter.

[cowdery]

It does call itself a KSBW. I think what Chuck meant was that the reason B-F is able to call Woodford a straight, and doesn't have to call it a blend, is because it is the product of two distilleries in the same state. The fact that they are both owned by the same company doesn't matter.

Josh is exactly correct. Sorry I didn't express myself better. That's another reason bonds are interesting. They are more like Scottish 'singles' in that they have to be the product of one distillery and one distiller in one season.

I would say BF has been semi-transparent on the whole two distilleries thing. The information has been there from the beginning, but sometimes you had to dig for it. I think when folks point to that with a "see, they're doing it," it's mostly a false comparison and a red herring.