Weller 12 yo, Bottled in 1985

[CorvallisCracker]

Aw shucks. The AS thing was funny in light of this:

"I see nothing in this thread that makes statement relevant."

Don't you mean THIS statement?

No, I meant THAT statement!

In the future, when I decide to reword a sentence, I need to just delete the entire thing and start from scratch!

[Neat]

Really? :cool:

Now where can I get me some of that 1985 Weller 12?

i corrected it to 1988 and apparently, it isn't 1988 but if you are interested, let me know what you are willing to pay for it and i'll consider it.:grin:

[cowdery]

Read the rest of the thread. It's not 1988 either. It can't be earlier than 1999, and 2000 is more likely, as that's when BT introduced the 12-year-old expression. There was no Weller 12 in 1988.

[Neat]

Read the rest of the thread. It's not 1988 either. It can't be earlier than 1999, and 2000 is more likely, as that's when BT introduced the 12-year-old expression. There was no Weller 12 in 1988.

chuck, i got that it isn't 1988 (see my post above). i am still curious about when the bourbon was distilled and bottled though. is there any place that explains how to read bar codes (assuming that the info is in there)? also, if it was bottled in say 2000, it would have had to been distilled in 1988, correct? was BT distilling weller bourbon in 1988?

[Rughi]

...was BT distilling weller bourbon in 1988?

I think if you search the archives, you'll find that Ed Foote at AA/BT was supplementing SW wheat bourbon at about this time. Maybe it was a few years sooner or later, though.

The story of the juice in Fitzes and Wellers is not as simple as it may seem at first.

Roger

[cowdery]

Ed Foote was distiller at Stitzel-Weller, then Bernheim, never AA/BT.

[Rughi]

Ed Foote was distiller at Stitzel-Weller, then Bernheim, never AA/BT.

I searched the archives and found it was Gary Gayheart at AA/BT who made some wheat bourbon to supplement stocks at SW in 1991. Ken Weber, who was at BT at the time he made this post, confirms it.

That snippet of information doesn't speak to whether AA/BT made wheater juice only in '91, or if it happened in other years during that time period as well. Why would they do that? One answer is supplied by Jim Murray, who writes in his Complete Book of Whiskey (1997, p148) how SW had been distilling at full capacity in the early '90s for a European launch of Rebel Yell that never really took off.

Roger

[CaptainQ]

I searched the archives and found it was Gary Gayheart at AA/BT who made some wheat bourbon to supplement stocks at SW in 1991. Ken Weber, who was at BT at the time he made this post, confirms it.

That snippet of information doesn't speak to whether AA/BT made wheater juice only in '91, or if it happened in other years during that time period as well. Why would they do that? One answer is supplied by Jim Murray, who writes in his Complete Book of Whiskey (1997, p148) how SW had been distilling at full capacity in the early '90s for a European launch of Rebel Yell that never really took off.

Roger

Thanks Roger for the great info.

[Josh]

oy, back to this question again.

[Rughi]

oy, back to this question again.

I don't know what you're rolling your eyes about. Post 30-33 directly address answering the OP's request in Post 29.

[Neat]

I searched the archives and found it was Gary Gayheart at AA/BT who made some wheat bourbon to supplement stocks at SW in 1991. Ken Weber, who was at BT at the time he made this post, confirms it.

That snippet of information doesn't speak to whether AA/BT made wheater juice only in '91, or if it happened in other years during that time period as well. Why would they do that? One answer is supplied by Jim Murray, who writes in his Complete Book of Whiskey (1997, p148) how SW had been distilling at full capacity in the early '90s for a European launch of Rebel Yell that never really took off.

Roger

Roger, appreciate your responses and answers. I guess I may never know. So it could be SW or not or some combination? Time to open up that baby and see what it tastes like I guess.

[Rughi]

Roger, appreciate your responses and answers. I guess I may never know. So it could be SW or not or some combination? Time to open up that baby and see what it tastes like I guess.

Who knows if it's 100% SW or if there are some other barrels mixed in? Unless I misunderstand, this is the standard Weller 12, which is a vatted product. So it's not like a single barrel where there could be an "is it or isn't it" type of issue.

More importantly, how's it taste? (I'm guessing pretty good!)

Enjoy your whiskey, Neat.

Enjoy your whiskey Neat!

Enjoy - (it's) your whiskey, Neat.

[Josh]

I was having flashbacks to seemingly never-ending speculation on the origins of Jefferson's 17 y/o.

[CorvallisCracker]

I was having flashbacks to seemingly never-ending speculation on the origins of Jefferson's 17 y/o.

Jefferson did not make it.

[OscarV]

I was having flashbacks to seemingly never-ending speculation on the origins of Jefferson's 17 y/o.

Jefferson did not make it.

Scott, that is the first thing I have heard about Jeff 17 that I do belive.

[Josh]

Jefferson did not make it.

Scott, that is the first thing I have heard about Jeff 17 that I do belive.

B-b-b-but the guy at the liquour store told me it was from a recipe found in the papers of Thomas Jefferson and then it was aged in Stitzel-Weller barrels.