Empty Bottle Support Group 2012

[Tico]

V21 Rye

Moment of silence, then onto the next

[squire]

The kids were up late celebrating and finished off my open bottle of Grand Dad BIB, luckily, a replacement was standing in the wings.

[MyOldKyDram]

Tonight it's a bottle of OWA hitting the recycling bin.

[jtexaslonestar]

ETL won't make it to 2013!!

[SFS]

Several things reached their end today (or last night):

4R YL

ER 10 SB

Weller SR

Breckenridge

[oke&coke]

For the end of 2012 I killed off a bottle of WT101. Happy new year everybody.

[jeffrey r]

Killed a V17 wheater celebrating the New Year with some friends. Gotta say, however impressed I was with the V17 from the first sip, the last few pours after being open for a couple of months, were incredibly good. My Pappy-phile friend was very impressed.

[Special Reserve]

In the past week, I made a choice to empty several bottles that have been hanging around for a some time.

PVW15

Lot B

WLW 117.9

WT12 Split Label

and a couple of FR LE

Drinking high on the hog.

[SFS]

Killed a V17 wheater celebrating the New Year with some friends. Gotta say, however impressed I was with the V17 from the first sip, the last few pours after being open for a couple of months, were incredibly good. My Pappy-phile friend was very impressed.

Hey guys, help a newbie out. The single letter "V" does not appear in the list of abbreviations, and I've not heard of a Van Winkle product at 17 or 21. So when I see V17 and V21 here, what product does that refer to?

[Special Reserve]

Hey guys, help a newbie out. The single letter "V" does not appear in the list of abbreviations, and I've not heard of a Van Winkle product at 17 or 21. So when I see V17 and V21 here, what product does that refer to?

V= Vintage Bourbon

[SFS]

Thanks SR. I take it Vintage is (was) a producer? When I search "Vintage", the returns I get are mostly lower case and refer to the year of production.

[p_elliott]

Thanks SR. I take it Vintage is (was) a producer? When I search "Vintage", the returns I get are mostly lower case and refer to the year of production.

It's KBD They buy barrels from other distilleries and bottle under their name.

[squire]

If we can figure out who they bought it from you can buy other whisky from that maker for considerably less money. KBD occasionally bottles some good stuff but they charge alot to add their label.

Edited January 1, 2013 by squire

[MyOldKyDram]

The Vintage can definitely be worth it at the right price, and the single barrels can be good value too as I believe they are almost always non chill filtered and barrel proof. At least I've had good luck with most of those.

[Phil T]

If we can figure out who they bought it from you can buy other whisky from that maker for considerably less money. KBD occasionally bottles some good stuff but they charge alot to add their label.

I'm thinking squire, that it was posted in another thread, that the consensus was it's a Bernheim wheater.

[HighInTheMtns]

I'm thinking squire, that it was posted in another thread, that the consensus was it's a Bernheim wheater.

That's the accepted wisdom but no one knows for sure except for KBD. Whatever juice it was, it has since run out.

In the case of V17, I can think of no product with similar mashbill and age that is released directly by its distiller.

[squire]

There I go again, displaying my stream of consciousness thought process. Images from an earlier conversation with SFS in the chat room melded into my post.

[fishnbowljoe]

In the past week, I made a choice to empty several bottles that have been hanging around for a some time.

PVW15

Lot B

WLW 117.9

WT12 Split Label

and a couple of FR LE

Drinking high on the hog.

Dang Will! Deja' Vu.

The timing of your post was something else. I too, just finished an 07 WLW. Hated to see that one go. One of my all time favorites. I also recently opened bottles of Lot B and Pappy 15 amongst other things. The Lot B might not be around much longer either. Cheers! Joe

[unclebunk]

So long Redbreast 12, Jameson 12 and Connemara Peated Single Malt. Also on the chopping block: JTS Brown BIB, Fighting Cock and OGD 114, all of which will fall while watching bowl games today.

[WAINWRIGHT]

Killed a few off last night including ETL,AAA TPS and an OWA.All everyday pours and will at least be easily replaced.

[squire]

Honorable service all.

[oke&coke]

Also killed off a bottle of Bulleit rye but was too hammered by then to post about it. Now I have some free space to open up a few more new bottles.

[Special Reserve]

WLW 07 is an excellent pour, certainly hated to see that one go. Fortunately the bourbon gods were nice to me as I had found 3 of them on a shelf about 3 years after they were released.

I find this type of "dusty find" most unusual. This find was a busy store with a large inventory on a main street.

[awachatz]

WLW 07 is an excellent pour, certainly hated to see that one go. Fortunately the bourbon gods were nice to me as I had found 3 of them on a shelf about 3 years after they were released.

I find this type of "dusty find" most unusual. This find was a busy store with a large inventory on a main street.

Will, that is pretty unusual for our area. Those days are over now.

I agree that WLW 07 is excellent. Too bad I got into bourbon only a couple years ago. Was lucky enough to at least find one bottle. Feel fortunate for even finding one.

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[savagehenry]

VOB BIB did not survive too see the clock strike midnight. V17 was killed today, RIP. Old Fitz BIB will not see Jan 2nd.