John Medleys 6 yo

[stiffchainey]

Hello folks!

This is presented as an original Kentucky bourbon, aged 6 years in Germany. It's a brand new product from a german (!) company. So, I really don't know what to think about this. Sure, it is an import product, the cost is sligthly under a Jack Daniels but above the Jim Beam, which are the both top selling brands in Germany...

Some more info, sorry it's in german, but the pic counts...

[email=http://www.rumundco.de/Whisky/John-Medleys-6-Jahre-Whiskey-07l-40--2755.html]http://www.rumundco.de/Whisky/John-Medleys-6-Jahre-Whiskey-07l-40--2755.html

Has anyone heard of this bourbon? I never, ever heard of this stuff before...

Greets, Stiff

[StraightNoChaser]

Might want to repost that link, it's imcomplete

[cowdery]

The Medley family was significant to the history of Kentucky whiskey, but there is no brand on the U.S. market today with Medley in the name and I don't recall there ever being a John Medley, either as a brand or a person.

It's possible that this is pure coincidence, someone just decided it was a good name. But it's possible Angostura controls the rights to Medley as a brand name and this is something of theirs. I don't know if that was part of what they bought from Charles Medley, nor do I know if it was his to sell. If not, then what is now Diageo retained those rights when it sold the Distillery back to Charles, so this could be a Diageo product.

[stiffchainey]

Thanks for the info. Here's the link. I might buy it, just to taste it once...:skep:

http://www.eyeforspirits.com/2011/09/27/john-medleys-bourbon-berentzen-macht-auf-whiskey/