Distiller's Masterpiece 18-year (Beam)

[spinningrecords]

Tear drop bottle finished in Cognac cask with Noe and Royers name on it and in a fancy case. I believe it had a copyright date of 1999 on the bottle tag. The prior forum posts on this label are very old and not super informative.

Anyone want to hazard a guess as to what this is exactly?

[Lazer]

two words, duty free :cool:

[Trey Manthey]

I saw that yesterday on

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Skip to about 6:23 for some info.

[jburlowski]

I've got a bottle bunkered. It's 18 yo Beam bourbon finished in cognac casks. Same process as the recent PHC release. In fact cognac casks are from the same source for both.

[wadewood]

not duty free, just about the highest price bourbon ever released at it's time. Still a few on the shelf around here.

[sku]

Didn't they do a series? My recollection is there was a port finished as well.

[ILLfarmboy]

A 20 year old port finish borttled at 86 proof.

Tasting notes are included in American Still Life.

[JohnHansell]

I worked my way through both bottles. I like the second release (Port Wood) better. I thought it was a very nice whiskey. A whiskey that was way ahead of its time.

[Josh]

Saw one on a shelf last year. Passed it up. Too rich for my blood.

[Bmac]

Saw one on a shelf last year. Passed it up. Too rich for my blood.

How rich are we talking? Is it as bad as Charbay's 300-400 dollar flop?

[Josh]

No, I think it was in the neighborhood of $150-$200.

[proof and age]

I would buy, these are epic bottlings

[HighTower]

I have one of each here, but haven't gotten to them yet. They are signed by Fred Noe, might open them with him one day.

Scott