Parkers Heritage 2012

[HighInTheMtns]

Making my second visit to this bottle tonight and I'm still just as blown away this time as I was the first time I poured it. This is one of the best whiskies I've ever had, no doubt.

[Tico]

Here is proof of the reported labeling error. I noticed that one of my bottles looked like it was double labeled. Peeling back the first I expected the underneath label to be blank, the top label had 131.6 but pulling it back revealed the 127 proof underneath.

[WAINWRIGHT]

First pour impressions I'm blown away how everything comes together,I get the wheat and the rye kick.I believe it is a master blend and my only knock is the fairly short finish,this is an epic whiskey.I look forward to revisiting this time and time again in the near future.

[gburger]

My two favorite pours is last year PH Wheat and now this years PH.

[Tony]

I am afraid to open my bottle as I think I will drink it all to quickly.

[B.B. Babington]

I am afraid to open my bottle as I think I will drink it all to quickly.

and that's a bad thing?

[HP12]

I am afraid to open my bottle as I think I will drink it all to quickly.

That's what it's for, to drink. Buy more and bunker to relieve guilt of loss.

[Clavius]

Buy more

Therein lies the hard part.

[Tony]

Therein lies the hard part.

Great Avatar.

So how much do you bunker? 2 bottles, 3, 4? I imagine even if I can get a total of 5 or so that I will eventually finish them and be sad, but there are other great things out there too.

Best regards, Tony

[Dolph Lundgren]

Great Avatar.

So how much do you bunker? 2 bottles, 3, 4? I imagine even if I can get a total of 5 or so that I will eventually finish them and be sad, but there are other great things out there too.

Best regards, Tony

[LikeItWasSodaPop]

I just AWF'd a bottle of this over about 5 days, so it does go quickly if you are in the mood to have an intense "getting acquainted" period. I like that PHC -- recent ones at least -- seems to be released in greater volume than other limited releases, which means that (1) there is time to go through a bottle in order to truly decide whether further investment is justified and (2) you can ACTUALLY FIND MORE.

For now.

[compliance]

Received today and cracked immediately. Not something that happens too often with my bottles starting to back up, but I wanted to make sure i dug in while I can still potentially find more. It's definitely good, but I thought I was going to be wowwed and I can't say that happened. I have a feeling it just needs some air, so I'm going to wait patiently for this to blossom.

edit - I should mention that I did open it after having a pour or WLW, so that could have something to do with my first impressions.

Edited October 18, 2012 by compliance

[T Comp]

I gave my initial thoughts on this upthread and in a numerical rating scored it a 90. Now a quarter into it and I'm staying put. It is a very good whiskey but what keeps it from great is exactly what it is. The punch of the wheat on the rye and the rye on the wheat holds just a little too much back from both. Like watching two great heavyweights in a fight and it being a tie.

[White Dog]

I gave my initial thoughts on this upthread and in a numerical rating scored it a 90. Now a quarter into it and I'm staying put. It is a very good whiskey but what keeps it from great is exactly what it is. The punch of the wheat on the rye and the rye on the wheat holds just a little too much back from both. Like watching two great heavyweights in a fight and it being a tie.

[AaronWF]

I gave my initial thoughts on this upthread and in a numerical rating scored it a 90. Now a quarter into it and I'm staying put. It is a very good whiskey but what keeps it from great is exactly what it is. The punch of the wheat on the rye and the rye on the wheat holds just a little too much back from both. Like watching two great heavyweights in a fight and it being a tie.

Really well said, Thad. These are my exact impressions about 1/3 of the way into my bottle. I'm still very open to the whiskey changing my mind, but for right now it's a massive whiskey with great body and mouthfeel, but a massively unfocused character.

[Trey Manthey]

...but the Whiskey will give us all something different, just as we will all give something different back to the Whiskey.

Are you talking about "giving back" the whiskey when you drink too much? Either that or you started a whiskey cult and didn't tell the rest of us...

[Old Lamplighter]

Great Avatar.

So how much do you bunker? 2 bottles, 3, 4? I imagine even if I can get a total of 5 or so

I'd love to find just one! You guys up north must have diverted all the shipments your way. Have not seen a one of these in my neck of the woods (W TN, N MS), and, I was in New Orleans last week - none there either. Of course, that's New Orleans...no whiskey is long for the material world in that realm...lol.

[cas]

Sipping a glass while listening to a Prairie Home Companion. Very nice whiskey. The short finish is apparent, but not an impediment to total enjoyment.

Craig

[Phil T]

Opened my bottle today. I really think it has outstanding flavor, but it really doesn't have a short finish, it has no finish. A real disappointment.

[Motomag]

Does anyone know how many batches were done for this?

What proof are you guys seeing? I have picked up 131.6 in my area.

The Devils batch just hit my area. 66.6% 133.2

[HP12]

The Devils batch just hit my area. 66.6% 133.2

First report / sighting of batch #2. Thx for the intel.

[jeffrey r]

Another Jersey guy here--picked up one of the 133.2 proof bottles today. Just came in.

Edited October 27, 2012 by jeffrey r

[Bmac]

I got my PHC on Wed and it was 131.6 so Dallas,TX didn't the 133 batch

[compliance]

I'd love to know if this second batch has a finish or not. The first is like David Copperfield, now you taste it-now you don't!

[ChainWhip]

Found 133 proof bottles in the Seattle area.