jakeox Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 Last night at my grandparent's for dinner, my brothers and I had a look in the liquor cabinet and came up with this old bottle of Four Roses. We each had a taste and put it away for next time we're over -- it was pretty cool to have a little of Grandpa's old whiskey. He's only been gone a few years, but he must have stopped drinking whiskey a lot longer ago than that. Anyone know how old this stuff is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighInTheMtns Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 FR sold the blend from the 60s until the early 2000s. That doesn't look like a particularly old bottle; I'd guess it came from toward the end of that period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebo Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 Sipping a little KCSBR right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KySalesRep Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 Having some FRSB LE 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flyfish Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 Last night at my grandparent's for dinner, my brothers and I had a look in the liquor cabinet and came up with this old bottle of Four Roses. We each had a taste and put it away for next time we're over -- it was pretty cool to have a little of Grandpa's old whiskey. He's only been gone a few years, but he must have stopped drinking whiskey a lot longer ago than that. Anyone know how old this stuff is?[ATTACH=CONFIG]14606[/ATTACH]First thing to note is that this is not bourbon. If you visit the Four Roses website you can check out the history of the company and place the 4R whiskey in the timeline between when it stopped being bourbon and when it starting being bourbon again--and really fine bourbon at that. Or you can read Col. Charles "Crotchety" Cowdery's book, Bourbon Straight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MauiSon Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 Last pour of my first Four Roses bottle, TPS selected FR1B. I was gonna give some bottles out as Christmas gifts, but I think it's just too 'hot upfront' to gift. I'm not worried though, it's good enough for me.:cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobP_n_TN Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 FR1b LE 2012. Sips easy for a 113 proof-er.Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaryT Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 I feel your pain both figuratively and literally. I finally got a couple of bottles of GTS that I ordered back in Februray, and I can't even partake of one because of a stinking head cold that is going on 3 weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyOldKyDram Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 PHC 4th tonight hubba hubba. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UncleJohnsBarrel Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 Going with KBD's V17 tonight, and it is much much better than I remembered it. When I first opened and tried it I couldn't get past a corn flavor that was reminiscent of BMH small batch, but tonight a lot of the sweet and spice notes are more upfront.I bought this bottle in July of this year when talk of a scarcity hit since I hadn't tried it yet and it got such great reviews. Sure enough, you won't find it in stores anymore but after spending around $80 for it, and trying it from month to month without any "woah!" moment, I almost wish I had just divided up my $80 and gotten some less expensive but more reliable bottles like Weller 12 or Ritt BiB. All that said V17 has been a much needed learning experience about buying (expensive) bottles for no other reason than they are selling out quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mosugoji64 Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 PHC 6th and '12 GTS. Think I'm gonna go over to the other thread and vote PHC for best of the year. This stuff is so good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalessin Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 (edited) Last night at my grandparent's for dinner, my brothers and I had a look in the liquor cabinet and came up with this old bottle of Four Roses. We each had a taste and put it away for next time we're over -- it was pretty cool to have a little of Grandpa's old whiskey. I'm sure there's more than a few of us who have inherited whiskey from relatives who have passed on. In my case, I found bottles of Wild Turkey 86pf and Johnnie Walker Black (each around half full) in a closet at my late grandmother's condo when we were moving her to assisted living in 2007. Neither bottle had been touched since 1986, the year my grandfather died, and the whiskey was fine after twenty-one years in a cool, dark closet. Every taste of the two bottles I have is a bit of memory and contemplation, and I'll make them last as long as possible.(p.s. As for what's in the bottle, as others are saying, it's nothing special. But really, the point isn't what's in the bottle as long as it's even marginally drinkable, it's whose bottle it was.) Edited December 27, 2012 by Kalessin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
p_elliott Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 (edited) Last night at my grandparent's for dinner, my brothers and I had a look in the liquor cabinet and came up with this old bottle of Four Roses. We each had a taste and put it away for next time we're over -- it was pretty cool to have a little of Grandpa's old whiskey. He's only been gone a few years, but he must have stopped drinking whiskey a lot longer ago than that. Anyone know how old this stuff is?[ATTACH=CONFIG]14606[/ATTACH]That was the blended whiskey that Seagram's when they owned FR sold in the US that gave FR a bad name in the US. It was basically rot gut whiskey it has taken Jim Rutledge to drag the FR name out of the mud in the US by producing some of the finest bourbons on the market. Edited December 27, 2012 by p_elliott Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalessin Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 (edited) Google Docs is great for volunteer work that requires really complicated collabarative projects using spreadsheets. Right up until it isn't.When that happened at around 10pm last night, I poured a small glass of OFBB 2011, sat back, and waited for people to sort out their parts of the data on the shared spreadsheet.I found myself really wanting some scotch flavors, so as a followup, I brought out Signatory's 1997 Isle of Jura. Fantastic! Edited December 27, 2012 by Kalessin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MauiSon Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 That was the blended whiskey that Seagram's when they owned FR sold in the US that gave FR a bad name in the US. It was basically rot gut whiskey it has taken Jim Rutledge to drag the FR name out of the mud in the US by producing some of the finest bourbons on the market.Remember, JR credits Seagrams for putting Four Roses into a position to produce some of the finest bourbons on the market. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squire Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 That Four Roses blend was for a lot of people a 'good enough whisky', by that I mean any worse they wouldn't want to drink it and any better they couldn't afford it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squire Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 I'm having a Barton martini with lunch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KySalesRep Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 I'm having another pour of FRSB LE 2012. This is some very tasty stuff, just sorry I only have this one bottle. I have a feeling it won't last very long! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squire Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 Old Grand Dad BIB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thiemb Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 JPS 18 Batch 10, Larceny, and 45th Parallel Border Bourbon tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bourserker Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 Feeling better from the head cold finally, and got up into that GTS '12. It's my first GTS, and I gotta say that is some darn good stuff. Can't wait to see how it settles in after a few weeks of air. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dementedavenger Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 Buffalo Trace Single Oak Project Barrel 120 and Willett Family Estate Single Barrel 5-Year Old Rye. The BTSO is boring compared to the Willett, which has a sensational last bite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikede1285 Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 Heading to the theater to see Django Unchained and packing a flask of weller 12. Likely to stop by the Old Kentucky Bourbon Bar for happy hour and try a few new ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dryeager Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 Heading to the theater to see Django Unchained and packing a flask of weller 12. Likely to stop by the Old Kentucky Bourbon Bar for happy hour and try a few new ones.So what did you try?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squire Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 Having a Barton martini while we put the finishing touches on lunch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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