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If You Could Pick Any Single Barrel

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DaveOfAtl Connoisseur

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Would be cool to have a BT Blend of Mashbills at cask strength a la the PHC2012. 12-15 Year Mash # 1 & 12-15 Year Wheated Mashbill. I guess it would essentially be a Stagg/WLW vatting.

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Seems I share taste with some who have already posted. Would love a regular production 12+ year unfiltered high or barrel proof Weller (Weller 12 and BTAC WLW are my favorites). Would really like an older (12-15 year) high proof Wild Turkey, OGD 114, and Old Fitzgerald.

~SW

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Tony Virtuoso

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I am also going for an extra aged MM at higher proof.

Would also like to get a cherry picked Van Winkle like was done with the 23yr decanter offering.

Some Angel's Envy that has 10-12 years on it could be interesting and yes higher proof would be nice.

Would like to hang out with Jim Rutledge for a day and have him pick me a barrel that he has been hiding away.

Best regards, Tony

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straightwhiskeyruffneck Advanced Taster

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Came in here to say mostly this, I'd settle for 12 years old, though.
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sailor22 Disciple

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While I could go for this, my current wish would be Dickel, fully aged (8-12yo), barrel proof.
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barturtle Guru

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If you mean the Lincoln County Process, that is done pre-barreling. If you just mean the same type of filtering everyone does before bottling, that is a given to be removed in the whole barrel proof thing.

If you wanna see what it's like without the Lincoln County process, you're probably gonna find something either AA like or OC like. My guess is OC.

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HighInTheMtns Disciple

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Was at the wild turkey distillery the other day, and the tour guide says that theyll be releasing a 17 year old barrel proof whiskey next year

Although he was unsure if it was gonna be a SB

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If you mean the Lincoln County Process, that is done pre-barreling. If you just mean the same type of filtering everyone does before bottling, that is a given to be removed in the whole barrel proof thing.

If you wanna see what it's like without the Lincoln County process, you're probably gonna find something either AA like or OC like. My guess is OC.

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Would be cool to have a BT Blend of Mashbills at cask strength a la the PHC2012. 12-15 Year Mash # 1 & 12-15 Year Wheated Mashbill. I guess it would essentially be a Stagg/WLW vatting.
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squire Deity

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Both George and Jack filter the new whisky through a deep vat of charcoal (10 feet or more) before barreling the whisky for aging. This is called the Lincoln County process. The whisky is again given a chill filtering prior to bottling. The difference is Dickel chills the whisky before each filtering.

Gentleman Jack gets a second run through the big charcoal vat (or something similar) after aging and before bottling.

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squire Deity

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17 year barrel proof WT? I could get behind that and would prefer it be a vatting rather than single barrel.

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17 year barrel proof WT? I could get behind that and would prefer it be a vatting rather than single barrel.
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straightwhiskeyruffneck Advanced Taster

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They really told me this! It was while we were looking at barrels in one of their old rickhouses. A man asked what the oldest whiskey they had was,(dont remember how old) and the tour guide said they actually had too much older whiskey & to get rid of it, they'd have to come out with some older expressions. They'd start next year with a 17 year old barrel proof bourbon. Alot of questions were asked but he had limited answers

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I'd like to see Jack Daniels at around 10-12years/non CF/105-110 proof. JD has been making what I call 'safe' whiskey for the masses and I would just like to see what the guys in Lynchburg could come up with for the enthusiast.

Also, Weller 12 Barrel Proof is genius.

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They really told me this! It was while we were looking at barrels in one of their old rickhouses. A man asked what the oldest whiskey they had was,(dont remember how old) and the tour guide said they actually had too much older whiskey & to get rid of it, they'd have to come out with some older expressions. They'd start next year with a 17 year old barrel proof bourbon. Alot of questions were asked but he had limited answers

I hope the tour guide was right but I have to say that it strikes me as rather hard to believe that WT has a surplus of older stock.

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ER07 Novice

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According to the guys at JD everything they make is for the enthusiast.

How are they so in tune

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Josh Guru

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Just going by the Whiskey Tree doc from this site, although it does have a question mark by it.

To the question at hand, I'd love to see about a 12 year old JDSB at barrel proof just to see what one would taste like

I have heard from two people independently that saw some barrels that said Ancient Age on them, but that's likely because Buffalo Trace Distillery was named Ancient Age Distillery at the time...so I don't believe that that informs the mash bill.

This is one of the things about the whiskey tree that keeps me up at night. The only information I have been able to find on it was that it's #2, but the only thing that makes sense is #1. Hence the question mark.

In addition to what others have said, I'd love to taste a single barrel VOB (VVOB?) in the 10-15 yr range or a 12+ year old Early Times bourbon, as odd as it sounds. High corn bourbons age very well (think Old Charter Classic, OCPR or Stagg) and I think Early Times has a lot of potential. That will never happen, of course.

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And they've always made it exactly the same way since God gave Mr. Jack the formula.

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Parkersback Connoisseur

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High corn bourbons age very well

While we are dreaming, how about a Dixie Dew/Mellow Corn at 10-15 years in those used barrels. I really have no idea if it'd taste good, but I'd love to try it. It might begin to go in a scotch-like direction.

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Tucker Connoisseur

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While we are dreaming, how about a Dixie Dew/Mellow Corn at 10-15 years in those used barrels. I really have no idea if it'd taste good, but I'd love to try it. It might begin to go in a scotch-like direction.

I'll second that. I thoroughly enjoyed a pour of Greenore 15 a few years ago...should be similar, right?

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