Fall New Releases

[sku]

COLAs are starting to come out for this fall's new releases.

Woodford Master's will be similar to the rye from two years ago but with barley: one bottle of single malt in used casks, one of straight malt (with corn as a secondary ingredient) in new charred oak.

Four Roses Small Batch LE will be 18 year old OBSV, 13 year old OBSK and 13 year old OESK.

Masterson's has two new Canadian imports: a 12 yo straight wheat and a 10 yo straight barley.

Redbreast Pure Pot Still will release a 21 yo.

Links to all the labels are on this post: http://www.recenteats.blogspot.com/2013/04/spoiler-alert-fall-whiskeys-revealed.html

[smknjoe]

Thanks sku. The FR sounds pretty good - I like 'em older.

[Yeti]

Great, I'm going to buy ONE BILLION bottles of the FRSmB.

[smknjoe]

Leave some for the rest of us snow man!

[MyOldKyDram]

Great, I'm going to buy ONE BILLION bottles of the FRSmB.

Trade you a Handy for one.

[qman22]

This year's FRSmB sounds incredible

[WAINWRIGHT]

Great, I'm going to buy ONE BILLION bottles of the FRSmB.

Trade you a Handy for one.

This statement could be really misconstrued guys given Josh's recent avatar change.:bigeyes:

[Yeti]

This statement could be really misconstrued guys given Josh's recent avatar change.:bigeyes:

Nobody at the Gazebo wanted a handy, but everybody loves that Old Chicken Cock.

Aaaaaaaand that's enough of that.

Back on topic, will these WR splits sit on shelves for years like the rye release? Has anyone had any experience with malt from WR?

And how friggin' good should that Redbreast be? That's exciting.

[Trey Manthey]

Back on topic, will these WR splits sit on shelves for years like the rye release? Has anyone had any experience with malt from WR?

I'd love to see some stellar releases from WR that are worth the premium price, to add some competition to the marketplace. I've been thrown off from buying any of their special releases because of the poor reviews. Usually I like to figure these things out for myself by either buying a bottle, a sample, or a dram from a bar, but no one carries these on premises and the price is too high to gamble.

I wish they would just do a classic extra aged barrel select bourbon, or something else more accessible. They've been tooling around with these grain/finishing experiments for a while and nothing seems to be sticking to the wall.

[P&MLiquorsEric]

I'd love to see some stellar releases from WR that are worth the premium price, to add some competition to the marketplace. I've been thrown off from buying any of their special releases because of the poor reviews. Usually I like to figure these things out for myself by either buying a bottle, a sample, or a dram from a bar, but no one carries these on premises and the price is too high to gamble.

I wish they would just do a classic extra aged barrel select bourbon, or something else more accessible. They've been tooling around with these grain/finishing experiments for a while and nothing seems to be sticking to the wall.

The four grain sold much better than the Ryes did.

The extra aged stuff gets blended in or goes to the OF bday editions.

[rjboatwright]

This year's FRSmB sounds incredible

I think I'm gonna pass. Who wants 18 year OBSV?

[MyOldKyDram]

Will be very interesting to compare that one with the 2012 release.

[Tucker]

I think I'm gonna pass. Who wants 18 year OBSV?

The tour guide last Friday insisted that Jim Rutledge would never bottle anything much older than about 8 to 9 years. Too much wood, she said. She did pretty good for the most part, but I didn't want to come off as a smart ass so I bit my lip quite a few times.

[WAINWRIGHT]

I am stoked to try this when it hit's 18yr OBSV,I'm sure it will be magic in a bottle.I think we all know how the 17yr GS bottle went down so this is great news to see another ultra-aged FR's come forth once again.

[cowdery]

I had a taste of the WR malt when it was much younger. American malts don't do much for me because the new charred barrel seems to mask malt whiskey's distinctive characteristics.

[MyOldKyDram]

How much younger, Chuck? Could you compare it to the Balcones, maybe?

[DeanSheen]

>Redbreast Pure Pot Still will release a 21 yo.

This is bad news for my wallet.

[WAINWRIGHT]

>Redbreast Pure Pot Still will release a 21 yo.

This is bad news for my wallet.

I hadn't heard this yet and sounds very appetizing to say the least,I can see a RB vertical in my future.

[cowdery]

I meant that I tasted it several years ago, and have not yet tasted what they're releasing this fall. I don't know how old it was when I tasted it but I suspect it's going to be released at 7-8 years. How old is the Balcones?

[T Comp]

I hadn't heard this yet and sounds very appetizing to say the least,I can see a RB vertical in my future.

The RB 12, RB cask and RB 15 were part of a tasting I had with some others recently that included Powers John Lane and Yellow Spot. The RB 15 was the most difficult to most, due to its closed overall feel and high petrol notes. It was my first time with the 15 and I even thought it was off until others said no, that's what it is. So the 21 is intriguing but doubt I'll spring the cash.

[BigRich]

The tour guide last Friday insisted that Jim Rutledge would never bottle anything much older than about 8 to 9 years. Too much wood, she said. She did pretty good for the most part, but I didn't want to come off as a smart ass so I bit my lip quite a few times.

I've heard Jim himself saying something similar but I have way too much respect for the man's skill and art to be that little whiskey douche saying "but Mr. Rutledge, what about the limited editions..."

[HighInTheMtns]

I've heard Jim himself saying something similar but I have way too much respect for the man's skill and art to be that little whiskey douche saying "but Mr. Rutledge, what about the limited editions..."

There are interviews with him where he says as much, and then qualifies it by saying that certain barrels continue to improve after they're older than 8-9 years. These are the barrels that end up in the private selection program; then after a couple more years in the LE program. Jim has said himself that the 17 year gift shop OBSV is the best he's ever tasted... Moral of the story, I think he'd have appreciated the question and given you a good answer.

[Yeti]

I also think that when you break down percentages of what they bottle the statement holds true in casual context. How many barrels are dumped at <9 years and how many at >9 years 1 month? 90/10? 97/3? It has to be incredibly lopsided.

[brettckeen]

Beam 12 should be out end of summer early fall.

[Tucker]

...to be that little whiskey douche..."

Rich, no one could accuse you of being a 'little' anything. :grin: