JT3NSB Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 I enjoy Mellow Corn and order a case at a time to keep in the stash. I just received a new case from my local LS. I have about 6 bottles left from almost a year ago. Last night I noticed more words on the old label than the new. So, out came the readers and what I found was interesting to me. The old label states Its distilled by Heaven Hill DSP KY 354, bottled by Medley Company Bardstown, KY DSP 31. Then goes on to to have a note at the bottom stating, Not connected with any other distillery using the name Medley. Anyone know the story behind this? I know that Medley name has started to pop up with 10 and 12 yr product, but didn't understand what has changed if anything with Mellow Corn. I haven't done a SBS yet old vs new. But I'm now curious what's up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT3NSB Posted April 6, 2017 Author Share Posted April 6, 2017 i left out that the new bottles show distilled and bottled by Heaven Hill. Nothing more about Medley?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tanstaafl2 Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 At the time that B-F took over making MC for HH in the late 90's after the fire the Medley family had recently purchased the old Medley distillery from United and presumably there was some thought that they would begin distilling again. It never happened. Everything produced under the Medley name was sourced and now Terressentia recently bought Medley distillery, renamed it and presumably are or will be distilling there under a new name. So perhaps that is why those older bottles made that clarification. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT3NSB Posted April 6, 2017 Author Share Posted April 6, 2017 makes some sense, but the older bottles are from just a year ago. assuming they were bottled shortly before, minus 4yr, would mean distillation around 2012. i hadn't noticed that on MC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tanstaafl2 Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 17 hours ago, JT3NSB said: makes some sense, but the older bottles are from just a year ago. assuming they were bottled shortly before, minus 4yr, would mean distillation around 2012. i hadn't noticed that on MC. Hard to know for sure. They may not have ever bothered to change the original label! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oknazevad Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 What I find funny isnthat they dropped the text references to the Medley name (probably to make way for Charles' return to the business), but they kept the Medley shield logo. Then again, outside of that BiB requirement text, the label hasn't changed in decades. But I would think they could swap in the Heaven Hill shield and not have to change anything else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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