Mule Skinner Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 I picked up a few of the 2nd release. It's an 11 year old, that I find very good. Same price point as the first release. I was curious if the 13 year old was going to be a one and done, but not the case. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dean_martin Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 I picked up a bottle of this on Memorial Day to gift to someone I know who likes Dickel. Not sure if it was a lingering first release or the second release. Then, I did a little research on it and wished I had picked up one for myself. Apparently, Dickel's Nicole Austin who came on in 2018 is batting a thousand with both bib releases. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BDanner Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 Picked up the new 11yo BIB release today. Hope it's as good as the 13yo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lcpfratn Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 To me, the new 11 year old batch is very similar to the first 13 year old batch. I haven’t done a side by side comparison yet, but if you liked the first batch, I’m pretty sure you’ll like the second batch. Pricing is actually up about five bucks from the first batch. Most stores increased the price of the first batch after it received all the accolades, and the distributors sold out without any indication if there would be a second batch. So, the current price of around $40 may not appear to be much different to most people since they never noticed it when it was priced around $35. It’s still a bargain in my mind for an 11yr BIB whiskey/bourbon, unless you’re one of those Dickel haters...you know who you are... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddy Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 I’ve noticed that all the second release bottles I’ve encountered are 750’s, whereas the first release bottles were 1L. Anyone out there seeing any 1L 2nd release bottles? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lcpfratn Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 15 minutes ago, Paddy said: I’ve noticed that all the second release bottles I’ve encountered are 750’s, whereas the first release bottles were 1L. Anyone out there seeing any 1L 2nd release bottles? Interesting, I never saw any 1L bottles in my area with the first release...they were all 750ml. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaryT Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 2 hours ago, lcpfratn said: Interesting, I never saw any 1L bottles in my area with the first release...they were all 750ml. Same here - the only 1L new releases I've seen lately are the ET BIB (another awesome BIB for the money!) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kcgumbohead Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 (edited) 19 hours ago, lcpfratn said: To me, the new 11 year old batch is very similar to the first 13 year old batch. I haven’t done a side by side comparison yet, but if you liked the first batch, I’m pretty sure you’ll like the second batch. Pricing is actually up about five bucks from the first batch. Most stores increased the price of the first batch after it received all the accolades, and the distributors sold out without any indication if there would be a second batch. So, the current price of around $40 may not appear to be much different to most people since they never noticed it when it was priced around $35. It’s still a bargain in my mind for an 11yr BIB whiskey/bourbon, unless you’re one of those Dickel haters...you know who you are... As far as I know this will be an annual release. I had planned to get the new one and SBS with the 13yr but I am seriously curtailing purchases and will instead hold out for the RB rye. For that reason I am glad to hear the new release is similar to the 13yr as I still have about 2/3 of that one, maybe I'll be ready again next year. The 13 was on shelves as recently as a couple of months ago and just this week the shelves were flush with the new 11 yr version. A fine whiskey and I am glad to see enthusiast focused releases like this, those are the distilleries I like to support when I do purchase, plus I really like GD. Edited July 9, 2020 by kcgumbohead 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RWBadley Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 I saw this 11 year on the shelf the other day. I have not in the past been a fan of the Dickel 'house flavor' if you know what I mean. I did a quick survey of reviews and found several mentioned the vitaminish note was not overly present in this bottling. cool So I took a chance and picked up a bottle. In my area it was 45$. We're always higher than elsewhere no big deal Deelightful juice indeed. It comes off to my palate as some old vintage JD rather than any Dickel I have encountered. In a good way. It got me curious if it was really a George Dickel product. Rather than look a gift booze in the mouth, I went and invested in another bottle for later... haha Cheers, RW 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tanstaafl2 Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 On 10/29/2020 at 6:06 PM, RWBadley said: I saw this 11 year on the shelf the other day. I have not in the past been a fan of the Dickel 'house flavor' if you know what I mean. I did a quick survey of reviews and found several mentioned the vitaminish note was not overly present in this bottling. cool So I took a chance and picked up a bottle. In my area it was 45$. We're always higher than elsewhere no big deal Deelightful juice indeed. It comes off to my palate as some old vintage JD rather than any Dickel I have encountered. In a good way. It got me curious if it was really a George Dickel product. Rather than look a gift booze in the mouth, I went and invested in another bottle for later... haha Cheers, RW I did not care for the second release much at all (which I think I said somewhere on the board at the time). More expensive for a younger aged whiskey that quite frankly seemed rather bland compared to the first one (which I thought was pretty good). Palates are different of course! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzhead Posted November 8, 2020 Share Posted November 8, 2020 (edited) On 10/29/2020 at 6:06 PM, RWBadley said: I saw this 11 year on the shelf the other day. I have not in the past been a fan of the Dickel 'house flavor' if you know what I mean. I did a quick survey of reviews and found several mentioned the vitaminish note was not overly present in this bottling. cool I went out looking for the new BIB release yesterday and was unsuccessful, and as a consolation picked up a bottle of the Dickel Barrel Select which I hadn't had in a while. The Barrel Select has a much less prominent vitamin note than the the first release BIB, and is, IMO, quite excellent. It will be interesting to compare the small batch Barrel Select (10 -12 yo) with the new BIB, which is , I presume, a batched whisky from all 11 year barrels. Edited November 8, 2020 by Jazzhead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BDanner Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 According to TTB, the 3rd release is back at 13 years. Hope it is as good as the first release. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tanstaafl2 Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 On 2/6/2021 at 4:37 PM, BDanner said: According to TTB, the 3rd release is back at 13 years. Hope it is as good as the first release. After the uninspiring second release color me dubious. And if the price goes up yet again color me a non-buyer... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BDanner Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 14 hours ago, tanstaafl2 said: After the uninspiring second release color me dubious. And if the price goes up yet again color me a non-buyer... Price on the 2nd release was $36 here, same as the first. Hopefully, if it does go up, it won't rise by much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tanstaafl2 Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 On 2/9/2021 at 9:58 AM, BDanner said: Price on the 2nd release was $36 here, same as the first. Hopefully, if it does go up, it won't rise by much. I don’t recall the exact numbers but the second release was definitely more than the first in my area. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lcpfratn Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 On 2/12/2021 at 11:45 PM, tanstaafl2 said: I don’t recall the exact numbers but the second release was definitely more than the first in my area. Same in my area. Diageo definitely upped the price on the second release. I think retailers in some markets bumped the price up on the first release after it received all the accolades, so those markets may not have noticed much of a jump in price on the second release since they were already used to paying a higher price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BDanner Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 On 2/13/2021 at 12:45 AM, tanstaafl2 said: I don’t recall the exact numbers but the second release was definitely more than the first in my area. 16 hours ago, lcpfratn said: Same in my area. Diageo definitely upped the price on the second release. I think retailers in some markets bumped the price up on the first release after it received all the accolades, so those markets may not have noticed much of a jump in price on the second release since they were already used to paying a higher price. I'm in a control state...I checked the NC ABC website and there was a slight increase from 36.95 to 39.95 in MSRP between the 1st and 2nd release. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lcpfratn Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 6 hours ago, BDanner said: I'm in a control state...I checked the NC ABC website and there was a slight increase from 36.95 to 39.95 in MSRP between the 1st and 2nd release. It jumped at least $5 in my area...from $35 (some places had it for a few dollars less) to approximately $40. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FasterHorses Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 Is this 13 year the third release? Wife picked it up for me today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddy Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 38 minutes ago, FasterHorses said: Is this 13 year the third release? Wife picked it up for me today Yes, it just dropped. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BDanner Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 Wow...the 2nd release of 13year just took a $14 price jump in MSRP in NC ABC system. Went from $36 to $50. Glad I snagged a couple before that happened. Looking forward to the release of the 8year Bourbon from Dickel. It is in the system for $33. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tanstaafl2 Posted July 10, 2021 Share Posted July 10, 2021 On 6/15/2021 at 9:20 AM, BDanner said: Wow...the 2nd release of 13year just took a $14 price jump in MSRP in NC ABC system. Went from $36 to $50. Glad I snagged a couple before that happened. Looking forward to the release of the 8year Bourbon from Dickel. It is in the system for $33. If the third release is as "good" as the second along with a significant price jump then I am definitely a non buyer. Second release was pretty underwhelming. And when compared to the first release it was even more underwhelming. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LCWoody Posted July 10, 2021 Share Posted July 10, 2021 I bought around 2 (12pack) cases of the 1st batch, I think they were around $33. I bought 1 bottle of batch 2 and no more. The 1st batch is pretty special for the price. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebo Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 I picked up a bottle of the 13 year old the other day. I'm really enjoying it! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B.B. Babington Posted October 26, 2021 Share Posted October 26, 2021 2nd batch was still in our ABC stores till about month ago. still plenty of 3rd batch available in spite of my best efforts to grab all of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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