Four Roses Limited Edition Bottle Counts

[JoeTerp]

I was going back in to my old thread to update and saw it was inactive.  Here are the bottle counts updated for 2021.

Please note that the bottle counts for European (700mL bottles) were included in the total until 2016 when they started their own counts. 

 

Limited Edition Small Batch (including Marriage):
2008 - 3,492

2009 - 3,432

2010 - 3,732

2011 - 3,792

2012 - 4,062

2013 - 12,468

2014 - 12,516

2015 - 12,672

2016 - 9,258 US / 2,838 Euro (12,096 total)

Al Young - ~10,000 (unfortunately these are not numbered)

2017 - 10,896 US / 3,000 Euro (13,896 total)

2018 - 13,140 US / 3,804 Euro (16,944 total)

2019 - 13,440 US / 3,936 Euro (17,376 total)

2020 - 14,040 US / 4,560 Euro (18,600 total)

2021 - 14,880 US / 4,944 Euro (19,824 total)

 

Limited Edition Single Barrel:

2007 - 1,442

2008 - 2,238

2009 - 1,836

2010 - 2,359

2011 - 3,900

2012 - 5,178

2013 - 6,559

Secretariat - 3,504

2014 - 7,122

Brent Elliott - 10,224

[Jazz June]

U.S. 2022 is 15,600.

[BigRich]

1 hour ago, Jazz June said:

U.S. 2022 is 15,600.

When they have nice round numbers like that I'm left thinking "so I'm guessing that Brent and the sales team have some nice unlabeled jugs to take home." 

[JoeTerp]

On 11/22/2022 at 6:58 AM, Jazz June said:

U.S. 2022 is 15,600.

Thanks.  I should have wrote that down.

[beasled]

Euro count is 4880 for 2022.

[Jazz June]

On 12/2/2022 at 5:49 AM, beasled said:

Euro count is 4880 for 2022.

Interesting that the Euro count is actually down from last year. 

[dean_martin]

Do they still do the LE Single Barrel?  I have 2 from 2013 which was my only real opportunity to pick up a bottle of any LESB.  One is down to it's last pour which I need to kill.  The other one lies in wait.  I usually replace an empty with something different, but the 2013 is such fine stuff that my second bottle might have to go back into the rotation immediately.   

[Kepler]

On 12/6/2022 at 12:53 PM, dean_martin said:

Do they still do the LE Single Barrel?  I have 2 from 2013 which was my only real opportunity to pick up a bottle of any LESB.  One is down to it's last pour which I need to kill.  The other one lies in wait.  I usually replace an empty with something different, but the 2013 is such fine stuff that my second bottle might have to go back into the rotation immediately.   

I want to say that 2014 was the last uninterrupted year of the annual single barrel LE, and 2014 was also great IMO.  Although they did bring it back in 2016 for the "Eliott's Select" release.  Not since then however, if I'm not wrong. 

 

 

 

Edited December 7, 2022 by Kepler

[dean_martin]

2 hours ago, Kepler said:

I want to say that 2014 was the last uninterrupted year of the annual single barrel LE, and 2014 was also great IMO.  Although they did bring it back in 2016 for the "Eliott's Select" release.  Not since then however, if I'm not wrong. 

 

 

 

Thank you for the information.  I miss that release.  I had my first pour on an anniversary trip at a cafe/bar in Marfa, TX.  It was the 2013.  I found a couple bottles at regular stops a few weeks later.  I'd probably be priced out if it was still a thing though.

[Kepler]

On 12/7/2022 at 7:20 PM, dean_martin said:

Thank you for the information.  I miss that release.  I had my first pour on an anniversary trip at a cafe/bar in Marfa, TX.  It was the 2013.  I found a couple bottles at regular stops a few weeks later.  I'd probably be priced out if it was still a thing though.

 

I've tried the 2013 and agree it's dang good.  I was a bit late to these fine bourbons to snag that one in the wild, but I have a European bottle of the 2013 that I acquired through a trade.  The 2014 I was lucky enough to enjoy at a local bar several times and really liked that one a lot.  I was never able to compare them directly in a SBS though.

Four Roses should bring these back sometime.

[elmossle]

On 12/9/2022 at 11:08 PM, Kepler said:

 

I've tried the 2013 and agree it's dang good.  I was a bit late to these fine bourbons to snag that one in the wild, but I have a European bottle of the 2013 that I acquired through a trade.  The 2014 I was lucky enough to enjoy at a local bar several times and really liked that one a lot.  I was never able to compare them directly in a SBS though.

Four Roses should bring these back sometime.

 

The 2013 SB OBSK is the bottle that got me hooked on bourbon in the first place!!! I remember it being so smooth and the finish lasted forever!!! I wish I had a spare bottle of it like I do with the 2014 release that I picked up at the Distillery way back when. Maybe if I ever open it up one of these days, I'll send you a sample to take a trip down memory lane.

[JoeTerp]

On 12/7/2022 at 5:51 PM, Kepler said:

I want to say that 2014 was the last uninterrupted year of the annual single barrel LE, and 2014 was also great IMO.  Although they did bring it back in 2016 for the "Eliott's Select" release.  Not since then however, if I'm not wrong. 

 

 

 

This is correct.  They did it from 2007-2014 and then they did Elliott's Select in 2016 (they also did the Secretariat bottle in 2013 as a one off 100 proof offering).  They haven't done any official LE Single Barrels since then, but they have done some periodic special older release single barrels at the gift shop.

[jvd99]

One thing I noticed when I picked mine up is FR still has no security measures on their LE's. Still just the tiny shrink wrap plastic which can purchased by any fraudster on Amazon. One of the many reasons I'd never buy anything so easily faked at an auction or anywhere else besides the LS.