PowderKeg Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 Plan on cracking a few of these today to celebrate! 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulO Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 Thank you PowderKeg for reminding us. I'm quite the fan of bottled in bond. I like the Old Fitz handle. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PowderKeg Posted March 3, 2022 Author Share Posted March 3, 2022 54 minutes ago, PaulO said: I like the Old Fitz handle. Yeah, that's the leading contender for first crack, got a couple more plus some 1L bottles bunkered, enough to last quite a few years as a celebratory sipper! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemonman Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 I don't have as expensive a lineup as you OP, but I poured a splash of several BiBs tonight- JB, Old Tub, JTS Brown and OGD.. All very drinkable, and reminders you don't have to break the bank to have an enjoyable pour. Keep chasing after the other stuff, taters! 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakeySnakes Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 This could go in any number of threads, but in honor of BIB day, here it is. Bought today, and will be opening and drinking as soon as the 2-year-old with the cold is asleep. Anytime now fingers crossed. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markandrex Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 Old Fitzgerald 15 yr. BiB tonight. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skinsfan1311 Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 Cheers! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PowderKeg Posted March 4, 2022 Author Share Posted March 4, 2022 34 minutes ago, lemonman said: I don't have as expensive a lineup as you OP, but I poured a splash of several BiBs tonight- JB, Old Tub, JTS Brown and OGD.. All very drinkable, and reminders you don't have to break the bank to have an enjoyable pour. Keep chasing after the other stuff, taters! Oh, not that expensive, 3 of the 5 were at the $45 mark, the 1792 $35, and the handle of Old Fitz was @ $30 (maybe less) IIRC @ 4 yrs ago when it got KO'd by HH. +1 on the JTSB, have a handle or so buried in a bunker box, and recently finished off a handle of JWD. Plan on picking up a few more of each next trip thru KY, so when HH shafts us yet again by killing off more good affordable labels I'll still be able to enjoy some history (like I am with the Old Fitz). Unfortunately I think HH is a greater threat to affordable BiB imbibers than the taters... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzhead Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 Leopold Bros. is a 5-year BIB, and very similar IMO to Driftless Glen. Cheers to all on BIB Day! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishnbowljoe Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 Since it is BIB day, I’m starting off with OF. Will be moving on to Old Fitz soon. Biba! Joe 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clueby Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skinsfan1311 Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 9 minutes ago, fishnbowljoe said: Since it is BIB day, I’m starting off with OF. Will be moving on to Old Fitz soon. Biba! Joe One of my favorite, dirt cheap, whiskeys. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemonman Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 16 minutes ago, fishnbowljoe said: Since it is BIB day, I’m starting off with OF. Will be moving on to Old Fitz soon. Biba! Joe Looking at your picture I realize I forgot the ET BiB tonight...oh well, maybe tomorrow. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kepler Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PowderKeg Posted March 4, 2022 Author Share Posted March 4, 2022 8 hours ago, fishnbowljoe said: Since it is BIB day, I’m starting off with OF. Will be moving on to Old Fitz soon. Biba! Joe So I gotta ask, have you noticed any substantial difference/change in Old Forester from Bonded to Signature to the current 100pf over the years? I.e. I felt there was a somewhat noticeable change in VOB when BiB was dropped to simply 100pf, and while not bad, it def wasn't for the better. I never had a bonded OF to compare to the later renditions of OF 100 proofers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzhead Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 5 hours ago, PowderKeg said: So I gotta ask, have you noticed any substantial difference/change in Old Forester from Bonded to Signature to the current 100pf over the years? I.e. I felt there was a somewhat noticeable change in VOB when BiB was dropped to simply 100pf, and while not bad, it def wasn't for the better. I never had a bonded OF to compare to the later renditions of OF 100 proofers. For what it's worth, within the past several months I had open bottles of both a dusty OF Bonded (in the dimple bottle) and the recent OF 1897 BIB. The newer juice was head and shoulders above the old. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishnbowljoe Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 8 hours ago, PowderKeg said: So I gotta ask, have you noticed any substantial difference/change in Old Forester from Bonded to Signature to the current 100pf over the years? I.e. I felt there was a somewhat noticeable change in VOB when BiB was dropped to simply 100pf, and while not bad, it def wasn't for the better. I never had a bonded OF to compare to the later renditions of OF 100 proofers. 2 hours ago, Jazzhead said: For what it's worth, within the past several months I had open bottles of both a dusty OF Bonded (in the dimple bottle) and the recent OF 1897 BIB. The newer juice was head and shoulders above the old. The newer iterations of OF BIB haven’t impressed me much. The first bottle of “Signature” I had wasn’t bad. The next couple were just meh. I stepped away from OF for a while, then decided to try a bottle of the “100”. It was only marginally better. It’s been a good while since my last purchase. On the other hand, I have tried a few of the OF Prohibition bottlings. I recently tried the 1897. I took a sip and was immediately reminded of the old taxed stamped OF BIB’s. Of the three or four OF Prohibition bottles I’ve had, they’re all pretty good, but IMHO, and with regards to @Jazzhead, none are in the same league as the 1897. It is delicious. Biba! Joe 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shizzy Posted March 8, 2022 Share Posted March 8, 2022 Kept it simple. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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