What bottle did you open in 2025 ?

[fosmith]

10 hours ago, MSB said:

Would you please tell me the history of this btl? I have no info and I couldn't find any info on it in a quick interweb search. What is GBS? Why is 12 crossed out and 15 written in? What is the amnesia btl? Ect.....???

I think GBS is short for Georgia Bourbon Society.  Note the OP lives in Georgia.  I assume this bottle is from a private barrel selection by that group. 

Now, please don't hurt me...

[rzelinka]

On 6/5/2025 at 9:40 PM, fishnbowljoe said:

It was kinda the opposite for me in my area for a while. No OF BP picks, but one store did a 90 proof one a while back. I bought one and really liked it. It didn’t seem to sell very well. Over the course of 3 or 4 months I bought about a case. I still have one left. Then they did a BP pick. Of course  I bought one. I liked it well enough, but it was almost too hot. I didn’t buy another one.

 

I've been on the lookout for this one to complete my trifecta of single barrel offerings from Old Forester. The barrel strengths are very good at a very affordable price point. 

[rzelinka]

On 6/6/2025 at 9:24 PM, NDN98 said:

Opened this one tonight.  Very unique flavor profile.   It has a lot going on with floral notes on the nose, but rye forward and citrus on the palate.

lucky you. I've heard some wonderful things about this one.

[MSB]

1 hour ago, fosmith said:

I think GBS is short for Georgia Bourbon Society.  Note the OP lives in Georgia.  I assume this bottle is from a private barrel selection by that group. 

Now, please don't hurt me...

Lol.

 

If anyone gets punished, it should be me.

[smokinjoe]

Indeed, GBS is for Georgia Bourbon Society.  Our first barrel selection was for the standard EC12, and we kinda lucked into getting the second one at barrel proof.  We called it the “Amnesia Barrel”, since it took so long to get it bottled, we almost forgot we had it!!   It should have been 14 years old, but since it took a year to get bottled, it ended up being

15 yo.  

[MSB]

1 hour ago, smokinjoe said:

Indeed, GBS is for Georgia Bourbon Society.  Our first barrel selection was for the standard EC12, and we kinda lucked into getting the second one at barrel proof.  We called it the “Amnesia Barrel”, since it took so long to get it bottled, we almost forgot we had it!!   It should have been 14 years old, but since it took a year to get bottled, it ended up being

15 yo.  

That is great and what i would call a happy ending.

 

I wad trying to find info in the archives and it appears that pick was at least 9yrs ago?

 

How does the 15yr EC BP taste?

Edited 25 minutes ago by MSB