How many Old Charters ?

[BourbonJoe]

How many Old Charters are there? 10,12 & 13 year old?

Thanks for your help.

Joe

[TNbourbon]

I have -- all from Louisville distillation days (OC is now a Buffalo Trace brand) -- 7yo, 86 proof; 7yo BIB; 8yo, 86 proof; 10yo, 86 proof; 12yo "The Classic", 90 proof; 13yo "Proprietor's Reserve", 90 proof.

Anybody got any others?

[sharkman]

The 12 yr classic 90 is one of my favorites. I got a bottle with a gold chain hang tag on it. It had a fake (no gov. numbers) tax stamp style seal on it. It doesn't have the "milk gallon" style cap. Just plain twist off. Any idea about its age?

[pbrian]

There was one in UD's Bourbon Heritage Collection. I believe it was a 13 year-old (?) so possibly it's the same as the 13 yr old you listed. I do remember it being one of my favorite bourbons though.

Edit: yes, it looks like it's the same whiskey_

http://www.straightbourbon.com/ubbthread...=true#Post39988

[BobA]

From Louisville, I have the 10 year old. And the current 10 year old (86 proof), and the current 12 "Classic" (90). I have not found the 13 yr. PR in any incarnation. When I do, I'll probably pick up the current 8 yr. (80 proof, I think) and do some tasting. Actually, I picked up the current 10 to do some comparisons with the 12, then found the older 10, so am looking to expand the tasting.

Oh, on the original question, the BT "great bourbon" web site shows the 8 yr., 10 yr., 12 yr. "Classic," and 13 yr. PR as being the four current expressions.

Bob

[Ken Weber]

You have nailed them all. We no longer produce the 7 year old, though we still do very limited releases of the 7 year BIB (not much demand). I still see the 7 year old, particularly when I travel in Tennessee and Arkansas.

Ken

[Jake_Parrott]

Tim, have you tasted the OC BIB 7yo (Louisville)? I have a source for some of it, tax-stamped, distilled DSP-KY-2 Fall 1973, bottled DSP-KY-113 Spring 1981. It's cheap, so I'll probably buy some just for kicks, but was wondering if anyone had tasted one from that era recently.

[cas]

I've recently had the 12 year and liked it pretty well. And it was reasonably priced, under $20 if I remember correctly.

Any opinions on the 13 year? There's a bottle sitting on a local shelf, but the price jumps to about $35 so I haven't grabbed it.

Craig

[Ken Weber]

Craig,

The Charter Proprietor's Reserve (13 year old) has received a score of 98. This may be the biggest surprise of all the bourbons made at BTD.

Ken

[NorCalBoozer]

I can believe it, I recently tried the bevmo version of the OC 13 PR and liked it very much. very good.

[TNbourbon]

Tim, have you tasted the OC BIB 7yo (Louisville)?..

That might be a more interesting question to Chuck -- he watered the roses with it after a sample at a Gazebo function a ways back. Honestly, though, I think that was more a comparative evaluation (with what else was on the table at the time) than an empirical one.

Personally, I finished the bottle -- and didn't think it bad. But, frankly, it didn't wow me, either. I would rank the current offerings thus:

<ul type="square">[*]1) Proprietor's Reserve (taste) or Classic 12 (value)

[*]2) see 1 above

[*]3) 10yo

[*]4) 7yo BIB

[*]5) 8yo

[Rughi]

I have a tax-stamp 7yr 86proof Charter that's one of the tastiest open bottles I have.

If called for duty, you can count on me to properly dispose of any excess Louisville Charter

Roger

[ProofPositive]

Has OC ever marketed anything older than the 13yo PR? OC was my first love in bourbon but I have not gone back to it in many a year. If I do again, it will be with the 13yo PR.

[Jake_Parrott]

I have a tax-stamp 7yr 86proof Charter that's one of the tastiest open bottles I have.

Veddy, veddy interesting. There's a lot of that floating around DC. I'll have to grab a bottle; the 7yo BIB I opened tonight was pretty poor.

[cas]

Well, I may have to see if I can track that bottle down...

Craig

[ProofPositive]

How does the OC 13yo Proprietor's Reserve rate in terms of bourbons 12yo and older? I have never had it but judging by what I have seen here, sounds like it is in the middle somewhere. OC was what I cut my teeth on and stayed with in my early bourbon years before abandoning the cause for many a year while riding shotgun with JD & Budweiser. Finally regained my senses in 2003 but just have not had any motivation to take any OC home with me. Maybe I should give the PR a chance, what say you?

Wayne