Comments on: Sazerac Rye 18 yr. old, Part II http://www.whiskyadvocateblog.com/2008/01/15/sazerac-rye-18-yr-old-revisited/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:57:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: John Hansell http://www.whiskyadvocateblog.com/2008/01/15/sazerac-rye-18-yr-old-revisited/#comment-10068 John Hansell Fri, 11 Sep 2009 10:06:57 +0000 http://blog.maltadvocate.com/2008/01/15/sazerac-rye-18-yr-old-revisited/#comment-10068 June, the Malt Advocate website and Malt Advocate magazine both list specialty retaiers. This would be a good place to start. June, the Malt Advocate website and Malt Advocate magazine both list specialty retaiers. This would be a good place to start.

]]> By: June http://www.whiskyadvocateblog.com/2008/01/15/sazerac-rye-18-yr-old-revisited/#comment-10057 June Fri, 11 Sep 2009 04:18:23 +0000 http://blog.maltadvocate.com/2008/01/15/sazerac-rye-18-yr-old-revisited/#comment-10057 Dear All, Where may I hunt down a precious bottle? Many thanks, June Dear All,

Where may I hunt down a precious bottle?

Many thanks,
June

]]> By: John Hansell http://www.whiskyadvocateblog.com/2008/01/15/sazerac-rye-18-yr-old-revisited/#comment-467 John Hansell Fri, 14 Mar 2008 20:12:09 +0000 http://blog.maltadvocate.com/2008/01/15/sazerac-rye-18-yr-old-revisited/#comment-467 I never leave my whisky in a flask more than a few days at most and have never had a problem. You should follow the recommendations of the flask producer. Perhaps what you said above is why they don't want you storing whisky in a flask for long time periods. I never leave my whisky in a flask more than a few days at most and have never had a problem. You should follow the recommendations of the flask producer. Perhaps what you said above is why they don’t want you storing whisky in a flask for long time periods.

]]> By: Tahir http://www.whiskyadvocateblog.com/2008/01/15/sazerac-rye-18-yr-old-revisited/#comment-466 Tahir Fri, 14 Mar 2008 19:46:01 +0000 http://blog.maltadvocate.com/2008/01/15/sazerac-rye-18-yr-old-revisited/#comment-466 John, Thanks for your reply. I had read somewhere (some time ago) that the iron in stainless steel changes the colour and taste of the whiskey? Have you experienced/heard of this? T PS: My sincerest apologies for the typo... John,

Thanks for your reply. I had read somewhere (some time ago) that the iron in stainless steel changes the colour and taste of the whiskey? Have you experienced/heard of this?

T

PS: My sincerest apologies for the typo…

]]> By: John Hansell http://www.whiskyadvocateblog.com/2008/01/15/sazerac-rye-18-yr-old-revisited/#comment-461 John Hansell Fri, 14 Mar 2008 17:23:03 +0000 http://blog.maltadvocate.com/2008/01/15/sazerac-rye-18-yr-old-revisited/#comment-461 Tahir, I honestly don't know the answer to the grade/type. If I find out, I'll post it. Many hip flask manufacturers don't recommend long-term storage of whisky in it (e.g. more than one week.) John Tahir,

I honestly don’t know the answer to the grade/type. If I find out, I’ll post it. Many hip flask manufacturers don’t recommend long-term storage of whisky in it (e.g. more than one week.)

John

]]> By: Tahir Ahmed http://www.whiskyadvocateblog.com/2008/01/15/sazerac-rye-18-yr-old-revisited/#comment-460 Tahir Ahmed Fri, 14 Mar 2008 17:09:32 +0000 http://blog.maltadvocate.com/2008/01/15/sazerac-rye-18-yr-old-revisited/#comment-460 Jon, I was curious as to what grade/type of stainless steel was used here? Doesn't stainless steel affect the colour of the whiskey. I was also wondering about keeping whiskey in a hip flask - is it a good idea? What sort of stainless steel should the flask be made of? T Jon,

I was curious as to what grade/type of stainless steel was used here? Doesn’t stainless steel affect the colour of the whiskey. I was also wondering about keeping whiskey in a hip flask – is it a good idea? What sort of stainless steel should the flask be made of?

T

]]> By: JON HIEB http://www.whiskyadvocateblog.com/2008/01/15/sazerac-rye-18-yr-old-revisited/#comment-258 JON HIEB Fri, 01 Feb 2008 20:39:30 +0000 http://blog.maltadvocate.com/2008/01/15/sazerac-rye-18-yr-old-revisited/#comment-258 WELL,AFTERALL-THAT'S WHAT KEPT THE 1974 (REAL) MICHTERS AVAILABLE FOR US FOR A WHILE........... WELL,AFTERALL-THAT’S WHAT KEPT THE 1974 (REAL) MICHTERS AVAILABLE FOR US FOR A WHILE………..

]]> By: Sam Komlenic http://www.whiskyadvocateblog.com/2008/01/15/sazerac-rye-18-yr-old-revisited/#comment-196 Sam Komlenic Wed, 16 Jan 2008 13:29:30 +0000 http://blog.maltadvocate.com/2008/01/15/sazerac-rye-18-yr-old-revisited/#comment-196 Jon, I, too, got one during the couple of week window it was available in PA. I think the state literally got maybe four or five cases of this year's release. If you've never used the PLCB website as a resource for availability, you should. If your local store doesn't have a particular item, they can order it from another store that has it in stock at no additional charge. That's how I got my Thomas Handy Sazerac last year. Jon,

I, too, got one during the couple of week window it was available in PA. I think the state literally got maybe four or five cases of this year’s release. If you’ve never used the PLCB website as a resource for availability, you should. If your local store doesn’t have a particular item, they can order it from another store that has it in stock at no additional charge. That’s how I got my Thomas Handy Sazerac last year.

]]> By: John Hansell http://www.whiskyadvocateblog.com/2008/01/15/sazerac-rye-18-yr-old-revisited/#comment-195 John Hansell Wed, 16 Jan 2008 03:14:32 +0000 http://blog.maltadvocate.com/2008/01/15/sazerac-rye-18-yr-old-revisited/#comment-195 Jon, I suspect there are several reasons. Logistics, as you suggest, could be one. The others could be issues associated with long-term storage of whiskey in bottles--oxidation, evaporation, bottles getting corked, corks deteriorating, etc. Plus each vintage would need a different label. Jon, I suspect there are several reasons. Logistics, as you suggest, could be one. The others could be issues associated with long-term storage of whiskey in bottles–oxidation, evaporation, bottles getting corked, corks deteriorating, etc. Plus each vintage would need a different label.

]]> By: Jon W http://www.whiskyadvocateblog.com/2008/01/15/sazerac-rye-18-yr-old-revisited/#comment-194 Jon W Wed, 16 Jan 2008 02:58:01 +0000 http://blog.maltadvocate.com/2008/01/15/sazerac-rye-18-yr-old-revisited/#comment-194 John, I'm still not completely clear on why Buffalo Trace would store the whisky in stainless steel tanks rather than bottle it all up front and then distribute the bottles over the next seven years according to supply. I'm assuming that logicistically it's easier to store a few huge steel tanks of whisky than several thousand glass bottles. Is that the case? -Jon PS - I was lucky enough to grab a bottle of this during the short time it was available in PA last November and it is truly fantastic stuff. I'm looking forward to future releases. John,
I’m still not completely clear on why Buffalo Trace would store the whisky in stainless steel tanks rather than bottle it all up front and then distribute the bottles over the next seven years according to supply. I’m assuming that logicistically it’s easier to store a few huge steel tanks of whisky than several thousand glass bottles. Is that the case?

-Jon

PS – I was lucky enough to grab a bottle of this during the short time it was available in PA last November and it is truly fantastic stuff. I’m looking forward to future releases.

]]> By: Sam Komlenic http://www.whiskyadvocateblog.com/2008/01/15/sazerac-rye-18-yr-old-revisited/#comment-193 Sam Komlenic Wed, 16 Jan 2008 02:21:18 +0000 http://blog.maltadvocate.com/2008/01/15/sazerac-rye-18-yr-old-revisited/#comment-193 Thanks for the clarification, John. I was looking at it from an unnecessarily obtuse angle, there! Thanks for the clarification, John. I was looking at it from an unnecessarily obtuse angle, there!

]]> By: John Hansell http://www.whiskyadvocateblog.com/2008/01/15/sazerac-rye-18-yr-old-revisited/#comment-192 John Hansell Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:14:43 +0000 http://blog.maltadvocate.com/2008/01/15/sazerac-rye-18-yr-old-revisited/#comment-192 What I meant was that the the whiskey could have been more than 18 years old before going into stainlesss. Many companies will sell a whiskey at a certain age, even though the whiskey is older than that (e.g. Van Winkle Rye 13 year old, and Ardbeg 17 year old). Aging whiskey in stainless doen't count. Thank God for that! What I meant was that the the whiskey could have been more than 18 years old before going into stainlesss. Many companies will sell a whiskey at a certain age, even though the whiskey is older than that (e.g. Van Winkle Rye 13 year old, and Ardbeg 17 year old).

Aging whiskey in stainless doen’t count. Thank God for that!

]]> By: Sam Komlenic http://www.whiskyadvocateblog.com/2008/01/15/sazerac-rye-18-yr-old-revisited/#comment-191 Sam Komlenic Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:04:22 +0000 http://blog.maltadvocate.com/2008/01/15/sazerac-rye-18-yr-old-revisited/#comment-191 "...the Sazerac Rye 18 year old stored in stainless is, indeed, 18 years old, not older (which it could legally be)." Does this mean that, legally, whiskey not need spend time in a barrel to age? If this is the case, could Sazerac bottled on its eighteenth birthday but not sold for two years be considered 20 years old? Or is there simply something I'm not fully thinking through here? “…the Sazerac Rye 18 year old stored in stainless is, indeed, 18 years old, not older (which it could legally be).”

Does this mean that, legally, whiskey not need spend time in a barrel to age? If this is the case, could Sazerac bottled on its eighteenth birthday but not sold for two years be considered 20 years old? Or is there simply something I’m not fully thinking through here?

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