tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082156144028140004.post23931135802157336..comments2024-03-13T04:04:32.568-07:00Comments on Sku's Recent Eats: Dusty Thursday: Dating your Dustyskuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00487419662314518931noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082156144028140004.post-84696837106912871802012-02-03T15:45:43.080-08:002012-02-03T15:45:43.080-08:00Great post. However, did anyone else read the titl...Great post. However, did anyone else read the title and think, at first, something completely different? Although, I have to admit that occasionally a bottle of whiskey did make me feel a certain way inside...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082156144028140004.post-10996140370770982082012-02-03T11:39:27.015-08:002012-02-03T11:39:27.015-08:00Steve - You're correct, the translation isn...Steve - You're correct, the translation isn't exact but I have a number of bottles that have both measurements on the bottle. Congress passed the law in Dec '75 officially making Metric U.S. policy. Initially, this was supposed to be voluntary but in 1979 and 1980, the AFT mandated that wine and liquor producers convert to metric. As for the double measurement? Most likely part of the overall transition strategy so consumers got used to the idea; just a guess on my part.Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03084821666852687199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082156144028140004.post-29516007279055196612012-02-03T09:14:20.229-08:002012-02-03T09:14:20.229-08:00Sam, that's a good point that I should have me...Sam, that's a good point that I should have mentioned. Unfortunately, all of you in control states are out of luck. State stores don't do dusties.skuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00487419662314518931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082156144028140004.post-25346088077117387922012-02-03T09:04:37.522-08:002012-02-03T09:04:37.522-08:00Must be nice to live in a state that runs liquor a...Must be nice to live in a state that runs liquor as any other private business. Due to our state-run monopoly, there is not one dusty bottle hiding anywhere in the entire state of Pennsylvania.<br /><br />You, Sku, have substantially more dusty-hunting potential within your one square mile that we have in more than 48,000 square miles.sam knoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082156144028140004.post-77780757039550770352012-02-03T08:14:43.058-08:002012-02-03T08:14:43.058-08:00Greg, thanks for your comments and all your work i...Greg, thanks for your comments and all your work in this area.<br /><br />Greg, how does a bottle have both metric and standard given that the measurements don't directly translate (though they are close)? Seems like it would be inexact.<br /><br />Jason, I would think a 79 on the bottom could certainly have been bottled in 1980 (the cutoff, after all, was January 1, 1980). Either way, it's the same juice.skuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00487419662314518931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082156144028140004.post-22920101115274741912012-02-03T04:56:10.493-08:002012-02-03T04:56:10.493-08:00Steve - nice bottles, each of which reside in my b...Steve - nice bottles, each of which reside in my bunker. The Old Overholt is a very good rye. Last night I was sippin on a '88 Old Forester 86 which would be DSP414; some of the best 'dusty' bourbon out there.Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03084821666852687199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082156144028140004.post-90463974786402111122012-02-03T04:54:28.575-08:002012-02-03T04:54:28.575-08:00Jason - the transition from standard to metric sta...Jason - the transition from standard to metric started in the late 70's and completed around 1980/81. There will be bottles that have both or just metric. If your bottle has a '79 on the bottom, that would be bottled sometime in 1979 which would possibly make that Stitzel Weller juice. Great bottle.Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03084821666852687199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082156144028140004.post-88849676461915183512012-02-02T22:40:00.825-08:002012-02-02T22:40:00.825-08:00So the 79 on the bottom of the Old Weller that I g...So the 79 on the bottom of the Old Weller that I got from the same source does not mean it was made in 1979 because it says 750 on back?Jason Beattynoreply@blogger.com