tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082156144028140004.post393451758337618369..comments2024-03-13T04:04:32.568-07:00Comments on Sku's Recent Eats: Very Very Good: A Very Very Old Fitzgerald Tasting for the Record Booksskuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00487419662314518931noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082156144028140004.post-1779842940661951792018-09-15T18:05:57.525-07:002018-09-15T18:05:57.525-07:00I just found a full unopened bottle of VXO Fitzger...I just found a full unopened bottle of VXO Fitzgerald at an estate sale for $20. Barreled 1955 and bottled 1965. Boy do I feel special! Seems to be more valuable than my pre prohibition bottles. It's going to be hard not to open it!DanWhitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06054930466129015055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082156144028140004.post-46506643612340712972015-12-29T09:04:57.903-08:002015-12-29T09:04:57.903-08:00So how much would a 12 year very very old fitzgera...So how much would a 12 year very very old fitzgerald collectors item with two shot glasses in a green case go for. Barreled 51, bottled 63?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11322488437767079410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082156144028140004.post-13846491284441601942013-11-20T12:37:03.269-08:002013-11-20T12:37:03.269-08:00Hedonism in London has two 1955 bottles for sale a...Hedonism in London has two 1955 bottles for sale at $1500 US. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082156144028140004.post-30126820097304086322013-11-04T12:34:15.620-08:002013-11-04T12:34:15.620-08:00Good question Matt. Unfortunately, I have no idea...Good question Matt. Unfortunately, I have no idea what these went for at the time, much less in today's dollars.skuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00487419662314518931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082156144028140004.post-58591323513846087452013-11-04T12:17:39.070-08:002013-11-04T12:17:39.070-08:00Sku, do you know roughly what these would have cos...Sku, do you know roughly what these would have cost in today's dollars, like were they $30 whiskies, $100 whiskies, etc.? Mattnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082156144028140004.post-86510827844657582752013-11-02T18:58:14.494-07:002013-11-02T18:58:14.494-07:00Holy crackers Sku!!!
Cool points Thomas.Holy crackers Sku!!!<br /><br /> Cool points Thomas.The Rookiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14475172738445151517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082156144028140004.post-82740008946038329212013-11-02T07:12:58.157-07:002013-11-02T07:12:58.157-07:00I wonder if it all had something to do with leavin...I wonder if it all had something to do with leaving the whiskey in glass for 50 (!) years (in addition to whatever was done differently back then). Someone should perform an experiment, preferably with that time machine ...Bobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082156144028140004.post-12193947255522723572013-11-02T07:07:18.558-07:002013-11-02T07:07:18.558-07:00Really interesting Tom; thanks for posting. As fa...Really interesting Tom; thanks for posting. As far as you know, do most micros do it by hand or are some also using the automated stills?skuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00487419662314518931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082156144028140004.post-6363513848152942012013-11-02T03:20:04.370-07:002013-11-02T03:20:04.370-07:00While some of the things that made these bourbons ...While some of the things that made these bourbons great do not exist today, such as barrels made of old growth timber, and grains that were not hybrids like we have today being the main two things lost, bourbon like that can be made today. I have researched long and hard to see what made the bourbon of today not as good as years ago. The biggest too most widely discussed are still proof and barrel proof. Those whiskies probably came off the still no higher than 110 proof, and most likely went in the barrel around 100. But I think one of the major things that effected a great change is the automation of stills. A ky beer still is a hard thing to control manually, I know, I run one every day. The old still hands had to know when to make adjustments to steam and beer feed. This caused some small variations in a run that can cause flavor. Today the only large distillery with no automated still is Dickel. All the rest have a temp probe in the head of the still, you set it for the proof you want and a computer controls both beer feed and steam. In a matter of seconds. Beer stills are real sensitive to weather. Being a tube they act like a barometer of sorts. They tell me the old still men were so in tune with the still that they could tell you sometimes 48 hours before a weather front made it to Ky just how bad the weather would be. The human element is the biggest thing lost in bourbon making today.Thomas Mckenzienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082156144028140004.post-11326773445810162852013-11-01T20:47:53.650-07:002013-11-01T20:47:53.650-07:00Unlike Anonymous here, I'm often jealous and I...Unlike Anonymous here, I'm often jealous and I'm extra jealous now. What an epic tasting! What a glorious review and wonderful set of tasting notes. Thanks, SKU.Josh Feldmanhttp://cooperedtot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082156144028140004.post-76871829110944885332013-11-01T11:49:00.629-07:002013-11-01T11:49:00.629-07:00I am rarely ever jealous of people...I figure I ha...I am rarely ever jealous of people...I figure I have it pretty good..but dang. Y'all are a lucky bunch of guys.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082156144028140004.post-78361540327211707432013-11-01T11:46:51.961-07:002013-11-01T11:46:51.961-07:00Just what I wanted to hear! The first Pappy 15 I p...Just what I wanted to hear! The first Pappy 15 I purchased was the 2008. Been holding onto it ever since. Can't wait to crack it open now in order to have a better understanding of what you described above (assuming with 99% certainty that I will never get to try a real McCoy VVOF).<br /><br />JoshAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082156144028140004.post-53642559576644240152013-11-01T10:53:01.740-07:002013-11-01T10:53:01.740-07:00Josh, great question. I believe it was a 2008, so...Josh, great question. I believe it was a 2008, so likely a SW/Bernheim blend.skuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00487419662314518931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082156144028140004.post-76574709482035130592013-11-01T10:42:32.014-07:002013-11-01T10:42:32.014-07:00Sku,
Do you know what year the Pappy 15 was bott...Sku, <br /><br />Do you know what year the Pappy 15 was bottled in that you pulled from the LAWS bar to do that comparison?<br /><br />JoshAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082156144028140004.post-31368479829253627642013-11-01T09:20:11.324-07:002013-11-01T09:20:11.324-07:00Isn't participating in this sort of activity s...Isn't participating in this sort of activity supposed to make you go blind??<br /><br />I saved an excerpt from an interview Julian Van Winkle III gave at some point over the last 8 years or so. He mentions the roller mill that cracked the grain instead of pulverizing it, the well water used at the distillery that is unusable today because it's probably polluted, the shape of the still, the shape of the doubler, the particular yeast, the old cyprus fermenters. He says, "...all the stars were lined up just right for that place as far as I was concerned..."<br /><br />I've also read about the flora and fauna surrounding the distillery and aging warehouses imparting characteristics to the whiskey. It's just fascinating to think about all these factors that produced bourbon profiles that not only don't exist any more, but profiles that can give you the kind of spiritual experience you described regarding the 1952/1964.<br /><br />Sku, it's these sorts of experiences that makes everyone think you hate whiskey ;)AaronWFhttp://whiskeywonka.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082156144028140004.post-23578663402249901552013-11-01T09:18:05.115-07:002013-11-01T09:18:05.115-07:00Really Keith? I didn't think I was being humb...Really Keith? I didn't think I was being humble at all.skuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00487419662314518931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082156144028140004.post-73684786358444739292013-11-01T09:15:31.293-07:002013-11-01T09:15:31.293-07:00This whole post is a humblebrag!This whole post is a humblebrag!Keithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13273126562329542046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082156144028140004.post-39357725506098596972013-11-01T08:49:00.253-07:002013-11-01T08:49:00.253-07:00WOW.WOW.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com