tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840930092789285091.post1126652599690117030..comments2024-03-19T20:31:23.141-05:00Comments on The Chuck Cowdery Blog: "Bond. Bottled-in-Bond"Chuck Cowderyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12191121480961526039noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840930092789285091.post-86735447699192840632018-12-12T15:47:16.542-06:002018-12-12T15:47:16.542-06:00Current Old Overholt is decent but Old Overholt Bi...Current Old Overholt is decent but Old Overholt BiB is great! Don't buy it for $30, fair price is around $23 (or less) for the 1L bottle. I'm a rye geek and I enjoy it as much as higher-rye and 100% rye bottles. It is more savory and I'd start a rye tasting with it.<br /><br />Mellow Corn BiB (the only iteration, AFAIK) is also very interesting. Fair price is around $13. Very sippable and educational as proto-bourbon. And better value than some of those novelty mason jar moonshines and unaged white dog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840930092789285091.post-33507714459880267652018-12-12T15:41:44.974-06:002018-12-12T15:41:44.974-06:00Mr. Cowdery wrote: "The French were re-rectif...Mr. Cowdery wrote: "The French were re-rectifying much of this spirit since 1872, along with German potatoes and beet spirit to formulate brandy. Then export it back to the US and Commonwealth countries as premium cognac and French brandy." - FASCINATING! Meaning that they violated their own law on brandy/cognac!? Or perhaps they altered the law at the time? I never knew that! Do you have a good link to read up on that? Good cognac and armagnac are a minor hobby for me but I feel let down by this, even if what I'm drinking is grape spirit... I already hold against them the use of E150, boisé and sweeteners, although I've been finding more authentic single cognacs lately.<br /><br />I feel like I'm in the bowels of spirits history here, just fascinating!<br /><br />Might as well also ask: Mr. Cowdery, do you enjoy cognac-style brandy from time to time and are there American aged grape brandies that come close? So far the stuff I tried from Copper Fox is disappointing.<br /><br />Thank you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840930092789285091.post-115107923913054162018-02-18T22:50:44.592-06:002018-02-18T22:50:44.592-06:00'Distiller' means the distiller-in-charge,...'Distiller' means the distiller-in-charge, or master distiller. Chuck Cowderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12191121480961526039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840930092789285091.post-88312338733215201002018-02-18T21:25:13.597-06:002018-02-18T21:25:13.597-06:00I am curious about "a single distiller"?...I am curious about "a single distiller"? How can this be controlled in a modern production facility with a couple of different employees and 24-7 production? I suppose there are different people involved in distilling a batch of spirits depending on the work hours and holidays.<br /><br />Or is the requirement of one single distiller obsolete in the meantime?Thomas Domenighttp://www.bourbonbuch.denoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840930092789285091.post-6551422829688672962018-02-13T16:18:06.486-06:002018-02-13T16:18:06.486-06:00On the subject of bonds for export bottled below 5...On the subject of bonds for export bottled below 50% ABV, our friend Chris Middleton of the Whisky Academy offers this: "Oddly, the 1897 Act permitted B-i-B export at 40% ABV. The British until December 1915 legislated to reduce spirits to 35UP or 37% ABV due to War restrictions and the need for sobriety. Other Commonwealth countries, such as Australia in 1905 bottled at 10 – 15UP or 51 – 48% ABV. Significant volumes of common whiskey went to France, still suffering catastrophic grape harvest declines since Phylloxera arrived on native US grape cuttings half a century earlier. This whiskey was further rectified and made into brandy for export sales. Why then 40% ABV in the 1897 Act? Maybe excise tax differentials made it more economically attractive for export incentives? Perhaps the French? The French were re-rectifying much of this spirit since 1872, along with German potatoes and beet spirit to formulate brandy. Then export it back to the US and Commonwealth countries as premium cognac and French brandy."Chuck Cowderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12191121480961526039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840930092789285091.post-14823111608600012972018-02-13T13:30:12.090-06:002018-02-13T13:30:12.090-06:00I wish I could get bonded chocolate bars, for the ...I wish I could get bonded chocolate bars, for the same reasons.Brian McDanielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00903146232648812210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840930092789285091.post-62126937017656487672018-02-12T18:54:00.768-06:002018-02-12T18:54:00.768-06:00I like BIB, not because I think it automatically m...I like BIB, not because I think it automatically means better quality. It does, however, communicate more clearly what is in the bottle. I want to know more about what I am drinking. Unfortunately much of the whisk(e)y world is going the opposite direction.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840930092789285091.post-85682939057160783632018-02-11T19:27:40.081-06:002018-02-11T19:27:40.081-06:00It’s still 100-proof, but I believe they had to dr...It’s still 100-proof, but I believe they had to drop the Bottled-In-Bond designation because it’s not made during one distilling season. Either that, or it’s slughtly younger than 4 years old.Crashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03269599289882922109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840930092789285091.post-29790752168247825412018-02-11T16:27:55.251-06:002018-02-11T16:27:55.251-06:00For the record, James Bond favors Old Grand-Dad bo...For the record, James Bond favors Old Grand-Dad bourbon in the books, and Haig and Haig (now Haig Dimple) for Scotch. He drinks a lot more bourbon & branch and Scotch & soda in the books than he does martinis.Brian McDanielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00903146232648812210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840930092789285091.post-17336822727795409262018-02-11T15:16:25.130-06:002018-02-11T15:16:25.130-06:00I've seen those too but can't explain them...I've seen those too but can't explain them.Chuck Cowderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12191121480961526039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840930092789285091.post-36544286425580559212018-02-10T08:49:31.988-06:002018-02-10T08:49:31.988-06:00Great article, Chuck. Lately I've seen a few ...Great article, Chuck. Lately I've seen a few dusty bourbon bottles (60's-70's, I believe) labeled "Bottled-in-Bond" at only 86-proof. I've heard these were export exceptions. Was that legal years ago (or maybe it still is)? Thanks!rarebird101https://www.blogger.com/profile/09708248893179114893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840930092789285091.post-19892316476215289402018-02-09T21:09:09.817-06:002018-02-09T21:09:09.817-06:00There's was even a bonded apple brandy from La...There's was even a bonded apple brandy from Laird's but they've had to drop the bonded designation because of demand. And I still miss Heavenhill 10yo BiB...Rob Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15604826633798229422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840930092789285091.post-51902255395836960922018-02-09T16:01:24.594-06:002018-02-09T16:01:24.594-06:00Thanks, Chuck, for another interesting post.
I'...Thanks, Chuck, for another interesting post.<br />I've been interested in BIB's for some time. I've been able to pick up the Old Grand-Dad BIB here in Vermont, but nothing else is available. When I visit family in Cincinnati, I can find many BIB's you mention in this post when I pop into Kentucky, and find them well worth the purchase price!<br />Hope other distilleries pick up on this practice.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06601909557097726545noreply@blogger.com