tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840930092789285091.post1541964990201845425..comments2024-03-19T20:31:23.141-05:00Comments on The Chuck Cowdery Blog: The Van Winkle Phenomenon and How It Got That WayChuck Cowderyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12191121480961526039noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840930092789285091.post-78367064472498053542020-03-04T18:13:54.015-06:002020-03-04T18:13:54.015-06:00I can shed a little light on that last point. When...I can shed a little light on that last point. When Sazerac bought Barton, they were doing their due diligence and discovered that Barton had been making a wheated bourbon for years and putting it away, but Sazerac couldn't find any evidence of why they were making it, who they were making it for, or whether or not they had sold any of it. Maybe they were using it in blends, was one theory. Anyway, that's the root of 1792 Sweet Wheat.Chuck Cowderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12191121480961526039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840930092789285091.post-12544493287926082852020-03-04T17:27:07.314-06:002020-03-04T17:27:07.314-06:00Just finally got my Reader.
Great write-up. Exce...Just finally got my Reader. <br /><br />Great write-up. Excepting micro-distilled stuff, is there any major wheated bourbon that does not "genetically" go back to Pappy and Stitzel-Weller somehow?<br /><br />Old Fitz/Larceny at HH, the Wellers and Van Winkles at BT, Rebel Yell, David Nicholson, the Maker's through the Bill Samuels - Pappy connection. <br /><br />Even Wyoming Whiskey, a 20% wheated bourbon which is pretty big out here in the West, is connected through Steven Nally, who got hired after retiring from Maker's to get WW started.<br /><br />The only one I'm not sure about is Barton's 1792 Sweet Wheat, but they're owned by Sazerac, so maybe that's the Weller recipe too ;)Erik Fishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12240369317945678257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840930092789285091.post-14989446995070335962020-02-23T10:20:57.891-06:002020-02-23T10:20:57.891-06:00Or you may pay a fair retail price because your re...Or you may pay a fair retail price because your retailer values their customers and has enough integrity not engage in price gouging. Also, riveting promo for the The Bourbon Country Reader! Clueless of Coursehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13761048673709821026noreply@blogger.com