tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840930092789285091.post6567445611547416900..comments2024-03-19T20:31:23.141-05:00Comments on The Chuck Cowdery Blog: Drink Bulleit Anyway.Chuck Cowderyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12191121480961526039noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840930092789285091.post-9761141309902109692008-09-23T22:33:00.000-05:002008-09-23T22:33:00.000-05:00Well, Chuck, I suppose that when you're a mark...Well, Chuck, I suppose that when you're a marketing executive instead of a whiskey person, you'd be forgiven thinking that whiskey just had to be better in the 19th century. Fact is, a lot of whiskey being sold then was tobacco-flavored iodine-colored white dog with wintergreen and a little sulphuric acid (vitriol) tossed in for a bead.<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>Remember the environment - and century - that spawned the Bottled In Bond Act.<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>Meanwhile, just off the top of my head, I can think of a few brands of whiskey that came to us from the 19th century and never really left:<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>Jack Daniel's<BR/><BR/>George Dickel<BR/><BR/>Four Roses<BR/><BR/>I. W. Harper<BR/><BR/>Old Forester<BR/><BR/>Early Times<BR/><BR/>Mattingly & Moore (if Heaven Hill still makes it)<BR/><BR/>Tom Moore<BR/><BR/>Old Charter<BR/><BR/>Old Crow<BR/><BR/>Old Fitzgerald<BR/><BR/>Old Grand-Dad<BR/><BR/>Old Overholt (possibly the oldest continuous brand)<BR/><BR/>Pepper - James or Oscar, I forget which, is still bottled for export<BR/><BR/>Yellowstone<BR/><BR/>Old Taylor<BR/><BR/>W. L. Weller<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>Obviously, some today are more drinkable (Weller) than others (Crow), but it should be readily discernable that even today quite a few brands being sold go back to the time period falsely claimed for Bulleit. The Pepper whiskeys actually claim a pedigree to the 18th century.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840930092789285091.post-502517383955564442008-07-20T23:15:00.000-05:002008-07-20T23:15:00.000-05:00Whenever I read about beverage marketing folks pla...Whenever I read about beverage marketing folks playing fast and loose with history, it reminds me of and old Dilbert strip where he gets reassigned to the marketing department by the pointy haired boss. When he arrives, he's greeted by people in togas and there's a banner over the door that says "Marketing, two drink minimum." Perhaps they're drinking what they are selling.<BR/><BR/>After hearing the concocted "history" of so many modern brands, it seems to me that the bulk of the marketing executives in the bourbon industry have B.S. degrees (not to be confused with a Bachelor of Science). For the sake of complete disclosure, I have to admit that my encounter with a Bulleit advertisement in a magazine a few years back started me on my trip to Bourbonia. <BR/><BR/>I think it was the cool bottle.Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14739275500922784173noreply@blogger.com