by bourbonv » Tue May 02, 2006 11:01 am
Wes,
Chris is indeed a great guy, but so is Lincoln. I can see where it would sting a little to see his name removed from the bottle. At least it was under better circumstances than Dave Backus at Dickel. Share the bottle with him on Derby and tell him I said "Hello".
Gary,
I think the Woodford Reserve is getting better as they learn more about using those stills. I find the aged whiskey we taste from the warehouses during the bourbon academy to be a little more fruity sweet with each year. Married with column still made whiskey makes for a nice balance.
It should be noted that the column still product is not simply Old Forester anymore. They have adjusted the formula to use a mutated version of the original yeast for both distillations of Woodford Reserve.
Mike Veach
Mike Veach
"Our people live almost exclusively on whiskey" - E H Taylor, Jr. 25 April 1873