gauze wrote:... Johnny Drum 15 Year old Private Reserve (had not seen this before, turned bottle over and it had a '04' bottling date on it, so I suspect a case surfaced in the backroom or something, 15 year old hooch for $37 in 2013, I had to give it a go, any comments?)
Well, you're the one with the whiskey; it's you who needs to posts comments. Have you opened and tried it yet?
Where'd you find the bottling date? I have a bottle of this, but the only numbers on the bottle are the size (750ml, not 5th gal) and "76.5" which is certainly not related to the year. I don't think it's really all that old (the bottling, not the 15 year age), but the governent "don't drink if you're pregnant" warning was overstuck onto the label. That warning statement requirement began in 1989, but my bottle might have been filled originally for overseas sale (KBD did a lot of that before the late '90s) and then re-labeled for domestic sale. The alcohol statement is printed as 50.5% ABV (with 101 proof printed on the side of the label), so I'm thinking it is a much newer bottling than it looks. I don't remember when I got it, but it was awhile ago. I do think they're currently marketed though.
Of COURSE I've tasted mine! But I won't tell 'til you do