Straight Bourbon Whiskey 1990 A.W. Hirsch:  Michter's whiskey, age-arrested at 16 years   91.6 proof   16 years old Ancient Age  --  from '50s   86 proof     1972 Ancient Age  --  from '70s   86 proof   6 years old 1992 Ancient Age  --  from '90s   80 proof   40 months old 1998 Ancient Age  --  Barrel 107 Brand   107 proof   10 years old 1998 Ancient Ancient Age  10 Year  --  Old style bottle   86 proof   10 years old 2002 Ancient Ancient Age  10 Year  --  New style bottle   86 proof   10 years old   Ancient Age  --  100 proof Bottled in Bond   100 proof     Ancient Age  --  from '50s   100 proof       B. J. Holladay  --  Private Keep   80 proof       Baker's  --  (yellow label)   107 proof   7 years old   Baker's  --  (black label)   107 proof   7 years old   Barton --  Very Old Barton   86 proof   6 years old 2003 Barton (as Williams & Churchill) 1792 Ridgewood Reserve   93.7 proof   8 years old   Basil Hayden   80 proof   8 years old 1975 Bellows  --  Bellows Club   80 proof   6 years old 1997 Bellow's  --  (current version)   80 proof   4 years old 2000 Benchmark  --  McAfee   80 proof   8 years old   Benchmark  --  Seagrams   80 proof       Benchmark  --  Single Barrel   94 proof   10 years old   Black Maple Hill   93.2 proof   14 years old   Blanton's  --  Single Barrel   93 proof       Booker's   126.5 proof   8 years old   Booker's  --  10th Anniversary   126.3 proof   8 years old   Boswell  --  bottled now used by Rockhill Farms   100 proof       Bourbon Deluxe   80 proof   4 years old 1977 Bourbon Supreme   80 proof     2001 Bourbon Valley  --  (export only)   101 proof   12 years old 1999 Buffalo Trace   90 proof   7 years old   Bulleit  --  Frontier Style (Seagrams)   90 proof       Bulleit  --  Thoroughbred (Ancient Age)   100 proof       Bulleit  --  (Ancient Age)   90 proof     1969 Cabin Still  --  Sportsman bottle (#7)   90 proof   5 years old 1975 Cabin Still  --  (standard bottle)   80 proof   6 years old   Cabin Still  --  (current version)   80 proof     1956 Cascade  --  (KY bourbon; not Tennessee)   86 proof   4 years old   Chapin & Gore  --  (current version)   80 proof     2000 Clementine  --  (export only)   101 proof   8 years old 1988 Colonel Lee   100 proof   4 years old   Corner Creek  --  Four-Grain   88 proof   8 years old   David Nicholson  --  1843 Brand   100 proof   7 years old   Dowling  --  Premium   90 proof   8 years old   Dowling  --  100 Brand   100 proof   8 years old 1975 Eagle Rare  --  Seagrams   101 proof   10 years old   Eagle Rare  --  Classic   90 proof   17 years old   Eagle Rare  --  Single Barrel   90 proof   10 years old   Eagle Rare  --  Ancient Age   101 proof   10 years old   Early Times  --  (export only)   80 proof       Early Times  --  1980 special bottling   94 proof       Early Times  --  (KY Whiskey - standard label)   80 proof       Early Times  --  (KY Whiskey - yellow label)   80 proof       Echo Springs  --  (current version)   80 proof   4 years old   Elijah Craig  --  18 Year Old Single Barrel   90 proof   18 years old   Elijah Craig  --  12 Year Old   94 proof   12 years old   Elmer T. Lee  --  Single Barrel - New Bottle   90 proof       Elmer T. Lee  --  107 Proof - Black Bottle   107 proof       Elmer T. Lee Single Barrel - Black Label; Elmer T. Lee sig   90 proof     1995 Evan Williams Single Barrel  --  1986; 1988-1994   86.6 proof   9 years old   Evan Williams  --  1783   86 proof   10 years old   Evan Williams black label  --  90 proof   90 proof   7 years old   Evan Williams black label  --  86 Proof   90 proof   7 years old   Ezra Brooks   90 proof       Ezra Brooks  --  Old Ezra Brooks   101 proof   7 years old   Ezra Brooks  --  Ezra B   99 proof   15 years old   Fighting Cock  --  (export only)   103 proof   15 years old   Fighting Cock  --  Paper label   103 proof   8 years old   Fighting Cock  --  Plastic label   103 proof   6 years old 2000 Four Roses - Single Barrel Reserve  --  (export only)   86 proof   7 years old 2000 Four Roses - Single Barrel  --  (export only)   86 proof   7 years old   Four Roses  --  (yellow label) Jimmy Rutherford sig   80 proof       Four Roses  --  (American blended whiskey)   86.8 proof   4 years old   Grommes & Ullrich  --  (current version)   90 proof   10 years old   Hancock's Reserve   88.9 proof       Heaven Hill  --  Old Heaven Hill Bond   100 proof       Heaven Hill  --  Old Heaven Hill   80 proof       Heaven Hill  --  (white label)   100 proof       Heaven Hill  --  Very Rare Old Heaven Hill   100 proof   10 years old   Heaven Hill  --  (green label)   90 proof   6 years old   Heaven Hill  --  Ultra Deluxe   80 proof   3 years old   Heaven Hill black label  --  (black label)   80 proof       Henry Clay Rare Bourbon   90.6 proof   16 years old   Henry Clay Rare Bourbon (sealed) Barrel #1 bottle #150   90.6 proof   16 years old 1988 Henry McKenna  --  Miniature Jugs, Schenley 1988   80 proof     1996 Henry McKenna  --  Single Barrel   100 proof   10 years old   Henry McKenna  --  (export only)  Seagrams   80 proof       Henry McKenna  --  Heaven Hill   80 proof       Henry McKenna Special Reserve  --  Jug   80 proof       Hiram Walker Ten High  --        (Barton)   80 proof     1990 Hiram Walker Ten High Ten  --  (Barton)   86 proof   10 years old 1973 Hiram Walker's DeLuxe Gold Pint from barrel # 8 million       8 years old 1976 Hiram Walker's DeLuxe  --  Hiram Walker;  Peoria Illinois   80 proof   8 years old   Hiram Walker's DeLuxe  --  Hiram Walker;  Peoria Illinois   80 proof     1918 Hudson Whiskey: C. M. Dedman, Dist.#16, 8th Distr. KY       5 years old 1968 I.W. Harper Etched Glass: Carriage Lady; 1 of 6   86 proof   10 years old   I.W. Harper Gold Medal  --  Gold Medal   80 proof   4 years old   I.W. Harper Gold Medal (Bourbon Heritage)   80 proof   15 years old   I.W. Harper No. 99 Brand   99 proof     1988 I.W. Harper  --  Glass Decanters   80 proof       I.W. Harper   80 proof   4 years old I.W. Harper  --  Gold Medal   80 proof     I.W. Harper Regency Decanter Xmas Issue mid 1950s   86 proof   6 years old   J. T. S. Brown: (Paul Newman sold separately)   80 proof     1966 J. W. Dant  --  130th Anniversary Bottling           J. W. Dant  --  (current version)   100 proof     1982 J.W. Dant  --   '80s   100 proof   5 years old 1990 J.W. Dant  --   '90s   100 proof   4 years old   J.W. Dant  --   '70s? (not sure)   80 proof   3 years old   Jacob's Well   84 proof   7 years old 1975 Jim Beam  --   Bonded Beam   100 proof   8 years old 1977 Jim Beam  --   Bonded Beam   100 proof   8 years old 1981 Jim Beam  --   Stoneware Jug 1.75 liter - sealed   86 proof   4 years old   Jim Beam  --  (white label)   80 proof   4 years old   Jim Beam  --  (white label - Toddy's souvenir bottling)   80 proof   4 years old 1995 Jim Beam  --  (black label)   90 proof   90 proof   7 years old 2002 Jim Beam  --  (black label)   86 proof   86 proof   8 years old   Jim Beam  --  Beam's Choice (green label)   80 proof       Jim Beam  --  1995 Bicentennial   95 proof   6.5 years old   Johnny Drum  --  15 year old   101 proof   15 years old   Johnny Drum  --  12 year old   86 proof   12 years old   Joshua Brooks  --  8 year old   90 proof   8 years old   Kentucky Gentleman  --  (straight bourbon; not blended)   100 proof       Kentucky Pride   90 proof   10 years old   Kentucky Rain   80 proof     1959 Kentucky Tavern  --  Glenmore Bottled-in-Bond    100 proof   7 years old   Kentucky Tavern  --  (current version)   100 proof     1984 Kentucky Tavern  --  Glenmore Bottled-in-Bond    100 proof     1984 Kentucky Tavern  --  Early '80s, bottle later used by Blanton's 100 proof       Kentucky Vintage   90 proof       Knob Creek   100 proof   9 years old   Maker’s Mark  --  Limited Edition   90 proof   6 years old   Maker’s Mark   90 proof   6 years old   Maker’s Mark  --  Special Red, White & Blue dipping   90 proof   6 years old 2003 Maker's Mark  --  Secretariat (black); bottle #172   90 proof     1999 Martin Mills  --  (export only)  Heaven Hill   107 proof   24 years old 1975 Mattingly & Moore  --  (straight bourbon; not blended)   80 proof   5 years old   Mattingly & Moore --  (American blended whiskey)   80 proof     McCormick  --  straight bourbon;  Weston, Missouri   90 proof     1976 Medley  --  USA Bicentennial Banjo Bottle w/ Box   80 proof   8 years old   Noah's Mill   114.7 proof   15 years old 1997 Old 1889  --  Royal   86 proof   12 years old 1998 Old 1889  --  (current version)   80 proof   3 years old   Old Bardstown  --  (current version)   90 proof       Old Bardstown  --  100 proof Bottled in Bond   100 proof     1955 Old Bardstown  --  Fiddle bottle - orig. Willett Distillery   90 proof       Old Bourbon Hollow   100 proof   4 years old   Old Charter  --  Proprietor's Reserve   90 proof   13 years old   Old Charter  --  Classic 12   90 proof   12 years old   Old Charter  --  Glass decanter bottle   80 proof   10 years old Old Charter  --  Charter Club 10 Year Old       10 years old   Old Commonwealth     proof   10 years old 1954 Old Crow  --  Glass Decanter with box   100 proof   4 years old 1971 Old Crow  --  National Distillers   100 proof   10 years old 1972 Old Crow  --  Crow Light   80 proof   4 years old 1973 Old Crow  --  National Distillers   86 proof   7 years old   Old Crow  --  Traveler bottle, lies flat in suitcase   86 proof       Old Crow  --  (current version)   80 proof   3 years old   Old Fitzgerald  --  Heaven Hill: Bernheim   86 proof       Old Fitzgerald  --  United Distillers   86 proof       Old Fitzgerald  --  United Distillers   100 proof       Old Fitzgerald  --  Very Special   100 proof   12 years old   Old Fitzgerald  --  1849   90 proof   8 years old   Old Forester  --  (current version)   100 proof   4 years old   Old Forester  --  (current version)   86 proof   4 years old   Old Forester  --  Lincoln Henderson sig   86 proof   4 years old 1977 Old Forester   86 proof   4 years old 1979 Old Forester   86 proof   4 years old 1982 Old Forester   100 proof   4 years old   Old Forester  --  Pendennis Club bottling   86 proof   4 years old   Old Grand-Dad  --  (current version)   86 proof       Old Grand-Dad  --  (current version)   100 proof       Old Grand Dad  --  National Distillers   86 proof     Old Grand Dad  --  National Distillers   86 proof       Old Grand-Dad  --  114 Proof   114 proof     2000 Old Man Winter  --  (export only)   90 proof   12 years old 1965 Old Taylor  --  National Distillers   100 proof   8 years old 1967 Old Taylor  --  National Distillers   100 proof   10 years old 1972 Old Taylor  --  National Distillers   100 proof   8 years old 1972 Old Taylor  --  National Distillers   100 proof   8 years old 1975 Old Taylor  --  National Distillers   86 proof   6 years old 1985 Old Taylor  --  National Distillers   80 proof   6 years old   Old Taylor  --  (current version)   80 proof   6 years old   Old Whiskey River  --  w/ a real Willie Nelson guitar pick   86 proof   6 years old   Original Barrel Brand  --  Heaven Hill 107 proof   107 proof   5 years old 2000.3 Pap's  --  (export only)   86 proof   8.3 years old   Peter Jake's  --  Private Keep   90 proof   10 years old   Pure Kentucky XO   107 proof   12 years old 1985 Rebel Yell  --  Stitzel-Weller   90 proof       Rebel Yell  --  Stitzel-Weller: United Distillers   80 proof       Rock Hill Farms  --  Original bottle, Gary Gayheart sig   100 proof       Rowan's Creek   101.1 proof   12 years old 1977 Stonewood  --  Poindexter Distilling Co. DSP-KY-113   100 proof   5 years old   T. W. Samuels  --  (current version) Heaven Hill   86 proof       Thedford Reserve  --  Colonial Whiskey   92.6 proof       Tom Moore  --  (straight bourbon whiskey)   100 proof   4 years old   Twisted Spoke  --  Commonwealth: Lawrenceburg   105 proof   16 years old   Van Winkle Family Reserve (Pappy)  - post 1999   90.4 proof   20 years old   Van Winkle Family Reserve (Pappy)  - pre   2000   90.4 proof   20 years old   Van Winkle Family Reserve (Pappy)  - pre   2003   95.6 proof   23 years old   Van Winkle  --  Old Rip Van Winkle  10 YO   107 proof   10 years old   Van Winkle  --  Old Rip Van Winkle  15 YO   107 proof   15 years old   Van Winkle  --  Special Reserve  (Lot B)   90.4 proof   12 years old   Virgin Bourbon --  (current version) Heaven Hill   101 proof   7 years old   Virginia Gentleman  --  Small Batch (Fox Hunt)   90 proof   6 years old   Virginia Gentleman   80 proof   4 years old   Wathen's  --  Charles Medley & Son Barrel #5  Owensboro KY 94 proof       Wathen's  --  Charles Medley & Son Barrel #3  Owensboro KY 94 proof       Wathen's  --  (current version) Medley/David Sherman   94 proof       Wathen's  --  Autographed by Charles Medley   94 proof     1976 Weller: Old Weller Original 107 Brand  --  Stitzel-Weller: UDV w/ Gold Threaded Bottle 107 proof   7 years old 1996 Weller: Old Weller Antique 107 Brand  --  Stitzel-Weller: UDV w/ Gold Threaded Bottle 107 proof   7 years old   Weller: W.L. Weller Classic 19 Year Old  --  Buffalo Trace Classics Collection 90 proof   19 years old   Weller: W.L. Weller Centennial  --  Bourbon Heritage Collection 100 proof   10 years old   Weller: W.L. Weller Special Reserve   90 proof   7 years old Weller: Original Barrel Proof  --  Precursor to Original 107 Brand 107 proof     1969 Weller: W. L. Weller  --  Precursor to Bourbon Heritage Collection 86 proof   8 years old 1973 Wild Turkey  --  Labeled "101 Proof   8 Years Old"   101 proof   8 years old   Wild Turkey  --  Labeled "101 Proof   No. 8"   101 proof       Wild Turkey  --  Labeled "101 Proof"   101 proof     Wild Turkey  --  Autographed by Jimmy Russell   86 proof       Wild Turkey  --  Kentucky Spirit Single Barrel   101 proof       Wild Turkey  --  12 Year old 101 Proof   101 proof   12 years old 1983 Wild Turkey  --  12 Year Old 101 Proof Gold Label   101 proof   12 years old   Wild Turkey: Russell's Reserve   101 proof   10 years old   Wild Turkey: Russell's Reserve  --  Pre-Release Bottling; Jimmy & Ed Russell sigs 101 proof   10 years old   Wild Turkey  --  Rare Breed   108.6 proof   6 years old   Woodford Reserve Distiller's Select  --  Labrot & Graham    94.4 proof       Yellowstone  --  (current version) David Sherman   90 proof       Yellowstone  --  Glenmore Bottled-in-Bond    90 proof       Yellowstone: Mellow Mash  --  Glenmore   91 proof   7 years old American Rye Whiskey 1978 Jim Beam Rye  --  (yellow label)  ~ 1971   80 proof   7 years old   Jim Beam Rye  --  (yellow label)  (current version)   80 proof     2001 Classic Cask Rye   90 proof   15 years old 1976 Michter's Pot Still Whiskey  --  1 Qt. Jug - 1976   86 proof     1978 Michter's Pot Still Whiskey  --  King Tut Decanter         1979 Michter's  --  Pennsylvania Pot Still Sour Mash Whiskey   86 proof   6 years old   Michter's Rye: (Lawrenceburg KY; not orig Michter's)   92.8 proof     1914 Mount Vernon Pure Rye         1878 Old Eastern Rye  --  Thomas McMullen & Co., NY           Old Overholt  --  (current version)   80 proof   4 years old 1940 Old Overholt  --  Large Distillery,  Large PA   86 proof   6 years old Old Overholt  --  Distilled in PA; Bottled in Cincinnati         1996 Old Potrero -- Single Malt Whiskey  18th Century Style   124 proof   1 years old   Old Potrero -- Straight Rye Whiskey 19th Century Style        2.5 years old 1901 Pennsyvania Imperial Cabinet Rye - "Xmas 1901" on label       8 years old 1982 Pikesville  --  Standard Distillers (Baltimore)   86 proof   4 years old   Pikesville  --  Heaven Hill: Bardstown   80 proof   4 years old   Rittenhouse  --  (current version) Heaven Hill   100 proof       Rittenhouse  --  (current version) Heaven Hill   80 proof       Sazerac Rye  --  Classic 18 Year Old   90 proof   18 years old   Van Winkle Rye  --  Van Winkle Family Reserve Rye   94.6 proof   13 years old   Van Winkle Rye  --  Old Rip Van Winkle Rye   90 proof   12 years old   Wild Turkey Rye  --  (old green label)   101 proof       Wild Turkey Rye  --  (current label)   101 proof                         1910 (approx) Apple Jack - Commercial Distillers Ltd   100 proof     Okay, it's not rye. But where else're ya gonna list this?         Tennessee Whiskey   George Dickel  --  Special Barrel Reserve   86 proof   10 years old   George Dickel #12 Tennessee Whiskey   90 proof   4 years old 1988 George Dickel #8 glass decanter   80 proof   4 years old   George Dickel #8 Tennessee Whiskey   80 proof   4 years old   Jack Daniel's Old No.7  (black label):  current version   86 proof       Jack Daniel's Old No.7  (black label):  from '80s   90 proof       Jack Daniel's  --  No. 7 (green label)   80 proof      2001 Jack Daniel's  --  Jack's 150th Birthday   90 proof       Jack Daniel's  --  Single Barrel   104 proof       Jack Daniel's  --  Gentleman Jack   80 proof      1996 Jack Daniel's  --  Tennessee Bicentennial 1996 Replica   96 proof      1994 Jack Daniel's  --  Barrelhouse No.1   1994 (not a replica)   94 proof      1992 Jack Daniel's  --  Original 1895         1992 Replica   86 proof      1996 Jack Daniel's  --  1904 St.Louis        1996 Replica   90 proof      1997 Jack Daniel's  --  1905 Liege            1997 Replica   90 proof      1998 Jack Daniel's  --  1913 Ghent           1998 Replica   90 proof      2002 Jack Daniel's  --  1914 London         2002 Replica   90 proof      2003 Jack Daniel's  --  1915 London Hygiene  2003 Replica   90 proof     American Straight Corn Whiskey 1991 Virginia Lightning: Belmont Farms; Culpepper VA   100 proof   un-aged Tennessee Lightning: Belmont Farms; Culpepper VA   100 proof   un-aged   Mellow Corn: Heaven Hill (as Medley)   100 proof   1 year old   Platte Valley: McCormick; Weston Missouri   80 proof   3 years old   McCormick Special Selection  --  Jug    80 proof   3 years old   Clear Corn: Heaven Hill   80 proof   un-aged 1974 Georgia Moon  --  Johnson Distillery - Albany, GA   86 proof   un-aged   Georgia Moon  --  Heaven Hill   80 proof   un-aged 2002 Conecuh Ridge - May Bros.  Alabama   91 proof   not stated

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