45 Is Old...For a Bourbon! (WhiskyCast Episode 709: June 24, 2018)

 


If you're young, you might think 45 is old. If you're older, you
might think 45 is still pretty young. But when you're talking
about tasting a 45-year-old Bourbon, not only is that old, but
it's the oldest Bourbon ever bottled! We'll head to Julio's
Liquors in Massachusetts for the rare chance to taste the James
Thompson & Brother Final Reserve 45-year-old Bourbon, along
with its 42-year-old kid brother and three vintage Kentucky
whiskies from the 50's and 60's. In the news, we'll have the
latest on Friday's partial collapse of a whiskey warehouse at
Kentucky's Barton 1792 Distillery that left 9,000 barrels of
whisky in a huge pile of timber and tin. On Behind the Label,
we'll also explain why those warehouses are called "rickhouses"
in Kentucky and why the "ricks" are built out of wood.