Photo libraries, in ascending order by bottling year

Old Rip Van Winkle 11yr 94.4pf, 4/5qt, 1978

Note that the bottle was manufactured in 1974 but not filled until 1978. This was common with older-generation Van Winkle bottles. Presumably they would place a large minimum order for bottles and it would take several years to sell through them.

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Heaven Hill 8yr Bonded, 1978

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J.W. Dant 10yr, 80pf ~1978

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Old Taylor 80pf ~1978

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Benchmark 86pf Louisville, 200ml, 1978

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Old Fitzgerald 10yr 101pf Decanter, 1978 – Export

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Kentucky Bonded Bourbon, 4/5qt, 1959-1978

This was distilled by Willett, and although it’s marked as 16 year it was actually aged 19 years.

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David Nicholson Bonded Triangle Decanter, 1970-1978

Stitzel-Weller often recycled decanter designs for use among their different brands. This one is interesting in that it was used for the David Nicholson brand, which was then owned by the Van Winkle and McClure families but produced and bottled by Stitzel-Weller.

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Old Forester 4yr, 86pf, DSP-414, 1978

Photos courtesy of Chris Dion

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Very Very Old Fitzgerald 12yr, 1965-1978

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Benchmark 86pf, Quart, 1978

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Old Rip Van Winkle 11yr 94.4pf, 1978

This bottle was distilled in 1967, before the sale of Stitzel Weller by the Van Winkle Family, and bottled in 1978 by Julian Van Winkle II.

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Old Fitzgerald 10yr 101pf Decanter, 750ml ~1978

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Old Grand Dad Bonded, 750ml, 1971-1978

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