This whiskey was distilled at the Old Quaker distillery, the “other” distillery in Lawrenceburg, Indiana, which was owned by Schenley.
Photos courtesy of mimmotron
 
This whiskey was distilled at the Old Quaker distillery, the “other” distillery in Lawrenceburg, Indiana, which was owned by Schenley.
Photos courtesy of mimmotron
 
Inside the box, this bottle came wrapped in a faux “newspaper” featuring a Weller ad.
 
 
 
This is a very cool enclosure that looks like a porcelain decanter but actually contains a regular bottle. It depicts Fort Snelling in Minneapolis.
 
This Very Very Old Fitzgerald was bottled in 1975. Notice that the distillery is listed as “Old Fitzgerald” instead of Stitzel-Weller. This change came along in 1972 after the sale of the company by the Van Winkle family. Also, this bottle has a screw cap instead of a cork.
 
One of several special bottlings done for the Berghoff restraurant in Chicago. Some were bottled by Stitzel Weller, others by Van Winkle.
 
This export bottle is interesting in that the side label was altered to show 90 proof rather than 80, but the front still reads “40 vol%.”
Photos courtesy of MaltMartin.
 
Interesting French export bottle with the label in French. Photos courtesy of Clark Baker.
 
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.
 
This was distilled by Willett, and although it’s marked as 16 year it was actually aged 19 years.
 
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.
 
 
 
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.
 
Photos courtesy of Eli Spitzner
 
Note the sticker on the label intending to spin the change to metric as a postive. 5.6% larger than a pint!
 
We don’t usually post Beam decanters since there are so many and they’re well documented elsewhere, but this one is interesting in that it’s bottled in bond. Also of note, this is a perfect example of a glut-era bourbon, labeled as an 8 year product but aged for 11 years.
Photos courtesy of Steve C.
 
Wild Turkey 8 year, 101 proof was the staple of the line for decades. Unlike many brands, Wild Turkey kept the age statement and higher proof for a long time, which led to its perception of high quality. The ages started to drop in the 1990s, and the proofs have only recently started to go down.
 
 
 
Although age stated at 8 years, this is actually 11 years old.
 
Wild Turkey 8 year, 101 proof was the staple of the line for decades. Unlike many brands, Wild Turkey kept the age statement and higher proof for a long time, which led to its perception of high quality. The ages started to drop in the 1990s, and the proofs have only recently started to go down.
 
This bottle was most certainly the predecessor to the Old Grand Dad 114, though I had never seen it before. Although the bottle is stamped 77, I suspect this was from about 1980 due to the lack of UPC and both metric and ounces present.