Photos courtesy of Jacob Crawford.
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This same bottle design (and same whiskey inside) seems to have been re-badged for virtually all of Stitzel-Weller’s brands in the late 1970s through the mid-1980s, including Old Fitzgerald, Weller, and Rebel Yell. Decorative decanters were generally marketed around the holidays to be purchased as gifts.
Photos courtesy of Terry Traw
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Photos courtesy of Kevin Flack
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You’ll notice this bottle has a confederate flag, which was not allowed on US-sold bottles by regulation.
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Rebel Yell was a Stitzel Weller brand that was marketed to the South. It was generally one of the lower-shelf brands offered, but can still be a very good find.
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These photos of actual bourbon and rye bottles are an easy way to see how labels and bottles changed over the years, and can assist in finding the year and details of your bottle.
Click on a link to see the photos for that brand.
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*Soap Box Alert*
The words “acronym” and “abbreviation” often get used interchangeably these days, but they have different meanings. An abbreviation is a group of letters that represents something longer, like a phrase. An acronym is a word that’s created from an abbreviation, that you can say like a word.
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Josh at StraightBourbon created this fantastic tree back in 2010, and has been keeping it updated since. He’s graciously given me permission to reprint it here for easy reference. Please check out Josh’s great Sipology Blog for tasting notes and thoughts on a number of spirits.
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Why it’s revered
The Stitzel-Weller distillery has gained legendary status among bourbon connoisseurs for a number of reasons. First, it’s the distillery opened by Julian “Pappy” Van Winkle and run under his ownership for much of its history. When Pappy died his son Julian II took over, before it was sold and became just another corporate asset to be bought and sold numerous times.
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Welcome to whiskeyid.com, a resource for identifying vintage bottles of bourbon and rye. The site features images of vintage bottles as well as specific info and timelines to assist in dating and verifying authenticity. Content is mostly user-submitted, so if you have bottles that you don’t see here please click the submit link and contribute your photos!
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