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Eagle Rare 10/101, Lawrenceburg, 200ml Sample Bottle ~1982
Note the verbiage on the box indicating this was a “sampler,” and the unique numbering style on the tax strip.
Photos courtesy of Eric Washington
Very Very Old Fitzgerald 12yr, ~1982
This bottle shows the plastic box that the Very Old Fitzgeralds were sold in starting in the 1970s.
Photos courtesy of Steve Pendergast.
Posted in Very Old Fitzgerald
Tags: 1982, bottled in bond, bourbon, stitzel weller, very old fitzgerald
Tags: 1982, bottled in bond, bourbon, stitzel weller, very old fitzgerald
Wild Turkey 12yr “Beyond Duplication” 750ml, 1982
The 12 year is many people’s favorite in the Wild Turkey lineup. It started with the “Beyond Duplication” bottles in the early 1980s, which was replaced by the “cheesy gold foil” label bottle in the mid-80s, then the split-label in the mid-90s. The export market got the Beyond Duplication and gold foil labels longer than the US market. Finally, the export-only version persisted in a few markets. All are top quality pours.
The original US-version Beyond Duplication bottles had a tax strip like on this bottle. The later versions with a gold capsule top are exports, generally to Japan.
