Defective Bourbon County Bottles

No Bottled on Date...should I be concerned?

https://www.dropbox.com/s/f3ozzg0ef3askah/BCBS.jpg?dl=0

 

Interesting but I would guess the time stamp machine was just out of ink for a few minutes. Beer will be totally fine!

 

Just circling back: did you ever hear back about the under-filled bottle?

 

I got several bottles of both the 13.8% and 14.4% ABV versions. They have different bottle dates. Did a taste test last night and the 13.8% drank way better/silky/flavorful/sweet/aromatic/less boozy, despite it being the bottle that looked like it wasn't stored in a clean environment. It wasn't mold, but I was definitely skeptical when I saw it. All my bottles are from San Diego area.

 

Nope not yet

 

Any way to know what ABV is in the keg that is on tap, or was that also varying ABV multiple batches too?

 

..Too busy doing promos for their TV show..

 

I just got a case at my store, with about half the bottles with mold...nothing outrageous but none the less, a lack of quality control. Who is ok with buying bottles cleaned off knowing this?

For the record, SoCal and 14.4% black caps

 

After further review, all 12 of my bottles have bubbles and strange little cracks. Already drank a few, and they seemed fine, although I'm a little worried about the 8 I'm going to cellar.

 

It must be a hard life being able to get a case of bcs. The liquor stores by me were sold out and one I heard was only selling two bottles per person. I am still looking for some unfortunately no where in Maryland seems to have any and seems the same thing for all the places I've called in pa. So feel free to send me any defective bottles I'll gladly drink them.

 

I'm curious, was your case box moisture stained?

 

i think it could make sense if there were issues with freezing.

 

I thought legally to be labeled Bourbon it had to be made with at least 50% corn and aged at least one year in new charred oak barrels. To be labeled as Ky bourbon it had to be ages at least one year in Ky.

 

I've got 13.8% dated oct 5/14 and 14.4% oct 6/14, just throwing another wrench in the works. all in perfect condition, btw. Same white ink caps on both.

 

at least 51% corn. but you are right some of the other info stated in prior posts are pretty off the mark.

A) if bourbon could only be made in Kentucky please explain the old Mitcher's distillery in PA that produced the world renown A.H. BOURBONs?? also try explaining LDI or whatever their current acronym is now??? B) far as i recall, bourbon can technically be made on the moon, so long as the recipe requirements, barrel requirement & barrel entry proofs are all correct. to be labeled "Kentucky Straight Bourbon" there are regional requirements for aging etc.

 

There it is.

I suppose Jack is really a Bourbon, but since it's distilled in TN it gets labeled as Tennessee Whiskey.

 

yep. but there is that other debate about the use of sugar maple charcoal / Lincoln Co. process used to filter Jack & Dickel.

EDIT my prior post i meant A.H. Hirsch Bourbons (forgot the word Hirsch after A.H.)

 

Just to clear things up (and for anyone else curious on the subject):

For labeling as "Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whisky" - straight from the Code of Federal Regulations 5 CFR 27 Section 5.22(b)(1)(iii):

"(iii) Whiskies conforming to the standards prescribed in paragraphs (b)(1)(i) and (ii) of this section, which have been stored in the type of oak containers prescribed, for a period of 2 years or more shall be further designated as “straight”; for example, “straight bourbon whisky”, “straight corn whisky”, and whisky conforming to the standards prescribed in paragraph (b)(1)(i) of this section, except that it was produced from a fermented mash of less than 51 percent of any one type of grain, and stored for a period of 2 years or more in charred new oak containers shall be designated merely as “straight whisky”. No other whiskies may be designated “straight”. “Straight whisky” includes mixtures of straight whiskies of the same type produced in the same State."
http://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-id...abb0d841e&node=pt27.1.5&rgn=div5#se27.1.5_122



As for the Kentucky-only part... he was referring to a Kentucky Revised Statute that has limitations on the kinds of whisky that can be bottled in KY as well as labeling restrictions - KRS 244.370

"No whiskey produced in Kentucky, except whiskey the barrel containing which is branded "Corn Whiskey" under the internal revenue laws, shall be bottled in Kentucky or removed from this state unless such whiskey has been aged in oak barrels for a period of not less than one (1) full year; provided, however, that whiskey aged less than one (1) year may be removed from the state and bottled, or bottled in Kentucky, if the word "Kentucky" or any word or phrase implying Kentucky origin does not appear on the front label or elsewhere on the retail container or package except in the name and address of the distiller as required by federal regulation."
http://www.lrc.ky.gov/statutes/statute.aspx?id=11476

 

box seemed in good shape, one of of the first things I looked for. Im guessing someone stacked palettes too high, cracked some botlles from the pressure, and the high sugar content on the cases below created the mold. None the les, they replaced it immediately, and claim to still have over 100 cases in their warehouse, so itll be back my guess Migration week in April