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512 - When Do Age Statements Matter? on Bourbon Community Roundtable #105

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🗓️ 1 May 2025

⏱️ 65 minutes

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We're coming together and we're talking about age statements. Wild Turkey 101 is making its 8 year return for the first time since 1992. But I really wanted to pose a question of when do age statements really matter? You see all kinds of brands that are very successful without age statements, namely coming from Brown Forman with the likes of Old Forrester and with Woodford Reserve. Even the most famous bourbon on the planet, Blanton's, doesn't have an age statement. So when do age statements matter? Show Notes: Wild Turkey 101 is making an 8 year return When do age statements matter? Support this podcast on Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

It's probably the tip of the iceberg on things coming back.

0:03.4

Blake, to your point, those, the brands you mentioned,

0:06.1

maybe, you know, does Weller need a 15th variety, you know,

0:10.2

get the seven back on the 107 and they'll still have a regular 107?

0:15.5

I mean, it's all of them have more bourbon than they know what to do with.

0:33.1

This is Bourbon Pursuit, the official podcast of Bourbon, bringing to you the best in news, reviews, and interviews with people making the bourbon whiskey industry happen.

0:43.2

And I'm going to be host, Kenny Coleman.

0:45.1

Here we are.

0:45.9

Once again, it's another Burbin Community Roundtable.

0:48.0

We took a little bit of a break last month because we were kind of busy with travel and everything like that.

0:53.2

But this time, we're coming together. And we're talking about age statements. And this one kind of busy with travel and everything like that. But this time,

0:58.4

we're coming together and we're talking about age statements. And this one kind of spun off because we have Wild Turkey 101 making us eight-year return. And this is the first time since

1:03.9

1992. But I really wanted to pose a question of, well, when do age statements really matter?

1:09.8

You see all kinds of brands that are

1:11.6

very successful without age statements, namely coming from Brown Forman with the likes of Old

1:16.8

Forrester and with Woodford Reserve. Even the most famous bourbon on planet Earth, Blanton's

1:23.5

doesn't have an age statement. So why do age statements matter? Well, we dive into this and a lot more,

1:30.3

so enjoy this week's episode, and now here's Fred Minnick with Above the Char.

1:35.4

I'm Fred Minnick, and this is Above the Char.

1:41.2

This week's idea comes from Philip Bush, who writes me on Patreon. With distilleries bringing back

1:47.5

age statements like Wild Turkey 101, 8-year-old in the state, Jim Beam 7-year, and Evan

1:53.3

William's single barrel being more available, is this a sign of too many barrels not enough

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