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Old charter shortage again?
Posted on 4/10/16 at 3:07 pm
Posted on 4/10/16 at 3:07 pm
Anyone able to find it recently? Went through that rough spell last year, and it's been pretty easy sailing since then, even though my bottles now say "aged 8 seasons", instead of "aged 8 years", which I take to mean it's probably a much "younger" product. Still tastes the same to me. Anyway, here over the past month or two it is getting shorter and shorter, and now can only find it when I go to some little hole in the wall store that has a bottle or two on the back of a shelf behind a service desk that is covered in dust. What gives? Can find no recent news on it. Search turned up nothing here either.
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Posted on 4/10/16 at 3:16 pm to Fratigerguy
Ive been having troible as well.
Posted on 4/10/16 at 3:16 pm to Fratigerguy
I haven't seen the aged since the initial problem. I bought the younger, but I could tell the difference and I haven't bought it as much, so I haven't looked for it. I'm afraid the aged is history and if it does come back, the price may be more than it's worth.
Posted on 4/10/16 at 4:25 pm to Fratigerguy
That would be a shame if it's gone. For the money, it is a very high quality bourbon.
Posted on 4/10/16 at 4:59 pm to Gris Gris
I remember when I found out the 10 year was going away, I had a customer buy some cases of 1.75 L for the house to stock up.
Posted on 4/10/16 at 6:22 pm to lilwineman
It's my nightly drink though. A case doesn't last too terribly long. I need to find a regular supply! 
That or something that tastes similar around the same price point.
That or something that tastes similar around the same price point. Posted on 4/10/16 at 8:20 pm to Fratigerguy
"Aged eight seasons ". That's two years. Ever since I discovered Elijah Craig 12, Charter 8 tasted weak.
Posted on 4/10/16 at 9:10 pm to tigerfan182
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Aged eight seasons ". That's two years
Yeah and that's what I've been telling folks it probably was cause it has to be aged two years to be called bourbon.
I'm not overly concerned about the potency of it. I enjoy my mixed drinks, and I probably drink way too many of them in an evening. Something more portent wouldn't be good. Lol. But I fell in love with the flavor years ago, so for me it's simply a taste issue.
Posted on 4/10/16 at 9:26 pm to Gris Gris
you down with the brown?
Posted on 4/11/16 at 6:22 am to tigerfan182
Better buy up all the EC you can find because it's no longer 12 years they moved that to no age now and it does not taste the same.
Posted on 4/11/16 at 6:47 am to NOLAGT
It's still pretty damn good
Posted on 4/11/16 at 8:37 am to LoneStarTiger
I have an unopened bottle of Old Charter Classic 90 Aged 12 Years. Is it worth anything?
Posted on 4/11/16 at 10:11 am to Fratigerguy
i have a friend in the business who said Charter is probably not long for the world. it is basically only sold in Louisiana - it is not a popular bourbon in other states. not sure of veracity, but it makes sense since there seems to be continual shortages.
Posted on 4/11/16 at 10:12 am to Gris Gris
My past emails to them must have put me on some list. I got a newsletter recently, but saw no mention of Charter.
Posted on 4/11/16 at 10:14 am to LSUlefty
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I have an unopened bottle of Old Charter Classic 90 Aged 12 Years. Is it worth anything?
Yes, on the secondhand bourbon market, it has a value...
Posted on 4/11/16 at 10:22 am to lsujro
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it is basically only sold in Louisiana
My father was a wholesale rep in the 1980s - handled Wild Turkey. He said the only places - on Earth, apparently - that Old Charter outsold Turkey was in a 100-mile radius around Alexandria.
Thanks, Alexandria.
This post was edited on 4/11/16 at 10:23 am
Posted on 4/11/16 at 10:26 am to Fratigerguy
Old charter is dead to me
Posted on 4/11/16 at 11:25 am to tigerfan182
Minimum requirement of 4 years to be labeled bourbon. So the new stuff is definitely not 2 yrs. probably 4-6 years. Or mixture.
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