by mozilla » Fri Jul 17, 2009 11:30 am
I think that it is definitely possible. I doubt that they went crazy...but they probably had different profile standards when their warehouses were brimming with product. I have heard that they used some really old stock in the OCPR...much older than 13yr.
I don't know if Gary would know anything about this...but there has to be some standards for profile compillation...ie: how to form a batch for a production run. If I had to guess...and from what I can gather; you probably start with the minimum yr available for the label. Then, taste. Add some of the next step up on the age scale. Then, taste. Figure out how much more water or distillate you need to fill to the proper gallonage for bottling...and add accodingly. If it tastes good, you would add the same perportions....if it needed something you would add accordingly for that.
What would be nice...is, if we knew what size batches each distiller used for their labels.