Ole George Family

Question 1

What is the grain bill of any Ole George bottle?

Answer 1

100% Rye Grain Bill
95% Unmalted Rye
05% Malted Rye

Question 2

What is the grain bill of Grand Traverse Bourbon?

Answer 2

60% Corn
30% Rye
10% Malted Barley

Question 3

Ole George

How large are the batches for Ole George?

Answer 3

SMALL!

Blended only 4 barrels at a time

Question 4

Ole George

What type of Barrel is it aged in and for how long?

Answer 4

An American White Oak Barrel

Aged for 4 years then stave aged

Question 5

Ole George

What is the flavor profile like?

Answer 5

A Big Ole Vanilla Bomb with baking spice and black pepper on the palate

Question 6

Double Barrel Ole George

What type of barrel is it aged in and for how long?

Answer 6

An American White Oak (for 4 years)

THEN additional time in a French Oak until it’s ready to bottle

Question 7

Double Barrel Ole George

How long was the current batch aged in French Oak for?

Answer 7

2 barrels were left in French Oak for 3 years

1 barrel was left in French Oak with 1.5 years in the French Oak

Question 8

Double Barrel Ole George

What is the flavor profile like?

Answer 8

This amps UP the vanilla flavor

But tamps DOWN the spice

Question 9

Ole George 10 yr Bottled in Bond

Which barrels were these bottled from?

How many barrels has GTD made?

Answer 9

Bottled from barrels #53 & #54

To keep this in perspective, GTD just barreled barrels #1217 and #1218

Question 10

Ole George 10 yr Bottled in Bond

What does “Bottled in Bond” mean? (3 points to be made here…)

Answer 10

1. The whiskey was made in one season by the distiller on the label.
2. Then aged for at least four years in a government bonded warehouse.
3. Finally bottled at precisely 100 proof.

Question 11

Ole George 10 yr Bottled in Bond

Why is “Bottled in Bond” a good thing?

Answer 11

It is a mark of quality assurance for the consumer.

Question 12

Ole George 10 yr Bottled in Bond

What type of barrel is it aged in and how long is it aged for?

Answer 12

An American White Oak

Aged for 10 years

Question 13

Solera Ole George

What type of barrel is it aged in and for how long?

Answer 13

1. An American White Oak for Four Years
2. Then transferred to a high vanillin toasted oak barrel for a year
3. Finally moved to a cognac cask for 1 year

Question 14

Solera Ole George

What happens with the bottling process for Solera?

Answer 14

Only 1/2 the cognac cask is actually bottled during this process.

The remaining whiskey is left in the barrel to jump-start the new whiskey coming in from the Oak Casks which are refilled from the American White Oak.

Question 15

Solera Ole George

What is special about the Solera method of aging?

Answer 15

It allows the whiskey to touch many pieces of oak and enables consistently rich wine and fruit finishes on the whiskey.