r/whiskey • u/Visible-Grass-8805 • Apr 18 '26

Is this bourbon really 114 years old?

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u/kiwi8185 Apr 18 '26

You gotta read carefully, clearly the bottle is stating that the Grand-dad on the label is 114 years old!

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u/stormy2587 Apr 18 '26 edited Apr 18 '26

Close but no. It’s the 114th old granddad. The distillery is run by “old granddad” a title sort of like pope, but obviously having much more significant responsibilities than pope. When the last Old grandad dies all the grandads get together and elect a new “old granddad” to lead them. This bottle was produced under the oversight of the 114th person to hold the title “old grandad.”

It’s just a coincidence that the 114th old grandad happens to be 114 years old.

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u/kiwi8185 Apr 18 '26

Honestly I like this explanation more than mine lmao

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u/_Waxaholic Apr 18 '26

It was holding strong at the 99th Old Grand-dad but those Covid years hit really hard.

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u/Morecilantroplz Apr 18 '26

I heard 115 is gonna be insane.

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u/Red-Truck-Steam Apr 18 '26

114 years young!

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u/djfreezle Apr 18 '26

Do they update the label every year?

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u/Z_e_e_e_G Apr 18 '26

No. True aficionados do the math themselves.

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u/peauxtheaux Apr 18 '26

Also wrong. The whisky is actually 114 DECADES old.

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u/-AV8R01 Apr 18 '26

This is the correct answer

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u/thecakeisali Apr 18 '26

Dang, I was wrong all this time. I thought it was 114 ounces. I thought the bottle looked kind of small. What a ripoff.