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BOURBON ACRONYMS
1B = Single Barrel (more commonly SB)
4G = Four Grain (EHT)
4R = Four Roses (sometimes FR)
4RYL = Four Roses Yellow Label
AA = Ancient Age (also AAA, Ancient Ancient Age)
AB = Abraham Bowman
ABV = Alcohol By Volume (aka Proof / 2)
AE = Angel’s Envy
AECS = Angel’s Envy Cask Strength
AHH = A. H. Hirsch
AS = Age Stated
BC = Boone County
BF = Brown Forman
BH = Barterhouse
BHC = Bourbon Heritage Collection
BIB = Bonded In Bond
BIN = Buy It Now
BD = Beyond Duplication (Wild Turkey)
BMH = Black Maple Hill
BO = Blood Oath
BOM = Blend of Mashbills
BP = Barrel Proof
BT = Buffalo Trace
BTAC = Buffalo Trace Antique Collection
BTEC = Buffalo Trace Experimental Collection
CC = Canadian Club or Caribou Crossing
CGF = Cheesy Gold Foil (Wild Turkey 12 yr)
CEHT = Colonel E.H. Taylor (also EHT)
CO = Cured Oak (EHT)
CONUS = Continental United States (including HI AK), Contiguous United States (excluding HI and AK) regarding store shipping (Most common usually excludes HI and AK)
CoK = Cream of Kentucky
CS = Cask Strength (same as BP)
CYPB = Craft Your Perfect Bourbon (Weller experimental)
DSP = Distilled Spirits Plant number
EB = Ezra Brooks
EC = Elijah Craig
ECBP = Elijah Craig Barrel Proof
EHT = E.H. Taylor (also CEHT)
EOM= East of Mississippi
ER = Eagle Rare
ET = Early Times
ETL = Elmer T. Lee
ETLC = Elmer T. Lee Commemorative bottle (2014)
EW = Evan Williams
F’Fort = Frankfort
FC = Fighting Cock
FR = Four Roses (also 4R)
GD = George Dickel
GF = Gold Foil (see also CGF)
GOTG = Grain of the Gods (EHT)
GNS = Grain Neutral Spirits
GTS = George T. Stagg
H21 = Hirsch 21; H22 = Hirsch 22, etc.
Hazmat = Any whiskey over 140 proof (not allowed to go on a plane)
HH = Heaven Hill
HHSS = Heaven Hill Select Stock
HW = High West
IWH = I.W. Harper
JB = Jim Beam
JD = Jack Daniels
JM = Joseph Magnus
JPS = Jefferson’s Presidential Select
K&L = K&L Wine Merchants, store in San Francisco
KBD = Kentucky Bourbon Distillers (aka Willett)
KoK = King of Kentucky (Brown Foreman)
L’Burg = Lawrenceburg, KY, where early Van Winkle and Eagle Rare were bottled.
LDI = Lawrenceburg Distillers Indiana, former Seagrams Distillery (now MGPI)
LE = Limited Edition
L’Ville = Louisville
Lot B = Van Winkle Special Reserve 12 yr, Lot B
M10, M20 = Michter’s 10, 20 yr single barrel
MBSB/MBSR = Michter's Barrel Strength Bourbon/Rye
MGPI = MGP of Indiana, former Seagrams Distillery (formerly LDI)
MK = Master's Keep (Wild Turkey)
MM = Maker’s Mark
MTBB/MTBR/MTBSM = Michter's Toasted Barrel Bourbon/Rye/Sour Mash
MWND = Mid Winter Night’s Dram (HW special edition)
NAS = Non Age Stated
NCF = Non Chill Filtered
ND = National Distillers (ended in 1992, usually 86259 UPC)
NDP = Non Distilling Producer, i.e. a rectifier like Jefferson’s, Dickel etc.
NR = New Riff
OC = Old Charter, Old Carter
OCPR = Old Charter Proprietor’s Reserve
OE = Old Ezra
OESO, OESF, OESV, OESK, OESQ, OBSO, OBSF, OBSV, OBSQ, OBSK = 10 Four Roses bourbon recipes
OF = Old Fitzgerald (not Old Forester!)
OFBB = Old Forester Birthday Bourbon
OFPC = Old Forester President's Choice
OGD = Old Grand Dad
OGD114 = Old Grand Dad 114 proof
OP = Old Pepper or Original Poster
OO = Old Overholt
ORVW = Old Rip Van Winkle
OS = Old Scout
OT = Old Taylor
OWA = Old Weller Antique
OWO = Old Weller Original
Pf = Proof
PHC = Parker’s Heritage Collection
POH = Promise Of Hope, the 7th edition PHC
PVW = Pappy Van Winkle
RHF = Rock Hill Farms
Ritt = Rittenhouse Rye
RR = Russell’s Reserve
RRR = Russell’s Reserve Rye
RY = Rebel Yell
SA = Smooth Ambler
SAOS = Smooth Ambler Old Scout
Saz = Sazerac, usually Sazerac 18 from the BTAC
SB = Single Barrel
SFTB = Straight From The Barrel (Blanton’s)
SmB = Small Batch
SmBLE = Small Batch Limited Edition (4R)
SOP = Single Oak Project (BT)
SW = Stitzel Weller (also S-W), Smoke Wagon or Seasoned Wood (EHT)
THH = Thomas H. Handy
TPS = The Party Source, store in Bellevue KY that does many private barrels
V17 / V21 / V23 = Vintage 17 etc.
VOB = Very Old Barton
VOF / VXOF / VVOF = Very Old, Very Xtra Old, Very Very Old Fitzgerald
VOSN = Very Olde St Nick
VSOF = Very Special Old Fitzgerald
VWFRR = Van Winkle Family Reserve Rye
W12 = Weller 12 yr
W19 = Weller 19, from the early BTAC
WFE = Willett Family Estate
WFP = Weller Full Proof
WJ = Widow Jane
WLW = William Larue Weller, usually the whiskey from the BTAC
WOM = West of Mississippi
WR = Woodford Reserve
WSR = Weller Special Reserve
WT = Wild Turkey
WTAS = Wild Turkey American Spirit
WTKS = Wild Turkey Kentucky Spirit
WTR = Wild Turkey Rye
WTRB = Wild Turkey Rare Breed
YO = Years old, as in 12YO
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