If you can find Weller Special Reserve or Weller 12YO it's a steal at reasonable prices. Some say the Weller 12 is the same as Old Van Winkle Lot B 12. But I would defer to the poster who said he was in the business for the definitive.
The samples I and others tested were definitely not the same.
This includes a really blind test, the taster didn't know what he was testing. He was given two poured samples in identical nosing glasses and asked for an assessment. Same? Different? If different, how?
