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Post by Ward-io-Scape on Mar 11, 2022 6:34:50 GMT -6
^^Nice!
1792 for me, last night. Only the one double though . . .
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Post by jacobamerritt on Mar 14, 2022 11:58:19 GMT -6
Just traded a Blantons + EHT + some cash for another Weller Full Proof. That’s how freaking good I think this stuff is. Whoa. Single Barrel WFP? You must REALLY like it. If you were closer to Cincy I could probably get you a standard WFP for the cash equivalent of a Blantons. EDIT: Nevermind, I misread your trade. That seems like a decent deal, assuming the cash wasn't insane. Weller Full Proof seems to go for about 250 |
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Post by Ward-io-Scape on Mar 16, 2022 5:57:12 GMT -6
Just traded a Blantons + EHT + some cash for another Weller Full Proof. That’s how freaking good I think this stuff is. Whoa. Single Barrel WFP? You must REALLY like it. If you were closer to Cincy I could probably get you a standard WFP for the cash equivalent of a Blantons. EDIT: Nevermind, I misread your trade. That seems like a decent deal, assuming the cash wasn't insane. Weller Full Proof seems to go for about 250 $250 for a 26er? (aka 5th aka 750 mil) |
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Post by jacobamerritt on Mar 16, 2022 11:49:59 GMT -6
$250 for a 26er? (aka 5th aka 750 mil) Yes sir. There is a secondary market for booze just like 'vintage' recording gear. I have bottles I paid 60 for worth around 1000. Its goofy. Bourbon has kinda become another version of vintage guitars for rich hedge fund managers and doctors. Trophies on the wall. So then dudes like John and me who actually like to drink em and don't see them as a trophy or money making opportunity have to hunt and play the game. |
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Post by jeremygillespie on Mar 16, 2022 15:49:47 GMT -6
$250 for a 26er? (aka 5th aka 750 mil) Yes sir. There is a secondary market for booze just like 'vintage' recording gear. I have bottles I paid 60 for worth around 1000. Its goofy. Bourbon has kinda become another version of vintage guitars for rich hedge fund managers and doctors. Trophies on the wall. So then dudes like John and me who actually like to drink em and don't see them as a trophy or money making opportunity have to hunt and play the game. This drives me absolutely nuts. They keep the Buffalo Trace behind the counters here and only sell 1 bottle at a time because people were buying the entire shelf of it and selling it on the secondary market. Yeah... Buffalo Trace. I don’t get it. That stuff used to just sit on the shelves last year and nobody cared about it. |
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Post by jacobamerritt on Mar 16, 2022 17:47:31 GMT -6
This drives me absolutely nuts. They keep the Buffalo Trace behind the counters here and only sell 1 bottle at a time because people were buying the entire shelf of it and selling it on the secondary market. Yeah... Buffalo Trace. I don’t get it. That stuff used to just sit on the shelves last year and nobody cared about it. Exactly. I used to just leave Elmer T Lee and Weller 12 on the shelves because I wasn't in the mood to spend $30 on whiskey. Now people flip EH Taylor Single Barrel for $200. It was like $60 a year or so ago. Thankfully theres plenty of solid whiskey and rye thats not as hyped (for now). And rum. |
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Post by Johnkenn on Mar 17, 2022 16:39:48 GMT -6
Man, idk. I would say there’s a reason you can’t find some of these anywhere. That Weller Full Proof and Stagg Jr. were objectively better than other bottles at non-insane prices. I think the issue is less people collecting them than people wanting them because they’re fantastic. There’s a flavor intensity with the barrel proofs that you just can’t get with lower proof bottles. There’s a Blue Note Uncut ($40) that I dig, but the finish is kinda grassy. Then the Smoke Wagon Uncut $70 was good but a weird finish. That WFP is just kinda everything I want. jacobamerritt I didn’t think about you being in OH. Can you find WFP there? |
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Post by jacobamerritt on Mar 18, 2022 15:52:39 GMT -6
Man, idk. I would say there’s a reason you can’t find some of these anywhere. That Weller Full Proof and Stagg Jr. were objectively better than other bottles at non-insane prices. I think the issue is less people collecting them than people wanting them because they’re fantastic. There’s a flavor intensity with the barrel proofs that you just can’t get with lower proof bottles. There’s a Blue Note Uncut ($40) that I dig, but the finish is kinda grassy. Then the Smoke Wagon Uncut $70 was good but a weird finish. That WFP is just kinda everything I want. jacobamerritt I didn’t think about you being in OH. Can you find WFP there? Not on the shelves, but Im in groups that have it up for sale basically anytime (for the 'right' price). You are right, bourbon has become incredibly popular the last 15 years, after decades of being ignored. Certainly contributes to certain things being harder to find. That said based on said groups/clubs I'm in, sure there are the passionate folks in them who want the hard to find stuff to drink- but the secondary market is a way for people to make a quick buck. For example- There is a liquor store near me that will email 30 minutes before they release stuff like a Weller Antique or Eagle Rare Store Pick... No joke, within 20 minutes there will be a line 50 deep or more and it sells out in 15 minutes. Then on the group pages, its getting flipped for a profit with hours. Just last week I got an email for a 1792 Full Proof store pick, raced down and got in line. This is a bottle that was sitting on shelves 4 months ago. People don't even know why they are in line, or what they are getting they just assume they should get it because they got an email about it. Sold out in 15 minutes. Last two people were a couple girls who were like 'what is this?' and just bought it because people were swarming. Same evening, I see people selling em for like 20 bucks profit. Come on. If the gov't could actually enforce the illegal resale of alcohol, I guarantee you'd have no problem finding most of the stuff you want. Like... ETL, W12, OKI 12, Old Scouts, OFBB etc just sitting on shelves and then we saw it being limit 1 per person as bourbon got more and more popular. Then someone is like- 'throw me an extra $30 and I'll sell you one, I have an extra'... The floodgate opened to flippers, dudes chasing liquor delivery trucks to get stuff when doors opened. Its become expensive baseball cards for adults with plenty of expendable income. Last time I got a Van Winkle at a store, I camped out overnight- with about 800-1000 others. A lot of them were mules literally being paid by people to get them a bottle, because they were going to flip it for triple profit or more. Another example is Boone County... MGP juice, limited, well aged, very good. It sat on shelves for months at $60 a bottle, meanwhile people are flipping OKI (also MGP juice) for $350 a piece. The bourbon barrels for both brands were literally both purchased at the same time from the same distellery, but somehow OKI got all the hype... Fast forward another year, now people are flipping Boone County releases for the same price. I get supply and demand and all that. It just feels ridiculous. Anyways, theres still plenty of good stuff to go around, and new brands launching quality products. I should exercise better self control. (TL,DR - Im grumpy about bourbon getting popular and some people exploiting it) |
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Post by Johnkenn on Mar 18, 2022 16:38:19 GMT -6
Man, idk. I would say there’s a reason you can’t find some of these anywhere. That Weller Full Proof and Stagg Jr. were objectively better than other bottles at non-insane prices. I think the issue is less people collecting them than people wanting them because they’re fantastic. There’s a flavor intensity with the barrel proofs that you just can’t get with lower proof bottles. There’s a Blue Note Uncut ($40) that I dig, but the finish is kinda grassy. Then the Smoke Wagon Uncut $70 was good but a weird finish. That WFP is just kinda everything I want. jacobamerritt I didn’t think about you being in OH. Can you find WFP there? Not on the shelves, but Im in groups that have it up for sale basically anytime (for the 'right' price). You are right, bourbon has become incredibly popular the last 15 years, after decades of being ignored. Certainly contributes to certain things being harder to find. That said based on said groups/clubs I'm in, sure there are the passionate folks in them who want the hard to find stuff to drink- but the secondary market is a way for people to make a quick buck. For example- There is a liquor store near me that will email 30 minutes before they release stuff like a Weller Antique or Eagle Rare Store Pick... No joke, within 20 minutes there will be a line 50 deep or more and it sells out in 15 minutes. Then on the group pages, its getting flipped for a profit with hours. Just last week I got an email for a 1792 Full Proof store pick, raced down and got in line. This is a bottle that was sitting on shelves 4 months ago. People don't even know why they are in line, or what they are getting they just assume they should get it because they got an email about it. Sold out in 15 minutes. Last two people were a couple girls who were like 'what is this?' and just bought it because people were swarming. Same evening, I see people selling em for like 20 bucks profit. Come on. If the gov't could actually enforce the illegal resale of alcohol, I guarantee you'd have no problem finding most of the stuff you want. Like... ETL, W12, OKI 12, Old Scouts, OFBB etc just sitting on shelves and then we saw it being limit 1 per person as bourbon got more and more popular. Then someone is like- 'throw me an extra $30 and I'll sell you one, I have an extra'... The floodgate opened to flippers, dudes chasing liquor delivery trucks to get stuff when doors opened. Its become expensive baseball cards for adults with plenty of expendable income. Last time I got a Van Winkle at a store, I camped out overnight- with about 800-1000 others. A lot of them were mules literally being paid by people to get them a bottle, because they were going to flip it for triple profit or more. Another example is Boone County... MGP juice, limited, well aged, very good. It sat on shelves for months at $60 a bottle, meanwhile people are flipping OKI (also MGP juice) for $350 a piece. The bourbon barrels for both brands were literally both purchased at the same time from the same distellery, but somehow OKI got all the hype... Fast forward another year, now people are flipping Boone County releases for the same price. I get supply and demand and all that. It just feels ridiculous. Anyways, theres still plenty of good stuff to go around, and new brands launching quality products. I should exercise better self control. (TL,DR - Im grumpy about bourbon getting popular and some people exploiting it) OKI? You had Calumet? I see it all the time. Makes me wonder if it’s not great. |
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Post by jacobamerritt on Mar 18, 2022 17:54:08 GMT -6
OKI? You had Calumet? I see it all the time. Makes me wonder if it’s not great. OKI was a brand created by New Riff when they first opened so they has some bourbon to sell while their distillate was aging. It was sourced from MGP and really freakin good. Use to be $40-70 at retail. Now they sell for $450-1000+. A lot of critically acclaimed, and/or hyped whiskeys are sourced from MGP. Bulleit Rye, Belle Meade, High West, Jos A Magnus, Old Bones, Smooth Ambler, Pinhook, Whistlepig and on and on. Some Calumet is decent. But for the money there's other stuff Id get. |
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Post by jacobamerritt on Mar 31, 2022 12:16:37 GMT -6
Had a pour of Old Forester Birthday Bourbon 2016. And a pour of Appleton 50 year. Kind of a rum holy grail.
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Post by Ward-io-Scape on Jun 1, 2022 9:37:42 GMT -6
Knob Creek single barrel small batch 100 proof this week.
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Post by Johnkenn on Jun 1, 2022 21:27:53 GMT -6
Knob Creek single barrel small batch 100 proof this week. Climbing up the proof numbers. I like it. |
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Post by Johnkenn on Jun 1, 2022 21:31:01 GMT -6
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Post by Johnkenn on Jun 1, 2022 21:31:49 GMT -6
Oh. $40 ish. Only in a couple states though. TN isn’t one.
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Post by jacobamerritt on Jun 1, 2022 21:55:46 GMT -6
Oh. $40 ish. Only in a couple states though. TN isn’t one. You need a field trip to Kentucky... When these are released, the Benchmark Full Proof, Top Floor, Small Batch, Single Barrel and Bonded sit on the shelf for a few weeks for $17-25. Not helpful information when its hours away perhaps - but I can try to let you know when I make it down to Nashville to mule you whats available at the time. |
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Post by Johnkenn on Jun 1, 2022 21:58:11 GMT -6
Oh. $40 ish. Only in a couple states though. TN isn’t one. You need a field trip to Kentucky... When these are released, the Benchmark Full Proof, Top Floor, Small Batch, Single Barrel and Bonded sit on the shelf for a few weeks for $17-25. Not helpful information when its hours away perhaps - but I can try to let you know when I make it down to Nashville to mule you whats available at the time. Hey let me know! I’d drive up to buy a bunch. You had the FP? |
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Post by jacobamerritt on Jun 2, 2022 13:08:31 GMT -6
You need a field trip to Kentucky... When these are released, the Benchmark Full Proof, Top Floor, Small Batch, Single Barrel and Bonded sit on the shelf for a few weeks for $17-25. Not helpful information when its hours away perhaps - but I can try to let you know when I make it down to Nashville to mule you whats available at the time. Hey let me know! I’d drive up to buy a bunch. You had the FP? Yeah, FP, BiB and Single Barrel were my favorite. The whole lineup is a fun education in how different variables can affect the same distillate. Also fun to blend- for example 70% Small Batch and 30% Top Floor is delish. |
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Post by Johnkenn on Jul 31, 2022 17:43:50 GMT -6
Still loving the Benchmark FP.
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Post by jacobamerritt on Aug 1, 2022 10:02:05 GMT -6
Still loving the Benchmark FP. Just saw a shelf full for $18.99 this weekend. Single Barrel was $26. |
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Post by Johnkenn on Aug 1, 2022 15:05:22 GMT -6
ugh
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Post by Ward-io-Scape on Aug 15, 2022 6:09:54 GMT -6
Enjoyed a small taste of the Knob Creek rye last night.
Chilled, straight.
Beautiful.
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Post by Ward-io-Scape on Sept 25, 2022 17:29:38 GMT -6
Bulleit and zevia
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