I'm not at all impressed with BT even for less than $20...

That port barrel aged Peppers sound like my next purchase but $50+
I hate dropping that on Whisky.


$80 for bourbon is when you buy the bottle at a bar. About a round of shots.

Matthew says BUY IT!

BTW, same reason I won't buy Casamigos tequila. **** George Clooney.

alright alright

Haven’t tried any of the others yet, only 2 bottles of BT.

I just got into drinking bourbon around Christmas time. I gave up drinking for a long time, used to drink way too much. So I’m just now getting back into the game.

So I will slowly go through the list, and try them all. I do love BT though, I can get it for about $18 from the store I go to in Columbia, instead of $23

Haven't tried bourbon in years. Got too many single-malt bottles in my cabinet to get through first.

Wat?

Eagle Rare is shit. 1783 ain’t bad, but it’s not good either.

Agree to disagree I guess. I can’t ever find it here in ATL but in the $25 range I love Weller Antique I believe.

Around me Most Buff trace brands are really hard to find if not impossible outside of regular buff trace or ST. Seems some places still get in Special Reserve pretty regularly and good quantities but shelves can go empty for a while between shipments. Also have good luck at a local chain that’s somewhere in a not so good part of town.

care packages or STFU S T F U

Makers tonight

You are way off on Trace but maybe you can challenge me on this.... Old Grand is the best 18 dollar bottle you can buy. I havent had it since December because I made the mistake of drinking it while watching the Chiefs play Seattle. It's a good liquor for its price and will get you ****ed up.

you spend more on whsky than you do on rent... You to can live a block off of 89th and Holmes.....ROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFL

Love Weller Antique. It's so hard to find here that it's around $50 a bottle now.

If you find some for $25 let me know and I'm in! lol

I am just saying there are plenty of options at the same price as BT that I consider better. I am not saying BT is swill, it's just way down the list for a $20-30 bottle for me.

Old Grand Dad is great. Stick to that and especially at that price!

BT is a high teens bottle. Period.

When you add 50% more you get decent shit
.

Period.

Depends on location. BT less easy to find and $24 here. When I can get numerous bottles at the same price, or a few less (Bulliet Rye, Larceny, Elijah Craig and OGD) I'll do it. And for $5 more per bottle, I can really up my game from BT.

If you're buying alcohol for the taste and can't afford $5 more for a better bottle, you probably live with a roommate in Billay's neighborhood.

5 is $5 $10 is $10

Try the single barrel vintage its pretty good to though 1783 is really nicely priced.

Weller Antique's wholesale price almost doubled this year. I believe that $49.99 is MSRP now.

So I was at a hotel bar in downtown Boston over the weekend. I expected to be paying a premium given how expensive Boston is. Instead, I was privy to some of the most bizarre pricing I’ve ever seen. I took a pic:

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Blanton’s the same price as Maker’s? High West American Prairie more expensive than Whistlepig?

Then you go with Blantons, that shit is the bomb.

I’ve been drinking Michters various options and Basil Hayden a lot more lately. And just buying stuff I have never had.

Blanton’s is my favorite of the stuff that is not terribly difficult to get your hands on. I’ve got some friends that get all the rarer Col Taylor’s and stuff that is hard to get. Not all, but most of those that cost over $100 a bottle I’d still take Blanton’s.

Interesting what did you pick out of that bunch. Myself id been on the Rowan's Creek over the Michter's 10. I love Rowan's but its like a rare mineral around KC anymore.

So I started by running through the Sazarac owned ones since I can never find them locally. Then I had a Whistlepig. Then I let the bartender do the driving with a few northeasterners I wasn’t familiar with. Discovered that I am not a fan of peated bourbons.

How liberal was the pour?

I would have camped with the Redbreast myself

Noticed a bottle of Weller 12 inside the case of a corner convenience store on Friday. Asked the guy how much and thought he said $49 and started to reach for my wallet and he said no, it's $249. LOL. No joke.

Yikes.

I really need to ramp up my bootleg game. I’ll have to make a list and run my cost plus postage one day.

I looked up a fifth online one day and that was the price. I think I paid less than $15.

I've paid $40-50/ea for the 2 bottles I've had, which I think is around msrp, at least around here.

When this guy told me 249 I asked if that was in rupees and got a hearty **** you in return.

I get liquor for cost +10%.

Blanton's was fine when it was $50 a bottle. Going for $80-100 here now and it's not worth that!

My local Sam’s club has buffalo trace for $22 and Elijah Craig for $27. Picked up one of each. They had eagle rare for $30 but they were all gone

I bought Eagle Rare for $24 at my Sams

Got cheaper when I bought the full case and 2

Had this yesterday with my old man. Private Barrel pick from a local store. Regular shelf Blanton's is getting priced reeruned and this was $75.

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75? Yeah no thanks

That's about going rate for regular Blanton's here. Nearing $80-100 on secondary market for Blanton's. At least this was a barrel pcik.

Not worth it, but I'll let my dad spend whatever he wants on booze in his retirement as long as he shares. lol

getting ready to kill 1st of 12 bottles of Eagle Rare......

I havent seen a bottle of Eagle or BT or Blantons in my local state run liquor store in about 18 months...****ing state run liquor stores suck the peen.

I have learned to get some contacts within the system to know where the one or two cases of said bourbon gets distributed locally, but alas, I actually have a job and must work, so i cannot camp out at the one location that gets a few bottles, as opposed to the retired deginerate drunks that can.

The last time I found any BT product was in Saint ****ing Louis...not even in Louisville Ky, home of Buffalo Trace, Saint ****ing Louis.

To those casually shopping at costco and grabbing a few bottles, I tip my glass...I cannot hate, I would do the same.

I think I paid 50 for blantons here in Springfield
It’s not easy to find but usually you can find it with some searching

last time I saw a bottle of blantons, it was 60, here...at this point I'm finding single malts more economical...Macallan 12yr is 57

You're lucky to find blantons around here a drink at a bar goes for about 15. Shit Buffalo Trace has became hard to find.

Crazy how shit goes with whiskey

I can go in any liquor store in Springfield and find buffalo trace by the gallon

Same with angels envy and my buddy in kc always struggles to find it

Blanton’s isn’t easy to find. You had to know about this pick too. Had to ask at the counter as they had it in the back. 1 per customer.

I want 3 pictures of people drinking bourbon today.

Let's do this!!!

Liquor store in Overland Park was selling these for a buck fiddy. Nice deal.

Great pour for the money. 100 proof and great drinking.

https://i.imgur.com/eOLtsbml.jpg

Lew I need a favor.

I need about 4-6 different bourbons for under $100.

I’m needing to expand past my Buffalo

This is great news. Let's just start with easy to locate ones.

Old Forrester 100 proof
Larceny
Russell's Reserve
Elijah Craig
4 Roses Single Barrel
High West American Prairie Bourbon

All of these can be had for less than $40 and pretty easy to find.

Don't forget Ezra Brooks

I will pick up a couple of those and then report back. Can you throw a couple of harder to find ones at me. I have a pretty good liquor store in town that holds lots of different bourbons. Also have a friend who works with Momma, that can apparently get about anything as well.

Weller Antique or 12.
Knob Creek Rye
Sazerac Rye (love this and not pricey)
Henry McKenna
Wild turkey rare breed

I think if Eagle rare is affordable, go for it and you must try Bookers. Maybe the 30 year?

Blantans is always handy

For now I picked up Larceny and 4 Roses Single Barrel.

Seen Weller Antique and the Sazerac at the store so they will be next on the list.

I have to admit I broke down and bought another bottle of Buffalo, I like it. I feel ashamed

High West Bourye

Since we’re sharing our collections - here’s mine

Here's mine. Can't remember if I've posted before. I think I'm around 55 bottles.

That includes the Duke. It's full of God knows what kind of bourbon and has never been opened. Pulled it out of a storage room at my grandma's house about 5 years ago

Price on the Weller Antique? Impossible to find here.

I knew some of you ****ers have been holding out on me!!!

Nice bottles boys.

I’m on my way past the liquor store soon, I will swing in and check the price

Completely impossible to find. More than Blantons with ease.

I'm starting to think you are an alcoholic. Bourbon all day, bourbon all night.
Congratulations! :D

Bulleit bourbon on this beautiful night

I still have 11 bottles of Eagle Rare.

I'm in Waco today. Wife and I are going to Balcones Distillery for a tour and tasting.

https://balconesdistilling.com/spirits/

Looking forward. Seems they have Single Malt as well as Bourbon, so it's gonna be a little of everything.

Coop, get the bourbon talk in here man!!!

Makers splash of diet caffeine free coke

The Duke is awesome regardless if its bad bourbon. How is the Jeffersons Ocean?

I am 3 drinks into the OLD Ezra and diet coke and think it's way better than the Evan but not ER. I will open a bottle of Eagle Rare and acid test it in a few minutes (30).

I think Old Ezra will win. Only my SO will know for sure.

She loves the ER too.

Splurged for a taste of pappys tonight

Overrated imo

Give me a blantons

Bought a few this evening on the way home:
Four Roses Single Barrel
High West Rendezvous Rye
Bruichladdich Port Charlotte Heavily Peated Islay

The Scotch is the only one of the three I haven’t had and wasn’t in the mood for peated smoke tonight so dipped into the High West. Always like these guys.

What year? I’ve only had the 10 and it was years ago and keep hearing the good stuff doesn’t kick in until the 15.

Just picked up a bottle of Old Forester 1920 - delicious. A Nashville buddy brought me a bottle of Old Hickory, also tasty. Got a bottle of Noah’s Mill...didn’t really wow me. Can’t get my hand on any Blanton’s, but sampled some at Harry’s, and must say it’s very nice. Aside from Blanton’s, I’m looking into a bottle of Little Book and Peerless Rye. Peerless is nice, but I haven’t had the Little Book. I’m skeptical about Little Book because it’s effectively Jim Beam, and I’m not really into Jim.

Thoughts?

Incidentally - went to Campground in West Bottoms today...I recommend more than the new Rieger spot in East Bottoms.

Where did you find the Noah's Mill im not a fan either but its brother Rowan's Creek is my favorite. Did you happen to find a bottle nearby?

I grew up on Ezra Brooks. Some of the nastiest rot gut shit available. It made me what I am today.

Gomer’s South for Noah’s, but if you’re looking for Rowan’s - Happy Hour in Independence has carried some.

Expensive.

Thanks

Yeah looks gimmicky.

Paid week off of work. The day doesn’t matter!