Favorite Whiskey?

Not yet. The group I belong to got a great deal on this kit and had a virtual tasting with the distillery, but I had another commitment and couldn't join. So I haven't opened any of them yet.

 

This is why I hate states that ain’t controlled by the state liquor board. Price gouging at its finest.

Bought another botttle for 32 bucks and had a buddy a couple counties over pick me up 3 more bottles for the same price. Gunna stock pile it since it’s hard to find. Wanna make sure I have enough to get me through archery season!

 

Revisiting this after letting it breathe a little bit. Damn good stuff.

 

Where did you find it cheaper? I haven't visited a state ABC store in years...buy all of my alcohol from the NEX.

 

Well thanks to their 5x rewards special going on I was able to get Grand Reserve after a few hundred in purchases this week

 

Mine is getting very low. Time for another one

 

Tariffs are hitting scotches pretty hard. Most of the pre-tariff inventory is worked through, so stuff has a little price hike. Not sure I can find another Signet under $200 .

 

Well that sucks. But I take one

 

Yeah the trade wars really suck. I picked up a 2019 Cairdeas yesterday and it was 125 instead of 95 like the years before.

Just think... Europeans are dealing with the same thing on the Bourbon side when the EU enacted a 25% tariff. Well, they've been dealing with it for a few years longer than we have. Bourbon exports are dropping just like Scotch exports have. Theoretically we should have larger quantities of bourbon available here now, but I haven't seen that come to fruition yet. More and more taters join the bourbon chase with each passing day which probably has something to do with that.

This tater plans to get in line early tomorrow so I can score an Old Forester Barrel Strength local barrel pick, one of the first ones I've heard of dropping in any market.

 

been checking every day

 

Safe to assume their Single Barrel Bourbon Barrel Proof is different than their Single Barrel?
Local store has 3 different store picks of their Single Barrel. All at $39.99.
I just don't know old forester products very well

 

Since the UK is leaving the EU, maybe that'll help with the pricing on Bourbon to the UK at least, or Scotch from the UK.

 

Barrel proof being the difference

not sure if it’s unfiltered or what not

 

You missed it by THAT much! The yearly lottery...

 

Oooo that Amaranth GotG. I went to a local spot over last weekend to try some and they were fresh out.
If you end up lucky and trying to offload it...

 

Speaking of recycling, time to clean out the bone yard.

 

This is my quandary. I got a good bottle from this lottery last year - Tomas Handy Rye. I traded it for a bottle of Old Rip Van Winkle. Crazy secondary asking prices are in the $600-$1000 dollar range. I think realistically it could sell around $450. As curious as I am to try it, I'm also thinking that's a lot of money. I'm also sitting in a bottle of Willet Family Estate 6yr bourbon that sells for around the same that I lucked into at TW one day. For now they are in the far back of my cabinet, out of reach of the sunlight, until I figure out what I want to do.

 

Looks like you're ready for the shooting gallery to begin!

 

That would be fun!