Bourbon

[Neonmoon 38129]

I picked up a OF 1920 to comfort me in these dark dry days 

[BigDHornfan 6549]

Picked up a EHT SiB and a Blanton’s today at GG. Pretty good little saturday

[Bert Orange 1120]

Bottle of Elmer T Lee at the local grocery store here in Santa Rosa for only $149.  I’m gonna hard pass there. 

[FigurelliPwC 115]

Stumbled onto a Weller Antique in Fredericksburg this morning. 1L for $36.


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[BigDHornfan 6549]

Bottle of Elmer T Lee at the local grocery store here in Santa Rosa for only $149.  I’m gonna hard pass there. 

The fuck? It’s only $100 on the secondary market

[4th and 5 4914]

3 hours ago, Bert Orange said:

Bottle of Elmer T Lee at the local grocery store here in Santa Rosa for only $149.  I’m gonna hard pass there. 

I’ve searched Healdsburg with no luck. But gottdam we’ve found some wine

Edited September 30, 2018 by 4th and 5

[Neonmoon 38129]

I stumbled back into the Pikesville, it is such a solid pour. 

[4th and 5 4914]

3 hours ago, 4th and 5 said:

I’ve searched Healdsburg with no luck. But gottdam we’ve found some wine

I realize this in not the appropriate thread but according to my Instagram......

 

Angie Varona is in Calistoga 

Edited September 30, 2018 by 4th and 5

[pops 7003]

I get there are a lot, and I mean a lot, of great Bourbons out there right now, but when I can get 750ml of trace for 26 bucks, it's hard to chase the unicorns. 

[BigDHornfan 6549]

My total wine has 3 cases of BT for $19/bottle
 

And yet it’s still limit 1.

[Smax 3800]

18 hours ago, Bert Orange said:

Bottle of Elmer T Lee at the local grocery store here in Santa Rosa for only $149.  I’m gonna hard pass there. 

 @ olivers?

[Bert Orange 1120]

1 minute ago, Smax said:

 @ olivers?

Yep

[Smax 3800]

3 minutes ago, Bert Orange said:

Yep

 

That bottle has been sitting there for 6 months, they usually have a bottle of blanton on the shelf and if they dont give it a few days or you can drive over to Pohleys market in Windsor. They have an excellent selection though last time I was there his prices were starting to creep up. Never found blantons at bevmo or bottle barn, though bottle barn usually has plenty of ER10 for $25 a bottle.

 

Was up in Redding a few weeks ago and stumbled into this

 

[brown water 3778]

16 hours ago, 4th and 5 said:

I’ve searched Healdsburg with no luck. But gottdam we’ve found some wine

I picked up a couple of Bounty Hunter's Four Roses OESV last month. Highly recommended and I think they serve it at the bar if you'd like a sample first. 

[Paco 1934]

Tip Top liquor on Dry Creek Rd had a shit load of hard to find bottles for about 8 jillion dollars each a couple months ago. I wanted to ask them why they hate America but they look very Arab so I didn't. No racist.

I’ve searched Healdsburg with no luck. But gottdam we’ve found some wine

[billfromlaketravis 11517]

Well boys I might have to change up my lineup for the season. I came into some bourbon last night.

Excellent haul, two bottles of Rebel Yell 10 and one bottle of EH Taylor Single Barrel. 

I’ve good success decanting Stagg Jr for a month. I highly recommend it. Smoothes it out quite a bit to the point you don’t have to add a drop of water or an ice cube. 

Poor Man’s Pappy this weekend, vatted and decanted for about 7 and half weeks. 

 

 

[Bozo_Casanova 26488]

That is an interesting notion. I’ve never liked Stagg Jr and I love Stagg. To me, Stagg Jr tastes like somebody soaked raisins in drag fuel- heat and sour sweet with no spice.

 

Does the decanting improve it?

 

[billfromlaketravis 11517]

4 hours ago, Bozo_Casanova said:

That is an interesting notion. I’ve never liked Stagg Jr and I love Stagg. To me, Stagg Jr tastes like somebody soaked raisins in drag fuel- heat and sour sweet with no spice.

 

Does the decanting improve it?

 

If you have a bottle laying around and a decanter, I’d give it a shot. 

[RichUT 1832]

Kentucky Owl Rye Batch 1 at roughly $200 due to WA state taxes......worth it?

[mbpcb 55]

No

[billfromlaketravis 11517]

1 hour ago, RichUT said:

Kentucky Owl Rye Batch 1 at roughly $200 due to WA state taxes......worth it?

I’d think about it. Batch 1 is good juice and it’s not coming back. 

[billfromlaketravis 11517]

RE: Poor Man’s Pappy, it takes some getting used to. It’s not Pappy obviously, not  bad, just different. 

I probably like Antique better, but it’s a good way to put some Weller 12 handles to work. Its worth if you have a lot of both. 

[USCATX 1078]

4 hours ago, RichUT said:

Kentucky Owl Rye Batch 1 at roughly $200 due to WA state taxes......worth it?

It’s good, but I wouldn’t pay that for it when I could get a Willet 4 yr plus an EH Taylor straight rye and high west rendezvous combo for the same price.  

[RichUT 1832]

Well, in the state of WA everything just costs more. A bottle with a $30 MSRP ends up costing $40 once you add on the taxes.

 

The shelf price for the KO before those taxes was $160.

 

I ended up passing but was definitely tempted.

 

[RMac5 1551]

I will swap out a Weller Antique for a W12, just not a fan of the antique.

[Neonmoon 38129]

24 minutes ago, RMac5 said:

I will swap out a Weller Antique for a W12, just not a fan of the antique.

I will trade you some Weller 12 for some Four Grain 

[RMac5 1551]

That’s a deal.

PM me your address and I willl send the Antique and you can return a 12.

[Neonmoon 38129]

53 minutes ago, RMac5 said:

That’s a deal.

PM me your address and I willl send the Antique and you can return a 12.

It was a joke. I’m guessing you don’t have or know what Four Grain is 

 

 

[RMac5 1551]

My bad, do not know about 4 grain.

[Neonmoon 38129]

6 minutes ago, RMac5 said:

My bad, do not know about 4 grain.

It’s all good man. I do have some Weller 12, but since it’s my favorite bourbon, I cannot part with it. 

Speaking of, someone’s wife was going to spend $500 on you for Xmas. What bourbon would ask for? 

[RMac5 1551]

Yeah W12 is my favorite too, prefer it to Blanton’s.  I recently lucked into the Blantons euro collection and am looking forward to trying them out.

Have a good friend that travels through Amsterdam pretty often and he can usually find it there.

[USCATX 1078]

26 minutes ago, Neonmoon said:

It’s all good man. I do have some Weller 12, but since it’s my favorite bourbon, I cannot part with it. 

Speaking of, someone’s wife was going to spend $500 on you for Xmas. What bourbon would ask for? 

George T Stagg.  

[RMac5 1551]

Would love to have a bottle of Pappy 15.

Was in a small town liquor store last week and he had one of the Weller C.Y.P.B. That wold be cool to get as well.

[Neonmoon 38129]

Yeah....um...Pappy 15 is a little more than $500

[RMac5 1551]

Yeah I know, was offered a bottle for $1500.00 and just laughed. I have a bottle of the 12YO Lot B that I gave less than $100 for, know a guy that paid $900 for his. I’m ready for the tequila craze to hit.

[mbpcb 55]

Would love to have a bottle of Pappy 15.
Was in a small town liquor store last week and he had one of the Weller C.Y.P.B. That wold be cool to get as well.

How much for CYPB?

[RMac5 1551]

Seems like he wanted $400 ish. I think he is going to raffle it off though.

[mbpcb 55]

Wow

[ERhine 1894]

Seems like he wanted $400 ish. I think he is going to raffle it off though.

Fuck that.

[billfromlaketravis 11517]

20 hours ago, USCATX said:

George T Stagg.  

The 2017 Handy was better in my opinion. 

I'd go with William Larue Weller if you're willing to spend $500. 

[billfromlaketravis 11517]

Well I FINALLY found Rebell Yell 10 in the wild. Elmer is next on the list, but it probably won't be in Houston. 

I believe none of the Houston chains even sell Elmer to retail customers. 

[Smax 3800]

Any insight on these?

[Bozo_Casanova 26488]

Any insight on these?

My insight is that most bourbon peaks in the barrel at 6-8 years and both of those were probably better at that point too. Certainly they were cheaper.

[irishtexan 11521]

Anybody tried this shit? I wasn’t particularly impressed. Just didn’t have anything that stoop out to me. And I love Weller. I guess I was just expecting more out of it. Feel like the abv was too low and there wasn’t enough heat.

 

[mbpcb 55]

How much you get it for? Still trying to get one

[Smax 3800]

Weller 12?

[RMac5 1551]

I have a bottle of the Rhetoric 24YO that I haven’t opened yet. Not sure why I bought it, dude told me it was great and very hard to come by, dumb ass me!

[Smax 3800]

I have a bottle of the Rhetoric 24YO that I haven’t opened yet. Not sure why I bought it, dude told me it was great and very hard to come by, dumb ass me!

Open it
Try it
Let me know how it is

[ckhorn 208]

The 24 yr is good. Just doesn't have the octane some prefer. If you can get it for reasonable price. It sometimes gets a bad rap on this thread. The 22 and 23 yr is crap.

[irishtexan 11521]

How much you get it for? Still trying to get one

My buddy works at twin liquors. They got six bottles and he brought one over to watch the mma fights. He said they sold for $40 a bottle. But basically the stores only get a handful of bottles.