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3 hours ago, billfromlaketravis said:

Roma Discount Liquor on Antoine is closed. I asked around town. “Dude was doing some shady shit. They closed.”

Shady shit?  We’re talking about a liquor store named after Gypsies.  Did they promise a free bottle of Pappy with every roof replacement?

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10 minutes ago, LCHorn said:

Shady shit?  We’re talking about a liquor store named after Gypsies.  Did they promise a free bottle of Pappy with every roof replacement?

Specifics weren’t provided. The guy behind the counter looked to be homeless last time I was in there. 
 

Store pick selections are pretty skimpy in Houston right now.

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On 12/18/2024 at 10:42 PM, billfromlaketravis said:

 

All 3 bourbons you mentioned are distilled by Buffalo Trace and owned by Sazerac.

Sazerac indeed owns Barton and Buffalo Trace, but I don't think BT is distilling 1792 unless I am just completely out of the loop. The Barton distillery still runs independently out of Bardstown, which is a good couple of hours away from Frankfort where the BT distillery operates. 

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1 minute ago, RichUT said:

Sazerac indeed owns Barton and Buffalo Trace, but I don't think BT is distilling 1792 unless I am just completely out of the loop. The Barton distillery still runs independently out of Bardstown, which is a good couple of hours away from Frankfort where the BT distillery operates. 

Tomato, tomahto. 

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Haven’t seen EHT SiB on the shelf at or near msrp in years. Walk into two different shops in Colorado and find that, Bowman SiB, Hancock’s, a pallet of BT and two different JD BP picks.

I am seeing a lot more stuff on shelves than I’ve seen in a long time. And at reasonable prices. A lot of Willett, HH, EC and Larceny BP and barrel picks, McKenna 10, lower level Bt and Weller all on the shelf. In the last month I’ve picked up at MSRP or reasonable markup EC18, ETL, Hancock, EC private barrel, Larceny B24, Stagg jr, EHT BP, and a few others. I pass on stuff I’ve already got multiples of to leave for others, so left similar on shelf. And I’m seeing a lot more of the unobtainable bottles in the wild, just not at prices I will pay.
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Less than a mile into Missouri, in a place called Pineville, across the Arkansas state line on Hwy 71 is a place called Macadoodles.

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They have end caps filled with “allocated” bourbons along with a sign that says “One per customer.” I almost took one of the store pick Larceny bottles. I do like Larceny but as I was pulling the bottle away I saw this behind it.

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I don’t know anything about this nor have I even seen it or heard about it. But I took a chance on it because it said Willett on the label, it was $43, it was on an end cap, it was the last one, and it said “private stock” on the label. I’m willing to bet that at this price point I won’t be disappointed. Unless one of you says it’s an $18 bottle at best. Then I’ll just throw some Coca Cola on it. I did walk out of there with an EWSiB (haven’t seen this in Texas recently and it was the last one on the rack) and what looked like a really good rye. All 3 bottles right at $120 out the door.

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I already partook of the wheat and I was not disappoint. I know what I have in EW. The Johnny Drum is the great unknown…..

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Help me understand flipper logic. A bottle of handy costs $450 on secondary. If you said hello to people at Walmart for 40 hours, you’d come out ahead, get to sleep in your own bed, and spend Christmas with your family indoors. 

Flipper Logic like Tater Logic are oxymorons. See also Jumbo Shrimp, Military Intelligence, etc.
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10 minutes ago, BigDHornfan said:

Dumbasses actually are already in line for this?
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I was going to drive to Austin around 7 and get in line around 10, but I’m not driving to San Antonio for that shit. I bet first in line gets ORVW, and the next 3 get WLW, GTS, and Handy. That isn’t worth any sane person’s time. I’ll shoot down to Smith in the afternoon, and get some picks. My wife will be overjoyed.

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44 minutes ago, NOMAAA said:

Anyone in line?

No one will own up to being in line on Katy Bourbon Mafia or Houston Bourbon Hounds Facebook pages. Yet it’s hundreds deep at Smith.  A lot of tater finger pointing. 

Irving looked fucking crazy based on Tilted Bottle’s Instagram. 

San Antonio was like 5-6 tents based on a couple local news photos. 
 

Based on recent trends, the Spurs fans should clean up tomorrow 

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1 hour ago, billfromlaketravis said:

I hope this a joke. First in line in Irving.

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The amount of disdain I have for that man is immeasurable. Arrogant, rude, entitled, etc. This motherfucker thinks his shit doesn't stink and that he's the best thing to happen to alcohol since the 21st amendment. You're looking at the face of a man who singlehandedly ruined the DFW bourbon market. Fuck Tilted Bottle.

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1 hour ago, HRSchenker said:

The amount of disdain I have for that man is immeasurable. Arrogant, rude, entitled, etc. This motherfucker thinks his shit doesn't stink and that he's the best thing to happen to alcohol since the 21st amendment. You're looking at the face of a man who singlehandedly ruined the DFW bourbon market. Fuck Tilted Bottle.

Never heard of him, but I support this.

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1 hour ago, Frank The Tank said:

That’s weak. Spec’s whole 1 day drop thing is total bullshit anyway…but they couldn’t do better than that for a guy who probably camped out there for days?

Yeah that guy is probably regretting his decision right now. I’d expect an ER17 or better for all that bullshit. 

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1 hour ago, HRSchenker said:

The amount of disdain I have for that man is immeasurable. Arrogant, rude, entitled, etc. This motherfucker thinks his shit doesn't stink and that he's the best thing to happen to alcohol since the 21st amendment. You're looking at the face of a man who singlehandedly ruined the DFW bourbon market. Fuck Tilted Bottle.

He’s probably my favorite hate follow on Instagram. Everything he does or says is douchey. Dallas and Houston’s releases are kind of staggered now, so I probably just follow him out of hate. 

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