Bourbon

[huge 3,788]

I haven’t seen the discovery series just the fusion.

Disco is the way to go on those?

[Neonmoon 38,127]

I’m going to switch hit between some ER and MMPS tonight. Can’t wait 

[Buzzrock 14,870]

[RichUT 1,791]

I haven’t seen the discovery series just the fusion.

Disco is the way to go on those?

For now, it definitely is. Mind you, the Discovery is twice the price. That said, it’s a much better product. The Fusion is 60% Bardstown’s juice, which is still on the young side.

I hit about 5-6 stores today and I saw Discovery series 2 and 3, as well as The Prisoner collaboration bottle (also excellent). It’s out there if you look for it.

[billfromlaketravis 11,359]

3 hours ago, Buzzrock said:

 

I know he owns a property on Lake Austin. I assume it goes from the shore front to the top of the hill. Well done. 

[stork642 4,498]

4 hours ago, Buzzrock said:

 

What’s the consensus on LB?  Being a newby to the bourbon game I don’t know anything about LB.  That being said I’m sipping on some Eagle Rare tonight so I think I’m slowly starting to figure this stuff out.

[huge 3,788]

ER >>>> LB

Unless you mean Little Book

Stay tuned for my newfangled review of Little Book 4 coming soon

[Neonmoon 38,127]

ER is simply delicious. It outclasses many bourbons priced above it easily. 

Never had it but Long Branch is charcoal filtered 8 year old WT. I’m sure it tastes fine, but never heard of any glowing reviews. It was made to compete with 4R small batch, 1792, and Woodford Reserve. Those are mixers in my opinions. 

['stache 21,770]

Not bourbon but Redbreast 12 is delicious. Pricey for 80 proof but yummy. Getting drunk now on Longbranch cause cloakroom. I’m really sad right now. Gonna hit the hay before I get hungover for my daughters soccer game tomorrow morning but goddamn I’m sad. 

[RichUT 1,791]

Eagle Rare is a fine bourbon, and a great value at MSRP. It really starts to fall apart once the price point creeps north of $35-$40. It’s not complex in anyway whatsoever, but it’s one of the best baseline expressions around.

It’s a bit of an odd product in the sense that it’s been referred to as underrated so much that it has now become a bit overrated.

[henrygandorf 29,174]

1 hour ago, 'stache said:

Not bourbon but Redbreast 12 is delicious. Pricey for 80 proof but yummy. Getting drunk now on Longbranch cause cloakroom. I’m really sad right now. Gonna hit the hay before I get hungover for my daughters soccer game tomorrow morning but goddamn I’m sad. 

weird.  so when i was shopping for nikka from the barrel, which was surprisingly hard to obtain, i ended up on some "if you like this whiskey, check out this other one" type of site, and it kept recommending redbreast 12.  i've never had it, but now i'm interested. 

[Bozo_Casanova 26,279]

10 hours ago, stork642 said:

What’s the consensus on LB?  Being a newby to the bourbon game I don’t know anything about LB.  That being said I’m sipping on some Eagle Rare tonight so I think I’m slowly starting to figure this stuff out.

LongBranch? I wanted to hate it because I expected it to be just another novelty bourbon, but it’s better than that.

Don’t get me wrong, it’s an inoffensive mid-range product like Basil Hayden and won’t  blow anybody’s hair back, but it’s unique enough to deserve a spot on the shelf even without the celebrity tie-in. Another fine Bourbon from the Russells.

Edited September 19, 2020 by Bozo_Casanova

[Bozo_Casanova 26,279]

7 hours ago, henrygandorf said:

weird.  so when i was shopping for nikka from the barrel, which was surprisingly hard to obtain, i ended up on some "if you like this whiskey, check out this other one" type of site, and it kept recommending redbreast 12.  i've never had it, but now i'm interested. 

Redbreast 12 is absolutely delicious.

['stache 21,770]

Longbranch is great for the price imo. I get it for about $35. Saw it once for $45 and passed. Has a uniqueness to it that I like over regular WT.

[billfromlaketravis 11,359]

1 hour ago, Bozo_Casanova said:

Redbreast 12 is absolutely delicious.

I’ve been waiting for a nice cold snap to drink some Red Breast 12 Pot Still, but I live in Houston so I might be waiting awhile. 

[BigDHornfan 6,540]

Longbranch is great for the price imo. I get it for about $35. Saw it once for $45 and passed. Has a uniqueness to it that I like over regular WT.

Long branch falls flat to me. IMO,
spend the extra $20 and get Russell’s Reserve.

[Bozo_Casanova 26,279]

2 hours ago, 'stache said:

Longbranch is great for the price imo. I get it for about $35. Saw it once for $45 and passed. Has a uniqueness to it that I like over regular WT.

It is appropriately priced,  it it speaks well for them that they probably could have done the same volume in the $50 range and chose not to. I think Bourbon people would have shit all over them (rightly so) and it would have damaged the brand, similar to what happened with OF Statesman.

[Buzzrock 14,870]

Got recruited for a tasting for a New Riff barrel selection today. Will report results.

[RichUT 1,791]

So, Discovery Series 3 is another clear winner. It checks all of the boxes for me. These guys are putting out some fantastic blends right now.

[Buzzrock 14,870]

[stork642 4,498]

15 hours ago, RichUT said:

Eagle Rare is a fine bourbon, and a great value at MSRP. It really starts to fall apart once the price point creeps north of $35-$40. It’s not complex in anyway whatsoever, but it’s one of the best baseline expressions around.

It’s a bit of an odd product in the sense that it’s been referred to as underrated so much that it has now become a bit overrated.

I picked up two bottles of ER for $32 each so I thought I was getting a steal. Haha. The more Iearn about this it just makes it obvious how little I know.  This is a great thread for quality information.  Every time I’m on here I see another bourbon I want to try.  I’m buying them faster that I can drink them and wife thinks I’ve gone full alcoholic. If she only knew how much I used to drink in college her head would explode.  

[Neonmoon 38,127]

1 hour ago, stork642 said:

I’m buying them faster that I can drink them and wife thinks I’ve gone full alcoholic.

Welcome to the party pal 

[Hank Kingsley 20,680]

Eagle Rare is good. Slight step up from Regular Buffalo Trace IMO.  Totally get why it would be an everyday sipper for some people.

But no way I pay $50+ for it when there are better options. I'll continue to buy at closer to MSRP if available. 

 

[Eggo 3,974]

I'm a relatively new bourbon drinker and I don't know this world where Weller 12 and Eagle Rare are somehow available and MSRP. 

[T’Boo Ted Marshall 2,724]

ER, IMO, is much more available than W12.

[huge 3,788]

ER, IMO, is much more available than W12.

Definitely.

I’ve owned maybe one bottle of ER in my life.

To compare I’ve bought 3 bottles of Rare Breed since March.

[Okie State 3,788]

I don't go hunting often, but I have two bottles of ER at MSRP and have never even seen W12.

 

 

[Hank Kingsley 20,680]

I got lucky on 1 bottle of ER. Only seen W12 behind a glass case reserved for customers with reward points. 

Saw my first Antique 107 behind the counter at a shitty liquor store. She wanted $199. I laughed. She said "I'm willing to deal". Her lowest number was $180. I laughed again and politely left. 

 

[billfromlaketravis 11,359]

Weller 12, Antique, and  Blanton’s are kind of a dead zone for me. My home store I guess thinks I have enough of all 3 because I never get contacted about them. I’ll beg, borrow, and steal for W12. I’ve given Blanton’s as gifts before and I don’t miss them. If you vouch for me, you’re getting a bottle of something good.
 

I’d recommend buying Eagle Rare 10 every time you see it. I think it’s next on the allocation list. If it’s a store pick, buy as many bottles as possible. 

Edited September 20, 2020 by billfromlaketravis

[Neonmoon 38,127]

2 hours ago, Hank Kingsley said:

Eagle Rare is good. Slight step up from Regular Buffalo Trace IMO.  Totally get why it would be an everyday sipper for some people.

But no way I pay $50+ for it when there are better options. I'll continue to buy at closer to MSRP if available. 

 

 

21 minutes ago, huge said:

Definitely.

I’ve owned maybe one bottle of ER in my life.

To compare I’ve bought 3 bottles of Rare Breed since March.

I will fight both of you 

[billfromlaketravis 11,359]

5 minutes ago, Hank Kingsley said:

I got lucky on 1 bottle of ER. Only seen W12 behind a glass case reserved for customers with reward points. 

Saw my first Antique 107 behind the counter at a shitty liquor store. She wanted $199. I laughed. She said "I'm willing to deal". Her lowest number was $180. I laughed again and politely left. 

 

You did well. The new bottle design on Antique tastes off to me. Too much on the clove notes. I think Buffalo Trace dropped a year to meet demand/their Weller new release program. 

Edited September 20, 2020 by billfromlaketravis

[huge 3,788]

I will fight both of you 

Pistols at the Owl at midnight?

(Shame it would have to be somewhere else)

[Chewbacca 7,730]

ER, IMO, is much more available than W12.

Considering how i can regularly get ER and have only seen W12 on the shelf once, for $100, i would agree with this.

[Chewbacca 7,730]

I don't go hunting often, but I have two bottles of ER at MSRP and have never even seen W12.
 
 

I got 2 bottles of ER last week.

[Yev Kassem 1,026]

ER shows up usually about once a month or so at the big box liquor stores. Most usually do store picks as well, but that’s only a couple times a year those will show up.  Some will put them out on the shelf (like Total Wine) while others may keep them in the back and only give them out if you ask for them (Twin Liquors usually does this from my experience).

The only chance you have at getting any Weller product other than Special Reserve is to get lucky during the annual Buffalo Trace/Weller drop. This is the usually once a year drop that Buffalo Trace does that will include a few ETLs, Weller Full Proofs and CYPBs and a few cases of OWA and W12. It’s my understanding that the big annual has already happened this year, so you probably aren’t finding those products at MSRP any time this year. 

Blanton's, Eagle Rare and Buffalo Trace usually get dropped once a month. You’ll have to learn when your stores get their deliveries (it varies by store) to keep up with the flippers (who snatch up Blanton’s all the time because it’s an easy sale and they can double their investment).

My best advice is to join local Facebook bourbon groups and that will hopefully tip you off when the good stuff is at least in your area.  That way you can ramp up your hunting efforts at the right time. Being in these groups tipped me off when the big Weller drop happened and helped me snag BT Kosher Rye recipe, Weller Single Barrel, W12 and OWA all in the same week at MSRP.  I’m just a regular dude like the rest of us here and not a flipper (who typically give kickbacks to store managers or employees for tips on when the good stuff is coming). Being in these local groups is about as good of a chance as you’ll get to having a chance at landing these allocated bottles. 

Edited September 20, 2020 by Yev Kassem

[H_Boogie 80]

Considering how i can regularly get ER and have only seen W12 on the shelf once, for $100, i would agree with this.

Yeah only W12s I’ve “seen” that weren’t outrageously priced or points-protected were in the hands of jokers that sat outside a liquor store for an hour before opening or squatted in the store waiting for a truck. No thanks, I’ll just collect my consolation prizes and go home. EHTBP is my exception.. I’ll hop a freight train to o catch that. Lol


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[Neonmoon 38,127]

11 minutes ago, huge said:

 

Pistols at the Owl at midnight?

(Shame it would have to be somewhere else)

 

Ha I miss those days

[Eggo 3,974]

1 hour ago, billfromlaketravis said:

Weller 12, Antique, and  Blanton’s are kind of a dead zone for me. My home store I guess thinks I have enough of all 3 because I never get contacted about them. I’ll beg, borrow, and steal for W12. I’ve given Blanton’s as gifts before and I don’t miss them. If you vouch for me, you’re getting a bottle of something good.
 

I’d recommend buying Eagle Rare 10 every time you see it. I think it’s next on the allocation list. If it’s a store pick, buy as many bottles as possible. 

PM me if you ever want to suck a dick for an unopened bottle of W12... Or I guess trade it for something fun. 

[Bozo_Casanova 26,279]

I have a handle and two singles of W12. This thread is the only thing related to bourbon I’m a part of in social media. I don’t get phone calls and I do not pay more than MSRP, ever. 

I only shop at a couple of stores. I buy something (usually vodka or wine) every time I come in. They know what I like. Every once in a while somebody puts a bottle aside for me until I come in. really simple system. 

[Buzzrock 14,870]

I used to get W12 and OWA all day long for $23 and then that jackass wrote that article in Esquire calling it the next Pappy. Poof.

Last time I found it was a couple years ago for $40 which I happily paid. I don’t have much left of either.

[Carl Spackler 3,461]

25 minutes ago, Buzzrock said:

I used to get W12 and OWA all day long for $23 and then that jackass wrote that article in Esquire calling it the next Pappy. Poof.

Last time I found it was a couple years ago for $40 which I happily paid. I don’t have much left of either.

Similar to me and McKenna B-I-B.  Then it won in SF two years in a row, Fred Minnick publicized it, and the price went from $30 at my local place to $99.99 overnight.  I think I've had one bottle since then, and only because I found one in a local liquor store that was still priced reasonably. 

It's a budget night for me tonight.  OGD 114 over an ice ball to start and some Elijah Craig to finish.  I ain't complaining.

 

[Yev Kassem 1,026]

27 minutes ago, Carl Spackler said:

Similar to me and McKenna B-I-B.  Then it won in SF two years in a row, Fred Minnick publicized it, and the price went from $30 at my local place to $99.99 overnight.  I think I've had one bottle since then, and only because I found one in a local liquor store that was still priced reasonably. 

It's a budget night for me tonight.  OGD 114 over an ice ball to start and some Elijah Craig to finish.  I ain't complaining.

 

Spec’s is the best big box store to find McKenna. I’ve seen it there a few times on the shelf in the last few months for $35 or so.  You can use Spec’s website to search for brands and McKenna is one that will show up when they have inventory.

Solid stuff for $35, but not much more than that. 

[Herbie Hancock 7,303]

It wouldn’t hurt my feelings one bit if that ascot wearing cuntnugget was never mentioned in this thread ever again. Ever.

[Redneck Mutha 7,935]

4RSBS going down smooooooooth tonight.  Hook em!!

ou sucks.

[BigDHornfan 6,540]

Jesus Christ.

W12 is good for 2 things.

1. Trade bait to get something much better.

2. Make PMP

 

Fight me.

 

@Herbie Hancock agrees with me.

[Herbie Hancock 7,303]

[After irth 1,243]

9 hours ago, Bozo_Casanova said:

I have a handle and two singles of W12. This thread is the only thing related to bourbon I’m a part of in social media. I don’t get phone calls and I do not pay more than MSRP, ever. 

I only shop at a couple of stores. I buy something (usually vodka or wine) every time I come in. They know what I like. Every once in a while somebody puts a bottle aside for me until I come in. really simple system. 

This is how a man shops. 

[After irth 1,243]

4 hours ago, BigDHornfan said:

Jesus Christ.

W12 is good for 2 things.

1. Trade bait to get something much better.

2. Make PMP

 

Fight me.

 

@Herbie Hancock agrees with me.

Or you could drink it. 

[Herbie Hancock 7,303]

Or you could drink it. 

See #2

[Herbie Hancock 7,303]

Jesus Christ.
W12 is good for 2 things.
1. Trade bait to get something much better.
2. Make PMP
 
Fight me.
 
@Herbie Hancock agrees with me.

You wanna fight? How bout you stick your head up my butt and fight for air!
/obligatory #joedirt