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When I tried (ri)1 in LA and Julio's, I wasn't offended by the taste, but the QPR made any purchase a non-starter -- until this weekend.
While (unsuccessfully) dusty hunting in Providence, I spotted this bottle and price tag -- maybe more than one typo? -- behind the counter. Y'all know that $20 is my threshold, so now it's mine.
(The only explanation I can come up with is that the locals think it's a custom label that means "Rhode Island is Number One"?)
I like how the price tag says Jim Bean, nice find!
I'd grab it for the $19.99, but in MI it's more like $45.
Will
I'd buy it for $19.99 I would have bought all they had at $19.99.
I did! ;) (Unfortunately it was just the one bottle...)Quote:
Originally Posted by p_elliott
I'd definitely get a bottle for 20$. I don't think PA would close it out that cheap - probably 30$.
the right price indeed...
I'd buy it for $20, probably regularly.
I noticed that Joe (Lost Pollito) mentioned in another thread that the price for ri(1) has been dropped to $30 at Binny's. I wonder if this is a marketwide Beam move, or just a Binny's thing? Has anyone seen this in other areas? Hopefully, it's marketwide. I was generally underwhelmed by the timidity of the flavor profile of my lone bottle of ri(1), and am of the mindset to not get another bottle at the $48ish I put out for it. But, $30 might at least present an impulse buy to give it a second go. Even so, at $30 it's $5ish over my everday rye fave, Baby Saz. So, I don't see ri(1) making significant headway in stealing shelf space in my rye bunker. But, I've been know to get a wild hair while in a liquor store...:D
I would give it a go at $30 wouldn't be a regular buy at that price but at least Beam is headed in the right direction.
I've been taking note of the price of this one after noticing it at Binnys for $30 since it made me wonder if maybe the price had gone down everywhere but the lowest I've seen it for by me is $40. Now that I've tried it I'll say it's not bad at all but even if it were $30 locally I probably wouldn't buy it since I can get Rittenhouse BIB for almost 1/2 that and used to be able to get Sazerac for a couple dollars less (really wish they'd get this back in stock...), both of which I like better.