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Hi folks,
I posted in a previous thread that my wife found a local liquor store owner with a special-order bourbon stash that he keeps for "special" folks, and talked him into letting her buy from it.
She says that he had a bottle that cost around $70, and came in a red velvet bag, but she can't remember the name. The store owner isn't in on the weekends, and I'm twitching quite badly in trying to figure out what this could be.
Has anyone seen something like this before?
Thanks,
Will
Pappy 20 comes in a red bag around the holidays.
Woot!!! I am heading there ASAP come Monday to see if he can part with it. You're not even supposed to be able to get Pappy here in VT... this guy is my idol!
Of course, I have to keep it quiet from the wife, otherwise she'll think that the bourbon's she got me for my birthday aren't "good enough", and that she should've gotten me the Pappy.
Between Pappy, Blanton's, and Rock Hill Farms, this is shaping up to be a merry holiday season indeed!
Ask her if it looked like this:
Will if its new stock I wouldn't know offhand but I have seen some of the Weller expressions in a red velvet bag in times past.
Regards,
Squire
^^that looks sooooo beautiful, im getting sentimental sniff sniff.
It did indeed. My wife confirms that this is the bag and bottle she saw in the back room. Guess I know where I'm headed on Monday!
Now another question - is Pappy 20 worth the $70? I'm desperate to try any Van Winkle offering at all.
The $70 is an excellent price: Pappy 20 is going for $89.99 here, and that $70 bottle may be the older Pappy 20 from Lawrenceburg, rather than the newer Frankfort bottling. Go for it! Cheers, Ed V.
Is there a big difference between bottlings of Pappy?
It's all the same whiskey (Stitzel-Weller wheated bourbon) but the different ages make a big difference, especially since the label only really tells you the minimum age. It's not unusual for a Van Winkle to actually be a couple years older than the label says.