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Unfortunately no. I have had some neurological issues with my hands that make playing impossible. I was a decent player (about 45 years). I can’t feel two fingers on my right hand and my hands cannot do what my brain tells them to for music. The result is frustrating. They are hand picked and “tuned” and need to be played. The guy handling the sale is out of Nashville. He thinks they will be gone in a week or two. On for somebody else to enjoy. Now I just need a home for a 1923 Kimball upright. Beautiful piece wrapped in quarter-sawn oak, ivory keys and a soundboard better than most grand pianos. It looks great where it sitting, may just leave it in the house.

I’m not quite as old as you Frank, but I think I remember (CRS disease) ETL @ $29.99. Definitely $34.99 and $39.99. One oddity I found early on was one of the first bottlings that had the gold wax top. I was also lucky enough to grab a few of the 90th Birthday and two or three of the 93rd Commemorative. I never did even see a 100th. A little tread drift here. I was looking through some old pics trying to find something. I ran across a pic that had a bottle of ER with a price on it of $19.99. It was a private pick from a store in Milwaukee. I almost bought a case. Glad I didn’t. It was one of the worst bottles of bourbon I ever had. I also remember paying $21.99 at a store up near Milwaukee. I told @Vosgar about the store and their price on ER. He didn’t believe me. We took a drive up there and stopped at that store. Sure enough, they still had ER at $21.99. I showed him the price on the shelf and he just shook his head. Man, I sure do miss @Vosgar.

Decades ago, Bitter Lemon was one of my favorite mixers. I don't see it in stores around here, anymore, so I had all but forgotten about it.

That’s fabulous. On a similar note, my 10 year old knows more about bourbon than my wife does. He is very observant and often joins me on my liquor store hunts. I knows the brands, varieties I seek and calls them out to me when we are in the stores.

I agree with him here. I also wonder how if at all the big box retailers are complicit in the scarcity, and pricing above MSRP.

Since I'm getting REALLY old, I remember paying $24.99 for regular ETL and the shelves were always filled with them! Since those days, I've ONLY bought the ETL 100th Anniversary (at MSRP, luckily). With all my replacment body parts, I can still remember the fantastic chocolate drams ot the 100th!

BT absolutely does create artificial scarcity. They couldn't keep the 3 core expressions of Weller wheated bourbon on store shelves across the country. So what do they decide to do? They didn't put more WSR, OWA or W12 out. They introduced 2 new brand extensions WFP and WSiB (orange label) which only made the problem worse. Same with ER10. Instead of putting more ER10 on shelves, they create yet another brand extension ER12. CEHT? Rinse and repeat. If you stick to the facts, not emotion, nobody can deny what has been happening.

Wow, you are really cleaning house. Keeping at least one favorite guitar for yourself I hope?

Sorry to hear of your loss. I'll raise a glass of Blanton's Gold in his honor.

Just to share some experience. I purchased a bottle of Elmer in January from Spec's for $49.99 plus tax. It's on their VIP call list. So until I hear otherwise MSRP is still $50.

Happy Tuesday!

While the Bourbon market still has its tight spots, overall I'm seeing more of the formerly hard to find available. I regularly see ECBP, BT, ER, Colonel Taylor and Weller SR on the shelf at fairly normal prices over the past few months. I see Blanton's offered for $100 with regularity, and my local Costco's have more bourbon available lately. I think buying has softened somewhat, inventory is catching up, and I can speak for myself, I'm not hoarding anymore. Lastly, when stuff got too hard to get or too expensive, I found other bourbons to buy. Over the last couple of years, Four Roses has moved way up my bourbon ladder, and I have turned a few people on to the SiB releases. Great idea, great flavor, great value at $50 each.

Mrs. Skinsfan is the ultimate enabler. She poured it...

Yeah, blame it on the forum. Honest honey, it’s not my fault, it’s the guys!

I do enjoy RR, in particular v3-7. I have not bought any since 7 , because I have plenty of on hand. The 15 year Gatsbys are in my wheelhouse also.

All the recent JD rye talk has triggered me

Move 2 boxes out, move 1 box in. Lol

How is the Remus?

Some Remus Reserve v5 in the glass. Another load to Goodwill and a guy is coming by to buy my guitars, mandolins and amp tomorrow. Feels like progress.

Mail call from Loretto.

I am sorry for your loss. The loss of a child must be incredibly devastating. It appears you are at peace with the knowledge your son is not suffering. I will toast you and your son tonight

Thank you. From the photo, it looks very well built. I have a big green egg. Build quality is so so.

Oddly, my dad said the same thing. Maybe it’s as simple as our taste changes over time. I’ll continue to give it a shot (pun intended)

As luck would have it, I was able to sample the single barrel rye from Jack Daniel’s last night at a bar in San Diego. Crazy the prices they were charging for bourbons, that aside I did indeed enjoy the single barrel rye. I am very glad I was able to find it and more so that I enjoyed it. Thank you for sharing your thoughts

Thank you to all. Tough day but moving foward. Keeping all memories alive. The saving grace is that he is at peace after suffering a long illness. We miss him...