gift packages 2008

[ThomasH]

The holiday season is now approaching and with it the return of the liquor gift package. Some brands have new gifts and others old standby's. What is available in your Area? So far I have seen:

WT101/rocks glasses

WTRB/rocks glasses in wood box

JD 750/rocks glasses

JD 750/stainless flask

JD 375/two sided stainless metal glass

Ketel One vodka/coctail shaker

Grey Goose vodka/cocktail shaker

Amaretto Disarrano/swirl design glass ice bucket

Level vodka/martini glass

Kahlua/glass coffee mug and 3 flavored Kahlua minis

Dewars scotch/heavy shot glass

Bacardi rum/rocks glass

Chivas Regal/rocks glasses

Crown Royal/rocks glasses

Jim Beam white/stainless flask

Jim Beam white/Nascar baseball hat

Jaegermeister/frosted shot glasses

Canadian Club/baseball hat

I'm sure more will show up. Tell us whats in your area!

Thomas

[New2Whiskey]

PYRAT XO Rum with Black Book

Are you kidding me? I tried this rum. Its superb! The black book 'hides' your stash. This is the best gift pack I've seen so far.

[camduncan]

I saw some limited edition Jim Beam White Label bottles yesterday - the golss is frosted either green or red for Christmas.

[HighTower]

Jim Beam racing cars will also be back this year for Xmas, they look more like a racing car and less like a station wagon :grin:

Also there's a wild turkey 350mL with cards and poker chips.

Absolut Masquerade - a bottle shaped gift tin covered in red sequins. That's after last years popular Absolut disco which was a bottle shaped gift tin that doubled as a mirror ball.

Let's disco!

Scott

[chefnash51]

Two that saw recently were:

EWSB 98 w/ small flask and cigar holder in one

Dewar's 12 with glasses.

I would love to come across the WTRB with glasses and wooden box.

[ACDetroit]

I know y'all have seen this one but were ashamed to post it so here is what I found.

A beautiful George T. Stagg gift set...it comes with a nicely wrapped hang-over! OUCH!

Tony

[ROTYDE]

You guys have given me a lot of ideas for X mas gifts, thanks a lot....

[WhiskeyRiver]

I would love to come across the WTRB with glasses and wooden box.

[texascarl]

Jameson NAS with 2 glasses

[ThomasH]

Today I saw Belvedere vodka/martini glass gift sets. The Amaretto Disarrono had a venetian glass ice bucket. I couldn't think of the exact description in the last post and said it was just glass. Also saw a JD 1.75/stainless flask gift set!

Thomas

[camduncan]

I would love to come across the WTRB with glasses and wooden box.

I agree with you there. Most of gift sets like that don't make it to us down here :smiley_acbt:

[OscarV]

They are all over KY.

And here is the interesting part, they can be found cheaper than a WTRB off the shelf.

No kiddin',

Hey KY members, help out these people.

[EricABQ]

JD with glasses.

At Costco they had a fancy box with a bottle of Glen Livet 15 yo, a bottle of Nadurra, and two glencairn style glasses for $90.

Bushmills Black with a pretty nice flask.

[shyster512]

And here is the interesting part, they can be found cheaper than a WTRB off the she

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Last year, Jimmy Russell (one helluva nice guy) was at the liquor store to talk to and autograph Wild Turkey selections. I was buying Christmas presents, looking at the Turkey selection, and Mr. Russell came up behind me and asked me what I was looking for. After some discussion, he told me the best buy was a gift box of Turkey with glasses which was about $7.00 cheaper than the bottle if bought by itself. He said he didn't know why the gift box was cheaper than the bottle itself, but added you'd be crazy not to buy the gift box. He autographed that gift box as well the the American Spirit I bought, although I got the distinct impression from him that any bourbon aged more than twelve years was overdone. I kept the AS but did give the gift box which was received gladly by the recipient.

[fishnbowljoe]

Here's a long list of liquor/liquer gift sets that have showed up the past week in our local grocery store. Most come with glasses, a couple with flasks, and one with an Italian glass ice bucket. Early and plentiful this year. Joe

Moet

Baileys

Ketel One

Disaronno

Grand Marnier

B&B

Drambuie

Bombay Saphire

Chivas Regal

Jagermeister

Jack Daniels

Gentleman Jack

Glen Livet

Tequilla Rose

Kahlua

Crown Royal

Beefeater

Southern Comfort

Carolans

Chambord

Saint Brendans

VSOP

Johnny Walker Black

[gothbat]

All I've seen so far was the EWSB with cigar holder/flask set and the Perrier-Jouët vintage gift set I bought last year. I'm really looking forward to the OF:Repeal set if/when it hits stores around here! If it gets here I think this will be the only whiskey gift set I've ever purchased, I'm definitely going to pick one up and then maybe a backup or two if I like it! I hope I don't have to buy this thing online!

[ILLfarmboy]

All I've seen so far was the EWSB with cigar holder/flask set and the Perrier-Jouët vintage gift set I bought last year. I'm really looking forward to the OF:Repeal set if/when it hits stores around here! If it gets here I think this will be the only whiskey gift set I've ever purchased, I'm definitely going to pick one up and then maybe a backup or two if I like it! I hope I don't have to buy this thing online!

What will be in the OF:Repeal set, do we know?

[gothbat]

What will be in the OF:Repeal set, do we know?

It's a medicinal style 375ml bottle of Old Forester with Glencairn style OF glass and a scroll with the text of the 21st amendment on it. There's a pic here.

[BourbonJoe]

A pint of special make Old Forester. A glencairn glass (etched) and a copy of the repeal amendment. I think that's it.

Joe :usflag:

[ILLfarmboy]

Thanks guys.

I'm not an Old Forester fan but It looks like it would make a fine gift for someone.

[Chris Trebing]

I've seen Bulleit Bourbon with a pair of matching glasses with raised letters.