Real Deal or promotional gimmick

[funknik]

Yeah, Knob Creek is gone here in Maine . . . dried up. I'm sure if I looked I could find some, but in the regular spots, there are just empty shelves and signs with the "Thanks for Nothing" tag and a short explanation.

[Drazzamatazz]

I was just at JD's in Waterboro, Maine......they still have two 1.75 bottles of Knob Creek left. The "Thanks for Nothing" tag is already up though.

[funknik]

I was just at JD's in Waterboro, Maine......they still have two 1.75 bottles of Knob Creek left. The "Thanks for Nothing" tag is already up though.

I had a feeling those $55 handles will still be hanging on . . . did you find any interesting stuff at JD's?? -- that's the only place around that I skipped on my last dusty hunt. Seemed like more of a wine joint.

[Drazzamatazz]

I go to JD's for beer, they have the best selection of by the bottle and at much better prices than the other options. They also go through the effort of putting put Beer Advocate tags for many of them, makes it a lot easier to try something new without being disappointed.

I've never really gone "dusty hunting", a little new to this all, but it didn't seem as though they had anything too special. Decent selection with decent prices though, cheaper than all the local grocery stores.

I'm kicking myself for not picking up some George Dickel No. 12 for $13, if I go back soon I'll have to inquire about if they have anything good hidden out back.

[funknik]

I go to JD's for beer, they have the best selection of by the bottle and at much better prices than the other options. They also go through the effort of putting put Beer Advocate tags for many of them, makes it a lot easier to try something new without being disappointed.

I've never really gone "dusty hunting", a little new to this all, but it didn't seem as though they had anything too special. Decent selection with decent prices though, cheaper than all the local grocery stores.

I'm kicking myself for not picking up some George Dickel No. 12 for $13, if I go back soon I'll have to inquire about if they have anything good hidden out back.

the Dickel 12 is $13.99 at either RSVP or DiPietro's right here in Portland. Or, I have quite a supply myself.

[Drazzamatazz]

I don't know if this is something people generally do or not, but any advice on local places I should be looking? For the most part I end up just heading to NH most of the time, but if you are willing to tune me into some local supplies send me a PM or something.

I head back to school this week in Rhode Island, but I'd still like to take you up on your offer sometime when I'm home, just been a pretty busy summer.

[funknik]

I don't know if this is something people generally do or not, but any advice on local places I should be looking? For the most part I end up just heading to NH most of the time, but if you are willing to tune me into some local supplies send me a PM or something.

I head back to school this week in Rhode Island, but I'd still like to take you up on your offer sometime when I'm home, just been a pretty busy summer.

[funknik]

I have to think that the lack of Knob Creek on the shelves is hurting Beam by now. I don't know about you fellers, but I haven't seen it around for months -- it went from the most widely available bourbon to a vague memory almost overnight. Not that I'm personally complaining, I'm just sayin' . . .

[Josh]

I have to think that the lack of Knob Creek on the shelves is hurting Beam by now. I don't know about you fellers, but I haven't seen it around for months -- it went from the most widely available bourbon to a vague memory almost overnight. Not that I'm personally complaining, I'm just sayin' . . .

Weird. There's still no sign of a shortage here. We're practicially knee-deep in the stuff.

[George]

Weird. There's still no sign of a shortage here. We're practicially knee-deep in the stuff.

Same here. I see it everywhere.

[pepcycle]

Imagine if you could ship 6 months of material all at once and guarantee you'd sell it all.

I don't think Beam is going to "hurt" at all when they release it.

Can I wear my T-Shirt now?

[jburlowski]

Never been a problem here in No. KY.

[cowdery]

There seems to be plenty of it here in Chicago, but I am getting more frequent reports from around the country that it's gone in more and more places.

One thing to remember is that in the nature of the pipeline, everything gets pushed to retail. There is no benefit to holding anything back. That means the shelves will be full until they are empty, and at that point everything behind them will be empty too.

It also means that even though Beam will do everything in its power to flood the market with the new stock, it will take time for it to move through the pipeline.

I've also learned that in Illinois and probably other states, once the merchandise has been delivered to the retailer it can only be sold at retail. The retailer can't sell it back to the distributor or to another retailer. You can't even transfer merchandise among multiple outlets of the same chain. That's why you might walk into a store and see four cases of Knob on the floor, while in another store there is none.

[OscarV]

If anyone needs any Knob Creek then PM me I'll get it to ya.

[BBQ+Bourbon]

Yeah, no sign of a Knob Creek shortage in Kansas City. If I can make $5 a bottle, I can ship enough to make a weeks' salary in an afternoon.

I don't get the interest in a Knob Creek shortage anyway. Sure it's a good over-priced mid-shelf bourbon, but is it really a bourbon whose absence would cause panic? I doubt it.

This mediocre mid-shelfer will be back soon enough to the few areas where it's currently absent.

When OGD 114 is $20 and creek is $30, I don't care how long creek is out of stock!

(sorry, but as a proud Kansas Citian, I can't call Knob Creek KC)

[ILLfarmboy]

...I don't get the interest in a Knob Creek shortage anyway.

My only interest would come about if shelves around here had a bunch of free space retailers decided to fill with other bourbons, especially FR and Weller bottlings, two product lines with spotty, very spotty, availability in my area.

But, as someone else said, we're still "knee deep in the stuff".

[independant]

It finally happened. I went into one of Virginia's ABC store and they were all out of KC. Thank God the other ABC store on my route into work was well stocked. I guess if I had received a tee-shirt I could now start wearing it.

[Josh]

It finally happened. I went into one of Virginia's ABC store and they were all out of KC. Thank God the other ABC store on my route into work was well stocked. I guess if I had received a tee-shirt I could now start wearing it.

[callmeox]

Well the shortage has finally caught up with someplace. I tried to order KC at my favorite pub on Friday and they said they were out and their distributer is all out.

So there's the shortage.

I'm sorry Josh, but that simply can't be accurate. Read through the thread and recall the experts here saying that the shortage talk was just a fabrication.

It's all marketing fluff, man. Don't you get it?

[Josh]

I'm sorry Josh, but that simply can't be accurate. Read through the thread and recall the experts here saying that the shortage talk was just a fabrication.

It's all marketing fluff, man. Don't you get it?

Sorry, I lost my head there for a second. I sentence myself to 5 shots of Old Dead Trucker...err...Old Dan Tucker.

[independant]

I'm sorry Josh, but that simply can't be accurate. Read through the thread and recall the experts here saying that the shortage talk was just a fabrication.

It's all marketing fluff, man. Don't you get it?

I don't know if anyone ever said that it was just marketing fluff. I have always wondered how big this shortage really was going to be. That question was never answered. True there have been a few places where KC has gone off the shelves but I do believe that Chuck has said that they are bottling more now or will very shortly. I wonder how many people hearing of this shortage went ahead and bought that extra bottle of KC helping the shortage along.

[callmeox]

I don't know if anyone ever said that it was just marketing fluff.

From the first post in the thread:

"To me this all sounds to me like nothing more that a publicity stunt.To make their product sound so popular that they can't keep up with demand. Shame on Beam for such an out rage just another nail in there coffin for not caring for their consumers and only caring about their profit margin."

Then:

"Sending distributor, vendors and writers empty sealed bottles and t-shirts that say "I survived the drought", strikes me as crass."

And also:

"It is only August but so far this smells like a bad attempt by Beam to create a buzz."

[Lost Pollito]

I do believe that Chuck has said that they are bottling more now or will very shortly. .

I saw alot being bottled during kbf.

[cowdery]

I saw alot being bottled during kbf.

I don't doubt you, but that shouldn't be possible. You have connections. Ask how that could be?

They are supposedly going to dump the first new batch this Thursday, 10/29, with much fanfare. The new batch should be in stores and bars in about three weeks.

No one predicted how big the shortage was going to be because know one could possibly have known, since it depended on how successfully they hyped sales.

As I've said all along, real deal or promotional gimmick--it's both!

Please understand that all Beam really knows is the status of goods in their finished goods warehouse, and whiskey that's in barrels, of age, and available to bottle. If the former is empty and that have none of the later, then they are out as far as they can see, ergo shortage. Was it hyped, of course. Was it real? Barring what Joe is saying. Yes to that too.

[p_elliott]

Yes and Scott almost nobody ran out, we didn't here out of all the posters on the forum what 4 at the most have said they ran out. You could have done that by by miss ordering.

From the first post in the thread:

"To me this all sounds to me like nothing more that a publicity stunt.To make their product sound so popular that they can't keep up with demand. Shame on Beam for such an out rage just another nail in there coffin for not caring for their consumers and only caring about their profit margin."

Then:

"Sending distributor, vendors and writers empty sealed bottles and t-shirts that say "I survived the drought", strikes me as crass."

And also:

"It is only August but so far this smells like a bad attempt by Beam to create a buzz."