OscarV Posted July 18, 2010 Share Posted July 18, 2010 Check out the July 17 post in Chuck's blog.Word is there is going to be a single barrel from KC.But with a hitch. The store has to buy all the bottles from the barrel and they don't get to select it.http://www.chuckcowdery.blogspot.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SBOmarc Posted July 18, 2010 Share Posted July 18, 2010 Not out of the question for BevMo, or HiTimes....I am hopeful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigthom Posted July 18, 2010 Share Posted July 18, 2010 Even Brown Forman let's people choose their own Jack Daniel's barrels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cigarnv Posted July 18, 2010 Share Posted July 18, 2010 Keep your eye's on Julio's.............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishnbowljoe Posted July 18, 2010 Share Posted July 18, 2010 I've already seen a couple of places that supposedly have had their own barrel of KC bottled. Both were up in Wisconsin. Probably the program where the distillery picked a barrel for them, or just put stickers on bottles. :skep: Both places had a nice barrel display with KC t-shirts and hats, and had a sign stating, "Bottled Exclusively For -------". Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barturtle Posted July 18, 2010 Share Posted July 18, 2010 A place I was working did a Knob Creek Single Barrel back in 2000/2001. We got to go down to do the selection and tour the distillery with Fred Noe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBQ+Bourbon Posted July 18, 2010 Share Posted July 18, 2010 A KC single barrel would be cool, but why would anybody pay $5-8k for a barrel without tasting it? Sounds like a huge gamble, and I'll bet we see very few of these bottlings, and that none are special enough to warrant the effort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Reserve Posted July 18, 2010 Share Posted July 18, 2010 I know at least three stores in Livonia and Ann Arbor that have their own Knob Creek single barrel. Two store owners told me that they had to buy the entire barrel.They have a cutaway barrel and if memory is correct the store's name on a wooden bottle holder.Somehow I resisted buying one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Posted July 18, 2010 Share Posted July 18, 2010 I know at least three stores in Livonia and Ann Arbor that have their own Knob Creek single barrel. Two store owners told me that they had to buy the entire barrel.They have a cutaway barrel and if memory is correct the store's name on a wooden bottle holder.Somehow I resisted buying one.I didn't think that was legal in the Great Lakes State. I wouldn't mind being pm'ed their locations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshua Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 I know a store here that did a single barrel Knob Creek a while back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasH Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 They did some of these for some of the higher volume stores in Ohio around the holidays several years back. They had a nice suede leather type bag and a copper neck tag that listed the store that got the barrel. The cases from the barrel then were used to build a store display and promote the brand. I bought one because the bag was neat but haven't opened it yet. I had received a handle of KC as a gift the year before and it was already open. Maybe I'll bring it to the next sampler!Thomas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowdery Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 Check out the July 17 post in Chuck's blog.Word is there is going to be a single barrel from KC.But with a hitch. The store has to buy all the bottles from the barrel and they don't get to select it.http://www.chuckcowdery.blogspot.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cigarnv Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 The Virginia did a single barrel, or should I say several single barrel Knob Creeks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BourbonJoe Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 I think they should do one for Pennsylvania, and close it out right away at 9.95, like they do for everything else. Oh, that's right, the only bourbon left on the shelf in PA is Beam so we'll have to wait a month or so before we clear it out.Joe :usflag: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeK Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 I've seen this in a couple of stores in MA (Julio's included). The store ends up with a nice cut open display barrel and each bottle is in a wooden box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cigarnv Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 From what I hear Beam picks the barrel, the customer doesn't..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowdery Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 From what I hear Beam picks the barrel, the customer doesn't.....In Virginia, at least, they were picked by Fred Noe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cigarnv Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 In Virginia, at least, they were picked by Fred Noe.Excellent point Chuck...... not sure if that is always the case with KC SB's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cigarnv Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 I think they should do one for Pennsylvania, and close it out right away at 9.95, like they do for everything else. Oh, that's right, the only bourbon left on the shelf in PA is Beam so we'll have to wait a month or so before we clear it out.Joe :usflag:Virginia just closed out WT KS at $26 and WT RR at $16...... Go figure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OscarV Posted July 19, 2010 Author Share Posted July 19, 2010 WARNING OFF TOPIC:I heard that the VA gov wants to get out of the liquor business and privatize and sell liquor licences to any retailer that wants one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cigarnv Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 WARNING OFF TOPIC:I heard that the VA gov wants to get out of the liquor business and privatize and sell liquor licences to any retailer that wants one.Yep.... working hard at it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrviognier Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 Last night I had dinner with Bill Newlands, Senior VP of Beam Global, and asked him about Knob Creek Single Barrel. He confirmed that it is indeed a reality, and they're slated for a January 2011 roll-out. I asked about the reports of sightings in VA and other markets. Bill assured me that these were KC "buy a barrel" bottlings, and NOT the single barrel.I also asked him how he felt about concerns that the Maker's 46 would cannibalize from traditional Maker's consumers. He made a valid point that - up until now - Maker's fans had nowhere else to go but outside the brand if they were wanting to experience a different taste profile. Maker's 46 allows the Maker consumer to stay 'within the family'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cigarnv Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 Last night I had dinner with Bill Newlands, Senior VP of Beam Global, and asked him about Knob Creek Single Barrel. He confirmed that it is indeed a reality, and they're slated for a January 2011 roll-out. I asked about the reports of sightings in VA and other markets. Bill assured me that these were KC "buy a barrel" bottlings, and NOT the single barrel.I also asked him how he felt about concerns that the Maker's 46 would cannibalize from traditional Maker's consumers. He made a valid point that - up until now - Maker's fans had nowhere else to go but outside the brand if they were wanting to experience a different taste profile. Maker's 46 allows the Maker consumer to stay 'within the family'.Not sure I understand the difference between buy a barrel and single barrel programs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrviognier Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 Beam has allowed retailers/restaurateurs the ability to purchase the output of an entire barrel...a selection from three or four barrels pre-selected by the distillery. The project to be debuted in January of 11 will be a standalone program, a 'best of the best' from the KC program. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cas Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 I didn't think that was legal in the Great Lakes State. I wouldn't mind being pm'ed their locations.Ann Arbor Party Center on Jackson Road. Not exactly a pm, but I don't think it's a big secret.Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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