What bourbon did you purchase today? Fall 2010

[jburlowski]

Glad to say none was bought by me.

I am a seller and a drinker.

The bunker is shrinking.

Haven't we been down this road before? :skep:

[Josh]

I've seen it, his bunker is truly shrivelling up into nothingness. All that's left are BTACs, Centennials, Turkeys, Roses, and a couple dozen other bottles.

[BourbonRob]

Found a little hole in the wall place that still had OC12 "classic 90" on the shelf for only $24.

Topped off my buying with 2 bottles of pre-fire EWSB 1995.

It was a good day!!

Rob

[The Boozer]

JB Black. Price reduction in the State so picked up a bottle on the way home.

[hectic1]

While on my way to a benefit downtown Chicago I stopped in at a couple stores along the way...I was able to find a BHC VSOF and a Pappy 15. :cool:

[BluesDaddy]

A first time purchase of OGD BIB - 100 proof. While the label is attrocious, the bourbon is extremely good, especially considering the price. Depending on when I drink it, I like it better than OGD 114 (of course, at other times I think I prefer the 114).

[SMOWK]

While the label is attrocious

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. That label brings a tear to my eye when I first see it after an absence of any more than a few days.

[Josh]

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. That label brings a tear to my eye when I first see it after an absence of any more than a few days.

[Parkersback]

I love that label, too. But there's one thing about it that I do not like: it fades quite easily.

I hate this because as I dusty hunt, there's been quite a few times where I've ducked in to some terrible liquor store and spotted a severely faded--almost white--OGD bottle on a high shelf. My heart leaps! Then I ask the bewildered clerk, "Sorry, but can I take a look at the bottle up there?"

But when she or he hands it to me and I look at the bottom and it says "'99", or I look at the bar code, and there are those Beam numbers. :hot:

My search for some ND OGD continues. As far as I can tell, Brooklyn is a burned over district.

[smokinjoe]

Bad news is I just dropped Mrssmokinjoe off at the airport for a business trip that will have her gone through Sunday....

Good news is I just dropped Mrssmokinjoe off at the airport for a business trip that will have her gone through Sunday....so it's bourbon, beer and cigars in excess this weekend!! :drinking: :bandit:

Bad news is Littlesmokinjoe has an Algebra test tomorrow that I have to "help" her study for...Yeah, right. I can figure out 2X=10...That's about it, but I can't show my work...:crazy:

Good news is that on the way home from the airport I picked up 2 bottles of 2010 4R Ltd. Ed. at $32 and change per bottle! I tried to tell the guy that it was mis-marked, but he scanned it and said it was correct, and that he "had to do what the computer told him". :woohoo:

[OscarV]

....so it's bourbon, beer and cigars in excess this weekend!! :drinking: :bandit:

[DeanSheen]

Good news is that on the way home from the airport I picked up 2 bottles of 2010 4R Ltd. Ed. at $32 and change per bottle! I tried to tell the guy that it was mis-marked, but he scanned it and said it was correct, and that he "had to do what the computer told him". :woohoo:

Please dont tell us you left any on the shelf. Nahh, we know you better than that.

[SMOWK]

But when she or he hands it to me and I look at the bottom and it says "'99", or I look at the bar code, and there are those Beam numbers. :hot:

My search for some ND OGD continues. As far as I can tell, Brooklyn is a burned over district.

Isn't the ND OGD pretty easy to spot with the giant top that also doubles as a rocks glass?

[SMOWK]

A few bottles each of 2010 GTS and WLW

[smokinjoe]

What no Cinemax on your cable package?

Unfortunately, my cable package is out until Monday.

[smokinjoe]

Please dont tell us you left any on the shelf. Nahh, we know you better than that.

Of course, not. I would never risk my Membership in Good Standing with SB and the Georgia Bourbon Society. But, I didn't ask if they had more in the back. Didn't want to push my luck, and lose my deal. But, I shall return!

[George]

Picked up a bottle of EC 12.

[sdchap00]

Long-time mostly lurker. I finally got into dusty hunting some last year after finding some things in Frankfort that I'd never seen. I hadn't had much luck, since things get picked up pretty quickly here in central Kentucky (more and more it seems--just try finding Van Winkle products for a reasonable price).

I did pick up a couple of bottles of the BHC VSOF 12yo last year (pic below--there's a bottle in the box too) for $27. I asked the cashier if he'd give me a discount if I bought them both (all he had), and he knocked off 5%. Based on whatI think

With the day off today, I decided to drive further out in the state. At a couple of really old-style places (all the bottles behind a bar with seats at it), I finally found what I see as my first dusties:

1) Yellowstone - 90 proof - 750 ml (x2). These have what I think are faux tax stamps (no numbers on them) and were distilled at Louisiville. On the back, the volume is in both metric and ounces, and is part of the bottle, rather than a stamp or label. The cap is not tamper resistant, there's a UPC code but no government warning, so I'm guessing these were bottled around in the mid-80s. $10 each.

2) I.W. Harper Gold Medal - 80 proof - 750 ml (x2). These too h ave the faux tax stamp, no tamper resistant cap, no government warning, and a UPC. Again, based on what I've read on here, I'm guessing were also bottled in the the mid-80s. Also about $10 each.

3) OF BiB (x2) 750 ml. They're distilled at DSP-354 and bottled at 414. Well, one of them is. The other doesn't say. It looks like this info was stamped onto the label after they were filled, and one didn't get stamped. I'm pretty sure these are from 1988 (there's an "88" raised in the glass on the bottom).

4) ER 101 -200 ml (x1). This looks to be from the end of the run, since it has the website and email listed on the label. Still, I've never seen it in person and it is #2 on my wish list (behind Weller Centennial--oh, if only), so I bought it for $8.

5) Rittenhouse BiB - DSP-354. Not really a dusty, yet, but it's tough to find here in Lexington and I've found I really like it. This was actually at a warehouse-style place, where I thought I'd found a great deal on ORVW 10/107 at $27 (I misread the pricing label which was for the 10/90--alas).

I left a lot of stuff on the shelves at these places--Old Charter (8 and 10 yo), Old Fitz, regular Old Forester in similar bottles, a pint of Rebel Yell with that squat top that's all cap and no neck (this was up high and didn't look for sale)--that all looked old, but I just wasn't sure. Both places had a mix of current bottles and old and I didn't want to keep asking the guys behind the counter to keep letting me look at bottles. After some more research, and another day off, I'll head back.

Am I even close on the dates above? Any other recommendations for dusty hunting in central Kentucky? I had almost lost hope, but today was a good day.

[Parkersback]

Dusty hunting in Brooklyn is a bust, but I did pick up a George T. Stagg and PVW15. I'm pretty psyched: never had Stagg before, and last PVW I had was a 20 about 5 years ago.

All things PVW are going really fast here in NYC: the first place I saw 4 PVW15's this fall had them in for all of about 2 days. I rushed to the other place that I knew had them and bought the last 2 (one is for a friend's 40th birthday tomorrow).

[Vosgar]

BTAC has been taking forever to get to Illinois, but I was finally able to pick up a couple of the 2010 WLW's. Still waiting for the GTS. Also bought a Pappy 15 and VWFRR.

[tommyboy38]

Ditto to what Vosgar said. Picked up 2 WLW, a VWFRR and a bottle of PVW15...what an amazing coincidence! The owner of the store now knows that I'm a whiskey fan and I said that I was pleasantly surprised to see the rye (but not the increases in the VW's and BTAC's) and asked him if he's tried it. He said no so I grabbed the bottle out of my cart and we sampled it there in the aisle.

Yummy!!!!

[imbibehour]

Look out...

just picked up Van Winkle Lot B, and some Rittenhouse Rye 100 (ok not Bourbon yes I know..)!

It will be some time before I crack into VW there, last time I did was quite some time ago and really dug it, but its mine... all mine! mwahhah ahaha

[theDon]

Long-time mostly lurker. I finally got into dusty hunting some last year after finding some things in Frankfort that I'd never seen. I hadn't had much luck, since things get picked up pretty quickly here in central Kentucky (more and more it seems--just try finding Van Winkle products for a reasonable price).

I did pick up a couple of bottles of the BHC VSOF 12yo last year (pic below--there's a bottle in the box too) for $27. I asked the cashier if he'd give me a discount if I bought them both (all he had), and he knocked off 5%. Based on whatI think

With the day off today, I decided to drive further out in the state. At a couple of really old-style places (all the bottles behind a bar with seats at it), I finally found what I see as my first dusties:

1) Yellowstone - 90 proof - 750 ml (x2). These have what I think are faux tax stamps (no numbers on them) and were distilled at Louisiville. On the back, the volume is in both metric and ounces, and is part of the bottle, rather than a stamp or label. The cap is not tamper resistant, there's a UPC code but no government warning, so I'm guessing these were bottled around in the mid-80s. $10 each.

2) I.W. Harper Gold Medal - 80 proof - 750 ml (x2). These too h ave the faux tax stamp, no tamper resistant cap, no government warning, and a UPC. Again, based on what I've read on here, I'm guessing were also bottled in the the mid-80s. Also about $10 each.

3) OF BiB (x2) 750 ml. They're distilled at DSP-354 and bottled at 414. Well, one of them is. The other doesn't say. It looks like this info was stamped onto the label after they were filled, and one didn't get stamped. I'm pretty sure these are from 1988 (there's an "88" raised in the glass on the bottom).

4) ER 101 -200 ml (x1). This looks to be from the end of the run, since it has the website and email listed on the label. Still, I've never seen it in person and it is #2 on my wish list (behind Weller Centennial--oh, if only), so I bought it for $8.

5) Rittenhouse BiB - DSP-354. Not really a dusty, yet, but it's tough to find here in Lexington and I've found I really like it. This was actually at a warehouse-style place, where I thought I'd found a great deal on ORVW 10/107 at $27 (I misread the pricing label which was for the 10/90--alas).

I left a lot of stuff on the shelves at these places--Old Charter (8 and 10 yo), Old Fitz, regular Old Forester in similar bottles, a pint of Rebel Yell with that squat top that's all cap and no neck (this was up high and didn't look for sale)--that all looked old, but I just wasn't sure. Both places had a mix of current bottles and old and I didn't want to keep asking the guys behind the counter to keep letting me look at bottles. After some more research, and another day off, I'll head back.

Am I even close on the dates above? Any other recommendations for dusty hunting in central Kentucky? I had almost lost hope, but today was a good day.

Nice finds. The Yellowstone is very good, you will enjoy that one. The IW Harper may be disappointing. The one's I had from that era were rather blah and ended up as mixers. You did right by getting 2 of each. That way you don't feel bad about opening 1 immediatly and posting your impressions.

[Josh]

Nice finds. The Yellowstone is very good, you will enjoy that one. The IW Harper may be disappointing. The one's I had from that era were rather blah and ended up as mixers. You did right by getting 2 of each. That way you don't feel bad about opening 1 immediatly and posting your impressions.

Blah is a good way to describe the Harpers I've encountered too. Except for Thomas Harper. He's the man.

Anyway, I picked up some ORVW 10/107 today (current edition) and a bottle of VWFRR, letter B. I assume this is the current edition too.

[Virus_Of_Life]

Grabbed the 2010 BTAC today and a 2009 Handy I found out I was missing while updating the bunker inventory. Was surprised to see it, and only 1 bottle of each, at $57.99 each except the Saz18 was only $53.99. I'll never understand that; the one that typically sells out the fastest is priced the lowest. Strange.

A few bottle of 2008 and 09 Handy still there, and will probably remain for a long time.