Interesting BT Experimental package...

[bourbonNOOG]

Ran across this last weekend. I passed because it's a little above my price range, but there might be some whom are interested. It contained 5 experimental bottles in a wooden box with a large buffalo statue. Interesting, but again, pricey. Seeing as a lot of this stuff runs for $60-$80 for the small bottle, I guess the $309 doesn't seem as bad if you were someone who wanted 5 experimental bottles.

Just thought I'd share. They had 2 sets on the shelf.

[cowdery]

I wonder if it's something the store put together. Seems like an odd thing for BT to do.

[Lost Pollito]

That's gotta be store made. The OC bottles shipped 12 to a case in cardboard boxes. The case breakdown was 2-1989 / 4-1991 / 6-1993. That does look like a nice way to split them up though.

[Josh]

Plus you get your own smaller version of Bubbles, the BT Bison. What's not to love?

[bourbonNOOG]

I really don't think this is the stores doing. I stop by this place often and they've never done anything like this. When I called to check on VW items that week, the owner said "no we didn't get in any Van Winkle but I did get a couple of the BT 2011 experimental packs."

They've had a double barreled BT Experimental (don't know which one or year that is) on the shelf for a while.

I just thought this was an interesting presentation, hence the pic. Never seen this anywhere else. But, like i said this guy doesn't seem like the kind of guy who would go to the trouble of doing this himself.

[Virus_Of_Life]

It looks like 6 bottles to me, and actually not too bad of a price given what you're getting. And it makes sense as they say 1, 2 and 3 bottles of each because like Joe said it shipped as 2, 4 and 6 so they basically just broke that in half to create the two sets you referred to.

[White Dog]

The shrink wrap may be store-made, but the 6-bottle mixed case is not. BT is shipping mixed cases out to stores this month.

One retailer in Milwaukee just received a case with 4 bottles of 1991, and 2 bottles of 1989.

And unless the retailer jacks the price, it outta be $60 to $70 retail.

I was told that these are some "found" barrels that BT decided to release.

[OscarV]

Plus you get your own smaller version of Bubbles, the BT Bison. What's not to love?

Bubbles is the name of the Lion that is used by the Detroit Lions.

C'mon Josh don't disrespect the D. Let BT get their own name.

He's called Bubbles because he looks like he's taking a swipe at floating bubbles in air, he's really not a ferocious lion at all that's why he's their symbol.

[callmeox]

The shrink wrap may be store-made, but the 6-bottle mixed case is not. BT is shipping mixed cases out to stores this month.

One retailer in Milwaukee just received a case with 4 bottles of 1991, and 2 bottles of 1989.

And unless the retailer jacks the price, it outta be $60 to $70 retail.

I was told that these are some "found" barrels that BT decided to release.

The BT case is 12 as Lost Pollito stated above. If a store got something different, that is on the distributor.

[Josh]

Bubbles is the name of the Lion that is used by the Detroit Lions.

C'mon Josh don't disrespect the D. Let BT get their own name.

He's called Bubbles because he looks like he's taking a swipe at floating bubbles in air, he's really not a ferocious lion at all that's why he's their symbol.

I was hoping someone would pick up on that! Well, since Bubbles is taken, how about Hoofy?

[OscarV]

since Bubbles is taken, how about Hoofy?

Hoofy sounds kinda sarcastic. We wouldn't want that.

Cody or Erie might work, see below,...

Buffalo Names

2 Buffalo names that mean buffalo for boys, listing Buffalo baby names 1-2. Cody is a popular name. Erie is an uncommon name.

Cody... Use as a given name has been influenced by Buffalo Bill Cody (1846-1917)

Erie... the famous Erie Canal from Albany to Buffalo ...

Um, Josh did we hijack the thread?

[Josh]

Hoofy sounds kinda sarcastic. We wouldn't want that.

Cody or Erie might work, see below,...

Buffalo Names

2 Buffalo names that mean buffalo for boys, listing Buffalo baby names 1-2. Cody is a popular name. Erie is an uncommon name.

Cody... Use as a given name has been influenced by Buffalo Bill Cody (1846-1917)

Erie... the famous Erie Canal from Albany to Buffalo ...

Um, Josh did we hijack the thread?

I think we did my friend!

how about Dice, in honor of all their great DIsContinued Expressions like Centennial, OCPR, and Old Charter 12?

[OscarV]

I think we did my friend!

how about Dice, in honor of all their great DIsContinued Expressions like Centennial, OCPR, and Old Charter 12?

[QUOTE][/QUOTE]

Dice it is!

Also it refers to most of their current offerings which are dicey.

[callmeox]

Hoofy, Dice and Bubbles are nice names, but the BT buffalo is named...

Thunder

Discuss.

[Josh]

Hoofy, Dice and Bubbles are nice names, but the BT buffalo is named...

Thunder

Discuss.

Already a basketball team with that name.

Plus, it BLOWS. Not the basketball team, which is surprisingly good for something from Oklahoma, but the name itself.

I still like Hoofy.

[flintlock]

I can't believe those top two bottles wouldn't break with any kind of regular shipping treatment. It's too professionally done to be done by the store, and it isn't practical enough to have come from the distillery. Could the distributor have assembled this locally?

[flintlock]

Hoofy, Dice and Bubbles are nice names, but the BT buffalo is named...

Thunder

Discuss.

I like Tracey.

[Josh]

I like Tracey.

Very clever! I like it.

I'll let someone else make the "Dick" jokes.

[OscarV]

I like Tracey.

Very clever! I like it.

I prefer Traci.

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[jburlowski]

The shrink wrap may be store-made, but the 6-bottle mixed case is not. BT is shipping mixed cases out to stores this month.

One retailer in Milwaukee just received a case with 4 bottles of 1991, and 2 bottles of 1989.

And unless the retailer jacks the price, it outta be $60 to $70 retail.

I was told that these are some "found" barrels that BT decided to release.

The "found barrels" are the 2010 release: old Old Charter barrels allegedly lost in the rickhouses.

[CorvallisCracker]

The best name ever for one of these critters was back in 1976, when the Denver zoo renamed one of theirs Bison Tennial.

[White Dog]

Just tried the 1989, which is listed as a 21yr @ 90 proof. Sweet and inviting nose, but the finish was quite woody, spicy, and very hot. A few drops of water brought out some caramel, but it was still unbalanced.

The retailer who gave me a taste told me he liked the 1991 more, but it wasn't on hand when we tasted.

Could've had one for $50, but I passed. Interesting Bourbon, however. Didn't hate it, just didn't love it.

[callmeox]

Here's my 'set'.

They will make for an interesting vertical.