What Bourbon Did You Purchase Today? Summer 2013

[tylermke]

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Finally found one of these. Left 2 more on the rack.

[Ejmharris]

VOB BIB. Bought to make a barrel aged manhattan. Can't wait to try this one in a couple of weeks.

Mike

[gooneygoogoo]

VOB BIB. Bought to make a barrel aged manhattan. Can't wait to try this one in a couple of weeks.

Mike

What recipe are you using? I have made 3 batches so far in my 1L barrel and they are so good. To me the key is using good vermouth (Antica Formula for me)

[Ejmharris]

What recipe are you using? I have made 3 batches so far in my 1L barrel and they are so good. To me the key is using good vermouth (Antica Formula for me)

Agree on the good vermouth, but this time around my selection was poor. I just used Martini & Rossi. It was that or a $50 bottle of something I don't remember. I did about a 2.5 /1 mixture in a 3 liter barrel.

Mike

[hn4bourbon]

walked into a local store on my way home from work and saw a bottle of ecbp 137 proof on the shelf. it came home with me. the guys said they got a pack of 3 and hoping to get another pack of 3 soon...

[393foureyedfox]

walked into a local store on my way home from work and saw a bottle of ecbp 137 proof on the shelf. It came home with me. The guys said they got a pack of 3 and hoping to get another pack of 3 soon...

ggggaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

has ANYONE in louisville even SEEN this stuff?!?!!

[GaryT]

After your first pour, you are going to wish you picked up the other two.

[mbroo5880i]

Just curious how much folks are seeing this for. Is it going for retail or are the prices higher?

[kcgumbohead]

2 stores near me have (had?) it. One was selling for a 10.00 premium @ 49.99 and the other was selling at what I believe is the regular price of 39.99. They are 1 mile from one another.

[hn4bourbon]

ggggaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

has ANYONE in louisville even SEEN this stuff?!?!!

[hn4bourbon]

Just curious how much folks are seeing this for. Is it going for retail or are the prices higher?

[mbroo5880i]

Thanks guys! So it looks like the retailers are pricing it appropriately. That is good to hear.

[Tucker]

Four Roses Private selection OBSQ (Cork & Keg).

[theglobalguy]

ggggaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

has ANYONE in louisville even SEEN this stuff?!?!!

Nope, appears it's being sold in bulk to flippers or at least to folks who don't frequent SB.com.

I've moved on, found a bunch of other value bourbons i hadn't tried yet. If it comes back to being stocked on the shelf...awesome...if not, plenty of other choices. Zero sum game in a sense.

[NWBourbonDrinker]

It looks like some floating around Washington state. Thanks to ChainWhip for the heads up!

[Nillion]

In the quest to find the elusive ECBP, I came up empty. All I saw was the empty space on the shelf where it should have been. But the place had a huge sale and I came out with bottles of FR Single Barrel, ER10 and Buffalo Trace for a pittance. So all was not lost.

[squire]

Good Bourbon for a pittance is always a gain.

[Nillion]

Good Bourbon for a pittance is always a gain.

[393foureyedfox]

Nope, appears it's being sold in bulk to flippers or at least to folks who don't frequent SB.com.

I've moved on, found a bunch of other value bourbons i hadn't tried yet. If it comes back to being stocked on the shelf...awesome...if not, plenty of other choices. Zero sum game in a sense.

yeah, thats kind of the conclusion i have come to as well. i have a stockpile of KC 120, and my current favorite....OGD114, is as close as any decent sized liquor store. so as happy as id be to get my hands on some, its not worth the aggravation of trying to track down a bottle of alcohol.

a number of guys on here have been generous enough to offer to ship me a bottle. I am a bit leary of shipping alcohol across state lines though.....but the offer alone is nice enough. there are quite a bit of good people on this site!

on a side note.....ive only been into bourbon for about a year or so. i live in louisville, and despite being in bourbon central, i not only have never seen any ECBP, ive also never seen any PHC, Stagg, etc....I assume a lot of these upper level offerings are seasonal? maybe large chain stores are not the places to be looking? ive also tried lots of small mom&pop stores too, but they seem to have just the everyday stuff, $40 range and under. maybe I need to be schooled on how to shop for this stuff?

Edited August 4, 2013 by 393foureyedfox

[HighInTheMtns]

All those things are seasonal, and they all sell out quickly everywhere. Best bet is to get in the good graces of a good store.

[HighInTheMtns]

Also, I gotta say... There is a TON of surreptitious interstate shipping of liquor going on. Just go look at BX. Take one of those generous folks up on their offer.

[humchan2k]

Tons of oldies I mentioned elsewhere, but I also grabbed a WT Rare Breed, batch '99, for a solid price of $25, no tax

[ChainWhip]

Take one of those generous folks up on their offer.

This!

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[smknjoe]

Tons of oldies I mentioned elsewhere, but I also grabbed a WT Rare Breed, batch '99, for a solid price of $25, no tax

A really solid pour too. A barrel proofer with 12, 8, and 6yr. whiskey. One of my favorite dusties.

[LostBottle]

It looks like some floating around Washington state. Thanks to ChainWhip for the heads up!

Yup, that was a solid move on his part - I'm always good to see SB members get hooked up by others in here.