What Bourbon Did You Purchase Today? Fall 2013

[MauiSon]

As I struck out with BTAC today, I went back and got the Elijah Craig 21 that I passed on yesterday.

Talked him down to $101. Barreled 5-24-90 Barrel #7

This would be closer to the 22-23 year range unless they bottled it in 2011. If i recall they just got released earlier this year though.

Yeah, and the EC18 I bought last year (Barreled 4-18-90) would be 21yo. Hoo RAW. Exceeept, we're just now seeing the JD honoring Angelo Lucchesi's 90th on the shelf and I think that's a couple years post-release. Oh well.

Edited November 7, 2013 by MauiSon

[P&MLiquorsEric]

3 cases of ECBS 137, on my 15 bottle total from this one store...and they can order more. I'm wondering if anyone in Alabama knows of this great stuff, lol.

Must be nice. Allotments in KY have been limited to bottles or a case at most for ECBP in KY.

But customers can go to the gift shop and buy it all day for 2 times retail.

[skidfive]

Yeah, and the EC18 I bought last year (Barreled 4-18-90) would be 21yo. Hoo RAW. Exceeept, we're just now seeing the JD honoring Angelo Lucchesi's 90th on the shelf and I think that's a couple years post-release. Oh well.

Yah, I wish they had a bottled on date sometimes. My EC18 is from 7-29-1980 and I bought earlier this yearr. Does that mean 33 years? haha

[Vwown3d]

Went hunting back home in CT. Wouldn't call it a dusty bottle but found these three sitting at one of the old package stores.

[bearmark]

Scored my first bottles of Saz18 and ER17. I now have 1 of each BTAC release: THH (2011), WLW (2012), GTS (2013), Saz18 (2013) and ER17 (2013). Now looking to get my first bottle of PVW.

[BAO]

Went back to the same store one month later and they still had Balcones Single Malt on the shelf for $34. Took two more.

[Tony]

Got a bottle of PVW15 today for $110, he was looking for a lot more but I was not playing that game. We ended on good terms and I opened the bottle as he and the woman working had never had any before. Good Stuff, love drinking before noon.

Best regards, Tony

[squire]

Me too . . . . . . . . . .

[oke&coke]

Got a bottle of PVW15 today for $110, he was looking for a lot more but I was not playing that game. We ended on good terms and I opened the bottle as he and the woman working had never had any before. Good Stuff, love drinking before noon.

Best regards, Tony

That's the way to stay on good terms.

[petrel800]

Picked up a store selection Eagle Rare 10 for $25. Haven't had a bottle of the ER10 in awhile, looking forward to having a go with it.

Also, grabbed the stores last 2013 4RSmB LE.

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[kcgumbohead]

Couldn't agree more. This years LE OBSK was the first OBSK for me and while I am rationing pours to make it last, I have a hard time resisting it each and every time I visit the cabinet. Once I found my sweet spot of 100 proof it became on of THOSE bourbons for me, seared into my memory I will forever crave that OBSK profile. I must find a private barrel stock once my LE is gone.

[kcgumbohead]

On another note it was a Bigstein day for me yesterday!! 4R 125th.

[kcgumbohead]

Glad you decided to pick that up. The OBSK releases from this year have been absolutely amazing across the board.

Couldn't agree more. This years LE OBSK was the first OBSK for me and while I am rationing pours to make it last, I have a hard time resisting it each and every time I visit the cabinet. Once I found my sweet spot of 100 proof it became on of THOSE bourbons for me, seared into my memory I will forever crave that OBSK profile. I must find a private barrel stock once my LE is gone.

[Ejmharris]

Obligatory AAA 10yr when at TPS. One per customer until they are gone. Plenty in the bunker for the Long haul without it.

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[mbroo5880i]

Obligatory AAA 10yr when at TPS. One per customer until they are gone. Plenty in the bunker for the Long haul without it.

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Just curious, how does their supply local (volume, sizes available)?

[Ejmharris]

Just curious, how does their supply local (volume, sizes available)?

[bingstein]

The Fedex guy gave me a funny look when I tried to kiss him. If he only knew. Gobble gobble

[MyOldKyDram]

Muthaflippinbingstein!

[ChainWhip]

I wonder if he's got a Twitter account like Hector Salamanca:

bing bing bing bing bing #whowantstokissdabrownsanta #livingthelife #gobblegobble

Edit: nice scores there bingstein

Edited November 7, 2013 by ChainWhip

[adub23]

First BTAC and first Van Winkle that I have purchased. Can't wait to open them up!

[Tony Santana]

Just got a call from my wife, who's travelling out of town and stopped at some liquor store . . . "So, there's a dusty Evan Williams Single Barrel here . . . some Four Roses Small Batch . . . some Bernheim Wheat, you don't have any of that, do you?" Etc. Etc. Ended up buying the 4R and some MM46 at good prices. God bless her.

[Conquistador]

Went in for my annual physical today, and stopped off at a liquor store that I frequent. This is a shop that had the Abraham Bowman Gingerbread Beer-Finished Bourbon that I would stare at each time I was in the shop, but at the asking price of $70 I could never muster up the strength to buy. I decided to restock a few empties as well as pick up some other bottles that I've been wanting to try, and brought the following up to the check-out:

High West American Prairie Reserve (wanted to try)

Highwest Campfire (wanted to try)

CEHT Rye (wanted to try)

CEHT BP (wanted to try)

CEHT SmB (replacement)

Willett Family Estate Single Barrel 9 Year Old (replacement - store selection, so I knew what I was getting in this NDP)

W12 (replacement)

WSR (replacement)

The store owner asked if I had given up the PVW chase this year, because I wasn't calling him about it like I did (unsuccessfully) in previous years. I told him that I've given up the chase, but if I stumbled across a bottle I wouldn't turn it down. So he pulls out a PVW20 and offers it up at $135, for being a loyal customer. :grin: I thanked him profusely, and told him to ring it up! All told, my bill came to a staggering $450+ after taxes. :bigeyes:

But wait, there's more! As I'm packing my haul in a cardboard box, the owner says that he's down to his last AB Gingerbread Beer-Finished bourbon, and he wanted to offer it to me because I always drooled over it like Homer Simpson staring at Duff Beer or a plate of donuts. After a few seconds of thought, I figure, WTH, I lucked out with the PVW20, so I'll continue my loyalty at this shop, and tell him to ring me up again. With a smile on his face, he says: "No charge, just keep buying your liquor at my shop", and slips the bottle into the cardboard box. HELL YES, I'LL BE BACK! He's got a customer for life (or at least as long as we're both in the same area).

[GaryT]

WOW - good for you Conquistador! Awesome score on both the bourbon and the relationship with the store owner!

After swearing off purchases for this year with a few exceptions, I couldn't help myself and picked up an Old Ezra 101 7yr (which I've not tried before, but a cheap mistake if I don't care for it).

[jwacky]

Went in for my annual physical today, and stopped off at a liquor store that I frequent. This is a shop that had the Abraham Bowman Gingerbread Beer-Finished Bourbon that I would stare at each time I was in the shop, but at the asking price of $70 I could never muster up the strength to buy. I decided to restock a few empties as well as pick up some other bottles that I've been wanting to try, and brought the following up to the check-out:

High West American Prairie Reserve (wanted to try)

Highwest Campfire (wanted to try)

CEHT Rye (wanted to try)

CEHT BP (wanted to try)

CEHT SmB (replacement)

Willett Family Estate Single Barrel 9 Year Old (replacement - store selection, so I knew what I was getting in this NDP)

W12 (replacement)

WSR (replacement)

The store owner asked if I had given up the PVW chase this year, because I wasn't calling him about it like I did (unsuccessfully) in previous years. I told him that I've given up the chase, but if I stumbled across a bottle I wouldn't turn it down. So he pulls out a PVW20 and offers it up at $135, for being a loyal customer. :grin: I thanked him profusely, and told him to ring it up! All told, my bill came to a staggering $450+ after taxes. :bigeyes:

But wait, there's more! As I'm packing my haul in a cardboard box, the owner says that he's down to his last AB Gingerbread Beer-Finished bourbon, and he wanted to offer it to me because I always drooled over it like Homer Simpson staring at Duff Beer or a plate of donuts. After a few seconds of thought, I figure, WTH, I lucked out with the PVW20, so I'll continue my loyalty at this shop, and tell him to ring me up again. With a smile on his face, he says: "No charge, just keep buying your liquor at my shop", and slips the bottle into the cardboard box. HELL YES, I'LL BE BACK! He's got a customer for life (or at least as long as we're both in the same area).

[Tony Santana]

Geez, I post a nice little story about how my wife is off doing my dusty hunting for me, and jwacky just kicks the snot out of it with his tale.