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[Bluffhunter]

My local store just jacked up the prices about $5 more on select bourbons, Bookers -$55, Bakers-$43, Black Maple Hill- $44 and a few others. Is this the trend now with higher demand? What a rip!

[Yeti]

Nothing is getting any cheaper, that's for sure.

[horn1602]

Thats a better price for Bookers than I saw last night - $60. Decided to look around town for a better price than pay that since its one I haven't tried.

[Lazer]

yes.......... I've been draining the bunker lately. Anyone else?

[mbroo5880i]

Relatively small incremental price increases, while annoying, don't create the ruckus significant price increases do. One day, they will price us out of the market or onto a lower shelf.

[squire]

We think of price per bottle but the retailers think of price per sale with visions of profit dancing in their head.

[mbroo5880i]

Do you think it is reflective of a desire of the retailer wanting to extract more profit or the result of increased costs from the producer and distributor?

I realize it can be a little of both. I generally perceive small incremental price increases as being due to increases in the production and distribution system and larger price increases to retailer's overpricing based on their perception of "market" value, either real or imagined.

[portwood]

Sometimes, large price increases are simply a result of a product that has had the same price for too long. The producer and/or retailer should have taken an increase earlier but decided to take lower margins for a period of time.

[Flyfish]

Do you think it is reflective of a desire of the retailer wanting to extract more profit or the result of increased costs from the producer and distributor?

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[TheOakMonster]

Sometimes, large price increases are simply a result of a product that has had the same price for too long. The producer and/or retailer should have taken an increase earlier but decided to take lower margins for a period of time.

[black mamba]

I have friends with a liquor store, and they have marked up practically everything in the place, spirits, wine and beer over the last 6 months. They still work off the same margins, so it is all coming from the distributor level to them.

[squire]

Speaking as a consumer I wouldn't mind as much if the merchant would make it clear why prices have increased.

[portwood]

Speaking as a consumer I wouldn't mind as much if the merchant would make it clear why prices have increased.

That reminds me of this Jack Nicholson clip (inserted to pad character count)

[mark fleetwood]

yes.......... I've been draining the bunker lately. Anyone else?

Absolutely, probably should have been accessing bunker more anyway. For sure that's how wife feels.

[dSculptor]

Hey - What a coincidence, I was just at my hole, and had to call a friend and bitch about the prices now a days,everything is up at least $5, Come home and find this thread started already, like squire stated it would be nice to know where this is eminating from or is this just supply and demand or are they just "cashing in" as they would say.Still no BT or ER10 at this place, Blantons -- $61, RHF - like $58, My All time go to - EC12 - $29.99, I did see some of the Smooth Rambler there that caught my attention -The straight ,99proof - $39.99, SB - 122.8 proof $44.99, & the SA10 $51.99, but was forced down a few shelves and ended up with EWBIB which is new for us @ $19.99, EWSB 2001 @ $26.99, and the fav. EWB @ $13.99 (the EWB & EWBIB were liters).Just now doing a sbs of the EWB, EWBIB, and the EW 1783.Love the Bib, but still have to go with the EWB first, then the EWBIB, followed by 1783. Not that I needed to buy any of these, but was "just" passing by so......

[squire]

Always be prepared Don, that's my motto.

[dSculptor]

Always be prepared Don, that's my motto.

I hear ya! Nothing worse than not...

[OldKentucky]

I have noticed a significant increase in Rock Hill Farms and Blantons lately, both very close to $60. Seems like just last year they were much closer to $50

[RWBadley]

I have noticed a significant increase in Rock Hill Farms and Blantons lately, both very close to $60. Seems like just last year they were much closer to $50

The last time I tasted Blantons I was fairly unimpressed. In a SBS it fell behind OWA by a wide margin. Others at the table agreed, sorry to say.

[dSculptor]

The last time I tasted Blantons I was fairly unimpressed. In a SBS it fell behind OWA by a wide margin. Others at the table agreed, sorry to say.

Totally agree, I dont think I would buy Blanton's again, the first time I ever tasted it , it was fabulous, but subsequent pours were not as pleasurable, then I tried the RHF.. that I would splurge on again..

[Thig]

I am fairly new here so I will not defend the prices, but from someone that previously drank mostly wine and port it could be worse. It is not unusual at all to spend $50 to $75 for a bottle of port or wine that is consumed in one evening compared to a bottle of Bourbon that last me anywhere from 2 to 3 weeks. I know there are a lot of wines for $10 or less but if we are going to compare upper shelf bourbons you have to compare upper shelf wines.

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[dSculptor]

I am fairly new here so I will not defend the prices, but from someone that previously drank mostly wine and port it could be worse. It is not unusual at all to spend $50 to $75 for a bottle of port or wine that is consumed in one evening compared to a bottle of Bourbon that last me anywhere from 2 to 3 weeks. I know there are a lot of wines for $10 or less but if we are going to compare upper shelf bourbons you have to compare upper shelf wines.

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[393foureyedfox]

I am fairly new here so I will not defend the prices, but from someone that previously drank mostly wine and port it could be worse. It is not unusual at all to spend $50 to $75 for a bottle of port or wine that is consumed in one evening compared to a bottle of Bourbon that last me anywhere from 2 to 3 weeks. I know there are a lot of wines for $10 or less but if we are going to compare upper shelf bourbons you have to compare upper shelf wines.

yeah, I once was grumbling about a $45 whiskey I wanted and thought it sounded like a lot, since my wifes wine is $8-13 a bottle, depending on where we get it (which state, basically). Then I realized there are 5 'drinks' in her bottle, and 25 in mine. then it didnt seem so bad

[squire]

Ah, whisky is a best buy then, who would've thought.

[JPBoston]

Yeah -- many have gone up in price out here. Off the top of my head:

* Fighting Cock $13.99 to $16.99

* Old Fitz 100 $12.99 to $16.99

* OWA (for the last few months it was available) $18.99 to $24.99

* Benchmark - $12.99 to $18.99 (handle)

Surprisingly, the mid-upper shelf stuff has stayed more reliable. BT, KC100/120, WR, OGD 114, etc have all been steady.