portwood Posted November 14, 2015 Share Posted November 14, 2015 "Thar She Blows" I finally found one of the Great White Whales. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokinjoe Posted November 14, 2015 Share Posted November 14, 2015 Bottle looks to be sealed, soooooo, what's in the glass? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jfw Posted November 14, 2015 Share Posted November 14, 2015 Lot B wasn't my favorite during the 2008-11 time frame. I thought PVW 15, 20 and 23 were better. However, Lot B is by far my favorite of the VW line the last two years. It has gotten much better and the rest of the line has declined. The current 20 and 23 are over oaked and very astringent. The 15 is good but not great. The current Lot B is a great whiskey. It reminds me a lot of Weller from 15 years go (yeah, I'm old). It's just one mans opinion, but when I was given the choice this year, I picked a 12. I'm opening it for friends at Christmas. I'll put in a plug for Whiskyfest It's a great chance to compare one after the other. For the other MD people, they added one in DC next year. Cheers,Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gusto16 Posted November 14, 2015 Share Posted November 14, 2015 Bottle looks to be sealed, soooooo, what's in the glass? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sluggo Posted November 14, 2015 Share Posted November 14, 2015 The candle is lemon scented in case anyone wants to know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flahute Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 The candle is lemon scented in case anyone wants to know.Doesn't that interfere with the all important nosing of the bourbon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sluggo Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 Doesn't that interfere with the all important nosing of the bourbon?As with wine their should be a guide to determine which candle scent goes best with which bourbon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dSculptor Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 So my buddy stopped over on Friday for our usual tasting and jam session. He told me he got a 20 yr. old for..................$350! I thought he was crazy, but oh well if that's what he wants... go for it, he also said the store was selling (sold)Lot B for $169.00. I also told him your just adding fuel to the fire, but if he hadn't bought it someone else would have, he said the 23 yr old went for $1200 within an hour. Craziness....! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robertsccr5 Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 I've officially given up on the hunt again. Three years in a row now and I can't sniff out a drop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccleve23 Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 I have struck out the past two years. Not that I am really trying too hard. I only go to a couple of stores. I like getting in raffles becuase it is the least amount of effort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BourbonGer Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 Asked a store to keep me in mind for anything and got a call yesterday with Van Winkle Special Reserve 12yr old for $650:grin: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gusto16 Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 Well, last year I was able to get my 1st bottle of Van Winkle, the ORVW 10 yr old. This year I was able to acquire the Lot B 12 year old - So I suppose at this rate, next year I'm on schedule to get the Family Reserve Rye 13 yr old [emoji1] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taddraughn Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 According to the bourbonr blog release map, Pappy was released to MS today. I think that map works by people reporting when they find/see a bottle.Edit: Actually looks like several people got some Friday, so it's been available for a few days here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amg Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 According to the bourbonr blog release map, Pappy was released to MS today. I think that map works by people reporting when they find/see a bottle.Edit: Actually looks like several people got some Friday, so it's been available for a few days here.I think that means it was available on Friday and no longer is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taddraughn Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 I think that means it was available on Friday and no longer is.Haha yeah.. If i stumbled upon some I would totally buy it, but I'm not really actively looking for any so I'm okay with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RepTucker Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 Yes, it did release Friday in MS. A scant amount compared even to last years allocation. Stores I used to be able to get a couple bottles out of dried up long ago. Same goes for all LE's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taddraughn Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 Yes, it did release Friday in MS. A scant amount compared even to last years allocation. Stores I used to be able to get a couple bottles out of dried up long ago. Same goes for all LE's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Black Tot Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 This year, I didn't even call the places I got BTAC/VW from last year.It seems like every year it's becoming a bigger and more extreme favor for them to sell me something.I'm off the hunt for these until some strange turn of events takes the heat off of them. Nothing stays on top forever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squire Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 If you're located in Oxford, a short trip to Tennessee might yield better results? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hop Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 got a random call yesterday from a local ABC inviting me to a lottery on Saturday for ORVW 10 - it's not far and you must be present to win so of course I'm going. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RepTucker Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 I missed the TN release. It was last Wednesday and I was there on Monday. Bad timing, but had a friend pick up a WLW from a store there. $350... I would have passed anyways Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazz Nut Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 I was fortunate to enter a raffle at a store that I frequent, and had a few choices of ORVW, ER17, Handy, and OFBB, I chose the ORVW for $52.59. I am not holding my breath for Pappy 15 this year, but have my name on a few lists. Happy Hunting everyone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robertsccr5 Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 I just don't get it. Supposedly less bottles of everything this year, yet I see tons of people on instagram alone with multiple bottles of multiple whiskies (pappy, btac, and other HTF bottles) and I haven't even seen a bottle in any store this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b1gcountry Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 Maybe more people know what pappy is now so now people proclaim it from on high when they score one. I don't really know. I'm not searching any of them out. If one falls in my lap I would not pass it up, but I'm excited for my first try of ogd more than anything right now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chasking Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 I just don't get it. Supposedly less bottles of everything this year, yet I see tons of people on instagram alone with multiple bottles of multiple whiskies (pappy, btac, and other HTF bottles) and I haven't even seen a bottle in any store this season.The kind of people who will go through the crap necessary to score a bottle are the kind of people who will also brag to the world when they get one. I suspect that something like 93.7% of all Pappy sales this year have been documented on social media.Also, you're probably seeing the same bottles multiple times as they get flipped back and forth between flippers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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