The Advantage Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Feel free to move this thread to the Rye forum if needed, but I wanted as many to see it as possible.From Smooth Ambler.Smooth Ambler Old Scout Rye UpdateEffective immediately, we are pausing production of Old Scout Rye as it has existed, and consider this a temporary interruption in our rye whiskey supply. We have outpaced our projections for how long this stock of rye whiskey would last, and while that’s a great problem to have for a small company like ours, as we near the last group of these barrels we needed to make a tough decision about how to proceed. Going forward, select iterations of Old Scout Rye will be available sporadically at our Gift Shop and in small allocations throughout some of our distribution area. In a bottle with a different label, but one which will be reminiscent of the standard Old Scout Rye, we will begin to release older, judiciously-selected whiskey of rare quality and limited quantity. From day one, and in both the grain-to-glass and merchant-bottled parts of our business, we have committed ourselves to attempting to release good stuff at fair prices and to be forthcoming with our customers about what we’re doing and why. This conversion of Old Scout Rye from a standard bottling to a special limited-release item will be no different. We will make every effort through social media and our distributors to let our customers know when these releases become available in West Virginia, and in other areas. Simply put, folks: we’re running out.At this time there is NO supply issue with Regular Old Scout, Old Scout Ten, Contradiction, or Revelation Rum. We will continue to bottle a little Yearling each year, and at long last our housemade bourbon, after six summers in the rickhouse, will be released this fall. As soon as we are able to secure additional rye whiskey we will resume production of Old Scout Rye.JF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KyleCBreese Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 I think the members here drank Smooth Ambler dry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramblinman Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 man that sucks, I guess LDI isn't the bottomless well of rye that I thought it was if they're having supply issues. I know theres plenty of other Indiana ryes on the market, but man I liked the profile that BP SAOS has more than any others I've had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil T Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 The tidbit of info that excited me, was the six summers aged bourbon, of their own doing. Now, THAT is awesome news! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcbt Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Wow, has it been 6 years already for the bourbon? A few of us were discussing that at the Dallas Balcones tasting and it still felt a few years off. Time flies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry in WashDC Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Agreed re: the six year bourbon. I thought it'd be released in late 2016 at the earliest. I'm presuming that's the wheated they've been promising. I do have two bottles of the SAOS rye, only one of which is opened, so I'm ok for awhile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaryT Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Damn - I almost picked up an SAOS 8yr rye today and thought "Hell, that's been on the shelf for a while - I've got time." Thinking that time is shrinking rapidly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
altadoc Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 if anyone is interested, astor wines has both the SAOS 7 yr rye ($34) and an 8 yr barrel proof rye ($63) in stock at present. even better is the free shipping with orders over $99.the regular expression is great and for th pric is hard to beat. The barrel proof version is fantastic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccleve23 Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 Just picked up a bottle of the 7 yr today. I have an 8 year barrel proof bourbon and would to add that rye to the collection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramblinman Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 if anyone is interested, astor wines has both the SAOS 7 yr rye ($34) and an 8 yr barrel proof rye ($63) in stock at present. even better is the free shipping with orders over $99.the regular expression is great and for th pric is hard to beat. The barrel proof version is fantastic!Thanks for the tip! Also they're running fathers day special for 15% off all their whiskey. Got a couple of the SAOSR and added a WTR101 to order since the price was so good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
altadoc Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 happy to help. yeah the 15% off is great, and its hard to beat free shipping!i might have to place another order! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greatgoo Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 FYI that order is for first time customers placing a web order. Although regular shipping isn't too bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramblinman Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 FYI that order is for first time customers placing a web order. Although regular shipping isn't too bad.Right, my first time doing mail order. I was excited to see that someone would ship to GA with reasonable prices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul W Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 Thanks for the tip on Astor. With free shipping and not having to pay the 9% sales tax charged in CA, once again I find it less expensive to order online than to shop in a local store -- and that is putting aside that SAOS is pretty hard to find (not impossible, but hard) in stores around here anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramblinman Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 So bigger question, are we going to see other LDI rye bottlers discontinuing their rye lines as well? Makes me wonder in Diego has started buying enough that its affected the smaller players supply/price points? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbroo5880i Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 if anyone is interested, astor wines has both the SAOS 7 yr rye ($34) and an 8 yr barrel proof rye ($63) in stock at present. even better is the free shipping with orders over $99.the regular expression is great and for th pric is hard to beat. The barrel proof version is fantastic!Thanks for the heads up! I went over to the website last night and they had the sale prices. I checked this morning and noticed the sale must have ended. Was it just for a single day? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjbeggs Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 I picked up a couple more bottles on Friday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
altadoc Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 it was a fathers day sale. it lasted a few days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbroo5880i Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 it was a fathers day sale. it lasted a few daysThanks, I figured it when I went to their Facebook page. It worked on in the end. I was able to find some SAOS BP 8 year locally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Restaurant man Posted June 21, 2015 Share Posted June 21, 2015 Always enjoyed their bourbon. Never loved the rye tho. Even the private selects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokinjoe Posted June 21, 2015 Share Posted June 21, 2015 Always enjoyed their bourbon. Never loved the rye tho. Even the private selects.I'm at the other end on SA whiskey, K. The bourbons have done nothing for me. Way overhyped IMO, particularly the private selections. MGP bourbons just don't seem to have anything distinguishing to my palate. Simple flavoring whiskey for Canadian blends seems to be all I can glean from them. The Ryes are standard MGP, which I like, so I'm good with them. And, I do appreciated the older aged and BP selections . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Restaurant man Posted June 21, 2015 Share Posted June 21, 2015 I'm at the other end on SA whiskey, K. The bourbons have done nothing for me. Way overhyped IMO, particularly the private selections. MGP bourbons just don't seem to have anything distinguishing to my palate. Simple flavoring whiskey for Canadian blends seems to be all I can glean from them. The Ryes are standard MGP, which I like, so I'm good with them. And, I do appreciated the older aged and BP selections .Well there's always a right way and a wrong way isn't there?[emoji106]?[emoji108]? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amg Posted June 21, 2015 Share Posted June 21, 2015 I generally prefer MGP rye to MGP bourbon, but they're both nice. I always end up comparing MGP bourbon to Four Roses (for the obvious reasons), though, and 4R always wins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil T Posted June 21, 2015 Share Posted June 21, 2015 I always end up comparing MGP bourbon to Four Roses (for the obvious reasons), though, and 4R always wins.Always interesting to see how pallets differ. I end up comparing MGP bourbon to Beam. And FR always wins.PS. ....I do love some MGP rye Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tanstaafl2 Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 I'm at the other end on SA whiskey, K. The bourbons have done nothing for me. Way overhyped IMO, particularly the private selections. MGP bourbons just don't seem to have anything distinguishing to my palate. Simple flavoring whiskey for Canadian blends seems to be all I can glean from them. The Ryes are standard MGP, which I like, so I'm good with them. And, I do appreciated the older aged and BP selections .I have occasionally enjoyed a store pick of the bourbon, especially the Highway to Hell bourbon from barrel 666. The K&L Faultline, which is a blend of the high rye and "mid rye" bourbon mashbills, has also been reasonably enjoyable.The off the shelf bottles are more hit or miss to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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