flahute Posted June 2, 2016 Author Share Posted June 2, 2016 1792 Single Barrel has shown up and they want $63 for it. No thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starhopper Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 Passed on "Rhetoric 22 Year" Orphan Barrel for $124.95 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spade Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 Passed on a Knob Creek 2001. I would have been tempted if it were closer to $100... of course it probably wouldn't be on the shelf long enough for me to grab one if the price were lower. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RepTucker Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 Passed on blood oath pact 1 and 2. They had one pact one left next to the 2. 99.99 for each. No thanks. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golferpimp1 Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 1792 Single Barrel has shown up and they want $63 for it. No thank you. Just snagged one for 31.99. Haven't had it before but sounds like it's worth a shot. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N910A using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbroo5880i Posted June 3, 2016 Share Posted June 3, 2016 2 hours ago, Golferpimp1 said: Just snagged one for 31.99. Haven't had it before but sounds like it's worth a shot. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N910A using Tapatalk Is this standard proof? I haven't seen any of the 1792 special releases in Indy. Maybe I haven't been looking hard enough. The full proof sounds the best but I seemed to recall the SB was a slightly higher proof than the standard offering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golferpimp1 Posted June 3, 2016 Share Posted June 3, 2016 Is this standard proof? I haven't seen any of the 1792 special releases in Indy. Maybe I haven't been looking hard enough. The full proof sounds the best but I seemed to recall the SB was a slightly higher proof than the standard offering. I believe it was 98 proof or so. Have to double check later. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N910A using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elmossle Posted June 3, 2016 Share Posted June 3, 2016 Passed on some Michter 10 this afternoon. While I have heard really good things about some of the past bottlings, I am not so sure they didn't start heading down hill a little. If it was closer to $100 I would give it a go, but ever at retail of $120, it was an easy pass for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tanstaafl2 Posted June 3, 2016 Share Posted June 3, 2016 12 hours ago, mbroo5880i said: Is this standard proof? I haven't seen any of the 1792 special releases in Indy. Maybe I haven't been looking hard enough. The full proof sounds the best but I seemed to recall the SB was a slightly higher proof than the standard offering. Regular 1792 - 93.75 pf (a rather odd number it would seem) 1792 "Single Barrel" - 98.6 pf 1792 "Full Proof" - 125 pf (rather than doing it as a true "barrel proof" they have chosen to dilute down to the presumed original barrel entry proof for some reason and call it "full proof". Maybe the next gimmick will be a true barrel proof) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyrocklover Posted June 3, 2016 Share Posted June 3, 2016 Knob Creek 2001. $165. No way at that price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlutz Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 KC2001 @ $150, ETL @ $60 and a SAOS BS 102 proof at $48. I found a ECBP at $50 and called it a good night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTD Posted June 5, 2016 Share Posted June 5, 2016 I passed on a 1792 Full Proof for $48. Haven't seen any reviews yet and the wife spent too much $ shopping today so I decided to get 2 bottles for that price. EC and JB BIB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kepler Posted June 5, 2016 Share Posted June 5, 2016 On 5/27/2016 at 2:32 PM, Paddy said: I keep passing on Bulliet barrel proof, but I am tempted... I don't get the Bulleit popularity. I've tried it a couple of times and didn't care for it. Plus, I'm simply opposed to them on principle. They are marketing geniuses however. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kepler Posted June 5, 2016 Share Posted June 5, 2016 Recently passed on Knob Creek 2001 and Blood Oath. The former is probably good but simply overpriced. The latter is an overpriced "Hype Whiskey" as I call them. Also passed on Stagg Jr @ $55 because I can normally find it for $46. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flahute Posted June 6, 2016 Author Share Posted June 6, 2016 Passed on an ocean of NDP offerings at the big box store. Every time I go in they have new ones I've never seen before. Where in the heck is all this bulk whiskey coming from? I thought all the majors were tapped out and unable to keep up with demand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miller542 Posted June 6, 2016 Share Posted June 6, 2016 Passed on EH Taylor barrel proof and single barrel. I did pick up a small batch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonutsNBourbon Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 passed on a Stagg Jr batch 6 I think, 132.5 proof for $55. I just bought batch 4 & 5 so figured I should drink those first. Also came across some CEHT SB, but decided that it's not worth it for $65. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddy Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 Still passing on Bulleit BP. Also passed on Barrel Bourbon 006, a PS Barrel Bourbon, a PS ER10, a 7 yr SA rye, 10 yr SAOS, and a JDSB BP. I will admit, they were all tough passes! As I type this, I'm still reminding myself that I have at least 5-10 years worth of whiskey bunkered away in my home. If this is bourbon zen, it sure sucks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kepler Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 On 6/5/2016 at 9:21 PM, flahute said: Passed on an ocean of NDP offerings at the big box store. Every time I go in they have new ones I've never seen before. Where in the heck is all this bulk whiskey coming from? I thought all the majors were tapped out and unable to keep up with demand. No doubt, I get that too. And the big chain store near me always pushes the stuff (in-state distilled NDPs) over the traditional brands. Obviously they are making more margins on these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prof_Stack Posted June 9, 2016 Share Posted June 9, 2016 Passed on Elijah Craig NAS. Had the bottle in my hand, but gave it back to the lady who put it back inside the locked glass door. Bought a very nice 13-year Speyside instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcal1985 Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 Passed on several at a liquor store on the outskirts of the city.... Rock Hill Farms $74.99 Forged Oak $79.99 Blood Oath Pact 2 $139.99 Colonel E. H. Taylor Single Barrel $74.99 Bulleit 10 yr $54.99 Blantons $74.99 I really want to try the RHF but not at 75 bucks.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fozzy71 Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 7 minutes ago, jcal1985 said: Passed on several at a liquor store on the outskirts of the city.... Rock Hill Farms $74.99 Forged Oak $79.99 Blood Oath Pact 2 $139.99 Colonel E. H. Taylor Single Barrel $74.99 Bulleit 10 yr $54.99 Blantons $74.99 I really want to try the RHF but not at 75 bucks.... good grief at those prices. RHF is probably my fave 100 proofer but at $55 state min price here I have only ever bought 1 bottle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddy Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 I also passed on Bulleit 10, as well as the Bulleit BP. I've also been passing on a PS standard 4RSB, but I've got a feeling...that won't last long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golzee Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 I have been passing on Bowman Brothers small batch lately. Seems like it has shown up at every liquor store I have been to lately. Never had it before, so, I will probably grab a bottle of it soon. I couldn't find much info about it, what do you all think about it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry in WashDC Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 (edited) 13 hours ago, Golzee said: I have been passing on Bowman Brothers small batch lately. Seems like it has shown up at every liquor store I have been to lately. Never had it before, so, I will probably grab a bottle of it soon. I couldn't find much info about it, what do you all think about it? Many years ago (like, the early 1970s), A.Smith Bowman operated independently in Fairfax County, VA, and put out Virginia Gentleman, a straight 80 proof bourbon which had a label that looked like its current label, and a 90 proofer they called "The Fox" which came in a squat bottle and had a hunting scene on it. That's when I first started drinking it (and much more Fox than VaG). ASB moved to Fredericksburg, VA, in the late 1980s, and Saz/BT purchased it in 2002 and runs it as a semiautonomous microdistillery under the direction of Brian Prewitt. The Fox has since disappeared. I bought my last bottle of it circa 2002. Nowadays, ASB gets newly made distillate from BT, REdistills it and barrels it, and ages it at its Fredericksburg distillery (which has a really nice tour, I might add). The Bowman Brothers SmB supplanted The Fox, or so two different people at the distillery told me on two separate occasions. As I happen to like basic BT and also like supporting ASB's limited release activities, I do buy the BBSmB from time to time. I must say, though, I buy more basic BT, which is cheaper, than I do BBSmB even though they do not taste the same. In sum, buying one bottle won't kill you, and I doubt it'll drift to the back of the shelf. Edited June 10, 2016 by Harry in WashDC Uh, this is from memory, not from research . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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