dcbt Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 I happened across Chuck's blog just after he posted this latest about KC losing its age statement: http://chuckcowdery.blogspot.com/2016/09/another-one-bites-dust.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beasled Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 Kind of expected it with the whole 'Patiently Aged' labeling that us Europeans already get. Shame, but no surprise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaryT Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 And the hits just keep on comin . . . does this mean folks are going to go and buy the @#$% up out of KC in order to try to flip in a couple of months (like some folks did with EC12)? For what its worth, I haven't bought a bottle of KC in some time. Since the release of KCSB at the higher proof, that's bee my Knob of choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mosugoji64 Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 While I"m happy to hear that KCSB will retain the age statement, it's sad to see KC lose one. If Beam's vast stocks are being strained then the boom is definitely in full swing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRich Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 I find this disappointing and irritating for a number of reasons that I've posted about on other threads for other AS drops. I won't rehash those. Beam's star was losing its luster in my eye with the 2001 KC and Booker's Rye and this just pushes it farther down the hill. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRich Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 So I guess we should put a clock on Baker's. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaryT Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 1 hour ago, BigRich said: So I guess we should put a clock on Baker's. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Bite your tongue sir! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spade Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 Count me as disappointed but not surprised. I was just thinking of grabbing a bottle of this, guess I have a reason to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flahute Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 Writing has been on the wall for a while now. Funny thing is, I was just thinking to myself last week "Wow, the 9 year age statement on KC really is an anomaly in the current bourbon market. I wonder how much longer they can keep up? Should I start stocking up?". Question answered. I've really come to like this in the 100 proof iteration after years of really liking the Single Barrel only. Let the stocking up begin. I do not like the EC NAS as much as I do the 12 so I'm not going to tarry on this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miller542 Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 We knew this was going to happen, despite the denials at Beam. Kinda makes me mad they pull crap like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishnbowljoe Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 All of this reminds me of the time when Beam ran out of KC back in 2009. I received my "I Survived The Drought" t-shirt from them, and possibly even got one of their "Thanks For Nothing" empty bottles. I've learned one main thing in my bourbon journey over the last ten years or so. Pretty much the only thing constant in the bourbon world is change. Occasionally for the better. More often than not for the worse. And once in a great while just a change that is, well, just a change. We'll survive. There's plenty of other tasty bourbons out there for us to enjoy. Just don't go screwing around with my Weller's too much more. Cheers! Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRich Posted September 24, 2016 Share Posted September 24, 2016 Just don't go screwing around with my Weller's too much more. [emoji6] Cheers! Joe You mean "anymore" right Joe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry in WashDC Posted September 24, 2016 Share Posted September 24, 2016 On 9/22/2016 at 8:41 PM, flahute said: Steve (Flahute) said in part: Should I start stocking up?". Well, I kept seeing it around Wash DC at $22 a 750 for at least the last eight months and just couldn't figure out why the "always on sale" price. So, I kept loading up. After all, bourbon doesn't spoil, at least not during the time horizon my IRAs tell me I have. With one more large shopping trip (if some KC 9 YR remains around town), that and the OGD BIB/114 I picked up late last week will hold me through most of my life expectancy. As George Gershwin posited, "Who could ask for anything more?". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flahute Posted September 24, 2016 Share Posted September 24, 2016 1 hour ago, Harry in WashDC said: Well, I kept seeing it around Wash DC at $22 a 750 for at least the last eight months and just couldn't figure out why the "always on sale" price. So, I kept loading up. After all, bourbon doesn't spoil, at least not during the time horizon my IRAs tell me I have. With one more large shopping trip (if some KC 9 YR remains around town), that and the OGD BIB/114 I picked up late last week will hold me through most of my life expectancy. As George Gershwin posited, "Who could ask for anything more?". Indeed good sir. My instincts have been telling for a while to stock up while the getting was good. I didn't do it. That all ended with the announcement. I have 8 on the way and am going shopping tomorrow for more. This one really does hit a sweet spot for me. I'm still a little shy in the OGD114 department though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BDanner Posted September 24, 2016 Share Posted September 24, 2016 Haven't bought a bottle of this in ages (although I've been gifted a few) since it is so readily available when dining out. I may have to bunker a few as I did with EC 12. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dSculptor Posted September 24, 2016 Share Posted September 24, 2016 How disappointing.... pretty soon we will no longer have any age stated bourbons at all, this boom thing sucks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonutsNBourbon Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 On 9/24/2016 at 10:51 AM, BDanner said: Haven't bought a bottle of this in ages (although I've been gifted a few) since it is so readily available when dining out. I may have to bunker a few as I did with EC 12. I do enjoy me some KC and really, I haven't picked this up in a while because, as you said, it's sooo readily available whenever we're at restaurants and such. I might pick up one just to keep in the bunker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebo Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 I'm a big fan of KC. I really don't care if it is age stated anymore, as long as it still tastes the same. But........ that is the $64,000 question, isn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flahute Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 58 minutes ago, ebo said: I'm a big fan of KC. I really don't care if it is age stated anymore, as long as it still tastes the same. But........ that is the $64,000 question, isn't it? That it is. When this happened to EC12, I stocked up on the age stated just in case while hoping that the NAS would maintain the profile so I wouldn't have to worry about rationing. I ended up not liking my first bottle of the NAS nearly as much as the 12. (Some people like it better of course, so it's a win for them). Despite what Beam says about maintaining the profile, I'm not taking any chances because HH said the same thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulO Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 Yeah, and the thing to consider; maybe the first batch or so of the NAS stuff will be pretty good. Then what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kpiz Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 19 hours ago, flahute said: That it is. When this happened to EC12, I stocked up on the age stated just in case while hoping that the NAS would maintain the profile so I wouldn't have to worry about rationing. I ended up not liking my first bottle of the NAS nearly as much as the 12. (Some people like it better of course, so it's a win for them). Despite what Beam says about maintaining the profile, I'm not taking any chances because HH said the same thing. Agreed on all points. EC tasted different as soon as they dropped the age statement. Hopefully Beam can maintain the profile for a while, but it won't last forever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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