icarus625 Posted October 1, 2016 Share Posted October 1, 2016 I bring this topic up only because I went to a bar / restaurant in Delaware this evening and found a 2015 BTAC Stagg (neat) pour for $8...I wanted to tell the bartender they were way off but couldn't...took advantage of the situation and ordered three glorious pours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richnimrod Posted October 1, 2016 Share Posted October 1, 2016 All I can say is; "WOW!" That is easily the best bar buy for any pour at any bar I've ever heard of. Good for you! '15 GTStagg isn't the very best one I've tasted; but it's pretty damned good, and easily worth 5-times that charge. Personally I have not experienced what I'd call a 'bargain' pour at any bar (other than the freebies I've had); but I have experienced the opposite on a few occasions. Won't go into those here. Wrong topic for this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garbanzobean Posted October 1, 2016 Share Posted October 1, 2016 I live in the DC metro area, so my best bet is to drink water so I can drive home and pour myself something good. Joking aside, there is a bar near me that serves all the LE bourbon you could want for reasonable prices. The problem is that their food is not very good. Like none of it. So I have to get lunch or dinner elsewhere, then walk over to this place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thig Posted October 1, 2016 Share Posted October 1, 2016 All I can say is; "WOW!" That is easily the best bar buy for any pour at any bar I've ever heard of. Good for you! '15 GTStagg isn't the very best one I've tasted; but it's pretty damned good, and easily worth 5-times that charge. Personally I have not experienced what I'd call a 'bargain' pour at any bar (other than the freebies I've had); but I have experienced the opposite on a few occasions. Won't go into those here. Wrong topic for this thread. I have never tasted a bourbon I would pay $40 for just one pour, I guess I have been missing out on something. Sent from my SM-T700 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B.B. Babington Posted October 1, 2016 Share Posted October 1, 2016 If memory serves, and it usually doesn't, there weren't many bottles of 2015, maybe somewhere's about 5700? rare treat. your lucky day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flahute Posted October 1, 2016 Share Posted October 1, 2016 Dang......$8 for Stagg. Not sure anyone will be able to beat that. I used to be able to get Stagg for $17 a pour at the bar across the street from my office but that was two years ago. During the same time period, we could get Handy for about $9 but that was because it was mislabeled in the system as standard Sazerac Rye. More recently, I had a pour of Booker's Rye for $30. Given the bottle MSRP of $300, that's a great deal. It was a friendly price granted to me by the bar manager because I was a whiskey geek who talked bourbon with him for a while. Their standard price was $85. On a more practical day to day level, I look for Single Barrels that the bar selected. There can be great value in those. Charr'd Bourbon Kitchen & Lounge in Louisville had a fantastic barrel pick of OWA for $9 I believe. I had a few of those during the KBA until we emptied their last bottle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richnimrod Posted October 1, 2016 Share Posted October 1, 2016 11 hours ago, Thig said: I have never tasted a bourbon I would pay $40 for just one pour, I guess I have been missing out on something. Sent from my SM-T700 using Tapatalk We all (well, most of us) have to set reasonable limits on our spending. I'd say it's unlikely I'd spend that for a pour either, however I won't say; 'never'. The point I was trying to make is that $40 or so isn't outside the expected ask for a pour of some legendary unicorn like GTS. ...In fact, that may even still qualify as a bargain in more than a few ares on the planet. The difficulty in sourcing such limited releases lends the opportunity for a tavern to up the charge to quite high levels and still empty the bottle in a reasonable time period. Also, who knows what the tavern may have paid to acquire the bottle in the first place? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enoch Posted October 1, 2016 Share Posted October 1, 2016 If quality isn't an issue the it has to be 16 oz of MM for $8. It was a bar at a concert venue. I asked her to put it in a beer cup with no ice because they didn't allow hard spirits in arena. She filled the cup up. Don't remember Kenny Chesney that much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icarus625 Posted October 1, 2016 Author Share Posted October 1, 2016 3 minutes ago, Enoch said: If quality isn't an issue the it has to be 16 oz of MM for $8. It was a bar at a concert venue. I asked her to put it in a beer cup with no ice because they didn't allow hard spirits in arena. She filled the cup up. Don't remember Kenny Chesney that much. Hahaha...amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enoch Posted October 1, 2016 Share Posted October 1, 2016 On the quality side..West End Tavern in Boulder CO had a 17 year Pappy SB they got some years ago. It was magnificent and $18 for 1.5 oz so I would drink that while in town. I even tried to get them to sell me a bottle to no avail. Last time I was there they were no longer serving it as the owner was down to a couple of bottles and he was saving them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richdel Posted October 1, 2016 Share Posted October 1, 2016 16 hours ago, icarus625 said: I bring this topic up only because I went to a bar / restaurant in Delaware this evening and found a 2015 BTAC Stagg (neat) pour for $8...I wanted to tell the bartender they were way off but couldn't...took advantage of the situation and ordered three glorious pours. I live in Delaware, and I would love to be able to taste what all the fuss is about for only $8.00!!! Could you please message me with where you had that 2015 BTC Stagg? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icarus625 Posted October 2, 2016 Author Share Posted October 2, 2016 11 hours ago, Richdel said: I live in Delaware, and I would love to be able to taste what all the fuss is about for only $8.00!!! Could you please message me with where you had that 2015 BTC Stagg? Thanks! I could not send you a message for some reason...It was in Newark, DE at a place called Home Grown Cafe...the bartender had to ask the cost because the bottle was unopened. Good luck, hope you get the same price:)! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeTerp Posted October 2, 2016 Share Posted October 2, 2016 8 hours ago, icarus625 said: I could not send you a message for some reason...It was in Newark, DE at a place called Home Grown Cafe...the bartender had to ask the cost because the bottle was unopened. Good luck, hope you get the same price:)! I believe he needs 10 posts before he gets access to PM's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richdel Posted October 2, 2016 Share Posted October 2, 2016 Thanks JoeTerp. Thanks icarus625. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishnbowljoe Posted October 2, 2016 Share Posted October 2, 2016 Anything at my local American Legion Post. Prices range from $3.25 a pour for things like MM, to $4.50 a pour for Booker's, etc… Nice pours. Almost half full small rocks glasses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BDanner Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 On 9/30/2016 at 9:13 PM, icarus625 said: I bring this topic up only because I went to a bar / restaurant in Delaware this evening and found a 2015 BTAC Stagg (neat) pour for $8...I wanted to tell the bartender they were way off but couldn't...took advantage of the situation and ordered three glorious pours. I was understandably envious when I read this. Doubly so when I got our dinner bill Saturday night and realized I was charged $9.50 for a pour of KC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kpiz Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 On 10/2/2016 at 8:06 AM, fishnbowljoe said: Anything at my local American Legion Post. Prices range from $3.25 a pour for things like MM, to $4.50 a pour for Booker's, etc… Nice pours. Almost half full small rocks glasses. I'd be excited to find Booker's for twice that price in a bar! I went to brunch with some friends several months back and the restaurant had FRLESmB 2015 for $11, so I skipped the mimosas and had one (or two?) of those instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
$helby Posted October 4, 2016 Share Posted October 4, 2016 On October 1, 2016 at 10:58 AM, Enoch said: If quality isn't an issue the it has to be 16 oz of MM for $8. It was a bar at a concert venue. I asked her to put it in a beer cup with no ice because they didn't allow hard spirits in arena. She filled the cup up. Don't remember Kenny Chesney that much. Enoch: You are da man! Kenny Chesney and 16ozs of bourbon sounds like a heck of a party to me. Wish I'd been there but probably wouldn't have remembered much either! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigPapa Posted October 4, 2016 Share Posted October 4, 2016 3oz pour of Bookers for $8.50 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsangster Posted October 4, 2016 Share Posted October 4, 2016 Not quite 16 oz. but I once asked for a MM neat and received a full rocks glass. Better yet, my employer picked up the tab. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enoch Posted October 4, 2016 Share Posted October 4, 2016 13 hours ago, $helby said: Enoch: You are da man! Kenny Chesney and 16ozs of bourbon sounds like a heck of a party to me. Wish I'd been there but probably wouldn't have remembered much either! My wife kept telling me to pour the rest out but I couldn't bring myself to do it.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishnbowljoe Posted October 4, 2016 Share Posted October 4, 2016 On October 2, 2016 at 10:06 AM, fishnbowljoe said: Anything at my local American Legion Post. Prices range from $3.25 a pour for things like MM, to $4.50 a pour for Booker's, etc… Nice pours. Almost half full small rocks glasses. On October 3, 2016 at 2:39 PM, Kpiz said: I'd be excited to find Booker's for twice that price in a bar! I went to brunch with some friends several months back and the restaurant had FRLESmB 2015 for $11, so I skipped the mimosas and had one (or two?) of those instead. FWIW, the bartender told me they had a whiskey tasting event a while back, and they had some bottles left over from the tasting. I'm guessing it was from a distributor that carries Beam products since they have Baker's, Booker's, BH, KC, KC Rye and KCSB. All these seem to have been languishing on the back bar because no one drank them. That is until me, Vosgar and our bourbon/cigar buddies started showing up. Being a private club, regular American Legion members as well as "social" members pay yearly dues to belong to the Post. Part of the yearly dues from regular Legion members goes to the Post, as well as all of the social members dues. As with any private organization, I think this offsets the cost of running the club, so drinks at the bar are a lot cheaper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petrel800 Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 About 4 years ago I was at Delmonico in the Venetian drinking Parkers Heritage 10yr Wheated Mashbill for $10 a pour. As my wife was laughing at the guy next to me explaining that if I liked bourbon I should get a shot of that Van Winkle stuff. I had had it before and to this day, it's still one of my all time favorites. On the other end of that equation, on a different trip to Vegas that year I had a pour of the 25yr Rittenhouse Rye for something like $30-33 a pour. Didn't seem like I would have many opportunities to come across it again so I tried it. Didn't feel the need for a second pour, but don't regret the opportunity. To me that is both ends of my spectrum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clueby Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 (edited) A local restaurant/bar had a Van Winkle tasting event last year. They had some of the entire bourbon lineup and they sold 1oz pours at retail (10year for $3.xx, 12 for $5.xx, etc.) Each person in line got two tickets and you got two pours of whatever was left when you got to the bar. I think they only gave out 100 tickets. The last 20 year was the person in front of me. I got the last 15 year and a 12. My wife got a 12 and a 10. All for around $20! I preferred the 10 to the 12. But the 15 is still the best bourbon I've ever tasted. Edited October 5, 2016 by Clueby 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsrudd Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 A few years ago I used to drink barrel-aged manhattans made with VWFRR for around $15 at a nearby bar. Needless to say, the bar now uses a different rye. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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