What bourbon did you purchase today (winter 2016/17)?

[Dgriffin]

First bottle of Buffalo Trace.

[mbroo5880i]

1 hour ago, Nm0369 said:

I struck out on the dusty hunt today, ended up with this as a consolation prize.  Reviews seem good and I like BT juice, so why not? 

 

I haven't had this one in a while.  In fact, I haven't bought it since it became available in Indiana.  I bought mine in KY.  I have never tried the Small Batch or one of the special Abraham Bowman releases. I do recall it be it being pretty good.  Enjoy!

[mbroo5880i]

38 minutes ago, Dgriffin said:

First bottle of Buffalo Trace.

 

Well, you are in for a treat.  BT is a nice straight bourbon.  It works well both as a neat pour, on the rocks or in cocktails.  There is a reason Buffalo Trace labels it as their "brand" bourbon.

[Niner Outlaw]

Picked up 2 bottles of Stagg, Jr. Batch 5. Also grabbed a Noah's Mill. 

 

Staggjr all but dried up in my town, but I was out of town, taking the wife on a shopping trip, and found shelves of batch 4 at several LS, but I had to get the batch 5s I found. I'll probably be back next month for a couple of those Batch 4s.

[fanostra]

Picked up some Binny's store picks/private barrels:

• Elijah Craig Small Batch Barrel #5253883 (8 years)
• Knob Creek Single Barrel 
• OWA 107 Binny's Barrel
• Weller Special Reserve Binny's Barrel

[Clueby]

3 minutes ago, fanostra said:

Picked up some Binny's store picks/private barrels:

• Elijah Craig Small Batch Barrel #5253883 (8 years)
• Knob Creek Single Barrel 
• OWA 107 Binny's Barrel
• Weller Special Reserve Binny's Barrel

Are the store picks of EC actually single barrels or store picks of different blends? Kind of interesting that a bottle labeled "Small Batch" would be a single barrel.

[grantsi]

It was Binnys 15% off day - only recalled seeing the email at 8:45pm ( they close at 9pm )...managed to snag an Antique 107 and Special Reserve Binnys select along with a laphroaig 25 and some Sauvignon blanc for the wife...any of those bottles at 15% off is an instant buy for me


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[fanostra]

1 hour ago, Clueby said:

Are the store picks of EC actually single barrels or store picks of different blends? Kind of interesting that a bottle labeled "Small Batch" would be a single barrel.

 

The EC are actually single barrels. Though I do agree that it sounds contradictory given the name "small batch". Right now Binny's has four different barrels - two different 8 year olds, a 9 year, and a 10 year old barrel. So far I've tried the two 8 years, and have a 10 that I've not opened yet.

[starhopper]

Added another bottle of ECBP to my bunker (Batch 11) - $69 (the most I have paid to date)

[JTaylor]

On 1/13/2017 at 11:03 PM, Bourserker said:

Was a couple days ago, but I bought 2 Stagg Jr's. and a Smooth Ambler Old Scout 10 year SB.

Nice!

[MTNBourbon]

9 hours ago, fanostra said:

Picked up some Binny's store picks/private barrels:

• Elijah Craig Small Batch Barrel #5253883 (8 years)
• Knob Creek Single Barrel 
• OWA 107 Binny's Barrel
• Weller Special Reserve Binny's Barrel

Nice haul!

[Whiskey Dick]

8 hours ago, fanostra said:

 

The EC are actually single barrels. Though I do agree that it sounds contradictory given the name "small batch". Right now Binny's has four different barrels - two different 8 year olds, a 9 year, and a 10 year old barrel. So far I've tried the two 8 years, and have a 10 that I've not opened yet.

 

 

I'm not an EC12 fan, but I would definitely pick up a store selected 8 or 9 year EC.

[Whiskey Dick]

learned that Louisville had a Total Wine store, so the Mrs and I went to check it out while on a Costco run. HUGE whiskey aisle, with lots of stuff Id not seen before, and lacking in a lot of the BT stuff I see elsewhere regularly. Only the regular BT they had, not a single weller, RHF, ETL, etc. Some fantastic prices though.......like WT101 at $14.50.

 

I walked out with 15 wines for her, and for myself I picked up a CR Northern Harvest Rye, that Id been wanting to try, that I couldn't pass up at $16. But the best part was the one and only SAOS 11 year 96 proof barrel proof bourbon at $52. Was really tempted on some others too, as they had most of the HH BIB's (but no 6 year) for great prices too. We'll definitely be back.

[fanostra]

44 minutes ago, Whiskey Dick said:

 

 

I'm not an EC12 fan, but I would definitely pick up a store selected 8 or 9 year EC.

 

That was my exact reasoning. For me EC is a once and a while departure from my regulars, and generally enjoy the Binny's store picks.

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10 hours ago, grantsi said:

It was Binnys 15% off day - only recalled seeing the email at 8:45pm ( they close at 9pm )...managed to snag an Antique 107 and Special Reserve Binnys select along with a laphroaig 25 and some Sauvignon blanc for the wife...any of those bottles at 15% off is an instant buy for me


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Was this sale at a particular Binny's downtown or store-wide?  I feel like I've signed up for every email I can, and did not see notice of this sale.  Probably saved me some money...but I think I would have made a haul had i known....   

[0895]

Found these two friends yesterday.  Probably should've put this in the "rye thread", but oh well.

A 2013 batch of Rendezvous and this years MWND.

Being my favorite "available" whiskey, I can't resist picking up older bottles of Rendezvous when I come across them.  At some point they are going to run out of sourced juice to make this stuff.....

Edited January 15, 2017 by 0895

[Golzee]

Went to Trader Joe's in search of $20 1.75L WT101, but, it was not to be.  Ended up grabbing some beer and Trader Joe's bourbon.  Figured it was worth a try, some of their other bottlings have been decent.

[Whiskeythink.com]

1 hour ago, Golzee said:

Went to Trader Joe's in search of $20 1.75L WT101, but, it was not to be.  Ended up grabbing some beer and Trader Joe's bourbon.  Figured it was worth a try, some of their other bottlings have been decent.

Was at Trader Joes on friday, they got some of their 8 yr single malt irish whiskey back in. Good stuff, only $26 here, but not always available.

[Whiskeythink.com]

2 hours ago, Steve L said:

Was this sale at a particular Binny's downtown or store-wide?  I feel like I've signed up for every email I can, and did not see notice of this sale.  Probably saved me some money...but I think I would have made a haul had i known....   

The sale was at all stores, but saturday only. Picked up a Binnys EC SB, the 9 yr, for a friend with the coupon that was emailed. Its definitely different from the old EC12. Thinner mouthfeel, and a whole lotta the HH peanut note. It reminded me of HH BIB, just a little older & lower proof.

[KyleCBreese]

Saw a MMCS 375ml for $20. It was much cheaper than I usually see it, so I grabbed one. 

[grantsi]

Was this sale at a particular Binny's downtown or store-wide?  I feel like I've signed up for every email I can, and did not see notice of this sale.  Probably saved me some money...but I think I would have made a haul had i known....   

It was all stores - however - I like you didn't get the email. A friend sent it to me - I have signed up for every list there is so there is a problem on Binnys end


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[Limegoldconvertible68]

Been looking for the Charter 101 since it's was discussed a while back. Found a store with three of the glass bottles and bought one for $22.99. Cracking the seal tonight. 

[silverc]

25 minutes ago, Limegoldconvertible68 said:

Been looking for the Charter 101 since it's was discussed a while back. Found a store with three of the glass bottles and bought one for $22.99. Cracking the seal tonight. 

 

Charter 101 is pretty good stuff. I got huge orange marmalade off my bottle, which was I sometimes get from regular BT, but not that pronounced. It was quite nice. It's a good bourbon for the price, so hope you enjoy.

 

I picked up a few bottom shelfers for the collection: Evan Williams 1783 and Burnside Bourbon 4yr. The Burnside is being clearanced out of VA ABC stores now. Originally it was somewhere around $45 when first released, then it dropped to $35, and now it's $22.79. Apparently I wasn't the only one who thought it was grossly overpriced. I don't expect it to be good, but it's cheap (now) and I can use it as a mixer or for cooking if it sucks.

[Limegoldconvertible68]

Wow. Orange marmalade. Your much better at this then me. Never would have thought of that but after reading your comment my wife brought me a jar of it we had in the fridge and sure enough we both noticed it.  Thanks for the response!

[KrispinD]

Today I picked up my first bottle of OGD BiB. Solid, but for the same money I prefer OGD 114


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