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1 hour ago, Mako254 said:

 

It is $44 or so here in columbia sc

Thanks to you and Cards for the info. Seemed a little high to me at $63. Ill hold out and try to get it liquor barn in the BG.

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6 minutes ago, FasterHorses said:

Thanks to you and Cards for the info. Seemed a little high to me at $63. Ill hold out and try to get it liquor barn in the BG.

Hancock Reserve Single Barrel is listed at $59.99 on the ABC website but it also says unavailable.

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7 minutes ago, FasterHorses said:

Thanks to you and Cards for the info. Seemed a little high to me at $63. Ill hold out and try to get it liquor barn in the BG.

 

I have one bottle that I bought to do a themed (BT mash bill 2) at thanksgiving for some cousins who are interested in/new to bourbon. I haven’t done a serious tasting of it yet, but two pours in I’d rather have blantons or rock hill over the Hancocks every day and not really even have to think about it. 

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1 minute ago, DCFan said:

Hancock Reserve Single Barrel is listed at $59.99 on the ABC website but it also says unavailable.

I still find regional availability to be interesting. It is stocked at every Total Wine here in AZ for $46.99, and they even consider it a 'spirits direct' item, so I can get another 10% off of that. Blanton's popped up at TW yesterday for $59.99, and only 2 of the 10 stores nearby have any left today. 

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Passed a Store Pick Blanton's for 89.99.  Said no thanks.

 

I can buy two ECBPs for roughly 30 dollars more.

 

 

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4 hours ago, FasterHorses said:

Passed hancocks reserve at $63 and $69 ... anyone know MSRP? 

Also passed a shelf of stagg jr at $59.99 as i can find it cheaper next week at my parents. Same store had their OWA at $69.. wanted so badly to tell him i passed on 3 at $29 an hour earlier. 

 Dayummm! :o

 

Joe

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1 hour ago, Bnrhodes3 said:

I still find regional availability to be interesting. It is stocked at every Total Wine here in AZ for $46.99, and they even consider it a 'spirits direct' item, so I can get another 10% off of that.

The price spread on this one boggles the mind. I was just searching around and there is a joint called BevMo in your neck of the woods that has it for $33.99. :o

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28 minutes ago, fishnbowljoe said:

 Dayummm! :o

 

Joe

Dayumm to which part? All parts? I thought the stagg and the owa at 29$ was decent.

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^^^^You guys can quit chasing overpriced Hancock's, 'cause it's already right under your nose (cleverly disguised as a Bowman's SmB)!  Hell, I'd even go as far to say that the Bowman's is better (more refined, while the HPR can be a little edgy)!;)

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54 minutes ago, FasterHorses said:

Dayumm to which part? All parts? I thought the stagg and the owa at 29$ was decent.

The Stagg Jr and Hancocks. Stagg Jr is $47.99 at one place near where I live. Another store here had/has a bottle of Hancock's behind the counter, but I never bothered to ask what the price was. A year or so ago I saw a bottle of HPR at one store about an hour away priced at $43.99 IIRC. I thought about it, but took a pass. -_- FWIW, I recently purchased a few OWA's for around the same price you posted about. Good deal there. 

 

Cheers! Joe

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3 minutes ago, fishnbowljoe said:

The Stagg Jr and Hancocks. Stagg Jr is $47.99 at one place near where I live. Another store here had/has a bottle of Hancock's behind the counter, but I never bothered to ask what the price was. A year or so ago I saw a bottle of HPR at one store about an hour away priced at $43.99 IIRC. I thought about it, but took a pass. -_- FWIW, I recently purchased a few OWA's for around the same price you posted about. Good deal there. 

 

Cheers! Joe

Good to know Joe.   I also  paid 47.99 for my last Stagg Jr. in FL and am headed back next week..that's why I passed. However in Tennessee the $59.99 is by far the cheapest I have ever seen and Stagg Jr is rarely seen in the central part of the state (where I live). It seems different distributors cover the 3 regions in TN and while you may never see W12 in the middle TN region, you will see it in the East. The guy I know in the east region was told by his rep, that he will never be getting OWA . I also never see Stagg Jr in middle TN but it seems to be plentiful in the  East.  I could be way off as I'm relatively new to the bourbon hunt, but this has been my experience over the past 2 years. 

As an aside the prices seem way better in all of the surrounding states except KY. Not sure why TN jacks everything up so much. I'm gonna blame it on the millennials.

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6 hours ago, DCFan said:

The price spread on this one boggles the mind. I was just searching around and there is a joint called BevMo in your neck of the woods that has it for $33.99. :o

Dang! I haven't ever seen it at BevMo though, so I'm not sure if they carry it here anymore. 

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Nope. 

Also:

Blantons: $115

CEHT single: $99

Mid winter: $179

ECBP B517: $129

 

pass this place to and from the in laws. Not even stopping any more. 

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I was in an area of town I don’t usually go and stopped in a new store. They had an ORVW behind the counter with no visible price tag. I asked and the guy scanned it. $450. I smirked and said no thanks and turned on my heel. 

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58 minutes ago, Stump1998 said:

Passed on etl for 129.00 and stagg jr for 99.99, didn’t even ask how much for the pappy 15...

 

I found 6 Elmers for $39 earlier this year and bought the lot. 5 went to friends of mine at cost. It is ok, but not close to Blantons or RHF. It is an easy pass for me, even at a good number. 

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Thanks to you and Cards for the info. Seemed a little high to me at $63. Ill hold out and try to get it liquor barn in the BG.


BG Store was out of stock a few days ago


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Passed on 1792 225th anniversary for $59. Almost got it but had the old label RR SB SiB on my mind. 

Also passed on a gallon of W12 again at $249. And having regrets about the EC 12  with age statement on the back for $31.

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3 hours ago, FasterHorses said:

Passed on 1792 225th anniversary for $59. Almost got it but had the old label RR SB SiB on my mind. 

Also passed on a gallon of W12 again at $249. And having regrets about the EC 12  with age statement on the back for $31.

I definitely would have bought that EC12. I don't mean to rub it in. I would go back, if I were you

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Not passed but missed.  I was in a couple of stores this weekend.  One was a larger chain store.  The other a smaller chain store (which interesting doesn't have the same name on each store).  I missed ECBP in the larger chain store but found it in the smaller chain store.  The larger chain store had a shelf marked OWA $28.99.  I asked the manager what was up with this.  She said they had some on the shelf but it sold quickly.  But, hey, it made it to the shelf.  I asked about Weller at the smaller chain store and the clerk told me they had gotten in WSR but he hasn't seen OWA in over 2 years.  Timing is everything.

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On 11/18/2017 at 6:16 PM, Stump1998 said:

Passed on etl for 129.00 and stagg jr for 99.99, didn’t even ask how much for the pappy 15...

The bourbon pimps in the NLR area aren't bashful - 2 different stores with ETL for $200, W12 for $200 as well.  Also saw my first bottle of 1792SW on a shelf - easy pass at $60.

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4 minutes ago, PowderKeg said:

The bourbon pimps in the NLR area aren't bashful - 2 different stores with ETL for $200, W12 for $200 as well.  Also saw my first bottle of 1792SW on a shelf - easy pass at $60.

Someone from fayettville posted a store up there with some insanely cheap prices in the last month.... may need to hit the pigtrails my friend.

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