Elmer T Lee & Weller Special Reserve

[HoustonNit]

Perhaps.  But, they're choosing from these barrels post aging.  Your entire theory seems to be based on an assumption that any left over barrels of BT#2 after fulfilling the TS labels need a home, and that home must be Bowman.  But, the BT distillate for Bowman usage is going to them right off the still as white dog.  I don't see any linkage here.  If there are in fact any excess barrels of aged BT2 barrels that don't make the cut for TS labels, they most likely would be absorbed into BT's lineup.  Indeed, there are first hand reports from there that BT2 barrels have been dumped into ER10.  Another outlet could be NDPs.  Bowman would not be an outlet for these aged barrels from what we know of how they work, as they only procur white dog from BT. 

 

Duh, this whole thing seems like a brain fart on my part, I blame it on fighting a bad cold and being unable to consume bourbon.

 

I think one of the reasons I brought this up was as a "senior" member and someone quite knowledgeable on the subject how selective do you think BT/AA is on selecting barrels for all these MB2 offerings?

[Charlutz]

Don’t forget about the Blanton’s ‘special reserve’ 80 proof green label stuff that’s sold overseas. That would be a good place to put a lot of barrels that don’t make the cut for the other BT2 brands or expressions. 

[HoustonNit]

If there are in fact any excess barrels of aged BT2 barrels that don't make the cut for TS labels, they most likely would be absorbed into BT's lineup.  Indeed, there are first hand reports from there that BT2 barrels have been dumped into ER10. 

I just saw an instagram posts that confirms that BT is using MB2 in ER. Someone posted a ER Barrel select where it listed age and all relevant information including it was MB2.

[Clueby]

The last private selective ER10 i bought did not taste much like ER to me.

[kevinbrink]

3 hours ago, Clueby said:

The last private selective ER10 i bought did not taste much like ER to me.

Same here, not bad but certainly further off profile than I am used to with BT store picks. 

[namadio]

On 12/4/2017 at 10:03 AM, HoustonNit said:

 

I just saw an instagram posts that confirms that BT is using MB2 in ER. Someone posted a ER Barrel select where it listed age and all relevant information including it was MB2.

The new barrel select associate confirmed this for me (I had read that somewhere before) when we did our pick in October.  I think she danced around whether MB2 is included in standard ER10.  The barrels available were all MB1 for the pick but I thinks I got a great barrel!

[HoustonNit]

I guess I should post this as well I had a pour at a bar of the MB2 ER. They had provided this information.

[Jawja Boy]

On 11/30/2017 at 3:44 AM, starhopper said:

Those are reasonable prices for Blanton's!  It's jumped to $99 in my neck of the woods (Middle Georgia).  WSR, though, is all over at 17.99 for 750ml

You need to come further south!  Blanton's is $62.99 here.  Maybe not a steal but definitely better than  $99!  

 

And we've got Booker's stocked up pretty good, too.  We've actually been getting in a fair amount of bourbon lately.