HoustonNit Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 Wow, not at all the standard wheater profile. Wonder if other elements of the mashbill are overshadowing the wheat?I get chocolate from wheaters sometimes W12 and RY10SB. Interesting as aside from the chocolate I find these two quite different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Statesboro Blues Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 I had a good day hunting on NYE and the best part is all were pirchased at retail. The OFBB was sitting behind the counter at an ABC store so I inquired on it expecting $300+. When she said $79.99 my jaw hit the floor. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuckles Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 En route to my brother-in-law's for the New Year's Eve festivities, we drove by an independent liquor warehouse that has a nice whiskey selection which usually has a surprise for me, so I always stop by. This time the showcase had a bottle of Little Book Chapter 02 that I wanted to try. Then I saw the Knob Creek "handles" were on saile and noticed the back of the rows were a tad dusty. Indeed, the stock had not been well rotated and I found five nine-year-old 1.5s that are now in my bunker. Happy New Year to me! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whiskeythink.com Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 3 hours ago, Chuckles said: En route to my brother-in-law's for the New Year's Eve festivities, we drove by an independent liquor warehouse that has a nice whiskey selection which usually has a surprise for me, so I always stop by. This time the showcase had a bottle of Little Book Chapter 02 that I wanted to try. Then I saw the Knob Creek "handles" were on saile and noticed the back of the rows were a tad dusty. Indeed, the stock had not been well rotated and I found five nine-year-old 1.5s that are now in my bunker. Happy New Year to me! Last weekend my buddy & i drove several hours to a small town joint that i knew had KC original in a SB version picked by Booker Noe from 20 yrs ago. We ended up splitting 3 cases. Not only did we stockpile some tasty semi-dusty, but they gave us a nice bulk discount. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverc Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 I stopped by Smooth Ambler's distillery in WV and brought this 13 year old single barrel of Old Scout home to join the rest of the family. Many of these these came from Black Friday sales at liquor stores in TN for $40 each circa 2014-15. I also remember scoffing at paying any more than $60 for them a few years ago. But I haven't seen any of them at retail for probably two years, so I brought the gift shop one home, even if it was $125. I hope it's good! 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clueby Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 Picked up a couple daily drinkers and a backup Willett 4 year rye. Was hoping it was from a different batch but it's the same proof as the one I already have. That's ok with me. I like the one I already have! And..it was $10 cheaper than the first one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0895 Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, silverc said: I stopped by Smooth Ambler's distillery in WV and brought this 13 year old single barrel of Old Scout , so I brought the gift shop one home, even if it was $125. I hope it's good! Wait, The 13year was $125? jeez. I got a 12y for $65 last April when I stopped in there. Not that I’m being critical, but I would probably hesitate severely at $125. Your collection in the picture puts mine to shame, and I thought I had a lot. Love that stuff ! Just my opinion, since you have so many open: gas them. Mgp bourbon seems to be strongly influenced by air. Edited January 4, 2019 by 0895 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCwhammie Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 30 minutes ago, Clueby said: Picked up a couple daily drinkers and a backup Willett 4 year rye. Was hoping it was from a different batch but it's the same proof as the one I already have. That's ok with me. I like the one I already have! And..it was $10 cheaper than the first one. Let me know if you ever want to trade samples. I have this batch. I've yet to open this bottle, but I probably will pretty soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CUfan99 Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 1 hour ago, silverc said: I stopped by Smooth Ambler's distillery in WV and brought this 13 year old single barrel of Old Scout home to join the rest of the family. Many of these these came from Black Friday sales at liquor stores in TN for $40 each circa 2014-15. I also remember scoffing at paying any more than $60 for them a few years ago. But I haven't seen any of them at retail for probably two years, so I brought the gift shop one home, even if it was $125. I hope it's good! That’s a lot of good bourbon! I was fortunate to find some aged MGP today too. I haven’t seen one of these in a few months. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverc Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 1 hour ago, 0895 said: Wait, The 13year was $125? jeez. I got a 12y for $65 last April when I stopped in there. Not that I’m being critical, but I would probably hesitate severely at $125. Your collection in the picture puts mine to shame, and I thought I had a lot. Love that stuff ! Just my opinion, since you have so many open: gas them. Mgp bourbon seems to be strongly influenced by air. The open ones are gassed. I use a small red sticker on the top to indicate which ones have been gassed from my collection. I will gas them once the fill level gets below 2/3 or if I expect it may be a while before I revisit the bottle. The sticker is a good reminder for me to re-gas them before putting them into storage. I think Smooth Ambler jacked up the prices recently on these at the gift shop. I was surprised it was so much too. I hadn't been to their distillery in about 3 years before the prices got all crazy, but wasn't sure what they were going for in the more recent past, like last year. I am hoping their own distillate comes around to be something I can get excited about, but so far it's got a long way to go to get even close to the MGP sourced stuff. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elmossle Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 Bottle of Booker's 30th and a bottle of OWA were put on the card today. Hopefully this one can slide under the radar as Christmas purchases when the bill comes in next month. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soberiquet Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 14 hours ago, silverc said: I use a small red sticker on the top to indicate which ones have been gassed from my collection That's a great tip, thanks. You should think about posting it in the Pro Tips thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radioyada Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 Picked up two more bottles of Eagle Rare. For some reason it is getting hard to find around here, so I grabbed an extra one this time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BMartin42 Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 Had a Binny’s gift card for $100 so I grabbed a 1.75 of BT and a 1.75 of WT101 along with one of the Clark & Sheffield Single Barrel. For less than 30 a single barrel of Barton juice seemed like a good chance to take. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clueby Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 38 minutes ago, Radioyada said: Picked up two more bottles of Eagle Rare. For some reason it is getting hard to find around here, so I grabbed an extra one this time. You guys kill me with your "getting hard to find" comments. Welcome to St. Louis. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guss West Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 Bought a second bottle today to replace the empty High Wire Sorghum Whiskey. This is the only craft distiller for whom I've made a repeat purchase. Seriously, this is some delicious stuff. The second half of the bottle was just amazing. This bottle got better the longer it was open! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob_Loblaw Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 26 minutes ago, Clueby said: You guys kill me with your "getting hard to find" comments. Welcome to St. Louis. Wow. That is just brutal on multiple levels!They are making you spend $100 for the privilege of being gouged. If anyone is really unable to find reasonably priced bottles like ER, Blanton's, Stagg Jr., HMK, VOBbib, EHSmB etc... shoot me a PM and I would be happy to help a SB’er out. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kcgumbohead Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 3 hours ago, Clueby said: You guys kill me with your "getting hard to find" comments. Welcome to St. Louis. F - them, cue the WTRB!!!!!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishnbowljoe Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 23 hours ago, silverc said: I stopped by Smooth Ambler's distillery in WV and brought this 13 year old single barrel of Old Scout home to join the rest of the family. Many of these these came from Black Friday sales at liquor stores in TN for $40 each circa 2014-15. I also remember scoffing at paying any more than $60 for them a few years ago. But I haven't seen any of them at retail for probably two years, so I brought the gift shop one home, even if it was $125. I hope it's good! If I’m the Weller whore, you da, Smooth whore. Very nice. Biba! Joe 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bbstout Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 As much as I have been complaining about price hikes I was encouraged by picking up 2010 Evan Williams Single Barrell for $13 on sale. Not 10 years like it was in the early 2000's bit still a solid value pour. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Bambam Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 Looks like me and @oscar2233 had the same kind of awesome day yesterday! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTaylor Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 $200 & $159 Have we jumped the shark?? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lcpfratn Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 $200 & $159 Have we jumped the shark?? I’m probably going to skip hunting for both of these, but if they just fall in my lap, I might be tempted...especially the Booker’s 30th Anniversary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mal00768 Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 46 minutes ago, JTaylor said: $200 & $159 Have we jumped the shark?? Yes, most definitely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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