What bourbon did you pass on winter/spring 2019?

[Paddy]

7 minutes ago, PhantomLamb said:

I just saw ECBP today for $65, one bottle left.  Is this a good price?  Should I not have passed on this?  

I think it’s a buy!  The only reason I passed is because I’ve already got a bunker full...

[PhantomLamb]

Just now, Paddy said:

I think it’s a buy!  The only reason I passed is because I’ve already got a bunker full...

Shoot, I'm going back tomorrow morning then!

[Jazz June]

While I have purchased quite a bit recently, I did pass on a few:

 

2018 GTS at $600 (isn't this above secondary? They also offered me last year's PHC, but I didn't even ask for the price)

Elijah Craig SmB PS 9yr at $50 (this seems to be a lot more than most people report buying them for, and 9yrs isn't much of an improvement over a "blend of 8 to 12 year barrels")

Old Medley 12yr at $65 (opinions on this?)

Wilderness Trail BiB and SiB in the $50 to $65 range

[lcpfratn]

Passed up all of these overpriced “clearance” whiskey and ended up with a  vob 80 for $15 instead. 

I would have probably jumped on the Panama Pacific 23yo Rum at that price.

[JCwhammie]

38 minutes ago, Jazz June said:

Elijah Craig SmB PS 9yr at $50 (this seems to be a lot more than most people report buying them for, and 9yrs isn't much of an improvement over a "blend of 8 to 12 year barrels")

 

That's a $25-$30 bottle around here. $50 is above the ridiculous mark. 

[Marekv8]

7 hours ago, lcpfratn said:

I would have probably jumped on the Panama Pacific 23yo Rum at that price.

 

Nicely said Jeff-- which leaves one hand free for The Epicurean.

[dad-proof]

6 hours ago, Marekv8 said:

 

Nicely said Jeff-- which leaves one hand free for The Epicurean.

The Single Cask Nation looks like a mislabeled Glenrothes 20yo - probably would grab that one at half off, and the MB Roland for under $30 funsies as well.

[Bret Bret]

4 bottles ECBP, B519, $49.99 each and no limit. Kills me to pass it by, but it's the second highest volume of bourbon in the bunker. I just don't have room for more.

[Marekv8]

1 hour ago, dad-proof said:

The Single Cask Nation looks like a mislabeled Glenrothes 20yo - probably would grab that one at half off, and the MB Roland for under $30 funsies as well.

 

The SCN bottle next to the WW seems to be an Inchmurrin 20 with a Cadenhead Strathisla 19 tag.

[justanuthercap]

19 hours ago, TehRegion219 said:

Passed up all of these overpriced “clearance” whiskey and ended up with a  vob 80 for $15 instead. 

 

 

 

Wait!  Hellboy Hell Water?   What?!?!???

Edited June 20, 2019 by justanuthercap
Fixed duplicate pics

[Bob_Loblaw]

16 minutes ago, Bret Bret said:

4 bottles ECBP, B519, $49.99 each and no limit. Kills me to pass it by, but it's the second highest volume of bourbon in the bunker. I just don't have room for more.

I passed on ECBP at a great price once as I also have quite a bit of it.   However, with all the price increases and potential discontinuations I have avowed no more passing on this one.  Just means I get to drink it more often and doubt I will ever really regret it.

 

[HoustonNit]

 
Wait!  Hellboy Hell Water?   What?!?!???

How did something as great as that hit the discount heap?

[Shizzy]

On ‎6‎/‎19‎/‎2019 at 2:47 PM, FasterHorses said:

Redemption Wheated MGP at least 4 years old.  Didnt have a price.  I thought it would be great to sample but it wasnt that kind if store. 

Whats the word on this?

I really like it.  Couple of my friends really like it as well.  I bought about 6 bottles of it recently.  I think it won double gold at the San Francisco spirit awards too.

[Oli77]

Shizzy, your avatar brought me back 15 years ago when that KY vintage was $40-45 and sooo good. But I didn't realize how good it was then. I just know that I kept buying it! 

[Whiskeythink.com]

On 6/19/2019 at 7:00 PM, TehRegion219 said:

Passed up all of these overpriced “clearance” whiskey and ended up with a  vob 80 for $15 instead. 

i woulda grabbed that Brimstone. which B's was this?

[TehRegion219]

@Whiskeythink.com

South loop

plenty of WSR, Willet stuff, VOB 80,  and a few others as of this Wednesday 

 

@dad-proof

which MB Roland? I was tempted by the wheat version, but not really willing to roll the dice. I’d rather just get another WSR for about the same price.  

Edited June 21, 2019 by TehRegion219
Had a drink and thinked

[EarthQuake]

@TehRegion219 I would have gone home with that Dartigalongue armagnac. When I was in Chicago last fall I picked up the 1985 and it was fantastic. Not sure if that is an 85 or 95 but a good bet that it's a very good brandy either way. Though if that's a 95 I don't think the price is that much of a discount, I think the 85 was $120. 

[dad-proof]

2 hours ago, TehRegion219 said:

which MB Roland? I was tempted by the wheat version, but not really willing to roll the dice. I’d rather just get another WSR for about the same price.   

I don't fault you for not rolling the dice, especially with young craft stuff, likely aged in small barrels. I just haven't seen or tried their stuff, so would likely have for under $30. I don't see the bourbon in your pics, but I think all their stuff comes off the still around 110 proof, straight into a barrel, and then straight into a bottle. No water is ever added. I don't expect it to be great, but different enough to be interesting.

[TehRegion219]

7 hours ago, dad-proof said:

I don't fault you for not rolling the dice, especially with young craft stuff, likely aged in small barrels. I just haven't seen or tried their stuff, so would likely have for under $30. I don't see the bourbon in your pics, but I think all their stuff comes off the still around 110 proof, straight into a barrel, and then straight into a bottle. No water is ever added. I don't expect it to be great, but different enough to be interesting.

No bourbon, it’s a corn whiskey (yellow label at bottom shelf)

[afmadd]

Last week I passed on Buffalo Trace @89.99.  A 750.

[Galvin0791]

5 minutes ago, afmadd said:

Last week I passed on Buffalo Trace @89.99.  A 750.

Wow! This is just absurd pricing. 

[TehRegion219]

6 minutes ago, afmadd said:

Last week I passed on Buffalo Trace @89.99.  A 750.

My local Walmart stocks it for around $24 and the Meijer has family size bottles for around 40. I couldn’t imagine paying 89 for a regular BT, easy pass for sure

[afmadd]

53 minutes ago, Galvin0791 said:

Wow! This is just absurd pricing. 

This was southern Maryland, and the prices were all over the place.  Down the road I bought a Booker's for  66 and a Jim Beam Repeal Batch for 10.

[JoeTerp]

On 6/19/2019 at 10:48 PM, Jazz June said:

While I have purchased quite a bit recently, I did pass on a few:

 

2018 GTS at $600 (isn't this above secondary? They also offered me last year's PHC, but I didn't even ask for the price)

Elijah Craig SmB PS 9yr at $50 (this seems to be a lot more than most people report buying them for, and 9yrs isn't much of an improvement over a "blend of 8 to 12 year barrels")

Old Medley 12yr at $65 (opinions on this?)

Wilderness Trail BiB and SiB in the $50 to $65 range

Not a big surprise. Lots of liquor stores price above secondary. GTS (2018 version) is usually around 400-425. 

[TehRegion219]

On 6/19/2019 at 7:00 PM, TehRegion219 said:

Passed up all of these overpriced “clearance” whiskey and ended up with a  vob 80 for $15 instead. 

Went back today, this is the other two clearance racks