Bob_Loblaw Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 Killing a little time on a Wednesday afternoon before the final work whistle. There has been lots of good chatter lately on the prices people would pay for limited editions and it got me thinking . . . dangerous, I know. Here is the hypothetical I'd like to pose to the forum. You walk into a unknown LS, browse around, and start chatting bourbon with the owner. After a few minutes he mentions that he had been holding certain bottles for a longstanding customer who just called and said due to personal reasons he was no longer able to drink bourbon and thus was unable to buy the aforementioned bottles. Right time, right place for you as the owner offers you the opportunity to purchase any or all of the bottles. Here is the list: W107 store pick x2 - $30; W12 x2 - $30 ETL x2 - $35; RHF x2 - $60 EH Taylor Barrel Proof - $70; Eh Taylor Four Grain - $70 Michter's 10 - $100; Michter's 10 Rye - $110 Old Fitz Bib 11 yr - $110; Old Fitz Bib 9 yr - $90 Heaven Hill 27 - $400 Russel's Reserve 2002 - $250 Booker's 30th - $200 Weller CYPB - $40 Four Roses 130th - $150 Old Forester Birthday Bourbon - $100 Parker's Heritage Orange Curacao - $90 Elijah Craig 18 - $110; Elijah Craig 23 - $200 WLW, Stagg, ER17, THH, Saz18 - $100 each Old Rip 10 - $60; Van Winkle Lot B - $70 Pappy 15 - $100; Pappy 20 - $170 Pappy 23 - $250; Van Winkle Rye - $120 Additional rules. 1 - anything bought has to be opened before leaving. Nothing has to be poured, but the seal needs to be broken. This is to eliminate responses like "buy it all and flip the Pappy 23 and 20 to cover cost" 2 - As you were wholly unprepared this will have to go on a card, no ability to hide the purchase from the wife. 3 - As you are thinking, dude behind you chimes in and says "I'll buy anything he does not want" No chance of coming back later for leftovers. So, what are you purchasing? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishnbowljoe Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 Wow Bob! Being the Weller whore that I am, of course I'd be in for all the Weller's. I'd also buy the ETL's, and the ER17. The Old Rip 10 is a "flip of the coin" maybe. Biba! joe 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DPPSmoker Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 GTS, WLW, ER17, the W12s, FR 130, Old Rip 10, Lot B, PVW 15 and 20 and the Van Winkle Rye. I would definitely take an ass chewing from my wife when she saw the credit card bill but I would explain it was a once in a lifetime opportunity. Then I would show her the secondary market prices. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCwhammie Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 I'm definitely getting WLW, EHTBP, and RHF. I'd ask him to double check to see if 4R Al Young was back there somewhere! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dad-proof Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 I would replenish the bunker with: ETL x2 - $35 EH Taylor Barrel Proof - $70 And get a few of the unicorns that I like but would in today's market not put in the effort to find: Old Forester Birthday Bourbon - $100 WLW - $100 Stagg - $100 Old Rip 10 - $60 Right at $500 and would cover me for most of the year. I'm sure there would still be times I reach for a WT101, RR or BT. It would be a year of fine drankin" indeed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lcpfratn Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 Ah hell, I’d probably just buy it all! [emoji15] 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 I'd likely get all Pappys, BTAC, Bookers, and RR. And call it a day. In the grand scheme of things it's not an expense that'd make any material impact on my daily life. And the thought of not having to give 2 shits about the next hunting season is worth the price. What I leave behind isn't bad, but not essential either. Plus there is a limit to how much weight I can deadlift. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fosmith Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 I'd get all the BTAC and Van Winkle, the Booker's, the CEHTBP and all the Wellers. If my wife complains, I'll just point to the closet where she has all her dresses and shoes. Anyway, a score like that is worth sleeping on the couch for a few weeks... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRich Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 I would get everything except the Parkers and Michters 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bayouredd Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 I don't need electricity from the middle of March to the middle of May, so I mix and match $1000 without question; possibly $1500 worth!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazz June Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 Definite no - Michters, PHC Would have to think about it - Heaven Hill 27 and Elijah Craig 23 Everything else would be in my car. I think my wife would be more likely to get upset about 25+ bottles entering our house than the money. She would understand buying these when you get the rare opportunity, but less so on the need for so many more bottles of bourbon on top of all of the ones already in our house. And I'm pretty sure after opening all of them at the store, I'd ask the owner which he would like to try and share a little to celebrate such a score. I might also ask what he did with the bottle of ORVW 25. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saul_cooperstein Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 I’d leave the HH27, the M10s, the EC23, the PHC and the RHF...everything else in the cart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevinbrink Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 Old Fitz 9, WLW, ER17, PVW 15, and maybe RR 2002 and FR 130th (is $150 actually retail for that now?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elmossle Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 Everything but the Michter's 10, Michter's 10 Rye, HH27 and the PHC would be getting squeezed into the car somehow. Good news is the bill ideally wouldn't show up for at least a week or two. This would give me more time to also buy the wife gifts to ease the pain. I can also show her all of the points we just earned to take her on a nice vacation. If I wanted to avoid all that, I would just put it on the business card that she never sees and move on drinking some very good bourbon for the next year or more! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeTerp Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 That would be an expensive trip. I'd likely get all the Van Winkle line, BTAC's, Wellers, Four Roses, and Birthday Bourbon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzhead Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 I'd zero in on the Old Fitz 11 year BIB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunslinger686 Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 (edited) First to do some quick math offer the owner 80% of the price I come up with to take it all as a package deal after some haggling . I just realize I have become the tony Montana of bourbon , Even better that every bottle has to be opened because I’m dealing in ounces Dolla Dolla bills y’all. Edited January 17, 2019 by Gunslinger686 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jshleffar Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 Im passing on: Elmer Both Michters HH 27 RR 2002 Old Fitzes Bookers Birthday Parkers... And Im not even full of it. Passed on a lot of Michters, Old Fitz, Parkers and Birthday this year... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob_Loblaw Posted January 17, 2019 Author Share Posted January 17, 2019 22 hours ago, fishnbowljoe said: The Old Rip 10 is a "flip of the coin" maybe. Might be the most bourbon zen post I've seen lately. Wait, no second. GeeTen's PW 23 gifting was fantastic. I think I would be firing on all 5 of the BTAC and likely the entire PVW line plus the CYPB. If I could talk myself out of the 23 year I would, just not sure I can pass it up at MSRP. That's probably the extent I can go without getting in too much trouble with el jefe. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishnbowljoe Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 1 hour ago, Bob_Loblaw said: Might be the most bourbon zen post I've seen lately. Wait, no second. GeeTen's PW 23 gifting was fantastic. I think I would be firing on all 5 of the BTAC and likely the entire PVW line plus the CYPB. If I could talk myself out of the 23 year I would, just not sure I can pass it up at MSRP. That's probably the extent I can go without getting in too much trouble with el jefe. I know what you mean Bob. I was gonna try and mind my p's and q's this year, but...... With retirement pending in the somewhat near future, (if all goes well) I'd probably get all the good stuff I can while the gettins' good. Especially before prices get too crazy. Biba! Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0895 Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 (edited) I’d take all the BTAC and PVW23, because I actually like PVW23. It would probably be gone, in one glorious night though (the PVW23). The saz 18 I would most likely regret spending $100 on later. I miss the old tanked stuff. A lot. Edited January 17, 2019 by 0895 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tennessee Dave Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 Booker 30th and Four Roses 130th Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Santana Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 RR2002, because I'm becoming more of a Turkey fan and really want to try it. ER17 and Saz because I got the other BTAC's this year. Pappy 15 and Pappy 20 because I like them and the prices are too good to pass up. VW Rye, just because. Toss in two of the OWA store picks for the heck of it, and I'm still walking out of there for less than a grand. My wife would understand, and I'd definitely share a pour (or two) with the owner. His choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bourserker Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 Let's see, I'm going for the following: -ETL: had it before and like it -CEHT BP: never had it but love the standard CEHT -CEHT FG: never tried it -All BTAC minus the Saz 18: love 'em all especially the GTS -PVW 15: just because -VWFRR: another just because I'd be thinking hard about the RR 2002...love Wild Turkey products, but $250 is a lot of scratch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CardsandBourbon Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 Here's my list. Visa is good up to $30K and I would explain to my wife that this will probably be the only chance to ever get some of these so . . . W12 x2 - $30 ETL x2 - $35; RHF x2 - $60 EH Taylor Barrel Proof - $70; Eh Taylor Four Grain - $70 Michter's 10 Rye - $110 Old Fitz Bib 11 yr - $110; Old Fitz Bib 9 yr - $90 Heaven Hill 27 - $400 Russel's Reserve 2002 - $250 Booker's 30th - $200 Weller CYPB - $40 Four Roses 130th - $150 Old Forester Birthday Bourbon - $100 Parker's Heritage Orange Curacao - $90 Elijah Craig 18 - $110; Elijah Craig 23 - $200 WLW, Stagg, ER17, THH, Saz18 - $100 each Old Rip 10 - $60; Van Winkle Lot B - $70 Pappy 15 - $100; Pappy 20 - $170 Pappy 23 - $250; Van Winkle Rye - $120 Have a number of bottles of OWA so I pass on that. Would pass on the Michter's 10 but grab the Rye because wifey likes rye's. Everything else is a buy, especially the VW's, not because I think they're that great, just that they're all at retail. My total is $3400.00. I would also note to my wife that we will earn 4,250 airline miles on the credit card purchase. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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