fishnbowljoe Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 Biggest miss? Only one? “How did I miss thee? Let me count the ways.” Biba! Joe 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graftonbc1 Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 4 hours ago, kevinbrink said: I'm still optimistic I will like this one despite all the bad things I've heard, 1. I'm weird 2. I liked Willett XCF when I tasted it, so before the reviews started to pile up I sprung for a couple of these. I hope it works out for you. On the bright for us, it does do well in an old fashioned. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evasive Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 I suppose this counts- I happened to be in a VA ABC store last spring looking at the bourbon selection and passed on an Abraham Bowman Sweet XVI because I wasn’t yet familiar with the distillery and I wasn’t spending that on an unknown bottle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whiskeythink.com Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 Because of a layoff, I had to sell a bottle of WLW I had just bought to a buddy. Its still sitting there in his collection, unopened... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PowderKeg Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 Some time back stopped at a local known pinhooker LS just to laugh at some outrageous prices. Automatic knee jerk reaction was that the 2 Very Special Old Fitz 12yr bottles - I'd never seen before (or since) - were waaaaay overpriced..... at $60 each, based on W12 - also not seen - was supposed to be @ $30. Gone when I realized what I'd passed up and returned a few days later. Yeah, the OF was jacked up somewhat, but I kicked myself for a loooong time after. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokinjoe Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 1 hour ago, graftonbc1 said: I hope it works out for you. On the bright for us, it does do well in an old fashioned. I didn't care for it neat, but an old fashioned with it sounds like it could be a winner! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KyleCBreese Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 There are many that I’ve passed on over the years that I’d like to have now: Hirsch 25 Rye Jeff 25 Rye HW RMR 21 year PHC7 OFBB13 And I only bought 3 bottles of an 11.5 year OBSK that is still one of the best whiskies I’ve ever had. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam777 Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 I was about to say Bookers Rye because I had the chance to buy. I would have liked to see what all the fuss is about but I still stand by my decision to not pay $300 on a single bottle of whiskey. Anyway I decided on my biggest miss as not stocking up on EC12 before it lost its age statement. ECBP makes it less painful though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spade Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 A few years ago a store had a nice pick of SAOS cask strength rye for less than $40. I was smart enough to grab four of them but looking back I wish I had bought a case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fosmith Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 15 hours ago, JCwhammie said: I dont really have any miss on anything yet. Reading everyone's responses makes me curious on 20 years from now what I may feel like I should've purchased/bunkered in 2018-19. 12 to 14 year old Knob Creek Single Barrel store picks for $40 - $50. This party won't go on forever... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCwhammie Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 2 hours ago, fosmith said: 12 to 14 year old Knob Creek Single Barrel store picks for $40 - $50. This party won't go on forever... That's a good one. I had one in my hands yesterday, but I decided to grab a store pick KC rye instead. I'll likely be back to grab the KC soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob_Loblaw Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 A few come to mind. Probably around late summer of Fall of 2017 and I left two Smooth Ambler Single Barrel Cask Strength bottles on the shelf at $55. At the time I was not as knowledgeable as I am now, nor had I realized how good MGP juice is (at least to my pallet). Have not seen a single bottle since. Second was an Eagle Rare store pick. A store I used to check in on from time to time had ER picks from a notable restaurant in the area??? Asked the clerk and she had no idea why, just said the restaurant pick arrived instead of their normal order. They did not pay extra or have any idea the store pick was coming. Having just purchased a couple bottles at $27 I bought one for $35. Later decided that it was still a good price at $35 and went back for more. Turns out the owner arrived, saw the pick and decided to mark it up to $39.99. Well that annoyed the crap out of me so I said screw it, left and have not since been back! Finally, the first time I heard of Blaum Brothers (more MGP juice) my LS owner told me bottles were flying off the shelf so I bought two. It was my best whiskey of 2018 and I would have bought a case if I could go back. At least I got two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fosmith Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 Only getting one bottle of Booker's 25th. At the time I thought I was crazy to be spending $100 on a bottle. Now, I wish I'd bought a few. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FasterHorses Posted February 21, 2019 Author Share Posted February 21, 2019 The whole SAOS didappearance happened pretty quickly it seems. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flahute Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 I don't really have any misses. My bunker will testify to this. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FasterHorses Posted February 22, 2019 Author Share Posted February 22, 2019 13 minutes ago, flahute said: I don't really have any misses. My bunker will testify to this. You planning ahead currently? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flahute Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 1 minute ago, FasterHorses said: You planning ahead currently? Yep. For me now this means stocking up on good barrel picks when I come across them. WTRB when I find a superior batch. That sort of thing. Previously it meant loading up on EC12 and KC9 before the age statements went away, and similar. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mosugoji64 Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 Not bringing home cases of EC18 when it was available at Costco for $35. Same for cases of stellar PS ETL from Cork & Bottle in KY at $25. Thought they'd always be available. Hindsight is a bitch. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddy Posted February 23, 2019 Share Posted February 23, 2019 During the 90's I had a standing card game at my brother in laws liquor store, most Friday nights. Obviously, we drank a lot of good whiskey, but if you only knew... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FasterHorses Posted February 23, 2019 Author Share Posted February 23, 2019 12 hours ago, Paddy said: During the 90's I had a standing card game at my brother in laws liquor store, most Friday nights. Obviously, we drank a lot of good whiskey, but if you only knew... Give us the deets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddy Posted February 23, 2019 Share Posted February 23, 2019 10 minutes ago, FasterHorses said: Give us the deets Don't get me wrong, we drank a lot of excellent whiskey. Lot's of glut era older than age stated Beam, Trace, Turkey and Stitzel-Weller, etc., but what we let slip through our fingers is more what I was referring to. I mean... we had access to so much, I think we just took it for granted that it would always be that way. I can recall enough cases of ORVW to make a end row display of. We knew it was good, but we never drank much of it, 'cause we had plenty of good, for less.;) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry in WashDC Posted February 23, 2019 Share Posted February 23, 2019 (edited) On 2/20/2019 at 6:01 PM, JCwhammie said: I dont really have any miss on anything yet. Reading everyone's responses makes me curious on 20 years from now what I may feel like I should've purchased/bunkered in 2018-19. Twenty years from now I'll be too old to drink. Used to drink Lot B almost like water @ $54 a 750 and bought them one at a time, figuring they'd be around "forever" just like Old Crow my Dad drank. When it went to $65 and the profile changed a bit, I stopped. Boy, Howdy, was I short-sighted. Moral - Don't do what I did. Instead, if you like it, buy it because bourbon in the bottle doesn't spoil. Edited February 23, 2019 by Harry in WashDC as equals because so I changed it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry in WashDC Posted February 23, 2019 Share Posted February 23, 2019 On 2/21/2019 at 11:05 PM, flahute said: I don't really have any misses. My bunker will testify to this. I am OH!! SO!! ENVIOUS!!!! !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flahute Posted February 23, 2019 Share Posted February 23, 2019 16 minutes ago, Harry in WashDC said: I am OH!! SO!! ENVIOUS!!!! !! Re-reading my post I realize it might sound boastful so I should clarify. I didn't start until late 2012 so I'm not sitting on a bunch of old Van Winkle and BTAC or 21+ yr age stated Ritt or any of the Vintage brand bottles or any other dusties that are widely celebrated. When I did start though I was a quick study so anything that I liked I quickly stocked up on because I could see the writing on the wall that supply of anything with age was in trouble. I'm also one of those guys that tries something as soon as I bring it home no matter how many bottles I may have open already. If I'm really impressed I'll go back and buy a case or more. This is why I've never missed on anything I really like. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vosgar Posted February 23, 2019 Share Posted February 23, 2019 Wish I would've bought more GTS back in the days when they sat on the shelf for a month or so. Still have a number of them, but you can never have enough Stagg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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