What Bourbon Did You Purchase Today, Spring 2019

[GeeTen]

8 hours ago, TimeWillTell said:

Well, made the road trip from OKC to Louisville with my brother. Shopped along the way. About 50% mine. 30% my brothers. 20% random people back home requests. I fear we just had a minor tater-seizure. But I got several 4R PS and Whistle Pig Picks. And a big ER magnum for a fellow SBer. 

 

What - no FRSmB Select hiding in there (or did I miss them)???  TW in Louisville should have had a bunch - at least TW in Lexington did (I tried to leave a few for all y'all last week, tho').      

 

Edit:  My bad - I think I see a couple of bottles of the FRSmB Select peeking out from behind the four FRSiBs in the first row.  Never mind.   

 

Edited May 9, 2019 by GeeTen

[TimeWillTell]

1 hour ago, GeeTen said:

 

What - no FRSmB Select hiding in there (or did I miss them)???  TW in Louisville should have had a bunch - at least TW in Lexington did (I tried to leave a few for all y'all last week, tho').      

 

Edit:  My bad - I think I see a couple of bottles of the FRSmB Select peeking out from behind the four FRSiBs in the first row.  Never mind.   

 

Yep TW had for $53. Limit 1 per. My brother and I each grabbed one. Going back there today (After 4R Cox Creek GS, Willet, HHBHC, Wilderness Trail and BT EHT Tour) to sample some of their store picks. May grab a second since it's not available in OK. 

[BottledInBond]

1 hour ago, TimeWillTell said:

Yep TW had for $53. Limit 1 per. My brother and I each grabbed one. Going back there today (After 4R Cox Creek GS, Willet, HHBHC, Wilderness Trail and BT EHT Tour) to sample some of their store picks. May grab a second since it's not available in OK. 

Sounds like a busy agenda. For what it’s worth, Cox’s Creek would be the one of those that I’d skip if I was running short on time. They rarely have anything interesting to buy there. Generally the only single barrels are OBSV. I guess maybe they would have some small batch select now but you’ve already found some of that. Cox’s Creek is a small little visitor center and a bunch of warehouses. Not really worth a stop to me anymore, even when driving right past it. But hey that’s just me......

[alcoholica]

Not a bourbon, but very happy that someone picked this up for me. 

 

 

[HoustonNit]

Not a bourbon, but very happy that someone picked this up for me. 
 
 

This seems interesting you should post it in the rum thread as well.

[kcgumbohead]

3 hours ago, BottledInBond said:

Sounds like a busy agenda. For what it’s worth, Cox’s Creek would be the one of those that I’d skip if I was running short on time. They rarely have anything interesting to buy there. Generally the only single barrels are OBSV. I guess maybe they would have some small batch select now but you’ve already found some of that. Cox’s Creek is a small little visitor center and a bunch of warehouses. Not really worth a stop to me anymore, even when driving right past it. But hey that’s just me......

They actually had SBBS a couple weeks ago while the distillery GS was bare. The new bottling line was cool to see but there is NOTHING like a good C&K tour.

[ThirstyinOhio]

3 hours ago, BottledInBond said:

Sounds like a busy agenda. For what it’s worth, Cox’s Creek would be the one of those that I’d skip if I was running short on time. They rarely have anything interesting to buy there. Generally the only single barrels are OBSV. I guess maybe they would have some small batch select now but you’ve already found some of that. Cox’s Creek is a small little visitor center and a bunch of warehouses. Not really worth a stop to me anymore, even when driving right past it. But hey that’s just me......

I've purchased more private barrel selects from Cox Creek than I have the distillery so I'd disagree with it not being worth a stop.  You can always call to see what they have first if you don't want to just roll the dice.

[BottledInBond]

1 hour ago, ThirstyinOhio said:

I've purchased more private barrel selects from Cox Creek than I have the distillery so I'd disagree with it not being worth a stop.  You can always call to see what they have first if you don't want to just roll the dice.

Maybe I’ve just been unlucky, but I’ve stopped several times and literally they’ve only had OBSV each time. Maybe I’ll try calling next time, but if you’ve been there once I still don’t think it’s worth stopping there multiple times unless you have a reason to believe that they have some other recipe barrels that day. There isn’t much to see and I can get any of the merchandise online from their site if I want it

[JSpartan]

Unexpected find at a very reasonable $49.99. Excited to give this a try after everything i’ve read about it. 

[TimeWillTell]

3 hours ago, BottledInBond said:

Maybe I’ve just been unlucky, but I’ve stopped several times and literally they’ve only had OBSV each time. Maybe I’ll try calling next time, but if you’ve been there once I still don’t think it’s worth stopping there multiple times unless you have a reason to believe that they have some other recipe barrels that day. There isn’t much to see and I can get any of the merchandise online from their site if I want it

Well unfortunately only a 100 proof OBSV there today that had a side sticker saying it was picked by Elliot. I bought one because, well, why not? But no barrel proof today. 

 

I did get a couple WFE Rye and a couple Wilderness Trail Rye barrel proof today. 

[alcoholica]

2 hours ago, JSpartan said:

Unexpected find at a very reasonable $49.99. Excited to give this a try after everything i’ve read about it. 

They had it here locally, but stopped carrying it, before I knew who made it.

[fishnbowljoe]

Pic #1. Not a purchase but a gift from a coworker a couple of days ago. She took her granddaughter to a gymnastics competition this past weekend in Lexington. On her way home, she saw a sign for the Three Boys Distillery. It was right off the highway, so she decide to stop at the gift shop. She bought me a 50 ml sample of their bourbon. The bourbon wasn't all that good, but her thoughtfulness was. We've been through a lot together these past 25+ years. 

 

Pic #2. I had to go to the store today to pick up a few things. I have no idea at all how these ended up in the back of my suv. Really. I'm not kidding. Honest....... Okay, I give up. Galvin0791 clued me in. I figured I better grab a couple more before the price goes up. These were $24.99 each plus tax. FWIW, one is actually for a coworker, but not the one mentioned above. Crazy huh? 

 

Biba! Joe

[GaryT]

Despite telling myself I'm going to stop buying stuff just because 'its a great deal', found myself bringing home an ECBP B518 yesterday for $59.99. 

[KyleCBreese]

A KC pick at 14 years, 5 months for $42. One of the best deals in bourbon. 

[Richnimrod]

3 hours ago, GaryT said:

Despite telling myself I'm going to stop buying stuff just because 'its a great deal', found myself bringing home an ECBP B518 yesterday for $59.99. 

Pretty sure you won't regret that decision, especially when some of it is in your glass; and MOST especially when some is in your mouth!  

(I was rearranging some of my stash a few days ago, and "found" several bottles of various batches of ECBP I'd forgotten I even owned.   Felt like finding a winning lottery ticket!)

[GeeTen]

11 minutes ago, Richnimrod said:

(I was rearranging some of my stash a few days ago, and "found" several bottles of various batches of ECBP I'd forgotten I even owned.   Felt like finding a winning lottery ticket!)

 

Me too!  

 

Edited May 10, 2019 by GeeTen

[BigRich]

Pretty sure you won't regret that decision, especially when some of it is in your glass; and MOST especially when some is in your mouth!  [emoji14]
(I was rearranging some of my stash a few days ago, and "found" several bottles of various batches of ECBP I'd forgotten I even owned.   Felt like finding a winning lottery ticket!)

When I moved in December I found quite a bit of various ECBP bottles. I was pleasantly surprised. I still buy more though.

[BottledInBond]

20 hours ago, alcoholica said:

They had it here locally, but stopped carrying it, before I knew who made it.

This is a Michter’s (Chatham Imports) label. It is part of their effort to stop people that were associated with the actual old Michter’s/Bombergers facility (Heritage Spirits) from using any associated product names. There is nothing particularly unique or interesting about the juice in the bottle. It is just sourced whiskey from the same sources as other Michter’s products, with a different label.  Michter’s just needed to get a product to market to help them win their trademark fight with the Wolfe/Stoll team. Some Googling will pretty easily bring you more details if you’re interested. 

[BMartin42]

Had some time to kill so popped into Binny’s. That decision cost me a C note. They had the New Riff SB and the Rye for the first time at my location. One of each sits in the back of my car while I sip on a Double Blanton’s waiting for my tee time.

[smokinjoe]

2 hours ago, BMartin42 said:

One of each sits in the back of my car while I sip on a Double Blanton’s waiting for my tee time.

Is that the secret in preventing doubles on the card?  

 

[Richnimrod]

Finally pulled the trigger on an over-priced Rebel Yell 10-yr.    I'll likely regret the price for a while; but, maybe not the Bourbon.     We shall see.

[kevinbrink]

7 hours ago, BottledInBond said:

This is a Michter’s (Chatham Imports) label. It is part of their effort to stop people that were associated with the actual old Michter’s/Bombergers facility (Heritage Spirits) from using any associated product names. There is nothing particularly unique or interesting about the juice in the bottle. It is just sourced whiskey from the same sources as other Michter’s products, with a different label.  Michter’s just needed to get a product to market to help them win their trademark fight with the Wolfe/Stoll team. Some Googling will pretty easily bring you more details if you’re interested. 

Of course the timeline is that Stoll & Wolfe had a Bomberger's label out prior to Chatham's filing in 2017 https://www.ttbonline.gov/colasonline/viewColaDetails.do?action=publicDisplaySearchBasic&ttbid=17347001000282 I could say more about this but of course that is well trod soil at this point, I'll continue to let my dollars speak by not purchasing Chatham's overpriced huckster whiskey.

[kevinbrink]

Picked up my first Jos Magnus bottle looking forward to trying @WhiskeyBlender 's work on this one. Had not picked up an Old Ripy and being a Turkeyhead I felt compelled to pick this one that hit the discount shelf. The Baller is a bottle I'm glad to have a backup of, I really enjoy it. I don't remember ever buying the Speakeasy before but based on the dust on the bottle I'm hoping this one is more in line with the older KBD stuff I used to dig. 

[Kepler]

16 hours ago, KyleCBreese said:

A KC pick at 14 years, 5 months for $42. One of the best deals in bourbon. 

Quite possibly the best deal in bourbon

[hollywood]

6 hours ago, smokinjoe said:

Is that the secret in preventing doubles on the card?  

 

More like creating “snowmen”... lol.