What Bourbon Did You Purchase Today (Fall 2019)

[Phil T]

7 hours ago, AndyD said:

On a 4r kick, most of this acquired in the last month or so.

 

 

Awesome! How many different recipes?

[GoCubs85]

MWND, 1792 FP, Basil Hayden's 10yr, Laphroig 10yr Cask Strength and a Bad Sweater Whiskey....

[AndyD]

2 hours ago, Phil T said:

Awesome! How many different recipes?

have at least 2-3 for each recipe except for OESO, that’s a little harder to find and buy.

[BottledInBond]

I picked up a 1792 12 year and a McKenna 10 year for about $80+ tax total

[parksmart]

Picked up a couple Baker’s 7 year SiB at Costco for $44.99 before tax.  One for me, and one for @fosmith!

 

Then snagged him an HMcK10 for $32.99 before tax.  Not the worst pair of bottles to spend $86 total on......

 

 

[lcpfratn]

Picked up a couple Baker’s 7 year SiB at Costco for $44.99 before tax.  One for me, and one for [mention=13932]fosmith[/mention]!
 
Then snagged him an HMcK10 for $32.99 before tax.  Not the worst pair of bottles to spend $86 total on......[emoji846]
 
 

Holy S***! That price on the Baker’s is lower than store costs in my area!!

[fishnbowljoe]

3 minutes ago, lcpfratn said:

Holy S***! That price on the Baker’s is lower than store costs in my area!!

Maybe his store is like the one where I found mine. My local put the SB in the shelf spot where their regular Baker’s used to be. They also left the old Baker’s shelf tag there. And seemingly forgot to change the price. Every once in a while.   

 

Biba! Joe

[lcpfratn]

Maybe his store is like the one where I found mine. My local put the SB in the shelf spot where their regular Baker’s used to be. They also left the old Baker’s shelf tag there. And seemingly forgot to change the price. Every once in a while.  [emoji847] 
 
Biba! Joe

Well, He said it was Costco, and they’re pretty good about getting bar code SKUs entered correctly. I’m guessing that it’s the difference in California liquor taxes, and the ability of Costco to combine store buying power to get a ridiculously low large quantity purchase price in California.

[fishnbowljoe]

1 minute ago, lcpfratn said:

Well, He said it was Costco, and they’re pretty good about getting bar code SKUs entered correctly. I’m guessing that it’s the difference in California liquor taxes, and the ability of Costco to combine store buying power to get a ridiculously low large quantity purchase price in California.

Oooops. I forgot the reference to Costco. My bad. Sudden CRS kicking in. (Sighhhhh.) 

 

Biba! Jim

[gurgalunas]

Bought a Rossville Union Store Pick "Savory".  MGP is doing a different "store pick" offering with this brand.  It's not a single barrel pick, but a barrel quantity of a blended rye.  They do multiple rye mashbills, so are able to offer a Sweet (51% rye), a Spicy (95% rye) and a Savory (blend of 51% and 95%) to stores with store pick labeling.  A local LS had this tasting awhile back, and got a "barrel" of each.

[parksmart]

1 hour ago, lcpfratn said:

Well, He said it was Costco, and they’re pretty good about getting bar code SKUs entered correctly. I’m guessing that it’s the difference in California liquor taxes, and the ability of Costco to combine store buying power to get a ridiculously low large quantity purchase price in California.

Dunno about CA liquor taxes.  Costco does apply a pretty low standard markup on all products they sell, and their profit predominantly comes from the annual membership fees they collect.  

 

Definitely wasn't a function of an old shelf tag.......

 

 

[fishnbowljoe]

After all this talk about the Baker"s SB, I decided to open mine last night. I'm not all that fond of most Beam products, but I've always liked Baker's. I like the Single Barrel even more.

 

Biba! Joe

[JCwhammie]

8 hours ago, gurgalunas said:

Bought a Rossville Union Store Pick "Savory".  MGP is doing a different "store pick" offering with this brand.  It's not a single barrel pick, but a barrel quantity of a blended rye.  They do multiple rye mashbills, so are able to offer a Sweet (51% rye), a Spicy (95% rye) and a Savory (blend of 51% and 95%) to stores with store pick labeling.  A local LS had this tasting awhile back, and got a "barrel" of each.

One of my locals also got the sweet and spicy. Thanks for the description, as I wasnt aware they were different mashbill or that they weren't actually single barrels. They're 100 proof, right? Let us know how the spicy is, as I'll likely buy one. 

[Double C's]

picked up a couple 375ml bottles of a BT PS last night. It will be fun to compare different barrels side by side with the standard bottling.

[0895]

4 hours ago, JCwhammie said:

One of my locals also got the sweet and spicy. Thanks for the description, as I wasnt aware they were different mashbill or that they weren't actually single barrels. They're 100 proof, right? Let us know how the spicy is, as I'll likely buy one. 

The spicy is better than the sweet if we’re thinking of the same store.

[ABVT]

Said I was going to wait until after I found out about lotteries before making another purchase. Unlike the other guy, these bakers were 64$ each and the Nikka was 66$. Unfortunately the McKenna price has crept up to 40$ here. 

 

 

[beasled]

Very jealous seeing all these Baker's. Not sure it will make it over here

 

[JCwhammie]

2 hours ago, 0895 said:

The spicy is better than the sweet if we’re thinking of the same store.

If you were going to buy that or Bone Snapper X Ray, which would you get? I trust your MGP rye judgement 

[0895]

1 hour ago, JCwhammie said:

If you were going to buy that or Bone Snapper X Ray, which would you get? I trust your MGP rye judgement 

Id probably get the regular Rossville Barrel proof first (it’s excellent) (and a kinda “savory” blend of both mashes) even though the price is higher .

 

-then bone snapper 4y reserve

-then the store pick rossville spicy

 

[Bret Bret]

6 hours ago, ABVT said:

Said I was going to wait until after I found out about lotteries before making another purchase. Unlike the other guy, these bakers were 64$ each and the Nikka was 66$. Unfortunately the McKenna price has crept up to 40$ here. 

 

 

Still not bad on the McKenna. Here the msrp is $50

[markandrex]

1 more day of work then off until 1/6/20.  Stocking up for the Holidays.

2 of my locals have a RR-PS (CNA) in right now.  Really nice!

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[silverc]

On 12/11/2019 at 8:21 AM, AndyD said:

On a 4r kick, most of this acquired in the last month or so.

 

 

 

This is magnificent!

 

I love 4R PS too. They seem to be a lot more challenging for me to find on the places I typically visit recently. They used to be all over and frequently 9-10 years or more. I am hoping to find a few more in TN and GA next month when I take the next road trip. After you acquire enough of these picks, you sometimes find that you have bottles from two different barrels that were aged side-by-side in the warehouse, at roughly the same time and the same recipe. Those are always fun to do a comparison tasting of to see how even they can vary.

 

I salute your fine taste in bourbon!

[DEH1212]

[JSpartan]

On 12/11/2019 at 5:17 PM, AndyD said:

have at least 2-3 for each recipe except for OESO, that’s a little harder to find and buy.

I just picked up a Binny’s PS OESO. Have yet to try that recipe and heard good things so I had to give it a try. 

 

The main reason for heading into my store though was to grab this 2019 release: