FasterHorses Posted September 26, 2019 Share Posted September 26, 2019 (edited) Of course its priced very high at $399. Is this taking the place of the boss hog? Just passed but hadnt heard about it. Their pricing is beyond absurd Edited September 26, 2019 by FasterHorses Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lcpfratn Posted September 26, 2019 Share Posted September 26, 2019 Wow! Crazy price...but so are the boss hog bottles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeTerp Posted September 27, 2019 Share Posted September 27, 2019 as much crap as they get about their prices, I think the store picks are actually really good values in today's market. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lcpfratn Posted September 27, 2019 Share Posted September 27, 2019 as much crap as they get about their prices, I think the store picks are actually really good values in today's market.I agree that the store pick 10yr olds that I’ve had are pretty good values. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Black Tot Posted September 28, 2019 Share Posted September 28, 2019 At $399, assessing this one is simply not my problem. I'm too busy chasing monster bottles at $200 and under, with the standard deviation at $100 and under. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry in WashDC Posted September 28, 2019 Share Posted September 28, 2019 On 9/26/2019 at 9:19 PM, lcpfratn said: I agree that the store pick 10yr olds that I’ve had are pretty good values. I'm pretty sure the last two WP 10 YR BPs I bought were UNDER $110. At least I know one was; I found the receipt - $89 plus sales tax. I've tasted one Boss Hog and decided it and anything WP costing more than $100 is a pass. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marekv8 Posted September 28, 2019 Share Posted September 28, 2019 Boss Hog VI is on the pour list for WhiskyFest next Friday in San Francisco, so apparently it does exist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeTerp Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 On 9/28/2019 at 1:53 AM, Marekv8 said: Boss Hog VI is on the pour list for WhiskyFest next Friday in San Francisco, so apparently it does exist. Believe I saw the other day it's called The Samurai Scientist. I don't know the specific details behind this one though (or even who is heading this up with Dave Pickerell gone. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeeTen Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 (edited) Will get the specifics on the Boss Hog VI - Samurai Scientist tonite at the "Official Boston Launch Party" at ZUMA (the Japanese restaurant at our Four Seasons Hotel downtown). "Stand by one." And if you haven't guessed already, the Japanese (Kanji) character on the bottle means . . . . . . "6"! I also understand there are bottles with an all Japanese label and a sterling (maybe?) Samurai Scientist top - any one know about it??? Edited December 9, 2019 by GeeTen Spelling and punctuation corrections, of course. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeeTen Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 7 hours ago, GeeTen said: And if you haven't guessed already, the Japanese (Kanji) character on the bottle means . . . . . . "6"! I also understand there are bottles with an all Japanese label and a sterling (maybe?) Samurai Scientist top - any one know about it??? Looks like the Japanese label bottle has a blackened pewter top, not sterling. Will ask to get a pic tonite (hope,hope). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeeTen Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 (edited) 42 minutes ago, GeeTen said: Looks like the Japanese label bottle has a blackened pewter top, not sterling. Will ask to get a pic tonite (hope,hope). FYI, Peter Lynch is the new Master Blender, taking over for the late Dave Pickerell. The rye whiskey has been aged in Japanese Umeshu (?!?) spirtis barrels from the Kitaya Brewery in Japan. The blackened top looks like this: And the Japanese label looks like this: Hope it tastes as good as it looks. Edited December 9, 2019 by GeeTen Added pics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tanstaafl2 Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 1 hour ago, GeeTen said: Hope it tastes as good as it looks. Thanks for the info! As far as tasting as good as it looks it shouldn't be hard as it looks pretty whacky to me. But then I haven't ever been big on the pig tops. It is "whistlepig" after all and not pig or hog. A whistlepig being a woodchuck of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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