parksmart Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 Kicking myself that I should’ve picked up more than the one handle that I did......... 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakeySnakes Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 Bought, opened, and am drinking a 750ml of WT 101 (the usual 1L were sold out for some reason, and now that I think of it, my LS has also been out of RB for like 2 months). It's been a while since I've had a bottle of this open. Always a surprise how rich this stuff is. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clueby Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 Could have been in the purchased, opened, or drinking threads. States it was selected in November of 19. Not sure when it was actually dumped and bottled...so its 9 to 10 years. It's way better than expected even. Nice depth and sweetness with a strong hit of oak at the end. The Beam "peanut/funk" is very slight to the point where I have to search for it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skinsfan1311 Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 1 hour ago, parksmart said: Kicking myself that I should’ve picked up more than the one handle that I did......... Yes. You should kick yourself for not buying more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parksmart Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 37 minutes ago, Skinsfan1311 said: Yes. You should kick yourself for not buying more. Thanks, mom. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kepler Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 On 8/26/2020 at 7:09 AM, Bob_Loblaw said: Wow! I am not sure I recall seeing one anywhere near that age! Very curious to hear your thoughts on that one. You and me both. It's in the long queue to be cracked, but it might be awhile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhettro Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 Bought two bottles of BT today. First time I've seen it around here in western PA for a little while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k-train Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 I've spent years hearing about how great a lot of RRSiB picks are, and I figured that i was kinda SOL on ever getting my hands on one since I'm in a control state. Then I recently found out that NC does actually do private barrel selections for stores in various counties. When the RRSiB pick showed up on the NC ABC monthly price reductions list I got super psyched because I assumed that meant there was a RR pick headed somewhere near me. I spent the entire month reaching out to various stores in the areas (and even sent a message to the NC ABC Commission) to ask if/when this was going to be available. Nobody seemed to have any clue what I was talking about. With the month winding down, I seriously started thinking it just wasn't in the cards. I made a last-ditch call to the county ABC board office & spoke to a lady there who also didn't really know whatI was talking about. However, she began to look things up & she discovered that the county had indeed placed an order for the RR pick back in June. She said it wasn't in stock at the moment, and she had no way of telling when it would arrive... if at all. She advised me to watch the NC ABC warehouse inventory site, which I already do religiously. I was about to give up hope when out of the blue I got a call yesterday from the guy who orders the spirits for the county. He informed me that the RR pick came in the day before, and he let me know which store had it. He also let me know that there are Woodinville & Bulleit store picks happening at other stores in the county. So after a long day at work, I headed to that store & finally, at long last, I have a RRSiB pick! 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john E Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 was walking around costco today and they had eagle rare for $25. so came home with 2 bottles that i didn't expect to get Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kepler Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 17 minutes ago, k-train said: I've spent years hearing about how great a lot of RRSiB picks are, and I figured that i was kinda SOL on ever getting my hands on one since I'm in a control state. Then I recently found out that NC does actually do private barrel selections for stores in various counties. When the RRSiB pick showed up on the NC ABC monthly price reductions list I got super psyched because I assumed that meant there was a RR pick headed somewhere near me. I spent the entire month reaching out to various stores in the areas (and even sent a message to the NC ABC Commission) to ask if/when this was going to be available. Nobody seemed to have any clue what I was talking about. With the month winding down, I seriously started thinking it just wasn't in the cards. I made a last-ditch call to the county ABC board office & spoke to a lady there who also didn't really know whatI was talking about. However, she began to look things up & she discovered that the county had indeed placed an order for the RR pick back in June. She said it wasn't in stock at the moment, and she had no way of telling when it would arrive... if at all. She advised me to watch the NC ABC warehouse inventory site, which I already do religiously. I was about to give up hope when out of the blue I got a call yesterday from the guy who orders the spirits for the county. He informed me that the RR pick came in the day before, and he let me know which store had it. He also let me know that there are Woodinville & Bulleit store picks happening at other stores in the county. So after a long day at work, I headed to that store & finally, at long last, I have a RRSiB pick! Haha congrats man!! You earned it. Enjoy! But let's not forget for those reading this,,... we shouldn't sleep on the regular (non-private pick) RR Single Barrel product. I've had several and they are all really excellent bourbons. But I'm totally on board with your quest. Exploring the private picks are just a helluva lot of fun! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flahute Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 12 hours ago, Kepler said: Haha congrats man!! You earned it. Enjoy! But let's not forget for those reading this,,... we shouldn't sleep on the regular (non-private pick) RR Single Barrel product. I've had several and they are all really excellent bourbons. But I'm totally on board with your quest. Exploring the private picks are just a helluva lot of fun! Totally correct. A while back I had a coupon for a local Total Wine pick of RRSiB. They only had one left when I got there so I bought the standard version along with it. Cracked them both and the standard version was far superior. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bourbon-n00b Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 Since this cask strength has been replaced with a static 108.3 proof version, I decided to add a couple to the bunker while i still could. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwoFingers Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 Picked these up today. The EW 1783 is for my wife. She loves her Evan and isn't too particular for her cocktails. Saw a couple bottles I haven't seen lately, including HMcK BIB. The RB was the same price, so I passed on the McKenna. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob_Loblaw Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 28 minutes ago, TwoFingers said: Saw a couple bottles I haven't seen lately, including HMcK BIB. The RB was the same price, so I passed on the McKenna. Good choice if prices are equal. That is either a great price on RB or a not so great price on HMK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwoFingers Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 10 minutes ago, Bob_Loblaw said: Good choice if prices are equal. That is either a great price on RB or a not so great price on HMK. The price was $36 and change. Good price for RB and not a bad price for the HMK. I haven't had good luck with the HMK, so it was not a hard decision. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigSkyDrams Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 (edited) Lucked into a Blantons today. My local sends out email notices of when they’re going to put a case out. Most are mid-week, so I don’t go. But I happened to be driving right near the store today about 15 minutes before they put it out and remembered the email, so stopped in and picked one up. The case of 12 was all purchased or accounted for by the folks in line behind me by the time I left the store. Edited August 30, 2020 by BigSkyDrams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WD40 Posted August 30, 2020 Share Posted August 30, 2020 On 8/20/2020 at 9:19 AM, TehRegion219 said: I went in hoping for Weller single barrel, but came out with this instead. ~$50 Otd, First one I’ve owned let alone seen in the wild. Sure wish you could find that here in Maryland. This is in my top 2-3 of all time, and sadly, it has gone the way of that waskely wabbits who but just to sell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WD40 Posted August 30, 2020 Share Posted August 30, 2020 (edited) 13 minutes ago, BigSkyDrams said: Lucked into a Blantons today. My local sends out email notices of when they’re going giro put a case out. Most are mid-week, so I don’t go. But I happened to be driving right near the store today about 15 minutes before they put it out and remembered the email, so stopped in and picked one up. The case of 12 was all purchased or accounted for by the folks in line behind me by the time I left the store. Had a similar experience two weekends ago here in Maryland. A store in Clinton, Maryland received 252 bottles of the sweet nectar. I rushed up there after a friend informed me.....glad I made all the green lights, as soon as the owner handed me the last two bottles, there was another gentleman asking for the same thing. All 252 bottles gone in under 24 hours.....limit 2 per person. They were also kind and did not gouge us @ $70/bottle. I can occasionally find in Montgomery County Gov't stores for ~$66. Edited August 30, 2020 by WD40 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IamMatt Posted August 30, 2020 Share Posted August 30, 2020 1 hour ago, TwoFingers said: Picked these up today. The EW 1783 is for my wife. She loves her Evan and isn't too particular for her cocktails. Saw a couple bottles I haven't seen lately, including HMcK BIB. The RB was the same price, so I passed on the McKenna. Where I am, Mckenna is usually $90 and up if you can find it; Rare Breed was available at Total Wine for $46, so I would grab the McKenna. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigSkyDrams Posted August 30, 2020 Share Posted August 30, 2020 @WD40 yeah, I got my at 68 out the door. I’ll take it at that price for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverc Posted August 30, 2020 Share Posted August 30, 2020 I found Barrell Bourbon batch 24 today at VA ABC of all places. I can find Dovetail in a few locations near here, but this is the first time I've seen the regular bourbon releases in VA. I think NoVa gets some in small amounts, but all of the other bottles I have were purchased out of state. It was $90 and they had exactly one bottle in the back that took some hunting to find. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bourserker Posted August 30, 2020 Share Posted August 30, 2020 (edited) Started in on a family size BT. Unfortunately having one of those bad pallette nights. Oops, this was supposed to be in the what are you drinking thread. Well, I did buy it...but it was last year. So I guess this is a belated what I bought Edited August 30, 2020 by Bourserker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FasterHorses Posted August 30, 2020 Share Posted August 30, 2020 2 hours ago, silverc said: I found Barrell Bourbon batch 24 today at VA ABC of all places. I can find Dovetail in a few locations near here, but this is the first time I've seen the regular bourbon releases in VA. I think NoVa gets some in small amounts, but all of the other bottles I have were purchased out of state. It was $90 and they had exactly one bottle in the back that took some hunting to find. Dovetail is fantastic 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0895 Posted August 30, 2020 Share Posted August 30, 2020 6 hours ago, BigSkyDrams said: The case of 12 was all purchased or accounted for by the folks in line behind me by the time I left the store. Just as an FYI, Blanton’s is packed 6 to a case... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigSkyDrams Posted August 30, 2020 Share Posted August 30, 2020 (edited) 5 hours ago, 0895 said: Just as an FYI, Blanton’s is packed 6 to a case... The store I buy from called the amount they put out for release a “case”. Hence the reference. EDIT: I re-checked the email, I stand corrected. Funny enough they had the cases sitting at the register so I should have been aware of that had I thought about it. Edited August 30, 2020 by BigSkyDrams I’m wrong. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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