JCwhammie Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 This just hit our market. Here's the marketing note for it, The Last rye Batch is the final release in this series and marks the end of an amazing journey for me. I'm very proud of this release and think it's ending on a very special note. Save this one for the right occasions." - Dixon Dedman, Master Blender of KY Owl The store that has it does not price above MSRP. This limited edition is a whopping $269.99. Wow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeTerp Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 VA ABC prices everything at MSRP and they have it listed on the website for $299.99 (hasn't been in stock yet). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clueby Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 No thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bbstout Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 Wasn't batch 1 $120? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LCWoody Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 On 11/27/2020 at 7:59 PM, Bbstout said: Wasn't batch 1 $120? I think I paid $80 for the 1st batch. It was the best on. Not to long after it came out and people found out how good it was the price jumped to $120. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0895 Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 But batch 4 now comes in a $100 cardboard tube!!! Furthermore, Dixon said its good..... In all honestly, I've been a big fan of KY Owl Rye. I loved batch one, skipped two after tasting it, and fell in love again with batch 3. Due to the price increase to $180, I only bought one bottle of batch 3 and drank it rather quickly. So now 4 comes out and it's statistically about the same thing as batch 2 & 3, but in a tube and $100 more. I'm sure it's very good, but the hell I'm paying a $100 surcharge on top of what I already think is ridiculous pricing for a stupid cardboard tube. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishnbowljoe Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 Hey, they gotta pay for that new distillery and theme park some how. I couldn’t find much pertinent information on how things are progressing at the distillery site. Heck, I’m not sure if they’ve even broken ground yet. Hmmmmm. Biba! Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Black Tot Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 Wow, no *%$£ing way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flahute Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 16 hours ago, fishnbowljoe said: Hey, they gotta pay for that new distillery and theme park some how. I couldn’t find much pertinent information on how things are progressing at the distillery site. Heck, I’m not sure if they’ve even broken ground yet. Hmmmmm. Biba! Joe Architect here speaking very frankly. That design they had was well.........totally inappropriate. I can only hope it's not going forward and that they reconsider the design. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tanstaafl2 Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 17 hours ago, fishnbowljoe said: Hey, they gotta pay for that new distillery and theme park some how. I couldn’t find much pertinent information on how things are progressing at the distillery site. Heck, I’m not sure if they’ve even broken ground yet. Hmmmmm. Biba! Joe 38 minutes ago, flahute said: Architect here speaking very frankly. That design they had was well.........totally inappropriate. I can only hope it's not going forward and that they reconsider the design. When I passed thru Bardstown a couple of weeks ago it was still just an empty quarry as best I could tell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flahute Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 1 minute ago, tanstaafl2 said: When I passed thru Bardstown a couple of weeks ago it was still just an empty quarry as best I could tell. Thanks Bruce! I hope it stays that way........at least until they contact me for a second opinion. Yes, I may be hopelessly biased. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishnbowljoe Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 Here’s the last info I could find. This is from the Bardstown newspaper back in September of 2019. Biba! Joe https://www.kystandard.com/content/kentucky-owl-pushes-opening-facilities-2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulO Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 I've been seeing KO brands just sitting out on the shelves in multiple grocery stores. I could buy it anytime, but won't. From what I can gather, it's made by vatting barrels they buy from one or more of KY's legacy distilleries. It probably isn't bad, but no where near worth the mark up for the fancy package to me. I see in the above article, they are first building the bottling plant and rickhouse, but pushing back the distillery to phase two. I guess the plan is to be a non distiller producer for a long time. The architecture plans they released some time ago seemed crazy to me. What insurance company would write a policy for a wooden log cabin pyramid distillery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob_Loblaw Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 Batch 1 was $120-140 here. At that time, I thought it was a bit pricey and passed. In retrospect and given where the general market (and my own personal limits) went I would have bought a couple. After all the positive reviews on Batch 1 I decided I would circle back and get Batch 2 when it was released. Except now it was $190! Pissed at the arbitrary $50 bump I again passed. I also passed on the $300 KO bourbon all over the place. And, of course, Confiscated at $110-120. I met Dixon at a KO Rye #1 release. Very nice guy, and a fantastic blender as the end products that I have tried are very good. But the big price tags and arbitrary (IMO) increases are enough that the entire KO line/brand now just falls into the category of not existing in my bourbon world. Doesn’t matter what they release as I am almost 100% not going to be a buyer. Dry State for 1k anyone? Unrelated to topic at hand but I’ll add that nearly the entire high end WP line and all of Willett are the other brands in this category. Fine whiskey, but priced at a level I just won’t ever support. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kepler Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 I guess Stoli controls the brand now. I have no knowledge, but I just assume they are the ones controlling the price. I am glad I thought to grab every batch 1 I could get my hands on at $99 to $125. I also bought a couple of batch 2 at almost 200 but I don't really regret those. But no more for me unless they do something serious about their pricing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebo Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 You guys enjoy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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