What Bourbon Did You Purchase (Spring 2022)

[mbroo5880i]

On 5/13/2022 at 12:15 AM, IamMatt said:

Visiting my son in Seattle this week and bought a bottle of Cooper's Craft 100, which is not distributed to CA where I live.  Holy crow, look at the taxes they charge!

 

 

WTF.  Almost 30% tax!  So, I had to look up the liquor liter tax.  The tax is $14.27 per gallon.  Good thing it doesn't apply to milk.  I can't help but thinking Steve @flahute was behind this.  If barrel selects become too expensive for the average Joe, he can have them all to himself.  Brilliant!  

[flahute]

12 minutes ago, mbroo5880i said:

 

WTF.  Almost 30% tax!  So, I had to look up the liquor liter tax.  The tax is $14.27 per gallon.  Good thing it doesn't apply to milk.  I can't help but thinking Steve @flahute was behind this.  If barrel selects become too expensive for the average Joe, he can have them all to himself.  Brilliant!  

Ha! Wish it worked that way. People around here are all too willing to pay the high prices. Lines for everything.

[mbroo5880i]

2 minutes ago, flahute said:

Ha! Wish it worked that way. People around here are all too willing to pay the high prices. Lines for everything.

 

I know.  Just giving you the business.  Those taxes are unreal.  Yet, they are real.

Edited May 15, 2022 by mbroo5880i

[flahute]

9 minutes ago, mbroo5880i said:

 

I know.  Just giving you the business.  Those taxes are unreal.  Yet, they are real.

Now you know my pain!

[fishnbowljoe]

1 hour ago, mbroo5880i said:

 

Not sure what I am looking at?  Did you pick up another Minion?  

Well  @mbroo5880i…………. Not another Minion, but my son took the grandkids to a game place a while back. My grandson is pretty good with a claw machine. Even a gigantic one. He was delighted to present me with a huge Grogu/Baby Yoda.

 

Biba! Joe

 

[mbroo5880i]

1 hour ago, flahute said:

Now you know my pain!

Not thumbs upping your pain but recognizing that I understand that you live on the liberal coast.

[mbroo5880i]

39 minutes ago, fishnbowljoe said:

Well  @mbroo5880i…………. Not another Minion, but my son took the grandkids to a game place a while back. My grandson is pretty good with a claw machine. Even a gigantic one. He was delighted to present me with a huge Grogu/Baby Yoda.

 

Biba! Joe

 

 

That's cool!  And it looks like you have two bottles of WFP.  That's cool too!

[fishnbowljoe]

3 hours ago, mbroo5880i said:

 

That's cool!  And it looks like you have two bottles of WFP.  That's cool too!

Long story short, a semi-local store finally got their Weller FP pick in, along with a couple of other decent things. Limit one bottle per customer period, not one bottle of each. Of course I picked the Weller FP. As a bonus, the store manager graciously allowed me to purchase a Stagg JR too. My wonderful wife went to the store later and purchased another Weller FP for me.  As @Vosgar said more than once, we both married way above our station in life. FWIW, I’m gonna share my good fortune. As long as he doesn’t give me too much , the Stagg JR is intended to eventually end up with my nephew @Galvin0791.

 

Biba! Joe

[Anwalt]

In fairness to Washington (not words I often use to describe Left Coast policies), they do not have an income tax.  So like TX & FL (to which they otherwise do not compare), they aggressively make up for the lack on all other taxes - property, sales, etc.

[IamMatt]

11 hours ago, flahute said:

Ha! Wish it worked that way. People around here are all too willing to pay the high prices. Lines for everything.

We toured the Copperworks Distillery in Seattle and they said because they don't charge the tax on out-of-state sales, it is actually cheaper to buy from them and have them ship it than to buy from them and take it home. 

[kcgumbohead]

On 5/11/2022 at 11:24 AM, hughewil said:

 

 

 Really?  I have both of those around here.  Nota  big fan of regular makers, is the 101 worth trying?

Isn't ancient age a bottom shelf bourbon?

Not a regular MM fan either but i picked up a Makers CS and it is an outstanding bottle. Oatmeal raisin cookies, I am really enjoying it. 

[Bourbon Scout]

Went to Kentucky 3 weeks ago.  All this came home with me. 

 

I have added a few as well.  My local ABC stores have been dry for past 2 yrs, literally only 1 brand or 2 on the shelves.  Quite sickening.

 

MM46, OF 1910, WT101, EW 1837 have been added since.  Trying to stock back up, been 2 yrs of woodford and Elijah 

 

Got notification of a BT allocation coming soon, hopefully it includes some bottles I am out of since this dry spell.

 

 

Edited May 15, 2022 by Bourbon Scout

[Bourbon Scout]

If you look in the pic and Find the Cuervitas from Glenns Creek.  Not a fan.  Tasted all their bottles and that is what I liked.  

 

After bringing home and opening it taste like the smell of a soap I have called mohagany and leather.  Literally.

[hughewil]

Acquired in a trade

[Kepler]

John J. Bowman Single Barrel at a good price.  I picked that up and passed on the JD Bonded 700 mL.

 

 

[bayouredd]

7 minutes ago, Kepler said:

John J. Bowman Single Barrel at a good price.  I picked that up and passed on the JD Bonded 700 mL.

Wish I could find one of the JJB's.

Passed up for years and when I went on the search, NIL...

[mpgolfpro]

Been wanting a bottle of this for years now.  Only ever seen them at crazy secondary prices well over $300/bottle.  Stumbled into Total Wine today and low and behold they had 1 bottle on the shelf.  Last place I ever expected to see it.  Retail. 

[Anwalt]

57 minutes ago, mpgolfpro said:

Only ever seen them at crazy secondary prices well over $300/bottle.  Stumbled into Total Wine today and low and behold they had 1 bottle on the shelf.  Last place I ever expected to see it.  Retail. 

 

Congrats!  I am always on the lookout for those.  

[JT3NSB]

1 hour ago, mpgolfpro said:

Been wanting a bottle of this for years now.  Only ever seen them at crazy secondary prices well over $300/bottle.  Stumbled into Total Wine today and low and behold they had 1 bottle on the shelf.  Last place I ever expected to see it.  Retail. 

Those are very tasty.  I have one open, I am slooowly milking.. enjoy!

[Bourbon Scout]

Got a bottle of "hens teeth" today, retail $.  

Edited May 18, 2022 by Bourbon Scout

[fishnbowljoe]

3 hours ago, mpgolfpro said:

Been wanting a bottle of this for years now.  Only ever seen them at crazy secondary prices well over $300/bottle.  Stumbled into Total Wine today and low and behold they had 1 bottle on the shelf.  Last place I ever expected to see it.  Retail. 

 

2 hours ago, Anwalt said:

 

Congrats!  I am always on the lookout for those.  

 

1 hour ago, JT3NSB said:

Those are very tasty.  I have one open, I am slooowly milking.. enjoy!

Last year @Galvin0791 shared a nice sample of the JMCB with me. It was absolutely delicious. As always, a superb job done by @WhiskeyBlender. I hope the batches y’all have are as good as the one I had a sample from.

 

Biba! Joe

[IamMatt]

Stumbled on a Costco Barrel Pick of Doc Swinson's, 113-proof, 6-year old MGP juice.  Enjoying the neck pour now.  The also happened to have WT 101 handles for $19.99 so I may have bought a bottle or 6 of those.

[Anwalt]

2 minutes ago, IamMatt said:

Stumbled on a Costco Barrel Pick of Doc Swinson's, 113-proof, 6-year old MGP juice.  Enjoying the neck pour now.  The also happened to have WT 101 handles for $19.99 so I may have bought a bottle or 6 of those.

 

God bless Costco.

[B.B. Babington]

3 hours ago, Bourbon Scout said:

Got a bottle of "hens teeth" today, retail $.  

 

uh, you had retail bucks and 4" blade at ready

[PhantomLamb]

Old Ezra 7 $50