How do you say “it’s 2023 and the bourbon boom is still going?”

[Charlutz]

When this counts as a duty free score! Anyone else excited to find what used to be every day drinkers?

[PhantomLamb]

Yikes. Maybe I’m alone in this but the boom has given me a greater sense of contentment with what I have and has made finding a special bottle that much more exciting.

 

That being said, I want the bubble to burst lol.

[flahute]

LOL!

[Charlutz]

Not obvious from the pic, but they are 1 liter bottles, so there’s that… lol

[Old Hippie]

I think with the supply/demand issues the boom has created has emboldened many to see what else is out there and they are finding new whiskies to enjoy thereby expanding the boom. It's a vicious circle sorta thing

[ThirstyinOhio]

17 hours ago, PhantomLamb said:

Yikes. Maybe I’m alone in this but the boom has given me a greater sense of contentment with what I have and has made finding a special bottle that much more exciting.

 

That being said, I want the bubble to burst lol.

I'm with you!  I can't wait for this bubble to pop!

[fishnbowljoe]

6 hours ago, Charlutz said:

Not obvious from the pic, but they are 1 liter bottles, so there’s that… lol

Nice observation @Charlutz. Two liters of BT for $60.00 is a pretty good price. I’d definitely buy one or two at that price. Our local Sam’s Club used to have liters for $27.99, but sadly it’s been a while since they’ve had any BT at all.
 

The price for a 750 of BT is usually around $24.99 at the very few stores in  our area that aren’t somewhat tater. Once in a while you can find it on sale for a couple of dollars or so less. A few weeks ago I bought a ps BT 1.75 on sale at Binny’s for $39.99. Just after that, I stopped at a store where $39.99 was their regular price for. 750.

[bayouredd]

On 7/27/2023 at 3:22 PM, Charlutz said:

When this counts as a duty free score! Anyone else excited to find what used to be every day drinkers?

Interesting to be sure!

Actually BT has been at every store here in P'Cola for the past year and a half after a 2 year hiatus. The boom effect; every one of them have a single bottle limit. (not 1.75's)

[Bourserker]

VA ABC...sigh...all BT stuff is "allocated", or in other words part of the asinine drop system.  I'm probably just being old and a curmudgeon, but I refuse to participate in the drops.  So anyway, I don't buy BT stuff unless I'm traveling out of state and I see it.  And don't get me started on what they consider allocated here.  Things like Michters Sour Mash...really?!?!  That stuff was all over the place when I was looking around for stuff up in the Midwest (I actually grabbed one too).  So the drop system has created an artificial demand for stuff here.  I think it'll be a long time before BT stuff ever sits on a shelf in VA.

 

Anyway, the one thing I can say about the boom is it has given a bunch of the small up and coming distilleries a chance to get a piece of the pie.  Since I can't buy BT stuff I have been trying other things and finding out just how awesome they are.  Grabbed 3 different bottles of New Riff stuff when I was traveling a couple of months ago.  You hear that BT...I'm spending my money on other stuff because I can't actually buy your products...crickets...that's what I thought...ha ha

[mbroo5880i]

I buy what I like and what I like I can get.  If I can't get it, I find something else I like.  I pass on a lot of things I used to like that are no longer in my price range or the profile has changed once the brand either went NAS or to a different iteration.  For example, EC v EC12 and Baker's SmB v Baker's SiB.

 

I like BT but I didn't miss it when I couldn't get it.  In it's current price range, I can get WT101, OF100, OGDBIB, and for few bucks more, KC9.  I like it but won't miss it if it goes away again.  I like ER, Blanton's, ETL but don't really miss them

 

 

 

 

[ebo]

On 7/28/2023 at 8:20 PM, mbroo5880i said:

I buy what I like and what I like I can get.  If I can't get it, I find something else I like.  I pass on a lot of things I used to like that are no longer in my price range or the profile has changed once the brand either went NAS or to a different iteration.  For example, EC v EC12 and Baker's SmB v Baker's SiB.

 

I like BT but I didn't miss it when I couldn't get it.  In it's current price range, I can get WT101, OF100, OGDBIB, and for few bucks more, KC9.  I like it but won't miss it if it goes away again.  I like ER, Blanton's, ETL but don't really miss them

 

 

 

 

Same here. I like BT but if it isn't on sale I won't buy it.  WT 101 and OGD BiB are my main drinkers these days.... with GD 12 and some iteration of OF once in a while to change things up.

[Kepler]

On 7/28/2023 at 7:20 PM, mbroo5880i said:

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I like BT but I didn't miss it when I couldn't get it.  In it's current price range, I can get WT101, OF100, OGDBIB, and for few bucks more, KC9.  I like it but won't miss it if it goes away again.  I like ER, Blanton's, ETL but don't really miss them

 

 

I'm late to the party on this thread, but this quote is me.