Allocated Bourbons becoming more readily available

[Jazzhead]

On 6/13/2025 at 4:28 PM, NDN98 said:

The Jimmy Russell 70th Anniversary was only a special release and it got snatched up pretty quickly around here as people realized how good it was.   They WT 101 8-year has been out in Texas for a month or so and it initially got snatched up quickly, but is now sitting on the shelf at MSRP ($45ish) at almost every liquor store I have gone to in the last couple of weeks.  

 

Is PA a liquor control state?  That might explain the current scarcity of the 101 8-year.  For whatever reason, I have heard it sometimes takes longer to get stuff consistently on shelves when the state is more involved.

 

For what it is worth, I will take Rare Breed over the 101 8-year for about the same price.

You may be right about Pennsy,  where all liquor is sold in State stores.   I haven't seen it yet in Jersey,  but I'll get on board with your optimism.  

 

I like WT at 101,  so I'll grab the 8 year.  I like blending Rare Breed and RR10,  which gets me the proof and even more age.

[Skinsfan1311]

1 hour ago, Jazzhead said:

You may be right about Pennsy,  where all liquor is sold in State stores.   I haven't seen it yet in Jersey,  but I'll get on board with your optimism.  

 

I like WT at 101,  so I'll grab the 8 year.  I like blending Rare Breed and RR10,  which gets me the proof and even more age.

Interesting.

What ratio of the Rare Breed & RR10?

[flahute]

On 6/18/2025 at 5:37 PM, Jazzhead said:

I like blending Rare Breed and RR10,  which gets me the proof and even more age.

Oh! Do tell please.

[JCwhammie]

On 6/19/2025 at 8:52 PM, flahute said:

Oh! Do tell please.

 

When I blend those two I do 2 parts WTRB to 3 parts RR10. That brings it to roughly 100.72 proof. So it's a more complex  WT101.

[Jazzhead]

On 6/21/2025 at 9:54 PM, JCwhammie said:

 

When I blend those two I do 2 parts WTRB to 3 parts RR10. That brings it to roughly 100.72 proof. So it's a more complex  WT101.

That's it.  Jimmy's proof with greater age than you can find anywhere else.   

[steven s]

will be trying this

 

[Anwalt]

I used to have a lot of family in my home state of Ohio. With the exception of my parents they've all left. Ohio gets lots & lots of Weller, especially OWA & WSR.

 

What created the secondary market and lines in Ohio? State set prices/MSRP were less than FMV. That arbitrage was artificial. I was always amused with "BT is greedy". If they were, though prices would have gone up faster...witness prices for Michter's 10, RR13, etc.

 

Now that secondary prices on non-BTAC BT have dropped so much (I think it's mostly greater supply with some drop in the mania & a very uneven economy, luxury goods go first) AND Ohio marked up prices recently....well, the spread is gone, at least on OWA/WSR. And it's way less on W12, WFP, SFTB, etc. Also, OH seems to be implementing "one bottle per person".

A friend in Dayton recently commented that he walked in an hour after opening and OWA & regular Blanton's were sitting on the shelf. Not enough arbitrage to justify standing in line for any amount of time. They still disappear within about an hour of store opening. He got an EHT SiB for MSRP an hour after opening. That would have been unheard of a few months ago.

 

I enjoyed trading for the fun of it. Like baseball cards, but inebriating & ingestible. With male dopamine from victory in the hunt. Get SFTB and the like while traveling, trade for OWA (the dollar of the trading world) in Ohio, and get things I like for the OWA. I've been too busy lately to bother (drinking less, working & traveling more). That, and I now have a ton of stuff I love. There's just so much good stuff out there.

Then I tried those dusties some of you brought to Bardstown. And understood what you mean by "it's not quite like it used to be".

[MM818]

2 hours ago, Anwalt said:

I used to have a lot of family in my home state of Ohio. With the exception of my parents they've all left. Ohio gets lots & lots of Weller, especially OWA & WSR.

 

What created the secondary market and lines in Ohio? State set prices/MSRP were less than FMV. That arbitrage was artificial. I was always amused with "BT is greedy". If they were, though prices would have gone up faster...witness prices for Michter's 10, RR13, etc.

 

Now that secondary prices on non-BTAC BT have dropped so much (I think it's mostly greater supply with some drop in the mania & a very uneven economy, luxury goods go first) AND Ohio marked up prices recently....well, the spread is gone, at least on OWA/WSR. And it's way less on W12, WFP, SFTB, etc. Also, OH seems to be implementing "one bottle per person".

A friend in Dayton recently commented that he walked in an hour after opening and OWA & regular Blanton's were sitting on the shelf. Not enough arbitrage to justify standing in line for any amount of time. They still disappear within about an hour of store opening. He got an EHT SiB for MSRP an hour after opening. That would have been unheard of a few months ago.

 

I enjoyed trading for the fun of it. Like baseball cards, but inebriating & ingestible. With male dopamine from victory in the hunt. Get SFTB and the like while traveling, trade for OWA (the dollar of the trading world) in Ohio, and get things I like for the OWA. I've been too busy lately to bother (drinking less, working & traveling more). That, and I now have a ton of stuff I love. There's just so much good stuff out there.

Then I tried those dusties some of you brought to Bardstown. And understood what you mean by "it's not quite like it used to be".

Nice post. It’s been fun to watch your journey. 

[Anwalt]

21 minutes ago, MM818 said:

Nice post. It’s been fun to watch your journey. 

 

Thanks! You guys kept me from overpaying for swill. And much more besides.