Eagle Rare 101

[Nevill]

I just stopped by my local Liquor Barn (on Hurstborne Parkway in lew-uh-vul) to see if anything new had dropped in, there on the top shelf was 2 bottles of E/R 101. I got one, if you hurry, you can get the last one. Under $18....

[tachyonshuggy]

Can anyone shed light on the various 750 mL bottlings of ER 10 year that I've seen? To my count there are:

1. current 80 bottle w/ screenprint

2. older 101 bottle w/ label, similar dimensions as #1

3. older 101 bottle w/ label, squatty compared to #1

I found some of the #2 in Dallas at "Spirits" near Fair Park, but none yet of the #3, which leads me to believe that this bottling is somewhat older. Can anybody confirm?

BTW, this is my first post on the forum! Been lurking for a few months and finally signed up last week. Thanks, -Jeff

[TNbourbon]

Your #1 is actually 90 proof and a single-barrel bottling -- soon to be the only ER in general circulaton.

I've never seen your #2, so agree it must be older.

The third you mention is the one that's still available here and there, and is the final rendition of the 10yo, 101 proof, already discontinued.

[Edward_call_me_Ed]

And I bought three bottles of it today. I hadn't seen any for a long while. Last week I asked a clerk about it and he said there would be some in the next day. I checked but there was none. I went back today and cleared the shelf. I saw one back of the register with a receipt on it so I must not be the only fancier of this fine bourbon in Sapporo. I hope that the distributor that supplies that store has more in the warehouse.

Ed

[lakegz]

I wonder how the older 101 compares to the newer standard SB? i have a bottle of SB thats still in San Diego unfortunately because i really enjoyed its bright, banana-ish flavor.

Ive seen a bottle of 101 at a store in Tokyo every week ive visited it. It was about 25 bucks so would you say its worth it? even better then the SB?

[tachyonshuggy]

Whoops, looks like my question was answered in a parallel thread "Eagle Rare stock pre-BT". The bottle in question is the NO LA 101 1L.

So, in my original question I managed to misstate both the proof and the volume. However, I was (and am) certain that the bottle is glass and that it contained some kind of brown liquid

[Edward_call_me_Ed]

Hi lakegz,

On a different thread I said that the SB 10 year old is better by a hair. I don't really know the SB very well as I have only had the one bottle and it is still a third full. Nor I have been to that bottle recently. The 101 is better in one respect, it is higher proof than the SB which is 90 proof, if memory serves. I prefer my bourbon to be at least 100 proof. The price is much better on the 101, at least here. The SB is more than ten dollars more a bottle, but the whiskey in the bottle isn't ten dollars better. Please remember that I am only talking about one bottle of a single barrel bourbon and that SBs vary a good deal, at least in my experience. Maybe the bottle I got was just so-so by Eagle Rare SB 10 standards and I am missing out on some stellar whiskey. I do know that Eagle Rare 101ten year old is top shelf bourbon, by my standards. I will be sad when the day comes that it no longer appears on the shelves anywhere near me. Even sadder when I finish the last bunkered bottle. But there is plenty of excellent bourbon around so I won't weep too long.

Ed