Prices - Antique Collection?

[tallmarc]

Hi all

Out searching for Buffalo Trace Antique Collection at local liquor stores today, I was surprised at one store to find several bottles of Ealge Rare (did not notice age) for $25. Does this sound right? Seems cheap if it is the 17yo. I will go back and check tomorrow.

They are ordering a bottle of the Sazerac 18yo Rye for me at $46. Does that sound right? I hope they can get it.

This is my first year trying the Antique Collection, so I'm not sure of usual prices.

Thanks!

[tallmarc]

Sorry - just saw the post from earlier today! Guess I got a little anxious...

[RedVette]

You probably saw the Eagle Rare 10 year old, and it is usually priced in the low-mid $20's. The bottle is shaped the same as the Antique collection stuff. ER-17 is in the $45-$60 range. Sazerac 18 for $46 is less than I paid for mine. Good Luck.

[ThomasH]

Mid 40's for antique collection is about right. Paid 49.99 for a Stagg 129 proof. Saw Stagg fall 2005 for sale online for 64.99 in Califoria. Also saw Eagle Rare 17 selling for 99.99,Sazerac 18 rye for 79.99 and William Larue Weller for 89.99 on same site. Paid 43.99 for Sazerac 18 on Nov. 15th. in Pittsburgh

Thomas

[AVB]

Paid $45 plus tax each for the Weller and Stagg today in MD.

[scratchline]

I actually found these bottles at an off-the-beaten-path shop in NJ for 39.99 a piece. That's by far the best price I've seen. In NYC, it's not uncommon to see them for 65-70. In the words of Robert Zemeckis from Used Cars, "That's TOOOOOOO High!"

[ProofPositive]

All of the Antiques in my metro area range from $54.99 to $59.99 per bottle. South of the border in the Magnolia State, I paid $43.99 for 2 bottles of GT Stagg 131.8. Eventually, I will be getting 2 (or more) of the Stagg 141.2 from same source.....I hope. Just waiting on them to call me. However, I have been warned that it could be a while since the state controls all liquor supply down there. Here in southwest Tennessee, the Antiques (current) are plentiful -as well as 20% higher. Oh, and don't forget on top of that to add the 9.25% contribution to the state's coffers......and they told us the lottery would be the cure for all ills! Bah! Humbug!

[TNbourbon]

...Here in southwest Tennessee, the Antiques (current) are plentiful as well as 20% higher. Oh, and don't forget on top of that to add the 9.25% contribution to the state's coffers......and they told us the lottery would be the cure for all ills! Bah!, Humbug!

Largely, the same is true all over Tennessee, and I share Wayne's dyspepsia over high prices, high sales taxes and monopolisitic distributors (regardless of their cloak of 'private enterprise').

That said, I will note that Tennessee has a long history of whiskey-making -- think Jack Daniel's, George Dickel, et al -- and as a result, I think, is extended the courtesy of reciprocal distribution. In other words, there aren't all that many things in the whiskey world that aren't available here. And, that has value benefits.

For example, the fact that Elmer T. Lee costs $5-$10 less in Kentucky than in my area is essentially irrelevant because the nearest non-Tennessee outlet (Bowling Green, KY) for ETL is more than a $5-$10 drive away. Now, if I happen to be traveling in/through KY, I make a point to grab some of these bargains and otherwise unavailable whiskeys. But, otherwise, I simply thank my lucky stars I can find in Tennessee things many of you must beg and barter for in order to obtain.

[ProofPositive]

I simply thank my lucky stars I can find in Tennessee things many of you must beg and barter for in order to obtain.

Very well said.....and, it does bring balance to the equation - though disconcerting to my pocketbook at times. I am rather dismayed as I read over & over again in threads here where this bourbon or that one is not available (BT for example) and may not be for a while.....or worse yet, may never be. So, all in all, you are correct and we are very fortunate that Tennessee has had an important hand in the long history of making whiskey - which in turn does have its benefits.....primarily those eminating from our kindred & kindly neighbor to the north.

[ProofPositive]

From my rounds over the weekend, it appears that Stagg, Saz & Weller are beginning to slowly go away around my area. I guess it's time to put away a couple of each. It may put a severe bruise on my wallet but better to hurt a little now than be begging door-to-door a few months from now.

[BourbonBalls]

Southern California has had then for a while....usually in the mid 40's for all of 'em.

All are pretty available except Eagle Rare 17....rare around here indeed...I've only found one bottle!

[ProofPositive]

Tonight, I found a couple of the last bottles of Stagg 131.8 left in town - so I snagged them. About 75% of Stagg that is still available around here is the recent 141.2 release, and, believe it or not - the remainder around town is the 129 of 2004.