DarkWeb
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Bookers is good. Pappy is not bad in any way just not impressive......especially for the price.
Scotch Whisky / Bourbon Whiskey thread
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Boatguy
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Good to know.. I considered dropping around 80 for their special reserve. Guess if i ever do i cant say i wasnt warned
BarnBuster
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Old Forester 1920 and Weller Antique are good and still pretty reasonable, at least at our State stores. My go to's everyday are Old Grand Dad 114, Knob Creek and David Nicholson Reserve.
Boatguy
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Knob is alittle sharp for me. I do like the grandad and turkey. Just enough sweet
Basil haydens is one of my go to's for run of the mill whiskey
Sir Napsalot
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When it comes to whiskey, I generally like it
B_the_s
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Visited the Glenora Distillery today as I mentioned we might.
On the tour we learned:
They use bourbon barrels from Kentucky. Buffalo Trace?
Their two big copper stills came from Bowmore on Islay.
They only produce about 200 barrels of whisky per year.
My favorite was a 13 year old peated whiskey called Ghleann Dubh.
$150 CDN / 750 ml
I had a 1/2 oz in the pub and another 1/2 of "Battle of the Glen"
On the tour we learned:
They use bourbon barrels from Kentucky. Buffalo Trace?
Their two big copper stills came from Bowmore on Islay.
They only produce about 200 barrels of whisky per year.
My favorite was a 13 year old peated whiskey called Ghleann Dubh.
$150 CDN / 750 ml
I had a 1/2 oz in the pub and another 1/2 of "Battle of the Glen"
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BarnBuster
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Enjoy it First - Four Roses Bourbon
Enter for a chance to purchase 2020 Limited Edition Small Batch While we normally look forward to greeting Bourbon lovers from across the country as they line up at our Visitor Centers to get their hands on a bottle of our latest release of Limited Edition Small Batch, this year will look a bit...
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B_the_s
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Wondered if it was open to Canadians but ..
Winner has to be able to pick up the prize in person, at the distillery, between Sept 19 and 30 during regular business hours.
So good luck and I hope you win!
rkymtnman
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i'd take Blanton's over Booker's . and i think Pappy is over-hyped IMO.
got 3 bottles of Lagavulin 16 a few weeks ago. that shit went skyrocketing here in CO. i usually got it for about a 100 per , now it's at 135. i got in online instead: 3 delivered for 290.
Boatguy
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DarkWeb
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Pretty sure Blanton's comes from the same place as pappy. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_Trace_Distillery
rkymtnman
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just the original single barrel is really good. back in the day, my roommate and i had quite a few of those pewter horses lying around.
i've never seen anything but that one in any of the liquor stores i frequent.
rkymtnman
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correct.
Boatguy
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Added to my total wine curbside order.
Thanks
rkymtnman
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i hope you enjoy it. it's one of my favorites.Added to my total wine curbside order.
BarnBuster
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Got a new favorite added today, Wild Turkey Rare Breed, 116.8 proof and a relative bargain in my State Store at $44. NAS but supposed to be a blend of 6,8 and 12 year old bourbons.
BarnBuster
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BarnBuster
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I have to confess. I only "tatered" one bottle that I just picked up the other day, a Jack Daniel's Eric Church. Everything else I drink and don't flip, j/s 
Reasons you are a whiskey tater…..
1. Buy spots in a whiskey raffle when the bottle is 20% over market
2. Pay secondary mark up price for any bottle that has just recently become scarce, ie age stated EC 12, when you passed it up on shelf less than 6 months ago
3. Instaflip bottles only to buy them back within a month
4. Own a full set of Orphan Barrels
5. Buy blended whiskeys in plastic handles while "dusty hunting"
6. Purchase a bottle of whiskey because a shelf talker mentioned it ‘won’ an award, (Done this)
7. Sell whiskey in secondary market stating because your wife makes you, have bills to pay, or any reason having to do with poor money management skills
8. Put ice in a Glencairn
9. Refer to anything Van Winkle or from Stitzel-Weller as "Pappy"
10. Purchase any Pappy & Co merchandise. (Almost did this.)
11. Post online video reviews if your name isn't Ralfy
12. Have seriously spoken the phrase, “liquid gold, bygone era, dusty goodness, or in the wild”
13. Sell or collect empty bottles
14. Pay to be in any type of bourbon group or for access to barrel picks
15. Camp out overnight for Pappiez
16. Have multiple Weller 12/OWA/?? Vattings "aging."
17. Type or say the phrase "This just happened" or "Today was a good day" when referring to your whiskey purchase
18. Posting bottles in Bourbon and Guns/SW Showcase/BourbonR and then later the same day FS on whatever Facebook secondary group that Zuck has not nuked
19. Liking your own Facebook bourbon group comment/post
20. Justify your purchase of xyz bottle by saying you traded an ORVW 10 that I had only had $50 in as part of the deal aka tater math.
21. Offering a platter of turds in ISO of a unicorn
22. Use the term ‘whiskey journey’ or ‘bourbon journey’ in a sentence
23. Own a full set of Woodford Reserve Master's Collection bottles
24. Organize of vertical tasting Bourbon barrel aged maple syrups
25. Fund any distillery start up using Indiegogo or any crowd source funding site so you can be part of the ‘experience’
26. If a bottle is FS in a group, you make offers/try to buy bottles in the background of that bottle’s picture
27. You peel labels off bottles and keep them in a scrapbook
28. Buying whiskey you don’t even like, but you have to have it to complete your vertical.
29. Add a C + S label only on a bottle
30. If traveling and visiting a new city, you post on social media group asking for locals to provide you location hard to find allocated whiskey in their best stores/honey holes
31. Starting a ISO/FS on secondary post with any long explanation of why you are buying/selling
32. Posting a picture on social media of a bottle and asking if it’s good after you already purchased it
33. Buy specialty ‘whiskey water’ to add to your whiskey vs tap or routinely available bottled water
34. Pay over $75 for any bottle of Canadian whiskey
35. Even though you don’t like the bottle or consider it overpriced, you buy it anyways because you consider it a ‘good find’
36. For a long weekend away from your bunker and pour out and label more than 10 50ml bottles so you can still taste everything
37. Apply a wax top to bottle you own to make it ‘special’
38. If you pay a premium to buy a vertical/horizontal collection over the already inflated secondary market price
39. If you get together with friends for whiskey drinking and play any game involving cards that is not poker
40. Post whiskey crotch shots or selfies with your ‘finds’ on social media
41. The fact that this list offends you rather than humors you
42. Proud of your complete set of Blade and Bow keys
43. Rush out to buy any bottle Jim Murray’s Whisky Bible names as an award winner. Double tater for immediately listing said bottle on secondary sites at 50% premium as to what it was selling. (Have bought bottle(s) that Fred Minnick has rated highly)
44. Cost plus ship or sell at just slightly above cost large qtys of bottles just so you can build relationship/points with a retailer in hopes of landing an allocated item
45. Keep a spreadsheet that tracks what is in your infinity bottle or posting to social media about what you have in it
46. Not knowing the difference between AH Hirsch and Hirsch bottles but posting away like a badass thinking you do
47. Become a whiskey blogger so you can get free samples
48. If you walk into a store looking for "rare" whiskey, and happily leave with a hand-sold bottle of Jefferson's Ocean or other shelf turd
49. When you go to a bar, instead of drinking an Old Fashion with Rittenhouse, you pay at least double to have it made with a “good bourbon”. Double tater points for making a face of disapproval when learning the House Old Fashion is made with Rye and make a statement along the lines of, “I don’t like Rye”
50. You print out custom labels for your personal blend bottles. Double tater points for seeking out anybody’s personal blend on secondary market
51. You believe all barrel picks are superior to standard bottle expression
52. You like a whiskey solely based on the fact that it is so smoooth
53. If you insist that Bourbon can only be produced in Kentucky
54. Argue that the Lincoln county process prohibits Jack Daniels from being Bourbon.
55. If you pay more or assume an autograph on bottle increases its secondary market value
56. You purchase a crappy Canadian whiskey because you found out the TTB pulled the label and it is now a limited-edition whiskey
57. You call every liquor store in a 100 mile radius asking if they have any Pappy
58. You prepay thousands of dollars upfront for a barrel of whiskey from any new distillery
59. Hype up any barrel pick you bought bottles of only later to flip a bottle on secondary
60. Purchase any spirit named after, inspired by or created for any celebrity, living or dead, including any actors, sports stars, or musical artist/group
61. Post pictures on social media while inside a liquor store on the whiskey aisle and ask ‘what should I buy?’
62. Collect empty liquor boxes or tubes. Double tater points if goal is to have vertical of boxes
63. You repurpose a bourbon bottle as a mouthwash holder, soap container, candle, lamp or any purpose other than holding whiskey
64. Take a class to become or describe yourself as a ‘bourbon sommelier’ or ‘bourbon steward’
65. Posting eulogy pictures with sympathy notes of finished bottles on social media
66. Purchase a bottle of whiskey you never intend to open because of bottle packaging (The Eric Church)
67. Make a suggestion or inspire a reason to be on this list
68. Your favorite whiskey brand is Willett Family Estate over 10 years because of the consistent taste profile.
69. Participate or run a virtual blind tasting
70. If you try to capitalize on any hardship endured by a restaurant or bar during a crisis such as a Pandemic to buy their allocated whiskey at distressed prices; this is also known as a ‘Bourbon Buzard’
71. You will not open a first bottle of whiskey until you have acquired a second bottle of the same
72. You obtain vanity license plates with the name of any whiskey brand
73. You are part of a whiskey club that enters your private barrel pick into any type of whiskey award/score
74. Selling a new project or barrel pick at first for charity so later that sold price can be used as baseline for future flips.
75. Camp out for any J. Mattingly/Bourbon 30 release.
76. You have an irrational fear of missing out by thinking this ‘limited’ special release or that single barrel pick is the ONE.
77. Have a personal collection of whiskey hang tags.
78. Refer to whiskey as ‘juice’
79. If you participate in Facebook Whiskey Court groups and think they wield any actual power. Double tater points if you are admin of said groups.
80. You try to sell 'poor man's pappy' online. Double tater points if you self wax and label the bottles.
81. If you think that being a TN Squire or a KY Colonel makes you any sort of whiskey expert.
82. If you maintain a list of 80 reasons of why folks are whiskey taters (Whoops )
Reasons you are a whiskey tater…..
1. Buy spots in a whiskey raffle when the bottle is 20% over market
2. Pay secondary mark up price for any bottle that has just recently become scarce, ie age stated EC 12, when you passed it up on shelf less than 6 months ago
3. Instaflip bottles only to buy them back within a month
4. Own a full set of Orphan Barrels
5. Buy blended whiskeys in plastic handles while "dusty hunting"
6. Purchase a bottle of whiskey because a shelf talker mentioned it ‘won’ an award, (Done this)
7. Sell whiskey in secondary market stating because your wife makes you, have bills to pay, or any reason having to do with poor money management skills
8. Put ice in a Glencairn
9. Refer to anything Van Winkle or from Stitzel-Weller as "Pappy"
10. Purchase any Pappy & Co merchandise. (Almost did this.)
11. Post online video reviews if your name isn't Ralfy
12. Have seriously spoken the phrase, “liquid gold, bygone era, dusty goodness, or in the wild”
13. Sell or collect empty bottles
14. Pay to be in any type of bourbon group or for access to barrel picks
15. Camp out overnight for Pappiez
16. Have multiple Weller 12/OWA/?? Vattings "aging."
17. Type or say the phrase "This just happened" or "Today was a good day" when referring to your whiskey purchase
18. Posting bottles in Bourbon and Guns/SW Showcase/BourbonR and then later the same day FS on whatever Facebook secondary group that Zuck has not nuked
19. Liking your own Facebook bourbon group comment/post
20. Justify your purchase of xyz bottle by saying you traded an ORVW 10 that I had only had $50 in as part of the deal aka tater math.
21. Offering a platter of turds in ISO of a unicorn
22. Use the term ‘whiskey journey’ or ‘bourbon journey’ in a sentence
23. Own a full set of Woodford Reserve Master's Collection bottles
24. Organize of vertical tasting Bourbon barrel aged maple syrups
25. Fund any distillery start up using Indiegogo or any crowd source funding site so you can be part of the ‘experience’
26. If a bottle is FS in a group, you make offers/try to buy bottles in the background of that bottle’s picture
27. You peel labels off bottles and keep them in a scrapbook
28. Buying whiskey you don’t even like, but you have to have it to complete your vertical.
29. Add a C + S label only on a bottle
30. If traveling and visiting a new city, you post on social media group asking for locals to provide you location hard to find allocated whiskey in their best stores/honey holes
31. Starting a ISO/FS on secondary post with any long explanation of why you are buying/selling
32. Posting a picture on social media of a bottle and asking if it’s good after you already purchased it
33. Buy specialty ‘whiskey water’ to add to your whiskey vs tap or routinely available bottled water
34. Pay over $75 for any bottle of Canadian whiskey
35. Even though you don’t like the bottle or consider it overpriced, you buy it anyways because you consider it a ‘good find’
36. For a long weekend away from your bunker and pour out and label more than 10 50ml bottles so you can still taste everything
37. Apply a wax top to bottle you own to make it ‘special’
38. If you pay a premium to buy a vertical/horizontal collection over the already inflated secondary market price
39. If you get together with friends for whiskey drinking and play any game involving cards that is not poker
40. Post whiskey crotch shots or selfies with your ‘finds’ on social media
41. The fact that this list offends you rather than humors you
42. Proud of your complete set of Blade and Bow keys
43. Rush out to buy any bottle Jim Murray’s Whisky Bible names as an award winner. Double tater for immediately listing said bottle on secondary sites at 50% premium as to what it was selling. (Have bought bottle(s) that Fred Minnick has rated highly)
44. Cost plus ship or sell at just slightly above cost large qtys of bottles just so you can build relationship/points with a retailer in hopes of landing an allocated item
45. Keep a spreadsheet that tracks what is in your infinity bottle or posting to social media about what you have in it
46. Not knowing the difference between AH Hirsch and Hirsch bottles but posting away like a badass thinking you do
47. Become a whiskey blogger so you can get free samples
48. If you walk into a store looking for "rare" whiskey, and happily leave with a hand-sold bottle of Jefferson's Ocean or other shelf turd
49. When you go to a bar, instead of drinking an Old Fashion with Rittenhouse, you pay at least double to have it made with a “good bourbon”. Double tater points for making a face of disapproval when learning the House Old Fashion is made with Rye and make a statement along the lines of, “I don’t like Rye”
50. You print out custom labels for your personal blend bottles. Double tater points for seeking out anybody’s personal blend on secondary market
51. You believe all barrel picks are superior to standard bottle expression
52. You like a whiskey solely based on the fact that it is so smoooth
53. If you insist that Bourbon can only be produced in Kentucky
54. Argue that the Lincoln county process prohibits Jack Daniels from being Bourbon.
55. If you pay more or assume an autograph on bottle increases its secondary market value
56. You purchase a crappy Canadian whiskey because you found out the TTB pulled the label and it is now a limited-edition whiskey
57. You call every liquor store in a 100 mile radius asking if they have any Pappy
58. You prepay thousands of dollars upfront for a barrel of whiskey from any new distillery
59. Hype up any barrel pick you bought bottles of only later to flip a bottle on secondary
60. Purchase any spirit named after, inspired by or created for any celebrity, living or dead, including any actors, sports stars, or musical artist/group
61. Post pictures on social media while inside a liquor store on the whiskey aisle and ask ‘what should I buy?’
62. Collect empty liquor boxes or tubes. Double tater points if goal is to have vertical of boxes
63. You repurpose a bourbon bottle as a mouthwash holder, soap container, candle, lamp or any purpose other than holding whiskey
64. Take a class to become or describe yourself as a ‘bourbon sommelier’ or ‘bourbon steward’
65. Posting eulogy pictures with sympathy notes of finished bottles on social media
66. Purchase a bottle of whiskey you never intend to open because of bottle packaging (The Eric Church)
67. Make a suggestion or inspire a reason to be on this list
68. Your favorite whiskey brand is Willett Family Estate over 10 years because of the consistent taste profile.
69. Participate or run a virtual blind tasting
70. If you try to capitalize on any hardship endured by a restaurant or bar during a crisis such as a Pandemic to buy their allocated whiskey at distressed prices; this is also known as a ‘Bourbon Buzard’
71. You will not open a first bottle of whiskey until you have acquired a second bottle of the same
72. You obtain vanity license plates with the name of any whiskey brand
73. You are part of a whiskey club that enters your private barrel pick into any type of whiskey award/score
74. Selling a new project or barrel pick at first for charity so later that sold price can be used as baseline for future flips.
75. Camp out for any J. Mattingly/Bourbon 30 release.
76. You have an irrational fear of missing out by thinking this ‘limited’ special release or that single barrel pick is the ONE.
77. Have a personal collection of whiskey hang tags.
78. Refer to whiskey as ‘juice’
79. If you participate in Facebook Whiskey Court groups and think they wield any actual power. Double tater points if you are admin of said groups.
80. You try to sell 'poor man's pappy' online. Double tater points if you self wax and label the bottles.
81. If you think that being a TN Squire or a KY Colonel makes you any sort of whiskey expert.
82. If you maintain a list of 80 reasons of why folks are whiskey taters (Whoops
)
rkymtnman
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before i forget @Boatguy did you get the Blantons? i was up in Denver today and stopped by my favorite mega liquor mart. they get one case a month and it's gone the first day they get it. Crap!
i did get a bottle of James E Pepper's 1776 straight rye whiskey. never seen it before but it won double gold at some spirits competition. 100 proof and unfiltered. gonna knock back a few of them tonite!
i did get a bottle of James E Pepper's 1776 straight rye whiskey. never seen it before but it won double gold at some spirits competition. 100 proof and unfiltered. gonna knock back a few of them tonite!
Boatguy
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Havent yet. Hoping total wine will add it to my next curbside delivery