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Posted: 6/19/2020 8:28:29 PM EDT
It seems that nearly every week someone starts a thread asking for a bourbon recommendation, to ask what others are drinking, etc. I thought it would be nice to have an ongoing thread where people can ask questions, post pictures, share information, reviews and more.
Tonight, I’m starting off by finishing off the last of a bottle of an entry level bourbon, Old Forester 86 proof. I keep quite a few varieties on hand including a couple lower proof budget bourbon for making cocktails for my wife and guests. I bought a couple of bottle today and needed to make room in my cabinet so I’m emptying these last of a couple of these basic pours. For a $20 bourbon, OF86 is not bad at all. Nice spicy vanilla on the nose with a hint of floral. Smooth and slightly sweet on the tongue as you might expect from the lower proof. Very short finish with a bit of lingering cinnamon.  Attached File |
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TX, USA
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Posted: 8/20/2022 6:30:19 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By t75fnaco3pwzhd: Anybody tried the Evan Williams single barrel? Super smooth but a feel like it’s missing a little depth of flavor. Makes a great manhatten though. For its current price, I'm not a fan. Like you said, it's missing some depth. I'd rather get EW BiB for half the price |
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Posted: 8/22/2022 9:23:16 AM EDT
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I have a trip to N Myrtle Beach coming up in a few weeks (no, not my first choice). Any of you in SC know of any good stores in that area that carry a good bourbon selection?
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OH, USA
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Posted: 8/23/2022 3:12:39 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Breechlock1: Thursday's haul https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/326804/Screenshot_20220820-145033_Gallery_jpg-2496344.JPG in OH? never even seen an EHT. |
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Posted: 8/23/2022 12:30:51 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By HimIOwe: in OH? never even seen an EHT. Yes in Ohio. I've never seen it either, even when ER and BT was readily available. I drank it for the first time in May, but that was a bottle my dad picked up when I visited him in FL. |
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Posted: 8/23/2022 8:03:57 PM EDT
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Really enjoying a Woodford Reserve store pick from a local place. Enough so that I already snagged a backup bottle.
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Posted: 8/23/2022 10:05:33 PM EDT
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Posted: 8/24/2022 12:27:42 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By JesseCJC: Wish this was more readily available for backups to be had https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/158588/3B2A10DA-68FB-4D75-9816-C20E14B236EB_jpe-2500625.JPG One of my favorite ryes. |
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OH, USA
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Posted: 8/25/2022 4:57:34 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By JesseCJC: Wish this was more readily available for backups to be had https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/158588/3B2A10DA-68FB-4D75-9816-C20E14B236EB_jpe-2500625.JPG I’ve come to understand that hits well above its weight class - all the way up with Saz BTAC and some of the Michter’s. Never seen one here. We get MWND and Rare Breed BP Rye though, so we’ve got a few good substitutes. |
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Posted: 8/27/2022 12:03:28 AM EDT
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Posted: 8/27/2022 12:32:26 AM EDT
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Other than a mostly finished bottle of Axe Handle Rye, these are my only bourbons.
WR was signed by the master distiller in 2011. ETL was bought a week after his passing in 2013. Axe Handle was visited at the beginning of this month on a business trip with my wife.  Attached File |
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Posted: 8/27/2022 6:39:20 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By ElJefeDeJefes: Today's score https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/173915/20220827_125823_jpg-2504283.JPG Lucky! That bottle has been sitting around for a while. Would love to find one myself. |
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Posted: 8/29/2022 10:19:42 PM EDT
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Great day in Kentucky today! Expensive day, but great day
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Posted: 8/29/2022 10:22:20 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By ragincajun1919: I pretty much quit drinking bourbon and rye. I don't know what happened but one day all the bourbon tastes so strongly of peanuts I stopped enjoying it entirely. Some had always been that way (1792 full proof, bookers, EC barrel proof) but others started to like EH Taylor which never had that taste to me before. I've just stopped and my poor shelf sits unloved.  I'm hoping I will get my senses back!
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Posted: 8/30/2022 4:46:35 PM EDT
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Posted: 9/1/2022 7:30:12 PM EDT
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Posted: 9/3/2022 2:20:39 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By JesseCJC: Wish this was more readily available for backups to be had https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/158588/3B2A10DA-68FB-4D75-9816-C20E14B236EB_jpe-2500625.JPG Wish I could find some of that around here. Picked these up last night  OF 1920 is a new favorite need to get a few backups |
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Posted: 9/3/2022 2:46:42 PM EDT
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I am in Germany right now and my Cousin bought me this Bottle
it's pretty good   |
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Posted: 9/3/2022 8:07:27 PM EDT
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Posted: 9/3/2022 8:16:16 PM EDT
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Found Wild Turkey Rare Breed at Walmart today for $45.95.
Well …..there was a spot / label for it but none on the shelf. Crazy side note - they had a bottle of King Louis XIII in the locked case….. 
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Posted: 9/3/2022 8:18:11 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By AZgunner: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/500752/2590180C-60F6-4BE4-8F52-6793C36ED590_jpe-2513493.JPG Hell yeah - I snagged one, too! |
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Posted: 9/3/2022 9:02:47 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By AZgunner: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/500752/2590180C-60F6-4BE4-8F52-6793C36ED590_jpe-2513493.JPG Isn't that 1792 BiB? I found a couple bottles of it this afternoon! |
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Posted: 9/3/2022 9:12:54 PM EDT
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Posted: 9/3/2022 9:32:37 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Gloftoe: Isn't that 1792 BiB? I found a couple bottles of it this afternoon! Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Gloftoe: Originally Posted By AZgunner: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/500752/2590180C-60F6-4BE4-8F52-6793C36ED590_jpe-2513493.JPG Isn't that 1792 BiB? I found a couple bottles of it this afternoon! Yep, exactly.  Attached FileGreat price. But the asterisk on the label means that they’re not getting anymore. Get it while you can. |
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USA
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Posted: 9/3/2022 10:37:08 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Kunta_Kinte]
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I picked up a bottle of Old Elk yesterday.
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Posted: 9/3/2022 10:51:40 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By UTex86: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/161410/AC29DDE5-37CE-40A4-AE2C-8820012514FE_jpe-2513588.JPG Found these today. What’s MSRP on the Michters? I paid $200 for it. I got a bottle of eagle rare today too. What’d you pay for it? $50 here |
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Posted: 9/4/2022 12:05:17 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By t75fnaco3pwzhd: I got a bottle of eagle rare today too. What’d you pay for it? $50 here Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By t75fnaco3pwzhd: Originally Posted By UTex86: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/161410/AC29DDE5-37CE-40A4-AE2C-8820012514FE_jpe-2513588.JPG Found these today. What’s MSRP on the Michters? I paid $200 for it. I got a bottle of eagle rare today too. What’d you pay for it? $50 here ~$45 with tax. Last bottle of it I found was at a Total Wine for $23. Couldn't believe it. |
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Posted: 9/4/2022 12:40:28 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By AZgunner: Yep, exactly. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/500752/7C812F3E-541D-43E7-933D-9EF8649A9761_jpe-2513620.JPG Great price. But the asterisk on the label means that they're not getting anymore. Get it while you can. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By AZgunner: Originally Posted By Gloftoe: Originally Posted By AZgunner: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/500752/2590180C-60F6-4BE4-8F52-6793C36ED590_jpe-2513493.JPG Isn't that 1792 BiB? I found a couple bottles of it this afternoon! Yep, exactly. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/500752/7C812F3E-541D-43E7-933D-9EF8649A9761_jpe-2513620.JPG Great price. But the asterisk on the label means that they're not getting anymore. Get it while you can. |
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AL, USA
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Posted: 9/4/2022 2:25:49 PM EDT
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Did anybody win a spot in the Four Roses LE or Old Forester Birthday Bourbon lotteries?
I did like I usually do, got my rejection email.
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NM, USA
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Posted: 9/4/2022 2:38:31 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By UTex86: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/161410/AC29DDE5-37CE-40A4-AE2C-8820012514FE_jpe-2513588.JPG Found these today. What’s MSRP on the Michters? I paid $200 for it. MSRP is $185 for the 2022 |
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Posted: 9/4/2022 9:34:03 PM EDT
[Last Edit: CDBE7]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By UTex86: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/161410/AC29DDE5-37CE-40A4-AE2C-8820012514FE_jpe-2513588.JPG Found these today. What’s MSRP on the Michters? I paid $200 for it. |
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Posted: 9/4/2022 9:36:31 PM EDT
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Posted: 9/4/2022 9:37:06 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By CDBE7: Man its like 46 bucks at specks and in stock last time I was in there. For 10 year single barrel? I doubt it |
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Posted: 9/4/2022 9:56:25 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By FennRx: For 10 year single barrel? I doubt it Yea your right its just the regular single barrel not the 10 year |
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Posted: 9/4/2022 11:45:16 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By AZgunner: Yep, exactly. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/500752/7C812F3E-541D-43E7-933D-9EF8649A9761_jpe-2513620.JPG Great price. But the asterisk on the label means that they’re not getting anymore. Get it while you can. JFC. This is $36.09 in Michigan; I bought a bottle a couple weeks ago. I like it but what a ripoff here. |
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Posted: 9/4/2022 11:53:06 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By FaygoJoe: JFC. This is $36.09 in Michigan; I bought a bottle a couple weeks ago. I like it but what a ripoff here. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By FaygoJoe: Originally Posted By AZgunner: Yep, exactly. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/500752/7C812F3E-541D-43E7-933D-9EF8649A9761_jpe-2513620.JPG Great price. But the asterisk on the label means that they're not getting anymore. Get it while you can. JFC. This is $36.09 in Michigan; I bought a bottle a couple weeks ago. I like it but what a ripoff here. |
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Posted: 9/4/2022 11:56:55 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By CDBE7: Yea your right its just the regular single barrel not the 10 year $43 here for the regular. I can only imagine what the liquor stores charge for single barrel |
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Posted: 9/5/2022 12:19:59 AM EDT
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Posted: 9/5/2022 3:39:01 PM EDT
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Posted: 9/5/2022 10:15:12 PM EDT
[Last Edit: UTex86]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By LiveFree482: Got lucky today. All retail. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/299060/E64A2659-7263-4317-A9F8-5B6F286240CD_jpe-2515498.JPG Buffalo Trace and Weller are so odd. I hear here on GD, and elsewhere, that they are as hard to find as a lot of allocated stuff in many areas. But near me I can get it any day of the week for retail. Not a brag just weird. I traded some to another GDer a while ago. Nice score. |
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Posted: 9/5/2022 10:17:07 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By UTex86: Buffalo Trace and Weller are so odd. I hear here on GD, and elsewhere, that they are as hard to find as a lot of allocated stuff in many areas. But near me I can get it any day of the week for retail. Not a brag just weird. I traded some to another GDer a while ago. Nice score. Ya, Buffalo Trace is usually not hard to find here and is usually $23.99. |
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Posted: 9/6/2022 7:12:06 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By AZgunner: Ya, Buffalo Trace is usually not hard to find here and is usually $23.99. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By AZgunner: Originally Posted By UTex86: Buffalo Trace and Weller are so odd. I hear here on GD, and elsewhere, that they are as hard to find as a lot of allocated stuff in many areas. But near me I can get it any day of the week for retail. Not a brag just weird. I traded some to another GDer a while ago. Nice score. Ya, Buffalo Trace is usually not hard to find here and is usually $23.99. but screw trying to find Blanton's |
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Posted: 9/6/2022 9:31:18 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By strider98: but screw trying to find Blanton's Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By strider98: Originally Posted By AZgunner: Originally Posted By UTex86: Buffalo Trace and Weller are so odd. I hear here on GD, and elsewhere, that they are as hard to find as a lot of allocated stuff in many areas. But near me I can get it any day of the week for retail. Not a brag just weird. I traded some to another GDer a while ago. Nice score. Ya, Buffalo Trace is usually not hard to find here and is usually $23.99. but screw trying to find Blanton's I have yet to even see a bottle in person. |
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Posted: 9/6/2022 10:18:24 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By strider98: but screw trying to find Blanton's Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By strider98: Originally Posted By AZgunner: Originally Posted By UTex86: Buffalo Trace and Weller are so odd. I hear here on GD, and elsewhere, that they are as hard to find as a lot of allocated stuff in many areas. But near me I can get it any day of the week for retail. Not a brag just weird. I traded some to another GDer a while ago. Nice score. Ya, Buffalo Trace is usually not hard to find here and is usually $23.99. but screw trying to find Blanton's The one I posted a month or so ago I got at Sam’s Club here for $45. Which is crazy, it’s the first I’ve seen in 2 years. |
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Posted: 9/6/2022 11:34:07 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By t75fnaco3pwzhd: I have yet to even see a bottle in person. Really @t75fnaco3pwzhd ? What state do you live in? We get it about every 5 weeks, give or take. It's managed, but it can be found. I have stopped buying it all together, I need to mail in my toppers to get the free stave. I've got 90% of an open bottle and I think one backup. Can't find the unicorns for shit this month though.
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Posted: 9/7/2022 12:08:19 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By t75fnaco3pwzhd: I have yet to even see a bottle in person. |
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Posted: 9/7/2022 12:15:56 AM EDT
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Originally Posted By tlbailey1: Really @t75fnaco3pwzhd ? What state do you live in? We get it about every 5 weeks, give or take. It's managed, but it can be found. I have stopped buying it all together, I need to mail in my toppers to get the free stave. I've got 90% of an open bottle and I think one backup. Can't find the unicorns for shit this month though. MT Originally Posted By fnub315: First real decent bourbon I had was Blanton's over at my neighbors house one night. He told me never to pay more than $70 a bottle because it's not worth more than that.. I've yet to even see it in a store in 4 years lol.. Yeah that documentary “Neat” got me looking for it. But so far I’ve only found an empty spot on a shelf. |
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Posted: 9/7/2022 9:10:13 AM EDT
[Last Edit: Mp40Gunner]
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I have only seen Blanton's for sale one time around here. And it was $199. Only time I see it is for use in store raffles. You won't see it in the shelf otherwise. Same with EHT, Weller, Eagle Rare, even BT has been getting tough to find here.
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Posted: 9/7/2022 9:33:51 PM EDT
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Got a new cabinet for my collection. Not all bourbons, but all good. I picked up a High West double rye that was finished in rum barrels today, it's quite good. Smoke Wagon Uncut and Unfiltered is my current favorite. Still chasing the elusive Eagle Rare in the DFW area.
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Posted: 9/8/2022 7:52:55 AM EDT
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My go-to used to be Eagle Rare, but it became unobtainium a couple of years ago. So I switched to Henry McKenna 10... then that disappeared.
Virginia made products are on sale this month in VA ABC.... I like John J Bowman a lot, but it's overpriced... At 20% off I decided fuck it, I'll stack it deep and stop chasing allocated whiskey for a while. 
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Posted: 9/8/2022 10:17:01 AM EDT
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Anything from Buffalo Trace is non-existent in my AO of East Tx. Thinking of trying some Calumet these days off. Maker's is starting get get a bit old for me.
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