Whiskey Clique

bbiggs

^Good idea.  The vultures are real, that's for sure. 

Gern Blansten

Bentleyspop said:

bbiggs said:

tempo_n_groove said:

bbiggs said:

I was close to landing a warehouse C last week but instead my shop gave one of two total bottles to some random dude that walked in and turned around and sold it for $2300 the same day. They banned him from the store but too little, too late. So dumb to give those unicorn bottles to randoms that they don’t know and trust. From what I’ve heard it’s average bourbon with a ton of hype. 

How did they find out that he sold it?

Two spots that I have gone to for years both sell at jacked up prices now so i don't even bother looking or asking...  Time to find a new spot.

He sold it on a secondary site.  Not sure which one, but my store monitors that stuff to find out who the flippers are.  I like that they do that because I don't flip it.  Keep these guys away which results in more opportunity for me to get bottles.

Sucks that your spots jack up pricing.  Mine sells at retail, but this is the challenge it creates for them.  The flippers are out in full force.  That dude bought a bottle for $70 and sold it for $2,300, but now he'll never step foot in the store again.  Stupid game for sure.

We no longer sell the unicorns. We put them behind the bar and sell them by the peg.
We do sell, when we can, allocated bottles at proper retail with no added markup. We put them out at random times and random days to throw off the vultures. 

interesting...what does "by the peg" mean?

Bentleyspop

Gern Blansten said:

Bentleyspop said:

bbiggs said:

tempo_n_groove said:

bbiggs said:

I was close to landing a warehouse C last week but instead my shop gave one of two total bottles to some random dude that walked in and turned around and sold it for $2300 the same day. They banned him from the store but too little, too late. So dumb to give those unicorn bottles to randoms that they don’t know and trust. From what I’ve heard it’s average bourbon with a ton of hype. 

How did they find out that he sold it?

Two spots that I have gone to for years both sell at jacked up prices now so i don't even bother looking or asking...  Time to find a new spot.

He sold it on a secondary site.  Not sure which one, but my store monitors that stuff to find out who the flippers are.  I like that they do that because I don't flip it.  Keep these guys away which results in more opportunity for me to get bottles.

Sucks that your spots jack up pricing.  Mine sells at retail, but this is the challenge it creates for them.  The flippers are out in full force.  That dude bought a bottle for $70 and sold it for $2,300, but now he'll never step foot in the store again.  Stupid game for sure.

We no longer sell the unicorns. We put them behind the bar and sell them by the peg.
We do sell, when we can, allocated bottles at proper retail with no added markup. We put them out at random times and random days to throw off the vultures. 

interesting...what does "by the peg" mean?

Basically there are 3 sizes of shots we sell...

Peg 1/2 oz
Dram 1.25 oz
Pour 2 oz

If measured and poured correctly a 750ml bottle will produce 50 pegs.

Gern Blansten

what are the unicorns that get that treatment?  

I'm surprised the owner doesn't take those for himself and sell them on ebay or something.

tempo_n_groove

Gern Blansten said:

what are the unicorns that get that treatment?  

I'm surprised the owner doesn't take those for himself and sell them on ebay or something.

Some jerks do that too.

i have a convo with the wine guy in my local and he had hookups from everywhere at one time.  The new people took over and went a different way...

Bentleyspop

Gern Blansten said:

what are the unicorns that get that treatment?  

I'm surprised the owner doesn't take those for himself and sell them on ebay or something.

Nope she never does that.
Here's an example.....
Pappy 15yr retails for $139.99
50 pegs @12$=$600
Upwards of 50 different people get to sample it and are happy to do so.
You do the math.

Unicorn examples...
Any Pappy
BTAC
Birthday Bourbon
Wellers 12yr
EH Taylor Warehouse
Midwinter nights Dram
Etc etc

tempo_n_groove

Bentleyspop said:

Gern Blansten said:

what are the unicorns that get that treatment?  

I'm surprised the owner doesn't take those for himself and sell them on ebay or something.

Nope she never does that.
Here's an example.....
Pappy 15yr retails for $139.99
50 pegs @12$=$600
Upwards of 50 different people get to sample it and are happy to do so.
You do the math.

Unicorn examples...
Any Pappy
BTAC
Birthday Bourbon
Wellers 12yr
EH Taylor Warehouse
Midwinter nights Dram
Etc etc

High West's Dram gets lumped into that?  Interesting.

mca47

tempo_n_groove said:

Bentleyspop said:

Gern Blansten said:

what are the unicorns that get that treatment?  

I'm surprised the owner doesn't take those for himself and sell them on ebay or something.

Nope she never does that.
Here's an example.....
Pappy 15yr retails for $139.99
50 pegs @12$=$600
Upwards of 50 different people get to sample it and are happy to do so.
You do the math.

Unicorn examples...
Any Pappy
BTAC
Birthday Bourbon
Wellers 12yr
EH Taylor Warehouse
Midwinter nights Dram
Etc etc

High West's Dram gets lumped into that?  Interesting.

My thoughts exactly.  Midwinters is good, but I'd never consider it a unicorn.  I was able to randomly get one at Total Wine without any effort.  

exploderball

mca47 said:

tempo_n_groove said:

Bentleyspop said:

Gern Blansten said:

what are the unicorns that get that treatment?  

I'm surprised the owner doesn't take those for himself and sell them on ebay or something.

Nope she never does that.
Here's an example.....
Pappy 15yr retails for $139.99
50 pegs @12$=$600
Upwards of 50 different people get to sample it and are happy to do so.
You do the math.

Unicorn examples...
Any Pappy
BTAC
Birthday Bourbon
Wellers 12yr
EH Taylor Warehouse
Midwinter nights Dram
Etc etc

High West's Dram gets lumped into that?  Interesting.

My thoughts exactly.  Midwinters is good, but I'd never consider it a unicorn.  I was able to randomly get one at Total Wine without any effort.  

Unicorns are just bottles that you want but can't find. So it's probably different for everybody. For me, unicorns are bourbons that come out once per year in limited amounts to much fanfare, often barrel proof. Midwinters isn't on my list, but most finished whiskeys wouldn't be...

Bentleyspop

tempo_n_groove said:

Bentleyspop said:

Gern Blansten said:

what are the unicorns that get that treatment?  

I'm surprised the owner doesn't take those for himself and sell them on ebay or something.

Nope she never does that.
Here's an example.....
Pappy 15yr retails for $139.99
50 pegs @12$=$600
Upwards of 50 different people get to sample it and are happy to do so.
You do the math.

Unicorn examples...
Any Pappy
BTAC
Birthday Bourbon
Wellers 12yr
EH Taylor Warehouse
Midwinter nights Dram
Etc etc

High West's Dram gets lumped into that?  Interesting.

It was just an example of something we get maybe 1 bottle a year so it can't  go out on a shelf.

SVRDhand13

Bentleyspop said:

Gern Blansten said:

what are the unicorns that get that treatment?  

I'm surprised the owner doesn't take those for himself and sell them on ebay or something.

Nope she never does that.
Here's an example.....
Pappy 15yr retails for $139.99
50 pegs @12$=$600
Upwards of 50 different people get to sample it and are happy to do so.
You do the math.

Unicorn examples...
Any Pappy
BTAC
Birthday Bourbon
Wellers 12yr
EH Taylor Warehouse
Midwinter nights Dram
Etc etc

That's such a great idea.  I'd be all over this if a place near me offered that option.  

tempo_n_groove

Bentleyspop said:

tempo_n_groove said:

Bentleyspop said:

Gern Blansten said:

what are the unicorns that get that treatment?  

I'm surprised the owner doesn't take those for himself and sell them on ebay or something.

Nope she never does that.
Here's an example.....
Pappy 15yr retails for $139.99
50 pegs @12$=$600
Upwards of 50 different people get to sample it and are happy to do so.
You do the math.

Unicorn examples...
Any Pappy
BTAC
Birthday Bourbon
Wellers 12yr
EH Taylor Warehouse
Midwinter nights Dram
Etc etc

High West's Dram gets lumped into that?  Interesting.

It was just an example of something we get maybe 1 bottle a year so it can't  go out on a shelf.

Understandable then.

Indifference71

My local grocery store had both Buffalo Trace and Eagle Rare today...nice surprise.  Never had Eagle Rare before...just poured one and it tastes delicious.

Gern Blansten

Indifference71 said:

My local grocery store had both Buffalo Trace and Eagle Rare today...nice surprise.  Never had Eagle Rare before...just poured one and it tastes delicious.

nice! I haven't had ER either.  Love BT

Bentleyspop

They say size doesn't matter. But if it does here's a 1.75ml.....

mca47

Indifference71 said:

My local grocery store had both Buffalo Trace and Eagle Rare today...nice surprise.  Never had Eagle Rare before...just poured one and it tastes delicious.

Was it a Kroger store?  There was a Buffalo Trace dump at Kroger stores here in AZ recently.  Was able to grab a couple of ERs.  Just missed out on Stagg Jr's.  A buddy who told me he found a Stagg Jr at a local store took a pic.  I was there less than 10 mins later and they were sold out.  Ugh!  Of course, there were no bottle limits, so people loaded up.  Bastards!

Gern Blansten

Kroger is a big grocer in the Midwest.  I know Dillon's, Jay-C and Ralph's are related names

tempo_n_groove

Bentleyspop said:

They say size doesn't matter. But if it does here's a 1.75ml.....

Willet Pot Still.  The whiskey snobs say it's a pretty bottle with overpriced and not as good bourbon.  I have yet to open mine.  how was it?

Indifference71

mca47 said:

Indifference71 said:

My local grocery store had both Buffalo Trace and Eagle Rare today...nice surprise.  Never had Eagle Rare before...just poured one and it tastes delicious.

Was it a Kroger store?  There was a Buffalo Trace dump at Kroger stores here in AZ recently.  Was able to grab a couple of ERs.  Just missed out on Stagg Jr's.  A buddy who told me he found a Stagg Jr at a local store took a pic.  I was there less than 10 mins later and they were sold out.  Ugh!  Of course, there were no bottle limits, so people loaded up.  Bastards!

It was Mariano's which I believe is owned by Kroger.  Went back the next day to get another Eagle Rare but they were all gone so I grabbed another Buffalo Trace.

Bentleyspop

tempo_n_groove said:

Bentleyspop said:

They say size doesn't matter. But if it does here's a 1.75ml.....

Willet Pot Still.  The whiskey snobs say it's a pretty bottle with overpriced and not as good bourbon.  I have yet to open mine.  how was it?

It is indeed an awesome bottle with average bourbon.