Whiskey Clique

Bentleyspop

bbiggs said:

Way too many bourbon hawks out there these days.  It's been this way for years, but it's at an all time high around me.  6-7 dudes were waiting in the store for new inventory to be released yesterday within minutes of when the delivery truck arrived.  I just happened to be driving by and I know that deliveries happen on Wednesday, so it was dumb luck for me to be there at the right time.  These guys are all on social media groups where someone posts to notify the hawks to start swarming when one of the stores in the Chicago area (it is a chain) gets anything good.  It is ridiculous.  I don't have the time or energy for it, nor am I on FB, Reddit, etc. groups, so any good stuff I get I'll consider to be right place, right time.

We refer to them as Bourbon Bros. or The Vultures. They swarm here on Tuesdays around noon when some of our deliveries come in. We wait and put out our allocations at random times on random days. Sometimes we go weeks without putting any out.

We sell Rare Breed for $54.99

HughFreakingDillon

Bourbon Bros. hahaha. @2feignreluctance

SVRDhand13

Gern Blansten said:

Cliffy6745 said:

People suck. Scotch it is

There is enough good bourbon out there.  While those crazy fuckers are hunting down overpriced Col Taylor and Blanton's I will enjoy my Buffalo Trace, Wild Turkey, Chattanooga, Clyde Mays, Backbone, etc.

There’s so much good stuff that is always available. Hype can really drive people insane. 

My cabinet will always include: WT101, Makers 46, and OF 100. $85 combined for 3 great bottles. 

Gern Blansten

SVRDhand13 said:

Gern Blansten said:

Cliffy6745 said:

People suck. Scotch it is

There is enough good bourbon out there.  While those crazy fuckers are hunting down overpriced Col Taylor and Blanton's I will enjoy my Buffalo Trace, Wild Turkey, Chattanooga, Clyde Mays, Backbone, etc.

There’s so much good stuff that is always available. Hype can really drive people insane. 

My cabinet will always include: WT101, Makers 46, and OF 100. $85 combined for 3 great bottles. 

yep....I should have included makers and OF in there too. good stuff

tempo_n_groove

Gern Blansten said:

bbiggs said:

Way too many bourbon hawks out there these days.  It's been this way for years, but it's at an all time high around me.  6-7 dudes were waiting in the store for new inventory to be released yesterday within minutes of when the delivery truck arrived.  I just happened to be driving by and I know that deliveries happen on Wednesday, so it was dumb luck for me to be there at the right time.  These guys are all on social media groups where someone posts to notify the hawks to start swarming when one of the stores in the Chicago area (it is a chain) gets anything good.  It is ridiculous.  I don't have the time or energy for it, nor am I on FB, Reddit, etc. groups, so any good stuff I get I'll consider to be right place, right time.

same...I joined a bourbon group in my area and it's amazing. These people just hit several stores a day.

About a year ago a guy was at Meijer when they stocked six bottles of Blanton's. He bought all six right then. 

It's an odd OCD type thing.

Blanton's is hardly rare but the bourbon community turned it in to a commodity.

Bourbon Bros is funny.  We usually just call them "taters".

Tonight is supposed to be a nice night.  I think I'll open a bottle I have been waiting on w a cigar and light a fire since this weekend looks shot.

Cliffy6745

SVRDhand13 said:

Gern Blansten said:

Cliffy6745 said:

People suck. Scotch it is

There is enough good bourbon out there.  While those crazy fuckers are hunting down overpriced Col Taylor and Blanton's I will enjoy my Buffalo Trace, Wild Turkey, Chattanooga, Clyde Mays, Backbone, etc.

There’s so much good stuff that is always available. Hype can really drive people insane. 

My cabinet will always include: WT101, Makers 46, and OF 100. $85 combined for 3 great bottles. 

I hear you. I always have stuff along those lines on hand and it's always available. I am just saying for the top shelf stuff.

tempo_n_groove

Cliffy6745 said:

SVRDhand13 said:

Gern Blansten said:

Cliffy6745 said:

People suck. Scotch it is

There is enough good bourbon out there.  While those crazy fuckers are hunting down overpriced Col Taylor and Blanton's I will enjoy my Buffalo Trace, Wild Turkey, Chattanooga, Clyde Mays, Backbone, etc.

There’s so much good stuff that is always available. Hype can really drive people insane. 

My cabinet will always include: WT101, Makers 46, and OF 100. $85 combined for 3 great bottles. 

I hear you. I always have stuff along those lines on hand and it's always available. I am just saying for the top shelf stuff.

There are many bourbons that could be top shelf if the snobs ever get a chance to ruin it.  You just wait.

Cliffy6745

tempo_n_groove said:

Cliffy6745 said:

SVRDhand13 said:

Gern Blansten said:

Cliffy6745 said:

People suck. Scotch it is

There is enough good bourbon out there.  While those crazy fuckers are hunting down overpriced Col Taylor and Blanton's I will enjoy my Buffalo Trace, Wild Turkey, Chattanooga, Clyde Mays, Backbone, etc.

There’s so much good stuff that is always available. Hype can really drive people insane. 

My cabinet will always include: WT101, Makers 46, and OF 100. $85 combined for 3 great bottles. 

I hear you. I always have stuff along those lines on hand and it's always available. I am just saying for the top shelf stuff.

There are many bourbons that could be top shelf if the snobs ever get a chance to ruin it.  You just wait.

I was going to say just wait until Maker's 46 is impossible to get

Gern Blansten

tempo_n_groove said:

Gern Blansten said:

bbiggs said:

Way too many bourbon hawks out there these days.  It's been this way for years, but it's at an all time high around me.  6-7 dudes were waiting in the store for new inventory to be released yesterday within minutes of when the delivery truck arrived.  I just happened to be driving by and I know that deliveries happen on Wednesday, so it was dumb luck for me to be there at the right time.  These guys are all on social media groups where someone posts to notify the hawks to start swarming when one of the stores in the Chicago area (it is a chain) gets anything good.  It is ridiculous.  I don't have the time or energy for it, nor am I on FB, Reddit, etc. groups, so any good stuff I get I'll consider to be right place, right time.

same...I joined a bourbon group in my area and it's amazing. These people just hit several stores a day.

About a year ago a guy was at Meijer when they stocked six bottles of Blanton's. He bought all six right then. 

It's an odd OCD type thing.

Blanton's is hardly rare but the bourbon community turned it in to a commodity.

Bourbon Bros is funny.  We usually just call them "taters".

Tonight is supposed to be a nice night.  I think I'll open a bottle I have been waiting on w a cigar and light a fire since this weekend looks shot.

Blanton's is rare around here (Indy). I have never seen it on a shelf.

mca47

Cliffy6745 said:

tempo_n_groove said:

Cliffy6745 said:

SVRDhand13 said:

Gern Blansten said:

Cliffy6745 said:

People suck. Scotch it is

There is enough good bourbon out there.  While those crazy fuckers are hunting down overpriced Col Taylor and Blanton's I will enjoy my Buffalo Trace, Wild Turkey, Chattanooga, Clyde Mays, Backbone, etc.

There’s so much good stuff that is always available. Hype can really drive people insane. 

My cabinet will always include: WT101, Makers 46, and OF 100. $85 combined for 3 great bottles. 

I hear you. I always have stuff along those lines on hand and it's always available. I am just saying for the top shelf stuff.

There are many bourbons that could be top shelf if the snobs ever get a chance to ruin it.  You just wait.

I was going to say just wait until Maker's 46 is impossible to get

Yep.  It's getting nuts!

Indifference71

Gern Blansten said:

Cliffy6745 said:

People suck. Scotch it is

There is enough good bourbon out there.  While those crazy fuckers are hunting down overpriced Col Taylor and Blanton's I will enjoy my Buffalo Trace, Wild Turkey, Chattanooga, Clyde Mays, Backbone, etc.

Yep.  If I'm at a store and happen to see something hard to find I'll obviously buy it but I'm not running around like an asshole or paying the absurd prices some of these bottles go for.  I'm more than happy drinking Buffalo Trace, Michter's and Woodford Reserve on the regular.

tempo_n_groove

Gern Blansten said:

tempo_n_groove said:

Gern Blansten said:

bbiggs said:

Way too many bourbon hawks out there these days.  It's been this way for years, but it's at an all time high around me.  6-7 dudes were waiting in the store for new inventory to be released yesterday within minutes of when the delivery truck arrived.  I just happened to be driving by and I know that deliveries happen on Wednesday, so it was dumb luck for me to be there at the right time.  These guys are all on social media groups where someone posts to notify the hawks to start swarming when one of the stores in the Chicago area (it is a chain) gets anything good.  It is ridiculous.  I don't have the time or energy for it, nor am I on FB, Reddit, etc. groups, so any good stuff I get I'll consider to be right place, right time.

same...I joined a bourbon group in my area and it's amazing. These people just hit several stores a day.

About a year ago a guy was at Meijer when they stocked six bottles of Blanton's. He bought all six right then. 

It's an odd OCD type thing.

Blanton's is hardly rare but the bourbon community turned it in to a commodity.

Bourbon Bros is funny.  We usually just call them "taters".

Tonight is supposed to be a nice night.  I think I'll open a bottle I have been waiting on w a cigar and light a fire since this weekend looks shot.

Blanton's is rare around here (Indy). I have never seen it on a shelf.

It's "rare" everywhere now.  People love buying retail and flipping it.  It's so dumb.

dankind

Polishing off my bottle of Laphroaig Lore while I hand out candy. 

R.I.P.

mca47

dankind said:

Polishing off my bottle of Laphroaig Lore while I hand out candy. 

R.I.P.

Mmmmm!  Love Lore!

dankind

mca47 said:

dankind said:

Polishing off my bottle of Laphroaig Lore while I hand out candy. 

R.I.P.

Mmmmm!  Love Lore!

Me too. I'm asking Santa for another bottle. 

I am a patriot

Ken Taylor did some art for the Diageo Legends Untold series. Are these coveted scotch whiskeys? Not sure if these haven't made it to the US yet or if they ever will, but wanted to get the group consensus on if the liquid in the bottle is worth the price of admission for these.

Bentleyspop

I am a patriot said:

Ken Taylor did some art for the Diageo Legends Untold series. Are these coveted scotch whiskeys? Not sure if these haven't made it to the US yet or if they ever will, but wanted to get the group consensus on if the liquid in the bottle is worth the price of admission for these.

Odds are pretty good that these are still sitting n a shipping container on a dock in Aberdeen. Might be months before they make it stateside.

SVRDhand13

Anyone able to find Makers FAE-02 yet? FAE-01 and the rest of the wood finishing series has been excellent so far. 

mca47

SVRDhand13 said:

Anyone able to find Makers FAE-02 yet? FAE-01 and the rest of the wood finishing series has been excellent so far. 

Haven't seen one yet.  They are usually pretty easy to come by, but nothing so far.  I really dig their finishing series releases!
I'm also waiting on ECBP C921.  Heard they should be trickling in soon.

tempo_n_groove

Local spot had Blantons for $130.  I told him they sell for $60.  He tells me that is what the secondary market charges.  I replied I am not the secondary market, I'm your customer.