Whiskey Clique

Bentleyspop said:

Just got to try this. 30 yr Japanese Whiskey.

mca47 said:

bbiggs said:

Gern Blansten said:

bbiggs said:

Gern Blansten said:

bbiggs said:

Bentleyspop said:

bbiggs said:

Gern Blansten said:

I grabbed a bottle of Evan Williams bottled in bond because I kept seeing people mention it on tiktok....it's legit.  And cheap.

Nice.  I'll make a good BIB recommendation.  McKenna 10.  10 year age statement.  BIB.  Inexpensive for what you're getting and a damn good bourbon.

But depending on where you are it's borderline allocated.

True.  My shop doesn't even put it on the shelves.  Us "regulars" get first dibs.  Crazy that a $35 bottle of bourbon that used to collect dust on shelves is that hard to find lately. 

I'm new to this....so a store will set bourbon aside for regulars to check out first?  This is solid intel

More or less. The allocated stuff never sees the shelves at the store I go to. They keep it in back and sell it to the regulars and/or bourbon drinkers they know from frequenting the store.  You just have to be on top of delivery dates because it doesn’t last long. 

Interesting....I need to ask more I guess.  I have signed up for emails but those are generally promos and not anything good related to bourbon.

The best advice I could give is to chat with the workers a bit and if there is someone that is in charge of liquor, get to know him or her.  Also, express to them that you enjoy bourbon and would like the opportunity to buy some of the more allocated stuff.  Just showing loyalty to the store and being friendly goes a long way.  Hope you can land a few things you may not have otherwise.

Yeah, this ^ really is your best bet of landing something rare/special.  We don't have many small mom and pop liquor stores near me.  The ones that are, are fully aware of the secondary markup prices and gladly participate in charging outrageous prices.  As a result, I don't have a ton of rare stuff in my collection.  Occasionally the liquor manager at my local Total Wine keys me in on something that is allocated, but that's not too often.  I hate schmoozing with that guy, but I'm nice and he sees me in there quite a bit.  That fn guy tries to pawn dumb shit on me all the time.  "Hey, have you tried this?  It's really good for the price."  I don't say it, but I'm thinking "Dude, that's stuff fn sucks!"  haha!
We do have a local "Fine foods" grocery store that does get in some good stuff from time to time.  Every time I'm there, I'll swing by the liquor section and check out their supply.  They tend to mark up stuff, but then again, they fancy themselves as a fancy-high end grocer, so it's not more than $10-20 over MSRP.  
The hunt can be fun and it can be a total pain in the ass.

Gern Blansten said:

https://www.buffalotracedistillery.com/our-brands/benchmark/full-proof.html

Here it is....Full Proof

Bentleyspop said:

tempo_n_groove said:

Gern Blansten said:

https://www.buffalotracedistillery.com/our-brands/benchmark/full-proof.html

Here it is....Full Proof

I will look for that and hope the savages haven't ran up the pricing.

It should be a $20 bottle everywhere and easy to find.

Bentleyspop said:

This little  surprise showed up today...

mca47 said:

tempo_n_groove said:

Bentleyspop said:

tempo_n_groove said:

Gern Blansten said:

https://www.buffalotracedistillery.com/our-brands/benchmark/full-proof.html

Here it is....Full Proof

I will look for that and hope the savages haven't ran up the pricing.

It should be a $20 bottle everywhere and easy to find.

Dear God that would be amazing.  Is it actually good?  Something like this will make the bourbon snobs shutter.

Well, it's Buffalo Trace, it's going to probably be allocated soon and hit the secondary at $120.
Screw caps and MSPR be damned, Buffalo Trace can do no wrong in the minds of the whiskey horde. 
Weller Special Reserve, a $20-25 bottle, I've seen marked up to $150.  I was at a liquor store not too long ago.  It was a store well known to mark up and play the secondary game, but I was just poking around seeing what they had.  Two dudes come in "Oh man, they got a Weller (Special Reserve).  How much?  Only $120.  Can we get more than one?"  I wanted to walk over and slap them both.
What shocked me more than that dude and his dumb fn comment is that the store only would sell him one at a time.  They said he could come back in a week and get another if he wanted.  Goddamn store owner could have sold him his entire supply if he wanted at $120 ea, but he knows the game.  Gotta get more idiots like that guy in and they'll ALL be coming back and falling for that bullshit.  

Another quick one.
My local Albertson's (Kroger) for some reason got in a supply of BT products last fall.  I was there the day they dropped and noticed the liquor section buzzing.  Walk in and holy crap, they got in some good whisky!  This store never, and I mean NEVER has anything decent whisky-wise.  Checking out what was left and again, two dude grab a Blantons.  "Holy shit, I can't believe they have a Blantons."  They saw me and said "Dude, you better grab one you don't see this stuff ever, and at retail".  I look, and Albertsons...a giant chain, grocery store, marked Blantons at $109.  So even the big guys are playing the secondary game now!  I told those dudes what MSRP actually is for it, they were like "Really?" and they still bought it.

I wish those people would go away!

mca47 said:

tempo_n_groove said:

Bentleyspop said:

tempo_n_groove said:

Gern Blansten said:

https://www.buffalotracedistillery.com/our-brands/benchmark/full-proof.html

Here it is....Full Proof

I will look for that and hope the savages haven't ran up the pricing.

It should be a $20 bottle everywhere and easy to find.

Dear God that would be amazing.  Is it actually good?  Something like this will make the bourbon snobs shutter.

Well, it's Buffalo Trace, it's going to probably be allocated soon and hit the secondary at $120.
Screw caps and MSPR be damned, Buffalo Trace can do no wrong in the minds of the whiskey horde. 
Weller Special Reserve, a $20-25 bottle, I've seen marked up to $150.  I was at a liquor store not too long ago.  It was a store well known to mark up and play the secondary game, but I was just poking around seeing what they had.  Two dudes come in "Oh man, they got a Weller (Special Reserve).  How much?  Only $120.  Can we get more than one?"  I wanted to walk over and slap them both.
What shocked me more than that dude and his dumb fn comment is that the store only would sell him one at a time.  They said he could come back in a week and get another if he wanted.  Goddamn store owner could have sold him his entire supply if he wanted at $120 ea, but he knows the game.  Gotta get more idiots like that guy in and they'll ALL be coming back and falling for that bullshit.  

Another quick one.
My local Albertson's (Kroger) for some reason got in a supply of BT products last fall.  I was there the day they dropped and noticed the liquor section buzzing.  Walk in and holy crap, they got in some good whisky!  This store never, and I mean NEVER has anything decent whisky-wise.  Checking out what was left and again, two dude grab a Blantons.  "Holy shit, I can't believe they have a Blantons."  They saw me and said "Dude, you better grab one you don't see this stuff ever, and at retail".  I look, and Albertsons...a giant chain, grocery store, marked Blantons at $109.  So even the big guys are playing the secondary game now!  I told those dudes what MSRP actually is for it, they were like "Really?" and they still bought it.

I wish those people would go away!