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  • exploderball
    exploderball Posts: 172
    Picked these up recently. Both are delicious. 


  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,395
    Metallicas collab with Willet is making the fanboys come out seeking the bottles and driving up the price to $400.

    Don't be that guy, lol.
  • SVRDhand13
    SVRDhand13 Posts: 27,004
    exploderball said:
    Picked these up recently. Both are delicious. 


    I really enjoy the Ezra.  Never had the Rebel 10.  

    I'm picking up a bottle of New Riff Balboa Rye today.  I have high hopes since I love their core releases.  
    severed hand thirteen
    2006: Gorge 7/23 2008: Hartford 6/27 Beacon 7/1 2009: Spectrum 10/30-31
    2010: Newark 5/18 MSG 5/20-21 2011: PJ20 9/3-4 2012: Made In America 9/2
    2013: Brooklyn 10/18-19 Philly 10/21-22 Hartford 10/25 2014: ACL10/12
    2015: NYC 9/23 2016: Tampa 4/11 Philly 4/28-29 MSG 5/1-2 Fenway 8/5+8/7
    2017: RRHoF 4/7   2018: Fenway 9/2+9/4   2021: Sea Hear Now 9/18 
    2022: MSG 9/11  2024: MSG 9/3-4 Philly 9/7+9/9 Fenway 9/15+9/17
    2025: Pittsburgh 5/16+5/18
  • Bentleyspop
    Bentleyspop Craft Beer Brewery, Colorado Posts: 11,420
    Have to unload this today... 


  • Gern Blansten
    Gern Blansten Mar-A-Lago Posts: 22,192
    Bentleyspop said:
    Have to unload this today... 


    wow...massive haul.  
    Remember the Thomas Nine !! (10/02/2018)
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    2010: St Louis, Columbus, Noblesville; 2011: EV Chicago, East Troy, East Troy
    2013: London ON, Wrigley; 2014: Cincy, St Louis, Moline (NO CODE)
    2016: Lexington, Wrigley #1; 2018: Wrigley, Wrigley, Boston, Boston
    2020: Oakland, Oakland:  2021: EV Ohana, Ohana, Ohana, Ohana
    2022: Oakland, Oakland, Nashville, Louisville; 2023: Chicago, Chicago, Noblesville
    2024: Noblesville, Wrigley, Wrigley, Ohana, Ohana; 2025: Pitt1, Pitt2
  • Bentleyspop
    Bentleyspop Craft Beer Brewery, Colorado Posts: 11,420
    Gern Blansten said:
    Bentleyspop said:
    Have to unload this today... 


    wow...massive haul.  
    Private Barrel roughly 240 bottles
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,395
    Bentleyspop said:
    Gern Blansten said:
    Bentleyspop said:
    Have to unload this today... 


    wow...massive haul.  
    Private Barrel roughly 240 bottles
    Thats a Store pick?

    Yes please!!!
  • 2-feign-reluctance
    2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,461
    tempo_n_groove said:
    Metallicas collab with Willet is making the fanboys come out seeking the bottles and driving up the price to $400.

    Don't be that guy, lol.
    Is it any good? 
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  • Gern Blansten
    Gern Blansten Mar-A-Lago Posts: 22,192
    Bentleyspop said:
    Gern Blansten said:
    Bentleyspop said:
    Have to unload this today... 


    wow...massive haul.  
    Private Barrel roughly 240 bottles
    crazy...what is the retail price on a bottle?
    Remember the Thomas Nine !! (10/02/2018)
    The Golden Age is 2 months away. And guess what….. you’re gonna love it! (teskeinc 11.19.24)

    1998: Noblesville; 2003: Noblesville; 2009: EV Nashville, Chicago, Chicago
    2010: St Louis, Columbus, Noblesville; 2011: EV Chicago, East Troy, East Troy
    2013: London ON, Wrigley; 2014: Cincy, St Louis, Moline (NO CODE)
    2016: Lexington, Wrigley #1; 2018: Wrigley, Wrigley, Boston, Boston
    2020: Oakland, Oakland:  2021: EV Ohana, Ohana, Ohana, Ohana
    2022: Oakland, Oakland, Nashville, Louisville; 2023: Chicago, Chicago, Noblesville
    2024: Noblesville, Wrigley, Wrigley, Ohana, Ohana; 2025: Pitt1, Pitt2
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,395
    2-feign-reluctance said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    Metallicas collab with Willet is making the fanboys come out seeking the bottles and driving up the price to $400.

    Don't be that guy, lol.
    Is it any good? 
    I have read it is good.  Not $400 good though.
  • Bentleyspop
    Bentleyspop Craft Beer Brewery, Colorado Posts: 11,420
    Gern Blansten said:
    Bentleyspop said:
    Gern Blansten said:
    Bentleyspop said:
    Have to unload this today... 


    wow...massive haul.  
    Private Barrel roughly 240 bottles
    crazy...what is the retail price on a bottle?
    $35
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,395
    Bentleyspop said:
    Gern Blansten said:
    Bentleyspop said:
    Gern Blansten said:
    Bentleyspop said:
    Have to unload this today... 


    wow...massive haul.  
    Private Barrel roughly 240 bottles
    crazy...what is the retail price on a bottle?
    $35
    Store pick.  Got to love them!
  • bbiggs
    bbiggs Posts: 6,964
    tempo_n_groove said:
    2-feign-reluctance said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    Metallicas collab with Willet is making the fanboys come out seeking the bottles and driving up the price to $400.

    Don't be that guy, lol.
    Is it any good? 
    I have read it is good.  Not $400 good though.

    My store offered me a bottle the other day.  I passed.  $150 is way too much for that imo, even at retail. 
  • exploderball
    exploderball Posts: 172
    Bentleyspop said:
    Gern Blansten said:
    Bentleyspop said:
    Have to unload this today... 


    wow...massive haul.  
    Private Barrel roughly 240 bottles
    Did you get to help pick the barrel? If so, what made this one the best? Just curious because it sounds like an awesome gig.
  • Bentleyspop
    Bentleyspop Craft Beer Brewery, Colorado Posts: 11,420
    exploderball said:
    Bentleyspop said:
    Gern Blansten said:
    Bentleyspop said:
    Have to unload this today... 


    wow...massive haul.  
    Private Barrel roughly 240 bottles
    Did you get to help pick the barrel? If so, what made this one the best? Just curious because it sounds like an awesome gig.
    I was part of the tasting panel. But honestly it was so long ago I forget. 
    We'll be doing a side by side next week with the new bottle, the barrel sample, and a generic Eagle Rare.
  • DavidD
    DavidD Posts: 2,554
    I haven’t seen Eagle rare in Toronto for a while now. It was a common bourbon and always in stock, but Not anymore. Too bad it’s so hard to get, I really like this bourbon.
  • DavidD
    DavidD Posts: 2,554
    It was a nice surprise to finally see angel’s envy cross the boarder.
  • SVRDhand13
    SVRDhand13 Posts: 27,004
    I don't know who needs to hear this, but I've found the following bottles are not worth more than their MSRP:

    Blanton's
    Eagle Rare
    Any Weller

    The hype around these bottles is absurd.  Put Blanton's in a normal looking bottle and it's comparable to most whiskeys in the $30 range.  

    Store pick of Eagle Rare for $35 is a great price though.  I laugh when I see it on the shelves in NY for $75-$100.  
    severed hand thirteen
    2006: Gorge 7/23 2008: Hartford 6/27 Beacon 7/1 2009: Spectrum 10/30-31
    2010: Newark 5/18 MSG 5/20-21 2011: PJ20 9/3-4 2012: Made In America 9/2
    2013: Brooklyn 10/18-19 Philly 10/21-22 Hartford 10/25 2014: ACL10/12
    2015: NYC 9/23 2016: Tampa 4/11 Philly 4/28-29 MSG 5/1-2 Fenway 8/5+8/7
    2017: RRHoF 4/7   2018: Fenway 9/2+9/4   2021: Sea Hear Now 9/18 
    2022: MSG 9/11  2024: MSG 9/3-4 Philly 9/7+9/9 Fenway 9/15+9/17
    2025: Pittsburgh 5/16+5/18
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,395
    SVRDhand13 said:
    I don't know who needs to hear this, but I've found the following bottles are not worth more than their MSRP:

    Blanton's
    Eagle Rare
    Any Weller

    The hype around these bottles is absurd.  Put Blanton's in a normal looking bottle and it's comparable to most whiskeys in the $30 range.  

    Store pick of Eagle Rare for $35 is a great price though.  I laugh when I see it on the shelves in NY for $75-$100.  
    A few months back I saw the local had ER.  So I said great I'll take one, wait, how much are you asking?  $95?!?  You can keep it.

    Blantons at $60 I could stomach.  Any more than that and I'm out.

    Weller and H Taylor stuff has skyrocketed too.  The taters are having at it!
  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,026
    It’s all so obnoxious 

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