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In Charleston. Went in mostly for the novelty of it being the oldest liquor store in the country.
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Cstrickland05 said:

Just popped my head into a liquor store to see what they had. ETL for $200, Blantons for $125, and the crown jewel of regular Weller for $140.

Wait Weller Special Reserve for $140? Or Antique? Either of course is ridiculous but..
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Regular weller. Green label
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Yeah I went in there as well. They also have a lot of pappy on the shelf for secondary prices
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It's a neat little shop, but their prices for everything were a lot higher than back home.
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Cstrickland05 said:

Just popped my head into a liquor store to see what they had. ETL for $200, Blantons for $125, and the crown jewel of regular Weller for $140.


Lmao, I'm headed to a boys weekend on the lake and I'm taking a litre of W12 and an OWA because I dont want to drink my expensive stuff
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Agreed. I was totally willing to pay a bit of a vacation tax on a EHT SiB they had but then I saw it was between double and triple MSRP
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When I tell a buddy to pick a bottle of bourbon from the liquor cabinet and they're all like, "OMG YOU HAVE BLANTONS?!" as they reach past a dozen glut-era bottles with tax strips to grab it.
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Ducks4brkfast said:

When I tell a buddy to pick a bottle of bourbon from the liquor cabinet and they're all like, "OMG YOU HAVE BLANTONS?!" as they reach past a dozen glut-era bottles with tax strips to grab it.


Get tired of explaining the good stuff, so I keep lots of Blanton's on hand to serve people. They like it. I like it. But it keeps them outta the other stuff.
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Just picked up a couple bottles of Eagle Rare in Houston at specs. They had six. Pretty excited to find some.
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ClickClack said:

Just picked up a couple bottles of Eagle Rare in Houston at specs. They had six. Pretty excited to find some.


I died a little on the inside reading this post.
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ClickClack said:

Just picked up a couple bottles of Eagle Rare in Houston at specs. They had six. Pretty excited to find some.
I've got three bottles in the cabinet right now. It's been an easy find the last month in San Antonio. But I limit myself to one bottle per trip.
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John Francis Donaghy said:

ClickClack said:

Just picked up a couple bottles of Eagle Rare in Houston at specs. They had six. Pretty excited to find some.


I died a little on the inside reading this post.


You ok?
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ClickClack said:

John Francis Donaghy said:

ClickClack said:

Just picked up a couple bottles of Eagle Rare in Houston at specs. They had six. Pretty excited to find some.


I died a little on the inside reading this post.


You ok?


Not if people are having to hunt for Eagle Rare.
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Not sure if I've had eagle rare before but if I have it's been years. Haven't seen it on the shelf in a while. First impressions are it's smooth, easy sipper, but has some depth. Seems like a great daily drinker, a trend I'm noticing with most of the buffalo trace bourbons. I actually like this better than my wild turkey 101 single barrel at twice the price.
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John Francis Donaghy said:

ClickClack said:

John Francis Donaghy said:

ClickClack said:

Just picked up a couple bottles of Eagle Rare in Houston at specs. They had six. Pretty excited to find some.


I died a little on the inside reading this post.


You ok?


Not if people are having to hunt for Eagle Rare.
It's been "allocated" at most big box for almost two years now....
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Cstrickland05 said:

Regular weller. Green label
Just got back from Kentucky.

Went to half dozen liquor stores, from the on base CLVI to mom & pop to the Liquor Barn.

There was not a bottle of regular Weller to be had anywhere -- much less Antique, 12, or Blantons, and they all laughed when I asked.

Eagle Rare was on the shelf everywhere, but the shipments had just arrived.

Had hoped to bring back something interesting.

Ended up with a bottle of Rittenhouse BiB Rye for ~$26.
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Deats said:

Ducks4brkfast said:

When I tell a buddy to pick a bottle of bourbon from the liquor cabinet and they're all like, "OMG YOU HAVE BLANTONS?!" as they reach past a dozen glut-era bottles with tax strips to grab it.


Get tired of explaining the good stuff, so I keep lots of Blanton's on hand to serve people. They like it. I like it. But it keeps them outta the other stuff.
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Great camouflage
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Wheatables02 said:

John Francis Donaghy said:

ClickClack said:

John Francis Donaghy said:

ClickClack said:

Just picked up a couple bottles of Eagle Rare in Houston at specs. They had six. Pretty excited to find some.


I died a little on the inside reading this post.


You ok?


Not if people are having to hunt for Eagle Rare.
It's been "allocated" at most big box for almost two years now....


They have a couple bottles at $80/pop at the place I went today. Bought a bottle of it back in Houston a couple weeks ago for like $28.

So ready for the hipsters to move onto something else.
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Trinity Ag said:

Cstrickland05 said:

Regular weller. Green label
Just got back from Kentucky.

Went to half dozen liquor stores, from the on base CLVI to mom & pop to the Liquor Barn.

There was not a bottle of regular Weller to be had anywhere -- much less Antique, 12, or Blantons, and they all laughed when I asked.

Eagle Rare was on the shelf everywhere, but the shipments had just arrived.

Had hoped to bring back something interesting.

Ended up with a bottle of Rittenhouse BiB Rye for ~$26.
Usually the Buffalo Trace tour always has Eagle Rare and Blanton's in stock
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I found a bottle of RHF in Austin, I was pretty excited until the guy told me he wanted $200. He tried to sell it to me by saying if I found it anywhere else I would pay $240. I let him keep it.
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Gift shops are your friend
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Ordered a signature cocktail at a semi fancy place a couple of weeks ago...waiter was nice enough to tell me the basics of the ingredients. Took a little experimenting as he didn't give me specific proportions but what I've come up with I think is better than what I was served so I thought I'd share;

Pecan Old Fashioned;

In a rocks glass

1/2 teaspoon of white granulated sugar (or 1 sugar cube)
1 teaspoon club soda
1 teaspoon Angostura Bitters

2 teaspoons Evangeline's Praline Liqueur Pecan

2 to 3 Oz (depending on preference) Old Forester's 1870


darn fine sippin'

enjoy
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Would rather just have the Old Forester 1870 neat...........to each his own
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That's the only bitters we use
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88Warrior said:

Anyone tried the Ben Milam stuff?? Was driving through Blanco Monday and noticed the place. They are closed on Mondays so no luck trying them out...I stopped by the Total Wines in Selma and asked about it and the guy said they only get like 6 bottles a week of it and it's gone in a couple of days...
Not bad at all....Better than alot of Texas whiskeys I've had (although i believe while its bottled here, its distilled barrel aged initially in Kentucky). Definitely worth picking up.
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I'm hurting this morning. A coworker had a birthday yesterday, and we went out to celebrate last night. My night consisted of ECBP x 2 (I'm unsure of the release number, but it was the old bottle), Little Book, EHTBP, and a couple of beers mixed in.
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jh0400 said:

I'm hurting this morning. A coworker had a birthday yesterday, and we went out to celebrate last night. My night consisted of ECBP x 2 (I'm unsure of the release number, but it was the old bottle), Little Book, EHTBP, and a couple of beers mixed in.
How was the Little Book? I have not opened my bottle yet, and was wondering if it was worth saving for something special or drinking it and making room for something else.
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I thought was ok but completely overshadowed by the ECBP. I'm also a huge EHT fan, and the EHTBP fell short of the ECBP, IMO.
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Thanks for the update. That is what I have been hearing, so I will likely open it when an uninformed drinker comes over and thinks it is cool.
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jh0400 said:

I thought was ok but completely overshadowed by the ECBP. I'm also a huge EHT fan, and the EHTBP fell short of the ECBP, IMO.


I agree the ECBP put does both. Love that stuff
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Anyone tried a 2017 GTS? I got one from my store the other day and was wondering if it compares to previous years, or if I should trade it.
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Killed it in Tulsa today.

Bought:
ECBP B518 for 45
OWA liter for 26
Newest Stagg Jr for 54
Four Roses OBSV barrel strength at 126.2 proof for 59.99
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Damn good day!


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Gasp! I've been found out
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