101 has been on sale for $17.99 at the Spec's in College Station. Their running the special untiil 12/31. Very reasonable price given the flavor and the proof.

SpiderDude said:

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Probably not.

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That's a bummer. Maybe next year.

In other news, I made the bourbon milk punch and it's delish.



Merry Christmas ya filthy animals!

80s-era Old Fashioned.

1986 Old Taylor and early 80s Angostura bitters

Bought a GTS for $119. Made my day.

austinag1997 said:

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Bought a GTS for $119. Made my day.

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There may or may not have been one bought in CS for 97 plus tax today

My brother opened this yesterday for Christmas. It is great! He's bigger into the bourbon scene than I am.

This year we had our 10th annual family whiskey tasting. We started doing this a decade ago, though it was nothing like what it is now. It was mostly stuff from my dads (class of 69) collection, which was mostly stuff you can't find now, and if you can, it's 10x what we bought it for. My dad even has Pappy, Old Rip Van Winkle, various Wellers, and Orphan Barrell 25.. all unopened at home, all purchased for less than $100 each long before the whiskey craze.

Retired from our tasting is Eagle Rare 17, Elijah Craig 18, Elijah Craig 12, and a handful of forgettable bottles of random stuff my dad would always bring out. The Eagle Rare 17 and EJ 18 are very much missed. Those are both up there with the best of the best in my opinion.

This year was the most we've ever done. Every person participated in providing this year, so we had 29 (I think) offerings.



Based on table consensus of myself, my father, my brother, my father in law, my uncle, and 1 non family member (who routinely participates but still doesn't "get" whiskey)..

The top 3:
Blantons
Weller 12
Orphan Barrel Rhetoric 21

The next 3:
Willet
Old Forrester Statesman (surprised us all.. very underrated)
Four Roses Single Barrel

Honorable Mention:
Pritchard's Double Barrel
Elijah Craig Small Batch (doesn't compare to the age statements, but still very good)
Knob Creek Single Barrel (way better than standard KC).

I'm now sitting here with a glass of Red Spot as my nightcap. What a night. Merry Christmas everyone.

If Garrison Bros was $10 a bottle I'd still be waiting for a 90% discount before pulling the trigger.