the dude10 said:

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I prefer the Taylor rye, but when talking value I would go with pikesville

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The EHT Taylor rye has a really boring rye profile to me. Pikesville is better to me, higher rye mashbills are better than both

Ran across a bottle of Van Winkle 12 Yr on the shelf today and thought I'd scored an epic win until I was informed they wanted $1,100 for the bottle.

How hard is it to find Weller 12 these days and what's a reasonable price?

Well at least we agree that higher rye mashbills are better.

No kidding. I had a store owner last week act like he was doing me a huge favor when he mentioned he had a bottle of handy if I wanted it. I was pretty interested until he told me it was $600 lol

****ing taters. As long as they stay away from my ********, *****, & ***** we'll be good.

If you're referring to my post, yes I got some Eagle Rare. It's a great bourbon and I got it for a great price point, so I'll boast. Didn't have to overspend for it.

If you live elsewhere it can be easy to find, but since moving back to Texas I don't see it or Blantons, etc. like I used to. Doesn't mean it's lesser value or not as good if one has trouble finding it. Not all markets are the same.

The ER scarcity is a TX thing. I'm in Denver and it's all over the place.

AlaskanAg99 said:

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The ER scarcity is a TX thing. I'm in Denver and it's all over the place.

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And its annoying AF.

ER is was my goto. I always kept a bottle on hand and was my 'daily' drinker along with 4R & EC.

Is it scarce because not enough comes here, or have enough people come to believe that it's scarce that they clear the shelves whenever they see it? I tend to believe it's the latter, because I don't hunt for bourbon nearly as much as a lot of people and usually come across at least a few bottles when I'm out shopping for other stuff in Houston.

BT bourbon cream at specs Addison for anyone looking today. 11 left.

John Francis Donaghy said:

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CactusThomas said:

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It's not scarce in my area but I understand why it is some places - its $27 a bottle and you would need to spend over $50 to get a better whiskey.

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Bull.

There are tons of comparable bourbons to ER in same price range. They just arent made at the Buffalo Trace distillery. People have gone nuts for anything and everything Buffalo Trace.

I went to a store while doing my Christmas shopping and the sales guy was telling me that they had gotten some Buffalo Trace (regular old Buffalo Trace, not even a store pick or anything) in that morning and people were lined up outside the store to buy it as soon as the doors opened. Sold out the whole delivery in less than 5 minutes. That is utter insanity. The ER "shortage" is just as absurd.

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Well, if you have access to plenty of good, mature bourbons at $27, why do you care that eagle rare is desirable?

CactusThomas said:

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John Francis Donaghy said:

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CactusThomas said:

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It's not scarce in my area but I understand why it is some places - its $27 a bottle and you would need to spend over $50 to get a better whiskey.

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Bull.

There are tons of comparable bourbons to ER in same price range. They just arent made at the Buffalo Trace distillery. People have gone nuts for anything and everything Buffalo Trace.

I went to a store while doing my Christmas shopping and the sales guy was telling me that they had gotten some Buffalo Trace (regular old Buffalo Trace, not even a store pick or anything) in that morning and people were lined up outside the store to buy it as soon as the doors opened. Sold out the whole delivery in less than 5 minutes. That is utter insanity. The ER "shortage" is just as absurd.

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Well, if you have access to plenty of good, mature bourbons at $27, why do you care that eagle rare is desirable?

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Because I'm annoyed by stupidity, irrationality, and mob mentality. The current Buffalo Trace craze checks all 3 boxes. And the direct result on me is that stores are hiding and allocating, and price gouging on things I might otherwise want to buy because of the crowds of dummies clearing shelves of everyday items thinking they made some big score to brag about on Facebook.

The ER scarcity is surprising. Was chatting with a coworker the other day about bourbon and he asked what I liked, started rattling off some names. Said I recently finished a bottle of ER 10 and he was shocked. "What!?! You had ER! You can't get that anywhere I've been looking for it for over a year how did you find it??" He was even more shocked that I paid $25 for it. I haven't specifically looked for another bottle but now that it's been mentioned I haven't seen it anywhere. Shame. I really liked it. Should have grabbed another. I'm sure it's up to $50+ a bottle now

ER grows on trees in Omaha, Nebraska.

I saw one on the shelf here last week for $36.

Buffalo trace just has weird distribution. Texas gets way more of all three normal wellers but less ER10. In Mississippi there's always ER10 but rarely even WSR

Sounds like I need to bring a couple of cases of ER with me next time I am driving down to Texas.

third coast.. said:

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I really don't understand where they get these valuations from. Its absurd.

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My local store sells their allocations by silent auction with all money over retail going to the local task force.

Vw12 went for exactly $1100.

The valuations come from what people are willing to pay.

This year's winning bids:
Pappy 23yr $3,000
20yr $1,700
15yr $1,500
12yr $1,100
10yr $750
Saz 18yr $1,300..

Of all their allocations (I think 15 bottles) they raised $10k+.

If I were to ever pay these secondary prices, I'd do it at this auction. Not give it to some schmuck on the internet.

Carl Hungus said:

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Eagle rare sucks

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I've always thought that too, along with W12/W107, but keep that under wraps CH ... let the hipsters continue to chase what you don't like in an effort to retain better availability of your preferred bottles.

Far from a hipster. I fell in love with eagle rare long before I even heard it was a fashionable whiskey.

Folks on this thread are getting awfully sensitive lately ... I wasn't calling everyone who likes ER a "hipster" ...

Lol it's whatever man. Everyone can like what they like. I WISH ER wasn't so popular so I could get another bottle for cheap AF

Has anyone had the Weller CYPB? What's a good price for it?