Hard Drinkers, Lets Drink Hard (Spirits, Liquors and Cocktails)

[ARNC]

@goosehd also perfect for anyone who wants to have a little something hidden in plain sight in their shed/garage/workshop

[goosehd]

@ARNC

[pechelman]

Tommy's Margarita tonight

[natehate]

finally added a bottle of eagle rare 10 year Kentucky straight bourbon to the collection today

[Jett129]

@natehate That’s pretty much impossible to find in my neck of the woods,at any price. Curious as to what you paid for it. I consider Eagle Rare to be one of the best bourbon values out there. Recently got a 10yr single barrel/store pick of Elijah Craig for $35. Felt like I was stealing.

[natehate]

@Jett129 $65 Canadian, but I had to drive an hour each way to get it. It sold out in most stores in minutes.
Waiting for the Colonel E.H. Taylor to drop now, probably 2 weeks. That was the gap between the Blanton's and the Eagle Rare.

[Jett129]

@natehate Where I live stuff like that never even makes it onto the shelves as the liquor store owners give priority to their best customers and friends. Once a year one of the stores near me sells all the Buffalo Trace Antique stuff for list price,and people camp out over night to get it. You’re only allowed 1 bottle,and they cut the line off once all the bottles have been accounted for. Last time I bought Pappy 20, I paid $75 and thought that was expensive in 2006.

[natehate]

@Jett129 yeah everything gets a 1 bottle per customer limit here too,
but because it's ontario and the government runs it all there is no good customers first. it's more just camping out on the website and spotting the releases.
i'm signed up for notifications for when all the buffalo trace / sazarac products come in. i got the email about the eagle rare 24 hours after i had already bought my bottle. so i don't put much faith in that system.

ps. i'd cut a mother fucker for a bottle of pappy for 75 bucks haha

[natehate]

got a bottle of eh taylor small batch a few weeks ago
and today i scored redwood empires emerald giant rye

[Tago Mago]

@Jett129 @goosehd latest addition. The Jamaica conversation inspired me

[Jett129]

@Tago-Mago Anxiously awaiting your review.

[Tago Mago]

@Jett129 @goosehd initial thought on the Worthy Park: wow. Will have to have another one but it’s big, rich, loads of flavour.

Fun aside: I go to the same shop fairly regularly but when I bought these two on Saturday my friendly and knowledgeable spirit dealer of choice was wearing last year’s red Viyella Check.

[Tago Mago]

Also, non-chill filtered, no sugar added, no artificial colouring. All big positives in my book

[endo]

[pechelman]

what did you make @endo?

[endo]

negroni @pechelman local gin : amaro ferro china baliva : antica formula + lime

[pechelman]

I thought so, but never considered a lime garnish on a negroni which is why i asked. Will give that shot one day and maybe with my favorite negroni variation (La Rosita). Thanks and prost!

[WhiskeySandwich]

Picked up a bottle today from my local honey hole that I’ve been on a waiting list for about a year for: Weller special reserve. Ridiculous how hard this has been to find around here.

[WhiskeySandwich]

@natehate dude all the BT distillery regulars are on allocations now and my state doesn’t get shit. Thankfully they’re spending billions to increase production so we can get our fix of the good stuff like back in the day when you could find eagle rare and Blanton’s on the shelf collecting dust.

[natehate]

@WhiskeySandwich we had both that Wellers and 106 here recently but I passed on both of them
maybe next year when they come back in stock
at the start of the bourbon boom buffalo trace built a bunch of new storage, so that stuff should all be coming to age soon.
I've been trying to talk a friend that doesn't really drink into going to buffalo with me and staying over night so I can bring two bottles back into Canada instead of one.
I'd like to get my hands on some more Redwood empire and some High West whiskey's