Hard Drinkers, Lets Drink Hard (Spirits, Liquors and Cocktails)
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@DeeDee85 I wonder the same thing. I'm on a few local lists for this and a few other BTD picks. They take months in between bottles. Most local shops get jack shit for allocations and you have to be on the list to get it. There was a big boom on BTD products a few years ago that is apparently dying down a little now, but the backlog got huge when demand went up and supply stayed the same. I imagine the reason it didn't happen there because the demand could have remained consistent along with the allocations.
As a result of the boom BTD did release a bunch of new products aimed at satisfying the demand but i dont think they went over very well. There are now new Benchmark variations (apparently all of which do share a mashbill with other BTD products other than the wheated versions) and stuff available but none are at the same level as the 'base model' BT bourbon, which i have yet to see return to shelves (along with Eagle Rare) without a markup. Before all this prices were about 27USD for BT and 37USD for ER, now they're about double that from just a few years ago. hope availability returns to normal soon since demand seems to be dropping (in favor of gin, apparently).
The lack of US market US brand products does piss me off. Red Wing is hugely guilty of this too.
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@DeeDee85 this too. its driven me to expirement more and try new stuff. Most of the rarities are a good deal at regular price, but for double, they're meh so i'd rather find the next killer buy.
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@Jett129 speaking of Sazerac. Their Rye (also by BTD) is one of the best buys in rye imo, and somehow didn't get noticed as part of the craze. I still regularly find it on the shelf for not a markup.
"The greatest obstacle to living is expectancy, which hangs upon tomorrow and loses today...The whole future lies in uncertainty: Live immediately."
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@Jett129 those are still hella good prices compared to what i've seen, if you can even find it. i'm talking over 1k$
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@WhiskeySandwich love Sazerac. Used to be hard to get now my Sam’s Club has it around $20 a bottle. Crazy
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@SKT dude yea! i've compared it to a lot of ryes up to 100 bucks and it beats them all. It's def a "bourbon drinker's rye" imo. less pepper spice than most others. It's my go-to for Old F's over bourbon and....i should probably shut up about it before it too starts getting hard to find.
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@WhiskeySandwich Those aren’t real,so to speak,prices but the distillery’s suggested retail prices. There’s one liquor store near me,that once a year sells all that stuff at list price. People camp out overnight to get it. At a certain point they’ll tell people that they’re not getting anything. Everyone is only allowed 1 bottle.I’ve never done it,but one year I asked people on line if they were going to drink it or flip it? Everyone said they would be drinking whatever they got. Not sure I believed that.
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oh MSRP, of course....like we're talking about cars LOL. When I see stores price gouging at more than say 5-10% thats pretty egregious and I take my business elsewhere. My one spot is true to MSRP where i get on their allocation list. I sure wouldn't flip anything i got at list price. I can't stand the scalping.
I also wouldn't camp out. If it's not flowing, i'm not putting in the effort or fight lol, I'll go find a perfectly good deal on the shelf. Thats how I do my business.
"The greatest obstacle to living is expectancy, which hangs upon tomorrow and loses today...The whole future lies in uncertainty: Live immediately."
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@Jett129 hell yeah.
there’s enough solid competition in the game that you can do that without having to settle. I still think Elijah toasted is my best-buy and it’s all over the place. I’d rather spend $60 on a bottle worth that much than some hard-to-find bottle worth half that. -
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@Jett129 not yet, but I will be on the lookout for it now!
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@WhiskeySandwich I haven’t tried it myself. But I have to get over to this particular store as they have it on sale.
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@WhiskeySandwich I can’t even imagine how frustrating that is, struggling to find US made products in the US.. thanks for the heads up with the Sazerac Rye, I’ll keep my eye out for that. It’s only in the last few years I’ve discovered I much prefer bourbon over Irish. Got gifted a bottle of 101 one Xmas and the Irish tasted like water after so that was the end of that.
never really clicked with Scotch, only the smoky niche Mcallans. Love BT and up to quite recently Amazon would deliver a bottle to my door for £16. It’s currently at £23 a bottle. -
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@Tago-Mago I had one for the Italian GP. Love em. I tried mezcal one before tho and it was a bit…off. I’m all about the Hendricks or Boodles
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@pechelman said in Hard Drinkers, Lets Drink Hard (Spirits, Liquors and Cocktails):
I don't bother with the whisky craze right now so I don't pay the higher prices, but yes, people are paying crazy prices. The bottle of weller I used to buy for like 15$ over 10 years ago is like 100$ if you can even find it.
I remember buying 1.75L Antique Weller in college for $45 and it was available damn near everywhere. Kills me to know what just a 750mL of Antique Weller goes for now if you can even find it.
