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

[WhiskeySandwich]

@Jett129 those are still hella good prices compared to what i've seen, if you can even find it. i'm talking over 1k$

[SKT]

@WhiskeySandwich love Sazerac. Used to be hard to get now my Sam’s Club has it around $20 a bottle. Crazy

[WhiskeySandwich]

@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.

[Jett129]

@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.

[WhiskeySandwich]

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.

[Jett129]

@WhiskeySandwich We’re 100% on the same page.

[WhiskeySandwich]

@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.

[Jett129]

@WhiskeySandwich Love the E.C. Toasted. Have you tried the rye toasted yet?

[WhiskeySandwich]

@Jett129 not yet, but I will be on the lookout for it now!

[Jett129]

@WhiskeySandwich I haven’t tried it myself. But I have to get over to this particular store as they have it on sale.

[DeeDee85]

@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.

[Tago Mago]

[SKT]

@Tago-Mago gorgeous cocktail

[Tago Mago]

@SKT thanks. Love a negroni, either traditional or with mezcal like today

[WhiskeySandwich]

@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

[Clint_D]

@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.

[endo]

weekend cheers guys

[Tago Mago]

@endo Prost

[Tago Mago]

Team Negroni paging @ARNC

[ARNC]

@Tago-Mago looks good but I’m just about to jump in the car so any contribution from me will be delayed!