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Yev Kassem

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  1. I cracked open the Bardstown this evening and damn, is it complex. It’s sweet, but not like typical bourbon sweet. It’s like a dark fruit kind of sweet, like raisins or plums. The palate is completely different from the nose (in a good way as both are delicious). It’s a wild and very enjoyable ride from nose to palate to finish.
  2. If you drop $60k on a Honda Civic, you’re damn sure gonna convince yourself it’s worth that much.
  3. I just don’t get the Garrison Bros hype. $300 for an 8 year old, non- cask strength bourbon (Laguna Madre)? How about $75-$80 for an 80 proofer (Honeydew). Hard pass from me.
  4. Really? That’s good to know. One of the reviews I read on it listed a bunch of states it was available in, but Texas wasn’t one of them. Sounds like they expanded distribution, which I’m all for.
  5. Just has an amazing mail call Saturday. My Joseph Magnus Cigar Blend (batch 24) and Bardstown Chateau de Laubade just arrived. I received these in a trade for a Weller Single Barrel (Plus $50 and shipping). MSRP on the Magnus is $150-$200 and for the Bardstown is $150 or so (and it’s not even distributed in Texas). For the $50 MSRP I paid for Weller SiB, I think I did pretty well here. The Bardstown is 12 year MGP sourced juice, finished 18 months in armagnac barrels.
  6. Exactly. Most of it is overpriced and underaged (I’m looking at you, Garrison Bros.).
  7. Yeah, that Old Scout you had was Dickel. That’s why it sucks. The Old Scout Bill is talking about is MGP (since it was only from Indiana). The inclusion of Tennessee means it’s Dickel juice.
  8. Join one of the national trade groups on FB. You’ll find one one there
  9. That’s what I paid too.
  10. Perhaps 1792? If so, I’ve never seen it on the shelf. I only see the Small Batch, BiB, Full Proof and occasionally the Single Barrel.
  11. Yeah, I believe you’re referencing The Bourbon Junkies. They have a YouTube channel. Pretty entertaining guys who give great reviews and are the complete opposite of Fred Minnick. Give them a look if you’re interested in some fun whiskey review videos. Their full list was the Sam Houston 14, Bardstown Chateau de Laubade, Joseph Magnus Cigar Blend, Kentucky Owl Rye and Old Carter bourbon.
  12. I got a Weller Single Barrel and Buffalo Trace Kosher Rye Recipe this morning at TW. I’ve read some great things on the BT Kosher with several comparisons to their mashbill #2 lineup (Blanton’s, ETL, RHF, Hancock, etc.).
  13. Good way to get in a lot of trouble is running illegal raffles. True, but Facebook doesn’t exactly have the best track record cracking down on content. At worst they’ll just shut the page down and they’ll create a new one.
  14. I have an open one and a backup. It’s really good.
  15. Yeah there are these “lotteries” the flippers run based on the Illinois Lottery Fireball game (done twice daily). It’s kind of like Powerball where there are multiple winning balls drawn and then a final “jackpot” ball. What the flippers do is take their secondary price for a bottle (say $100) and then assign 10 spots you can buy for $10 apiece. Whoever has picked the winning Fireball number (0-9) for that drawing wins the bottle and everyone else loses. You can buy multiple entries if you wish to increase your chances. However, in the posts they’re very careful to note that you don’t make any mention of money in the original Facebook post as I’m assuming that’s what the algorithm is looking for . Yeah, you can win a Blanton’s for a $10 entry fee, but you’ll need to be willing to toss away dollars in losing entries in the long run. Full disclosure. I have participated in a few of these contests and actually won an RHF for a $23 entry. It’s kind of fun to play every now and then, especially when you see something that you’ll never have a chance to buy in a store, but it’s definitely a slippery slope where you can lose a lot of money quickly if you’re not careful. I have seen guys drop multiple hundreds of dollars on entries and come away empty handed. But I guess you can’t win if you don’t play.
  16. Based on what happened here in SA, stuff was basically put out as it was unloaded off the truck. Deliveries arrive to stores at different times and days, even within the same big box stores. For example, one TW store here had all of the big allocated bottles ready for 10am opening because the truck had arrived early and they unloaded and stocked everything prior to opening. I got there within 30 minutes of opening and they were already cleaned out of the “prime” allocated stuff (WFP, W12, OWA, ETL). The guy at the store said there were 50 people in line prior to opening. Another location in town had their delivery truck arrive just before opening, so it took them until about noon to get that stuff out. I got lucky and snagged an OWA, but there were still at least 30 people ahead of me in the store. The flippers have contacts in stores that tip them off when the big stuff is coming, so they’ll always be at the front of the line. The only real way to get ahead of them is to keep an eye out for local bourbon Facebook groups in the big Texas cities to see what may be hitting, and then be willing to line up at 8am. Otherwise you’ll be paying secondary.
  17. Yeah, it’s always the same bottle flippers that are at the front of the line when the stores open. Today they started lining up around 8am. I’ve already started seeing WFP and W12 popping up this afternoon in Fireball contests in the local SA bourbon group.
  18. Yeah, I agree. It’s a great $35-40 sipper. I’d maybe go as high as $50 if I really wanted it and hadn’t seen it in a year. My argument is that it’s worth nowhere near $150 when there are several replaceable options out there. Rebel Yell 10, for example. It’s higher proof and a bit higher MSRP (around $60). But it’s something you can find much easier than W12 and it’s on the shelf when it’s available. It’s also a wheater, so it has a similar flavor profile, though not as oaky as W12.
  19. Big Buffalo Trace drop at Total Wine this week in SA. In the last two days I picked up a Weller 12 and OWA at retail, so not a bad haul. Those ahead of me in line got the few ETLs, WFPs and Weller CYPBs that came in the shipment. I cracked open the W12 last night and man, I cannot see how someone pays $150 for it on secondary. It’s fine for MSRP ($34 is what I paid for it), but damn, you’ve gotta be a sucker if you pay secondary price for that bourbon.
  20. I got a W12 at my TW here in SA. $34.
  21. I think you’ll enjoy that Old Scout pick. I have one from Debs Liquor in Austin and it’s really good. They moved back to sourcing MGP instead of Dickel, so that’s a great development.
  22. Got an unexpected call from my local Twin Liquors this afternoon. They’ve started an allocated list and I got the call for a Stagg Jr (batch 13). I already have one bottle of this batch, but needed another because it’s the tits.
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