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  1. I was doing craft beer as a hobby for ~2-3 years, and during quarantine got bored of it and gave bourbon a shot
    This makes me feel old for some reason (and I'm not a surly old at all)
  2. 9 minutes ago, Neonmoon said:

    Bowling Green. (Yeah I know, Don't ask) 

    Lulz.

    Actually a good part of Kentucky for bourbon hunting though. Mammoth Liquors is place that usually always has good store picks and not too far away. Otherwise hit up the small shops around where you are staying and you will definitely see a lot of things not in Texas, and may get lucky on some tater bait.

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  3. 12 hours ago, Brew said:

    I’ve had some pretty good luck pulling into some liquor stores in KY that are off the beaten path. I stopped in one store near Madisonville last fall and picked up a GTS, Little Book, Blanton’s, EHT SB, a Michters 10, and a few others. They had them sitting on a shelf behind the counter so I went ahead and bought most of what they had. In recent trips they have usually had something of interest still.

    Definitely the best shot at something good by getting well off the beaten path. Can be some good finds if its delivery day. Tip of the damn cap to you if you got the GTS or Michters 10 anywhere close to retail just sitting on a shelf.

    17 minutes ago, Neonmoon said:

    Well this fucking blows. But thanks for the info

    I was at least hoping for a RHF or a W12. ugh

    It is definitely worth a shot to hit up little places out of the way like above. Just don't expect to roll into Louisville/Lexington/Bardstown/NKY etc and expect gold on the shelves. Although, coming from Texas you will definitely have a lot of "Kentucky only" things that you probably don't get down there to stock up on too at the big places like Liquor Barn or Total Wine. What part of Kentucky you heading to?

    16 minutes ago, billfromlaketravis said:

    I'd hit the Heaven Hill Gift Shop if you can slip away for a couple hours. 

    Definitely this, I had an awesome grab there a few weeks ago.

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  4. [mention=883]ISUCyclones[/mention] might correct me here, but I believe Pappy is a lottery only deal in Kentuck’. 
    I didn't want to tell him, but the pappy fountain is kept hush hush. Can't let the out of towners get in...

    But yeah pretty much lottery or regulars only if not lottery. Same as king of Kentucky and basically every special release now. If by some grace of God they did put it on the shelf, you better already be in the store because it's gone in 2 minutes in nky. I'm talking even wsr and eht sb and regular shit like that are gone within 30 min when it gets posted to Facebook by a bourbon group.

    Insanity nowadays
  5. That’s on my list of things to hunt for when I get out to Kentucky post-Covid. From what I’ve heard it’s only really available there?
    Spoiler alert, you won't find it here (unless you pay 3 grand at Justin's house of bourbon or somewhere like that).
  6. Mash & Drum claims EHT Rye is readily available in Ohio as of August. 
     
    Idaho Project 2.0. Lets crowdsource the hell out of this. 
    Yeah that's not true in the slightest. At least not near cincy.
  7. Are those 4R the same recipe or each different?
    4 different recipes with 2 of each. Obsv, oesk, oesv, and oesf. I'm a sucker for four roses bs. Stopped at Cox creek as well as distillery.
  8. I spent way too much money yesterday on the bourbon trail.

    I also showed a tiny bit of restraint and passed up a 15 year Willett for $750 and a lux double barrel 12 year or it would have been worse. ec59fb96dbfb241e681e4517def7b591.jpg

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  9. Ohio has been releasing a bunch of 1.75 twist tops from 2018 this week that were apparently forgotten about in the warehouse.  
    They have been flooding the local pages here. I'm not all that interested in going to hunt them though.
  10. It was sometime last year. One of the MGP guys in the thread posted a warning that Indiana was running low on older bourbon. I heeded the warning by buying all of one bottle to prep. I believe Boone County 12 was nonexistent within a month of that post. 
     
    The 12 year hit the sweet spot for Boone County. It’s better than the 14 year. It’s a funky mashbill, but I definitely want to try the 7 year. 
    I think that may have been me ha. I had heard from stores it was gone and went straight to the distillery to grab 3 more bottles. In hindsight I should have cleared them out.
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  11. Yep. This time two years ago it was collecting dust in my local TW. I’d grab one every few weeks as I killed the previous one. Then one day it wasn’t there at all.

    And in a bit of even more saddening news, my local mom and pop shop that always takes care of me is being sold to the kind of people that put cases of horny goat weed pills, glass pipes and incense for sale at the register. Just another place that sells Eagle Rare for $99. Furk
    Same here with the sell off, it sucks.
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