My only local store changed their ways quickly. Bought EHT for $30 in november. They finally got some more in but now it’s a hundo 
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Jonesey07
4 of a Kind
My only local store changed their ways quickly. Bought EHT for $30 in november. They finally got some more in but now it’s a hundo
I've got two bottle of Small Batch. I think I paid $50 each. I'd say it's well worth the $50 but not worth $100.
So beat lol, it's been so long since i've seen EHT around here for less than $80 - finally found a place that stocked it for $55... they only let me have oneMy only local store changed their ways quickly. Bought EHT for $30 in november. They finally got some more in but now it’s a hundo
Agreed. I’d pay $50 no problem. $100 is a terrible price tho imo. I wonder what the stagg jr is going to go for their next batch now
Jonesey07
4 of a Kind
When I can get Stagg Jr. at the store, it's usually $60-$80. Secondary is roughly $120 around here but I haven't bought or sold one. It's too damn good to sell.
Damn that’s a great price. I paid $100 for my bottle and wasn’t happy about it.... until I tasted it 
I'd probably pay that now - at least for a bottle to try lol. Lowest i've seen around here was $150 - there are some stores that had them at $80 or so, but they've been sold out
I’ll send ya a taste. It’s my favorite atm
Jonesey07
4 of a Kind
I need to get some sample bottles.
FDLmold
Royal Flush
I'm still 2-3 hours from even sitting down to do the sipping!
Just finished an errand to cross state lines to purchase necessary items that are not available in my jurisdiction. Stopped at a couple liquor stores in MI too, nothing noteworthy except a Knob Creek Cask Strength Rye - I passed on it at $70. I'd rather have the Jack Daniels Barrel Strength Rye at that price.
Forty4
Full House
Wow that’s quite the EHT collection 4 grain and tornado survivors. Admittedly don’t know much about the Willetts
Technically not whiskeys but having 2 pours of these to celebrate Lunar New Year. Happy Year of the Ox!
gopherblue
Straight Flush
Gong hei fat choy!
There he is - happy new year!
FDLmold
Royal Flush
I used to think I was a Dragon, yay! Then I realized I was born early enough in January that I didn't quite make it, and so I'm just a rabbit. Pass the lettuce!
Dead Rabbit and Writers Tears are both great. I've heard good things about Proper 12 for something similar to Jameson.
McKenna is very good. Worth the $52 with tax. Saw it for $250 at another store. 
Checks a lot of boxes, but not worth $250.
BiB
10 year
Single Barrel
Awarded ‘Best in Show Whiskey’ at 2019 San Francisco World Spirits Competition
Checks a lot of boxes, but not worth $250.
BiB 10 year Single Barrel Awarded ‘Best in Show Whiskey’ at 2019 San Francisco World Spirits Competition
FDLmold
Royal Flush
It's on!
Celebrating some small personal victories today. I also got my Missouri 50c chips back into the display, finally. I had to make room for the Ore House $50 plaque (Chipco! no less) that a member here graciously sent me after reading my admiration for that establishment's chips in my "Most Beautiful Casino Racks" thread. I'm a middle class family man, and this hour is my wind down hour, my personal hour, where the burdens on my shoulders disappear temporarily.
The contest so far...wafting and neat...Eagle Rare is miles ahead on both counts. Eagle's aroma is so much more cleaner and refined than the Oppidan. And the flavor comparison is no different. The Eagle really is a special sub-$30 bourbon.
I think it is awesome what the Oppidan is doing with the solera process. If you're curious, look up the wikipedia about it. If you're too lazy to do that, basically you age the spirit, whatever it is, in a barrel. Each year, you dump out half the barrel to sell, then pour the new spirit from the current year into the half you just emptied. After you've done this for ten years, you have quite the mix of new and aged spirit in the product when you dump it out to sell each year.
Bourbon already has rules, 51%+ corn in the mash, aged at least 3 years in charred oak, blah blah blah, you all know that. So to "solera" a bourbon, you do the bourbon part first, for what I am guessing is the 3 year minimum. Then you get a different barrel, in this case it looks like they got some French Oak Olorosso Sherry casks, for the solera process. Very intense, especially for a startup distillery. They had to be well capitalized, because to get a great product from solera takes years. Maybe I'll try it again in five years if they are still around. My feeling on a lot of these new distilleries in the last ten years is that they just aren't going to make it. Most of them have mediocre product for the price, and as people figure that out, sales will not follow. Older, established, high quality, familiar names are innovating too, and they have more resources and better stuff when they bring a new product to market.
Time to get the double walled glasses and add some cubes.
Celebrating some small personal victories today. I also got my Missouri 50c chips back into the display, finally. I had to make room for the Ore House $50 plaque (Chipco! no less) that a member here graciously sent me after reading my admiration for that establishment's chips in my "Most Beautiful Casino Racks" thread. I'm a middle class family man, and this hour is my wind down hour, my personal hour, where the burdens on my shoulders disappear temporarily.
The contest so far...wafting and neat...Eagle Rare is miles ahead on both counts. Eagle's aroma is so much more cleaner and refined than the Oppidan. And the flavor comparison is no different. The Eagle really is a special sub-$30 bourbon.
I think it is awesome what the Oppidan is doing with the solera process. If you're curious, look up the wikipedia about it. If you're too lazy to do that, basically you age the spirit, whatever it is, in a barrel. Each year, you dump out half the barrel to sell, then pour the new spirit from the current year into the half you just emptied. After you've done this for ten years, you have quite the mix of new and aged spirit in the product when you dump it out to sell each year.
Bourbon already has rules, 51%+ corn in the mash, aged at least 3 years in charred oak, blah blah blah, you all know that. So to "solera" a bourbon, you do the bourbon part first, for what I am guessing is the 3 year minimum. Then you get a different barrel, in this case it looks like they got some French Oak Olorosso Sherry casks, for the solera process. Very intense, especially for a startup distillery. They had to be well capitalized, because to get a great product from solera takes years. Maybe I'll try it again in five years if they are still around. My feeling on a lot of these new distilleries in the last ten years is that they just aren't going to make it. Most of them have mediocre product for the price, and as people figure that out, sales will not follow. Older, established, high quality, familiar names are innovating too, and they have more resources and better stuff when they bring a new product to market.
Time to get the double walled glasses and add some cubes.
FDLmold
Royal Flush
Best I can do is a neutered Golden. Henry, best dog ever! Who's a good boy? No, you can't have my bourbon.This is also how they make Goldendoodles.
Klobberer
Full House
FDLmold
Royal Flush
On ice? Yeah, no different. Eagle Rare >> Oppidan 2020 Solera. Case closed. Worth a shot at $29.
SnowManStan
Sitting Out
I thought I was going to mostly Whiskey tonight but ended up drinking an undefined amount of pints of Guinness all night. I did finish my night with a pour of Knasppogue Castle. It was excellent. I did not pick it out. One of the guys buying most of my pints picked it out tonight.
Since I have longstanding relationships with many of my suppliers, I’ll often get first crack at their new acquisitions. Here’s a list that was just sent to me. Anything stand out in particular? My eye went to 2 specific bottles.
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