Bourbon

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(03-25-2021, 06:01 PM)Donnyho Wrote: The Buffalo Trace hype is getting out of hand. It used to be everywhere around here, then it started selling out, then it became a “limit one per customer” bottle.  It’s good whiskey, but people are going overboard grabbing everything the distillery puts out.

(03-25-2021, 06:33 PM)MileHighGrowler Wrote: I would agree it's some pretty intense hype.  I think it's just fueled because it's a well-known, well-loved distillery, and their product is so limited.  In the past couple of years it seems that there's been an explosion in interest in bourbon in particular (at least from what I've noticed), and so the bottles have flown off shelves.  I'm not really sure what the allocations actually break down to, but I never see any of their portfolio available on the shelves around here, even the items that aren't as exciting.  

At the end of the day, if I see a bottle of Buffalo Trace for $25, I'll grab it (which I did two nights ago).  I was back at the store today and there were only 3 bottles left.  Whatever the reason, the hype is real and keeps most of it from ever seeing the shelves.  I've got friends who work at different liquor stores and asked a while back to let me know if they ever get good bourbon (or other whiskey for that matter) and was basically told it's a shot in the dark because the allocations are limited and since they can't hold it, by the time they tell me it's in it'll be gone.  There's no state lottery, but the lotteries are done by store.  This past fall I didn't really them pop up (not sure if it was due to COVID and wanting to avoid crowds standing around with their tickets or what). 

At least the price for BT itself is still reasonable IMO for the product inside.  

That is the reason why I have only found 1 375ml bottle of Blanton's in the last 3 years.  It has been a limit of 1 per customer PER DAY that whole time.  The delivery trucks to VA ABC stores come Thursday nights, and the stuff is the available on Friday to be sold out within an hour or two of opening.  If you have to work Friday morning, you have no chance.  A few weeks ago the ice storm delayed the trucks and they arrived Friday night.  I was able to see 12 bottles of Blanton's would be available Saturday morning.  I showed up to the store 30 minutes before opening and found a line of 30 people or so.  By the time the store opened, there were at least 25 people lined up behind me.  Needless to say I missed out on the Blanton's, but I got the 2nd from last Buffalo Trace and the 5th from last Eagle Rare.  I didn't want either, but I wasn't going to leave empty handed when they are so rare at this point.  Even Ancient Age is rare and limited to 1 per person per day.  Ancient Freaking Age!  It was rail bourbon that leaves a nasty hangover for decades, but somehow now it is apparently some kind of masterpiece because it is a BT product.