Blades & Bourbon

DaveHS said:
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I was in Utah this summer and was able to pick up a few bottles of High West Bourye and a lovely bourbon called Bonneville. I got home and cracked open a bottle of High West cask strength and now I'm impressed. I have yet to open one of the Bourye. The whole idea got me thinking so I've been making my own Bourye by mixing the last inch of bourbon and rye bottles.
 
hhmoore said:
BTAC prices have gone crazy in the last couple of years. This year, the only places that had them near me had them listed at more than $500/bottle. I was paying $75-89 2 yrs ago at these same places. (They were even higher on Pappy - to the order of 10x retail. A representative suggested that I call the Attorney General regarding the price gouging)
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You should see the prices on BTAC now a days…
 
My local place that recently has come under new ownership has two bottles of Weller cypb behind the counter... for $999 each. I also laughed and walked out. Gtfoh with that.
 
DaveHS said:
I got quoted $2600 for William LaRue Weller at a liquor store outside Moss Point MS on Wednesday night. It might be the same bottle he quoted me $1900 on when I visited a few years ago. I just laughed and walked out.
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I actually own one of those I need to crack open…
 
The allocated bourbon is showing up in the market place in the USA. There is absolutely no reason to pay prices many times higher than retail. For instance, this fall I have found 6 bottles of Blanton's at straight retail, under $70. I have also found EH Taylor (single barrel and small batch), a bunch of the wonderful craft distilleries bourbon/rye, Booker's, Little Book, etc, etc.

There are a number of reasons for this new availability but I think the two primary reasons are that the large amount of white distalate barreled as a result of increased demand during covid is now of age to be bottled. Secondly, the large distilleries all increased their capacity to produce and age bourbon. Sazarac poured a billion dollars in to the Buffalo Trace expansion. As a result, Buffalo Trace is able to produce their many products in much larger amounts. Third, EU, Japan, Mexico and Canada were large consumers of US made alcoholic beverages. The increased tariffs on these countries has lead to their government's withdrawing US made products from the shelves in retaliation. The net result is that I'm likely buying Blanton's. Hancock's, Elmer T Lee, Little Book, etc that was intended for those markets. It's a win, win for me.

There is, of course, a rumored fourth reason; that Gen Z have turned to weed products over alcohol. We'll just have to see about that.
 
Incidentally, we were on a tour of Buffalo Trace in July and were walked into the room where the barrels contents are dumped. My spinal pain was really getting bad so I leaned against a large poly transport cube while the tour guide explained the function of the room. As we left I snapped a few quick photos of the room. As an afterthought I grabbed an image of the transport cube and its label. While looking through the photos several days later I noticed that I had been leaning on a cube of Pappy Van Winkle 23 year old at cask strength. This has got to amount to an entire year production of that bourbon.
 
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FIUman said:
Incidentally, we were on a tour of Buffalo Trace in July and were walked into the room where the barrels contents are dumped. My spinal pain was really getting bad so I leaned against a large poly transport cube while the tour guide explained the function of the room. As we left I snapped a few quick photos of the room. As an afterthought I grabbed an image of the transport cube and its label. While looking through the photos several days later I noticed that I had been leaning on a cube of Pappy Van Winkle 23 year old at cask strength. This has got to amount to an entire year production of that bourbon.
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Yeah, and probably equal in value to the GDP of certain small countries!
 
FIUman said:
The allocated bourbon is showing up in the market place in the USA. There is absolutely no reason to pay prices many times higher than retail. For instance, this fall I have found 6 bottles of Blanton's at straight retail, under $70. I have also found EH Taylor (single barrel and small batch), a bunch of the wonderful craft distilleries bourbon/rye, Booker's, Little Book, etc, etc.

There are a number of reasons for this new availability but I think the two primary reasons are that the large amount of white distalate barreled as a result of increased demand during covid is now of age to be bottled. Secondly, the large distilleries all increased their capacity to produce and age bourbon. Sazarac poured a billion dollars in to the Buffalo Trace expansion. As a result, Buffalo Trace is able to produce their many products in much larger amounts. Third, EU, Japan, Mexico and Canada were large consumers of US made alcoholic beverages. The increased tariffs on these countries has lead to their government's withdrawing US made products from the shelves in retaliation. The net result is that I'm likely buying Blanton's. Hancock's, Elmer T Lee, Little Book, etc that was intended for those markets. It's a win, win for me.

There is, of course, a rumored fourth reason; that Gen Z have turned to weed products over alcohol. We'll just have to see about that.
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I think they’ve ramped up production for sure
 
I am enjoying a wonderful bottle of E.H.Taylor that we picked up at Buffalo Trace in July. I am so happy to see this become a regularly stocked item in my local stores again. If you can this for retail please try it. If you like Buffalo Trace you will like this as well.
 
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