Blades & Bourbon

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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You have guys down there that are paying OVER retail for domestically produced whiskey? 🤨
 
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Starting to drink some of my pricier & harder to find bourbon.

The 1st of those to be opened is this bottle of Colonel Taylor - Small Batch -- 100 Proof -- Bottled in Bond, which is shown with the Spyderco Siren CF S90V Sprint that I just received :

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Next up . . . just opened a bottle of Jim Beam's -- Booker: Little Book - Chapter 4 (2020) which is paired with the Shirogorov Quantum R1 that I am currently carrying:

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It was bottled at 122.8 Proof & this is a close up of the front of the tag:

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The back of the tag describes the blend as:

Color: Golden Honey
Aroma: Notes of sweet vanilla, toasted oak & a touch of soft, rose-like floral
Taste: Full-bodied brown sugar followed by rich charred wood & dried cherries.

I agree. 😋
 
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Continuing with the downsizing of my bourbon collection, here's a bottle of Stagg Jr. (131.1 Proof) shown with a bronze with gold highlights Olamic Cutlery Rainmaker:

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The Rainmaker is the knife that I'll be carrying for the month of May 2026.
 
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