Finished the bottle of Barrell tonight with the help of some friends. Solid B+ to an A. Will put the spreadsheet up later this weekend.
when your friends drag you to karaoke and the best shit they have is tullamore dew for $8 bc it’s a shitty Irish bar and then you sing Nirvana In Bloom and then wake up at 6:30 am with heartburn you know you’re old. #teamsmoothietums
Fun fact, it's not actually called Burbon unless Freddie Noe licks the inside of the barrel after it's charred. It's like the angel's share but Noe's taste (Noe= No "O" in bourbon)
Normally that place is great. Let’s us in 30 minutes before they open so we don’t have to stand outside, normally get a good allocation. Can’t believe that shit
I haven't seen anything in Ohio in probably 9-10 months now, but I don't actually "hunt" its just pure happenstance. We typically grocery shop Saturday mornings when Giant Eagle puts there stuff out, I'll stop by Arena if I'm in the area since they are "random", same with Weinlands or Carfagnas, never see anything anymore but shit. I used to stumble on Weller, BT, and Weller Red pretty much all the time. The facebook hounds have just made it impossible now- these guys make posts of them buying 15 bottles of Buffalo Trace, like what the hell are you going to do with that?
I’ve had good luck at Chateau on Polaris Wednesday mornings and Chateau on Sawmill Saturday mornings but if they’re going to do this, those days may be over
From fall of 2020 to spring of 2021 the OHLQ in belpre had a whole shelf always stocked of 107. It was limit 1, but you could get it whenever you wanted.
Total wine in Kennesaw got some Weller's store pick in stock this morning. Think there's a case left.
I don't remember what years any of the BTAC I've tried were, but Handy was my favorite. I think I may he more of a rye guy in general though.
Very much a palate ranking when it comes to them. I remember thinking Handy and ER17 were nothing to write home about. Still haven’t tried Sazerac 18, but I’m not losing sleep over it.
In fairness Gump didn’t say to drink, I mean I could think of a lot of bottles I’d drop 1k on just to say I have. Like if I ever win a lottery, I’ll drop 1k on a Michters 20 if available.
It’s really close to me. Next time you want to get there early for a drop, send me a PM and we can get some CFA, my treat
I went back to two barrell bottles that I have last night: a Benash store pick and 2021 New Years. The mineral, Dickel note is so strong in these two. Very off-putting. Where’s this barrel sourced?