New Bourbon Thread: Bourbon Trail

have a friend going to Japan in a couple weeks is there anything I should ask to keep an eye open for?

 

Blanton's grows on the shelf over there. Should be pretty easy for him/her to bring you home a black or Takara red. If given the choice, red.

Straight from the Barrel and Gold are more desirable than both, but harder to find.

Others:

• Four Roses Platinum
• Wild Turkey 13yr (also 12yr but I've read some lukewarm reviews)
• Evan Williams Red 12yr

 

Wild Turkey 12

 

Had the Evans Williams 12 at the distillery. Was not impressed.

 

Four roses platinum isn’t anything special but it’s decent for 80 proof.

Leeroy Jenkins! was just over there and can probably give you an idea of what’s findable.

 

So I was in Taiwan but best bet is turkey products. Wild turkey 12 was 48/bottle. Taiwan didn't seem super interested in bourbon so your experience may vary.

 

My buddy brought me back a Takara red, believe I shared it with Love Tractor and others last year when they were over for a game. It's a novelty, nothing to write home about.

 

yeah, so far I’m not too impressed. Really wanted it to be better than this. May let this one sit for a couple weeks before I try again and see if it gets better.

 

Narrator: It didn’t.

 

I thought people were really hyping that. I've never come across one.

 

Todays find

 

pperc you get that ER17 from the vault today?

 

Dude, I was in there the second it opened, saw add to cart and clicked it a million times. Wouldn’t add to cart at all. Shit was rigged.

 

Wife was selected 13th for the quarterly lottery allocation in Alabama, the drop is June 24th and she is due June 22nd with our second child. She better be ready to get out of the hospital and wait in line for 30 mins

 

Weekend at Bernie's that shit.

 

What location? A buddy of mine is willing to dress in drag.

 

Isn’t that go straight to jail in Alabama?

 

I think only if kids are around. Risk he is willing to take.

 

Mobile, they are pretty strict with matching IDs to person and address on submission.

 

Buddy gave me his amazing Dead & Co tickets so got this for him since he's a huge 4Roses fan.

 

That’s a great year too, tremendous bottle

 

Went back to back TMB picks just now

 

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It’s supposed to be on the front now

 

It's apparently still pretty good despite not being 12 year. I think I saw the next one is actually supposed to be 13 years.

 

11y 5mo

But I fear change.

 

Was in a store down in Florida last week during vacation, reg Blantons $200, gold $300 lol.

Did snag a HH BiB for $80 which didn’t seem bad but we killed it between 3 of us lol. Good juice.

 

How is it?

 

Sir, it’s Monday.

 

So how is it?

 

https://thebourbonculture.com/whisk...dkYltv05oDcRPalEFmSUF2rNFA43k&mibextid=Zxz2cZ

I will never see one.

 

pperc has 3 already

 

no, lies

 

I'm trying to figure out what makes it special outside of some different packaging. Reading that article nothing about it really stands out.

 

Just a different type of wheat.

 

Yeah but it's Buffalo Trace so people will go nuts

 

Oh people are definitely going to go full tater for it.

I'm honestly not even interested in it even if I were to come across one at retail.

 

Speaking of Buffalo Trace, I’m seeing GTS down to $850 on the secondary depending on the year. That’s damn tempting…

 

Well now you’re just being silly.

 

Let it keep dropping

 

I mean if the prediction of it being $250-400 retail holds. If it's $100 then sure.

 

I picked up a r/bourbon blue note pick last week, crotch shot will come later. anyone had blue note?

 

One of the "soda" ones? I almost snagged one of those but need to chill on spending.

Haven't had any Blue Note myself.

 

Yeah the SiB "Soda Fountain Collection #1: Blackberry Sparkler”

 

I put in for the one this week along with the discounted Grey Label Seagrass

 

I thought about that too but just didn't want to spend that much.

 

Like my wife does on her shopping trips, I’m looking at how much I’d save on that one