re: Whiskey/Bourbon/Scotch appreciation thread Volume II

Hadn’t had the whistlepig 10 yet, but I think a few others have and can chime in...

Burge, my email is drockw1td @ gmail if you can include me as well

Buffalo Trace Distillery Planning $1.4 Billion Expansion; Tourism Up 18%

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“We are bursting at the seams, so to speak, in all areas, distillation, bottling and tourism, so we’re looking forward to our new expansion,” said Meredith Moody, Marketing Services Director.

Buffalo Trace will also expand its distilling operation, which includes new mash cookers, a boiler and fermenters. In order to make room, the existing bottling hall will be moving to another area on site starting this spring/summer and the bottling lines will be modernized to allow for more efficiency and better capacity.

As previously announced, Buffalo Trace is building new barrel warehouses on the farm it owns adjacent to the Distillery, at a rate of one new warehouse every four months for the next ten years. These new warehouses will hold 58,000 barrels, and construction on the first one is nearly complete.

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the manager for Total Wine said he likes as one of his favorites..

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Just FYI Total wine will almost exclusively recommend their control brands. He doesn't like that rum, his store makes the highest margin on that rum. It's exclusive to Total wine.

Any of you baws smoke a pipe? Thinking about buying one.

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Any of you baws smoke a pipe? Thinking about buying one.

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Sometimes, but most of the time I just roll my own.

The guy I talk to has guided me well before.

I am not a whiskey drinker and he guided me to start with a lower price one as opposed to what I was looking at..did not try to up sell me.

"Buyer Beware" all stores are there to sell.

Don't even know where to start but I figured y'all would appreciate this



What you don't see is the bottle of handy that was right next to this. Had to take it out of the case to scan for price.

I'm at rouses grabbing a bottle of wine, and happen to take a look in the display case. Sitting right next to the "rare Weller 12" is a bottle of handy. Thinking it's my lucky day, I grab the liquor guy and ask him how much. He says he's pretty sure it's 400. I laugh and tell him I can buy one online for less, and ask him to check the price. Takes it out to bring to the front to scan, comes back and tells me it's 499. I laugh again and he tells me he knows it's high but they've been selling them. Tells me they sold "pappy 10" for 699, and "pappy 12" for 899. Then tells me that the "very good and rare Weller 12" is a little cheaper. Definitely wasnt expecting that at rouses

Update on Kaniche XO Rum.

Went by Total Wine and while I did not buy the bottle, I got to taste it.

I will buy the bottle next week, extremely smooth w no after burn. Impressed.

FYI: The old Cubans has 2 Jefferson 16 years on the shelf for $189 each if anyone is interested...