re: Whiskey/Bourbon/Scotch appreciation thread

I'm looking for some now too...not sure how hard it is to get.

Beardface, what store do you hit up. Usually i just go to the place next to the courthouse on 51.

yeah they usually have a good selection there. i wish i coulda won that pappy 23 they gave away for fathers day.

Man i wish i woulda run across a bottle of stagg and wlw today lol

I think he bought those from someone he knew. It would def be rare to find WLW and Stagg in the wild right now.

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Next time I'm at my parents' house near Opelousas, I think I'll have to contact you to go drink at your place in Laffy

I found 1 bottle of Elijah Craig Barrel Proof on the shelf in BR today. While not a BTAC pickup I was happy with it. I paid $185 shipped for 3 ECBP 134.2 on the BX. This was $45 and ECBP 137.

One of the online places I deal with is in new jersy. When I asked him about it he said something in passing that his distributor has 20 cases on order. I'm pretty sure he didn't say he had 20 on order because he was just checking to make sure he could get it. So no idea how many stores get from that one distributor but assuming 6 per case that's 120 bottles for sale. For some reason I thought I saw in one of those alerts like 7000 bottles? Could be totally wrong....

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Four Roses 2013 Limited Edition Small Batch. It is similar in flavor profile, with a little more oak spice and a touch less honey. I still like last year’s release a tad more, but this whiskey is already on my short list of favorite new bourbons for 2013.

Similarly, I am equally impressed by the new Elijah Craig 21 Year Old Single Barrel review sample that I have (Barrel No. 42). Heaven Hill has discontinued the most recent 20 year old offering and has replaced it with a 21 year old release. The new 21 year old single barrel is very similar in profile to the award-winning 20 year old with a bit more oak influence. It’s elegant, subtly complex, and–most important of all–not over-oaked, which is something we all need to be concerned about when buying bourbons that are 20+ years in age. This new Elijah Craig 21 year old offering is also on my short list of favorite new bourbons for 2013.

I’ve been checking out the recent Booker’s Bourbon offerings. There’s one in particular I wanted to tell you about that I think really stands out. It’s richly flavored and nicely balanced. It’s my favorite Booker’s so far this year, and it’s just about get into circulation. (I’m not sure exactly where, though. Sorry.) Look for Batch No. 2013-4, bottled at 127.1 proof.

You may have heard rumblings of a new George Dickel Barrel Program. Well, it’s definitely a reality. I’ve always been a big fan of George Dickel (especially the Barrel Select), and when I heard that they were going to start offering older, single barrels to retail accounts for purchase, I got very excited.

At the moment, there are two different ages of single barrels available to retailers to chose from: a 9 year old (bottled at 103 proof) and a 14 year old (bottled at 106 proof). Diageo was kind enough to send me two barrel samples from each year, and I’ve just tasted them. They are delicious! If you’re a Dickel fan, then you’ll want to track down a bottle. Based on the samples I was sent, here’s my advice: go for the 9 year old if you can find one. I think they’re a little more balanced (i.e. not as oak-driven) as the 14 year old and I suspect it will cost less too! (If any of you know where to find the 9 year old, let us know. I’d like to buy one myself!)

The newest release of Buffalo Trace Experimental Collection is out, and this time there are four of them. They’re all wheated bourbons and the difference between them (from a production standpoint) is the barrel entry proof (125, 115, 105, and 90). In short: if you can find yourself a bottle of one of these, buy it. I don’t think you will be disappointed, if you enjoy wheated bourbons. These will all rate a 90 or more when I eventually review them formally, except for the 105 proof release, which I think is the weakest of the lot. (Not enough sweetness on the flavor profile to balance the oak spices–but I’m being picky here.)

Okay, and now for the bourbon that didn’t impress me: the new Stagg Jr. by Buffalo Trace. It is, according to my press release, a younger sibling to the more mature George T. Stagg releases. There’s no age statement, but it contains whiskeys aged for 8-9 years. Yes, Stagg Jr. big and bold like the original George T. Stagg, but it is harsher and more aggressive (with the spice and oak notes) than George T. Stagg. I just don’t enjoy it.

I have been hearing the 4 Rose is really bad. Don't buy it, put please post where you stumble across it...