So, what are your recent acquisitions?

[Derboesekoenig]

41 minutes ago, stinkhead said:

I am in Illinois. I am also very fortunate to get an allocation of something every year. Got super lucky this year! 

That is insane to me. I just want one allocated bottle lol

I made "gold" status for FL ABC stores 2 months ago.

They have let me buy ZERO bottles to date. What a great membership this is...

[stinkhead]

37 minutes ago, Derboesekoenig said:

That is insane to me. I just want one allocated bottle lol

I made "gold" status for FL ABC stores 2 months ago.

They have let me buy ZERO bottles to date. What a great membership this is...

So what I have found is it doesn’t matter so much how much you buy, but how often you frequent the store and then also store selection. Like IMHO your better off spreading your budget over the year as opposed to maybe making a few big purchases when store wide sales come around. The store managers typically reward regularity over one large one-off purchase. 
 

I would also recommend getting to know who handles the allocated products (wine/whisky/whatever) and get to know them and then make a point to chat with them every time you are in the store. They are more likely to help out their “friends” 

 

Lastly I think store selection plays a big part in this as well. It’s always better to be a big fish in a little pound if at all possible. Since it is impossible keep up at the spending levels of super high end stores regulars. 
 

Obviously this takes a lot of work and you will have to put in a good amount of time, but this is how I have managed to get allocated stuff from a few different places. 

[prodigy]

Store pick eagle rare single barrel
Store pick single barrel knob creek 15 year
2x george t stagg
Elijah craig 18 year

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[BrightonCorgi]

Why are so many liquor pictures taken in a car?  Is that the right message to send lol?

[prodigy]

Why are so many liquor pictures taken in a car?  Is that the right message to send lol?

Well my parents were leaving and we all won bottles. I had to get them all together for a photo shoot before they were split up lol.

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[BrightonCorgi]

29 minutes ago, prodigy said:

Well my parents were leaving and we all won bottles. I had to get them all together for a photo shoot before they were split up lol.

Not just you, but look through the last few pages.  So many pictures are on taken from the car.

[prodigy]

Not just you, but look through the last few pages.  So many pictures are on taken from the car.

People are so excited to get allocated stuff they take a picas soon as they are out of the store Haha. Some of these bourbons are very difficult to get.

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[BrightonCorgi]

Just now, prodigy said:

Some of these bourbons are very difficult to get.

Hopefully they're still full by the time they drive home.  God forbid someone gets a DUI or causes an accident.  Snaps of liquor bottles in the car isn't going to help their case.

[FatherOfPugs]

On 12/10/2019 at 11:05 AM, prodigy said:

People are so excited to get allocated stuff they take a picas soon as they are out of the store Haha. Some of these bourbons are very difficult to get.

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Exactly. And some bourbons are impossible unless you're willing to pay ridiculous secondary prices. 

[Astar20]

Picked up today pretty reasonable price 

[gorob23]

1. gas bill

2. electric bill

3. plumber

is there anything else ....

Rob 

 

[yadegari6]

Grabbed this for $50 today

[prodigy]

Grabbed this for $50 today

That's a steal. Been looking all over but I think they are lottery items or just not available by me.

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[Derboesekoenig]

On 12/10/2019 at 7:05 PM, stinkhead said:

So what I have found is it doesn’t matter so much how much you buy, but how often you frequent the store and then also store selection. Like IMHO your better off spreading your budget over the year as opposed to maybe making a few big purchases when store wide sales come around. The store managers typically reward regularity over one large one-off purchase. 
 

I would also recommend getting to know who handles the allocated products (wine/whisky/whatever) and get to know them and then make a point to chat with them every time you are in the store. They are more likely to help out their “friends” 

 

Lastly I think store selection plays a big part in this as well. It’s always better to be a big fish in a little pound if at all possible. Since it is impossible keep up at the spending levels of super high end stores regulars. 
 

Obviously this takes a lot of work and you will have to put in a good amount of time, but this is how I have managed to get allocated stuff from a few different places. 

I have a couple other stores I do that with (well not now because I'm in Afghanistan), but the way that the ABC stores are in Florida, it doesn't matter. Those guys cannot do anything to help you. What happens is that you spend enough to get gold status, and then they email you access to the rewards page. It gives you something like 24 or 48 hrs access and then it closes again. Whatever is available in their warehouses for purchase at the time is the only thing you have access to. But it's not run by the local store or stores in FL one may frequent, it's done elsewhere. I don't know how they pick

[irratebass]

A few botls belong to a bourbon club in MO, and usually offer for me to purchase their barrel picks, this is the latest that arrived yesterday.



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[prodigy]

A few botls belong to a bourbon club in MO, and usually offer for me to purchase their barrel picks, this is the latest that arrived yesterday.



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Those are very good. I bought 4 from Virginia's limited release. Some are better than others, there are a lot of possible combinations, but most are exceptional.

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[irratebass]

3 minutes ago, prodigy said:

Those are very good. I bought 4 from Virginia's limited release. Some are better than others, there are a lot of possible combinations, but most are exceptional.

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Thanks for the heads up, this may be my 1st drink in 2020.

[FatherOfPugs]

A gift from a friend, not my usual poison, but I will never look a gift horse in the mouth.

[prodigy]

A gift from a friend, not my usual poison, but I will never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Smooth is an understatement regarded gentleman jack. I remember my 27th birthday, at least how it started. Free shots of that from the bartender. I thought it was watered down because it tasted like water with zero burn. I haven't tried any since I became big into bourbon, maybe it's not so bad??

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[FatherOfPugs]

3 minutes ago, prodigy said:

Smooth is an understatement regarded gentleman jack. I remember my 27th birthday, at least how it started. Free shots of that from the bartender. I thought it was watered down because it tasted like water with zero burn. I haven't tried any since I became big into bourbon, maybe it's not so bad??

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Not sure. I haven't had Gentlemen Jack in 15+ years. So, no idea what to expect.

[Ken Gargett]

On 12/12/2019 at 10:56 AM, prodigy said:

That's a steal. Been looking all over but I think they are lottery items or just not available by me.

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we see some over here. stunning stuff. not sure of that particular one though. 

[prodigy]

we see some over here. stunning stuff. not sure of that particular one though. 

There are several in their line up. The bourbon and rye are pretty common. The single barrel rye, toasted barrel (bottle posted), 10 year bourbon and rye, and 20 year bourbon are some of the "rare" ones they make as well. Rumor is they dont even have a distillery and just buy bourbon from distilleries to age and bottle themselves, but that might be me confusing them with other brands. There are several brands that do that.

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[Derboesekoenig]

43 minutes ago, Ken Gargett said:

we see some over here. stunning stuff. not sure of that particular one though. 

Big difference between regular sour mash and toasted sour mash. The former is available always where I'm from, while the later is a limited run and I have only seen it in person one time. It's delicious.

8 minutes ago, prodigy said:

There are several in their line up. The bourbon and rye are pretty common. The single barrel rye, toasted barrel (bottle posted), 10 year bourbon and rye, and 20 year bourbon are some of the "rare" ones they make as well. Rumor is they dont even have a distillery and just buy bourbon from distilleries to age and bottle themselves, but that might be me confusing them with other brands. There are several brands that do that.

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Where I'm from, single barrel rye is common as is 10 yr bourbon (fairly). They made a lot less 10 yr rye this year so I'll not see that one again until next year. It is way better, in my opinion, than this year's 10 yr bourbon, which I didn't care too much for. And Michter's has two distilleries, they do not get from MGP or elsewhere. You're thinking of a different brand. Actually, many do this...

The 20 yr is impossible to find. I've never seen one in person. 

They have two distilleries, Ft. Nelson and Shively.

[prodigy]

Where I'm from, single barrel rye is common as is 10 yr bourbon (fairly). They made a lot less 10 yr rye this year so I'll not see that one again until next year. It is way better, in my opinion, than this year's 10 yr bourbon, which I didn't care too much for. And Michter's has two distilleries, they do not get from MGP or elsewhere. You're thinking of a different brand. Actually, many do this...

The 20 yr is impossible to find. I've never seen one in person. 

They have two distilleries, Ft. Nelson and Shively.

Ok I had a feeling it wasnt them, I must be thinking of another one. A friend got the 20 year recently at msrp, I'm jealous to say the least. He says it's really, really good. I have a few 10 year bourbons from last year. It's good, but not worth the price considering BTAC and pappy are technically cheaper.

 

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[Ken Gargett]

1 hour ago, prodigy said:

Ok I had a feeling it wasnt them, I must be thinking of another one. A friend got the 20 year recently at msrp, I'm jealous to say the least. He says it's really, really good. I have a few 10 year bourbons from last year. It's good, but not worth the price considering BTAC and pappy are technically cheaper.

 

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actually, you were right when they kicked off a few years back but they have since added the distilleries. 

the 10 is a bit special.