I Made A MISTAKE While Bourbon Hunting In Northern Kentucky
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- Опубликовано: 19 июн 2024
- I found the best value in bourbon while bourbon hunting in Northern Kentucky outside of Cincinnati, but did I also make a big mistake?? Make sure to watch the whole video and weigh in your thoughts.
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I stop at three stores on this bourbon hunt. The first was Union Wine & Bourbon House in Union, KY. From there I stopped in the Costco Liquor store in Florence, Kentucky. After that, i ventured to Discount Liquor in Elsmere, Kentucky where I found a lot of allocated bourbon, but I may have made a mistake...
00:00 Union Wine & Bourbon House
04:21 I've never seen this before!
13:53 Costco search
14:15 Best Value in Bourbon?
19:15 Discount liquors
27:44 Allocated Finds!
30:21 Did I make a big mistake??
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Dude, thank you for telling us the prices instead of constantly having to pause to check $ you got a subscriber just for that🥃 keep up the great vids🤘
Appreciate the kind words, Peter! Thanks for the sub and for commenting! Appreciate you. Glad you enjoy the content! Will do my best at keeping that up!
Totally agree and I subscribed also.
Love the Tumblin’ Dice Single Barrel Bourbons. Pick one up anytime I find them. Have a few 6 year bottles and got a 7 Year bottle last trip to KY. Picked up a Calumet 16 Year backup bottle for $128 today. Really like the Augusta Old Route 8. I have a bottle that is 134.2 proof. Don’t sleep on that Rebel Small Batch Reserve. Very good for $30-$35. 🥃
LOVE the Old Route 8. Going to have some cool Augusta footage coming soon! Will check out the Tumblin’ Dice 🎲 next time I see one. Thanks for the rec Dave! Cheers brother 🥃🥃
Amazing to see a Costco with decent selection versus the shit we get in Michigan. Costco Detroit area sucks!
Preach!
Grand rapids Costco is trash for bourbon too
Yeah! We are pretty lucky with this Costco selection! They usually have something different in every week. A few weeks ago they had the Bardstown Origin White and Black Labels for the best prices I’ve ever seen them… it’s in one of the shirts I posted a few days ago. You’d be flabbergasted by the prices. And that’s what I’m hearing about the Michigan stores lately. Appreciate you watching, Alan! Cheers brother!
💯 MI sucks
Man I really like watching our channel. No BS, just visiting stores, some straight up reviews, and no garbage in between. Keep up the great work!
Appreciate the kind words, Pat! Thanks for watching, commenting, and subscribing! 🥃🥃 cheers man!
Awesome video. I usually learn something every time you do a video.
Thanks Derrick! Appreciate your continued support and for always watching and commenting! 🥃🥃
Tumblin Dice 7year red label is fantastic. Notes of peach cobbler. Super great with a cigar.
Ooooh might have to grab one now! Thanks for the rec Chip! Appreciate you! Thanks for watching, commenting, and subscribing!
Blueprint - the company is in the process of buying the old TW Samuels distillery in Deatsville. They found a cabinet of old blueprints that they are using for the label. Great bourbon.
Glad to hear that it’s good! I definitely need to grab a bottle. Thanks for the info as well as taking the time to watch, comment, and subscribe, Mark! Cheers dude 🥃🥃
The blue Cooper’s Craft is actually the 86 proof. The red one is their barrel strength 100 proof bottle.
Ahh thanks for the heads up Cody! I have yet to have any Cooper’s craft and didn’t even realize there were two different ones. I figured it was a rebrand! Have heard pretty good things about the juice. Cheers!
Great video; slow enough to clearly see bottles and prices.
Cheers, Evan! Appreciate the kind words 🥃
Love the transparency on pricing! Really try to avoid secondary when I can!
🥃🥃 Agreed… I am a little disappointed at myself about this one lol 😂 cheers Amanda!
Dexter from Brain Brew is Really Good! They are doing some cool things at their facility. Green River is a Total Banger for a Bargain Bourbon.
Brain brew is right down the street from me! I will definitely need to try it! And agreed on Green River! I’m partial to their Wheater and Rye but enjoy the regular as well! Cheers!
@@whiskey_weather I was introduced to Dexter from a friend of mine, he told me a huge back story on how they made a scotch that tasted exactly like some expensive one (Don’t remember the name) that was made, the master distiller from that company did a blind and couldn’t tell his own product from the Brain Brew distillate.
Brother, you missed out. Party Town in Florence and The Party Source in Bellevue are amazing. Both are definitely worth checking out next time you're in the area.
I have been to both plenty. Did a hunt at Party Source on my channel a few months ago 😉 I live in the area (Covington) so I’m familiar, but thanks for the heads up! Party Town wouldn’t let me film inside. Plus their prices continue to go up since they got bought by good spirits. Appreciate you watching, Adam! Will have a separate Party Source video again in a few months!
The allocated finds were straight up full secondary or more except the GTS and Handy I think. Some of those bottles were criminally priced!
Yeah… that’s why I’m not too happy with myself with the Michter’s buy… I thought SRP was $140 and it’s $99.., so I am not thrilled lol
GTS and Handy were like 500 to 600% mark up… hard pass for me. If it was closer to $200-250 I would have paid that
It's a shame so many brands using MGP think they will be able to move bottles at nearly $100. Just not a price bracket you can compete at with random MGP stock.
Sure, you have the big scams like Old Carter pulling it off but that's a FOMO bottle for people. You just can't pull off charging those kinds of prices on MGP when they now own Penelope and dropped the price on Penelope bottles. Penelope is one of the best looking bottles on shelf, most of the stock is 6-8 years old, and they do all kinds of finishing. Valencia and Rio might be $100 but those are actually pretty great bottles and established.
If you want to launch a brand that uses MGP you gotta look at your competitors. Smooth Ambler and Templeton have been using MGP and releasing stocks that are 5 - 10 years old for years. They have a fan base and the usually price at $8 per year of age. If you finish the bottle you can basically slap an extra 10% on top of your price. Even then... why go into a market and offer a product other people offer? What's the business plan? Why are you unique? Finishing - been done. Great looking bottles - also been done. Your best bet if you want to charge $90+ is to blend MGP, Sagamore, Barton, and other distillate to build a profile. K.Luke, RY3, and Barrel Craft are great examples. The other option - if you are not a NDP then you need to wait for your own distillate to get to at least 3 years and do the Redwood Empire move of dropping blends that include your distillate plus MGP. The last option is contract distillation of a unique mashbill but that's nearly as expensive as laying your own barrels because of the amount of time before investment return.
Very well said Andrew. I agree with all of that. It is tiring seeing some of the same things done over and over. But great points about Barrell Craft Spirits, RY3, etc. appreciate you taking the time to watch and comment. Cheers! 🥃
I definitely want to try the Redwood Empire cask strength lineup. I've had the standard and the BiB and one of their LEs but I can't remember what it was called. Port finished I think. I got to try a sample of Bardstown Discovery 11 on Friday and loved it. I can't afford a whole bottle though. My limit is $90 a bottle but I try to stay under $70. I really want to get my hands on that Holladay Soft Red Wheat. I've found their 6year BiB and the rickhouse proof McHenry County but not this one. Those are crazy prices for Heaven Hill BiB and Russells 10. I can get those for $39 and $35 respectively. Its funny because I can pretty regularly find the Jack Daniels BP Rye at a mom and pop liquor store in town at MSRP but I've only ever seen it one time at Binny's. The Evan Williams SiB is only $36 at Binny's too. Still never found a Larceny BP ever.
The Redwood Empire Pipe Dream cask strength was fantastic! Thats the only one I have tried. I want to try the Foggy Burl as well as the Screaming Titan!
I haven’t seen the JD BP Rye but once or twice and never saw it at Binny’s either.
That Holladay soft red wheat is SO GOOD! Cheers Charley! Thanks for watching and commenting as always. 🥃🥃
Your prices in the first store are all higher than NY for instance kc12 is 48 bucks, ky spirit is 54, Evan Williams sib 32 here
That’s a crazy price on the Knob Creek 12! I would buy them all for that price! And a great price on the Evan Williams SiB! When they switched to KY only distribution the last 3 years the MSRP went way up but I’m glad they are back outside of KY! That’s awesome!
@@whiskey_weather i have a healthy stock of the 12 lol, buy 6 and you get another 5% off at that store.
I just saw the Evan Williams SB here in Iowa. Missed the announcement but happy to see it back.
Same! I think it’s a limited time thing… A few of the Midwest states and New England states got some. Glad it’s back in some stores! Great value under $40! Cheers RJT’ thanks for watching, commenting, & subscribing! Cheers! 🥃
Yo another great video man. You really do a great job I got to tell you brother. Thank you so much
Thanks Michael! I appreciate the kind words! Cheers!
MIcher's Barrel Strength is hard to find outside of the Michter's distillery - you can do the bottle your own tour and that includes Barrel Strength as an option 9/10 times. I think that tour is like $160-180.
Hope you enjoy it far more than I enjoy mine. It's FINE but it's not half as good as the 10 year, for whatever reason. My barrel strength is probably less enjoyable than 90% of the barrel strength bottles I own. It's a shame. The 10 year is like a top 5 bottle in my collection of about 400 bottles.
Haha that’s what the mistake I made was… I had buyers remorse a few hours later haha. BUT I actually just picked up a M10 B yesterday! That video is coming out in a few weeks!
But that’s a bummer to hear. Especially at that money for a bottle like that. Have heard amazing things about the 10 year bourbon too! Thanks for watching, commenting, and subscribing Andrew! Cheers 🥃🥃
Aw man, I was at Costy twice this week and somehow I missed the Kirkland Small Batch!
I feel like that's basically 1972 Small Batch but for $15 less.
I did grab a bottle of the Hibiki Harmony.
Yeah! Very close to 1792 Small Batch. Plus it’s a liter! So 33% more juice! Sorry you missed out!I’ll be giving a bottle away when I hit 2,500 subs so keep an eye out! Cheers man 🥃 thanks for watching, commenting, and subscribing!
OGD114 is $19.99 at Uncorked in Covington ky
Thanks for passing on Carl! Great price!
Yeah, I think you confused that one with the price for the Michter's 10 YR.
Certainly did… 😑 I realized the moment I got home. I was like “dammit… I was thinking $140-150 MSRP, but that’s the M10! The MBS is only $100 😑😑” thanks for watching Tim! Cheers man
@@whiskey_weather This was the first vid or yours that I have checked out, nicely done, I'll definitely be on the lookout.
@@grndhog66 🥃 👊🏽 appreciate you! Thanks man!
Good options at both stores. Seems to be quite the obsession with this Jim Beam 7 year across whiskey tube. Almost like a memo went out, lol
🤣 haha I must have missed that memo. I just want to try it haha. Cheers Keith! #FinsUp
Love me some very Old Barton 100
Very good and underrated in my opinion. Doesn’t get talked about enough. Cheers Tommy! Thanks for watching & commenting! Appreciate you!
I tried Tumbling Dice and couldn’t quite place the taste on the finish, but did not like it. I’m looking for the Ben Holladay One Barrel, but no luck so far. I will be visiting their distillery in June. I found out Penelope will be getting wide distribution in my area, finally.
Nice! You’ll have to tell me what you think of Holladay distillery! I need to make it out that way! And awesome news on Penelope! Thanks for watching, commenting, and subscribing! Cheers! 🥃🥃
Copper & Kings is good. Would be better at a $50 price point. Appreciate the heads up on the Kirkland's Small Batch! Great video and hope to have a pour with you soon.
I’ll have to try it! You bet my man! Great meeting you the other day and hope to have a pour soon with you as well, Vu! Cheers!
Has some 15 yr HH inside it!
You know I don't think that the johnny drum gets enough love. I am not saying it's amazing but a really solid everyday drinker for 40 bucks
Agreed! It’s underrated and overlooked. I think it’s a pretty good pour too. Cheers Brett! 🥃
Was really nice meeting you the other day! Congrats on your winnings! Cheers.
Likewise Brad! Thanks for watching and cheers 🥃🥃
Had a sazerac cocktail at Rich’s Proper today with Copper Kings today! Tasty in the drink.
Rich’s Proper is such a great place! That chicken sandwich 🤤 Cheers!
The only Sunday chicken sandwich and shrimp and grits were had! So good! Then ran into our server Gwen at the Old Kentucky Bourbon Bar..where she gave our doggo some scratches! Great way to end our long weekend in your area!!
Bro great score with the michters barrel strength bourbon , I live in NY and it’s impossible to find . The barrel strength rye and all of the toasteds are all over the place but not what you just got. 🥃
Hahaha I can’t find any of those either so I had to grab it! But maybe a little disappointed with the price I paid haha. Cheers! Thanks for watching and commenting!
Great video!
Thanks, Gus! Appreciate you!
I think the E.H. Taylor Single would have been coming home with me if it were $150 or less. Good content...love the delivery!
Wouldn’t blame you there, it’s a good bottle! Thanks for the kind words and the support! Thanks for watching, commenting, and subscribing! Cheers Scott! 🥃🥃
@@whiskey_weather FYI....I'm a fellow meteorologist (AMS SOA), but I got out of broadcast meteorology about 25 years ago. Love your channel...
Just subscribed. Next time in Union you need to stop in a fantastic bourbon bar. Union 42. Bourbon and brew. You won’t regret
Thanks for the sub! I used to live 5 minutes from Union 42 but never made it there! Will definitely stop in. I follow them on Facebook if that counts! Haha cheers! 🥃
Uncorked in Covington Ky has the redwood empire cs for $79 each
I love that store, but their points system makes it so difficult to grab some of that other stuff with how quick the points go away. Thanks for watching and commenting Dave!
I usually check the price on a known allocated on the shelf before pulling trigger on an unknown. So when they bad Bookers for 139 that tells me it’s all priced high. Got that MIchters BS for 115 and was happy with that price.
And that store having Hidden Barn prominently displayed is a dirty move. It is undrinkable.
Yeah… I usually have a good idea about where MSRP is on bottles. For some reason I had the Michter’s Barrell Strength at $140 in my mind instead of $99.99… still the cheapest Ive found it. But slight buyers regret haha
I agree with you on that Hidden Barn 😬😬
Thanks for watching, commenting, and subscribing Jeremy! Appreciate you! Cheers!
Man that Old Carter you went past is awesome! Not cheap though.
Definitely enjoy the Old Carter bottled I’ve tried. But they definitely aren’t cheap. Cheers Jerry! Thanks for watching and commenting! 🥃🥃
I know it sounds crazy 199 and yes msrp is only 99 however if you go to the distillery and buy the barrel proof you have to buy a package and yes you get another bottle of one of their core lineup bottles but it comes to like 175 out the door but you get a bottle you don't really want. So I mean it's not that bad
Well when you put it that way I don’t feel as bad 😂 thanks Brett. Appreciate you watching and commenting, cheers man!
Evan Williams single barrel in Reno NV
Nice! Whats the price? I know it’s been cheaper than what KY has it listed at
@@whiskey_weatherOne store had it for 34.99, another at 39.99
@@whiskey_weather39.99 and 34.99
Did you forecast the rain?
Hahaha I did! It was slightly later than expected (1 hour) haha so it allowed one more store hahahaha
I live in the area
Nice! Where at, Wade? Thanks for watching! Cheers man 🥃🥃
Live right in Florence. Enjoyin the videos
I found the Michter’s for that much in Germany, maybe I should have grabbed it
Oh wow. I believe it should be between $99.99-$125… not sure I should have paid $200
Cheers RK! Thanks for watching, commenting, and subscribing!
I need that Pepper Decanter bottle....can't find it here. Great video!
Ah damn! If you can’t find it in the next month lemme know and I will grab you one and get it to you! They are pretty much everywhere around here.
Also thanks man! Appreciate you always watching and commenting! 🥃🥃
@@whiskey_weather if you keep putting out quality content then I'm going to keep watching and commenting!
@@whiskey_weather I may take you up on that one!
@@TheBourbonJerk please do! Cheers dude!
Nice store 👌
Thanks for watching, Ray! Cheers bro! Also, just subbed. Going to watch some of your stuff!
@whiskey_weather thanks brother keep the good content coming
@@TheWhiskeyContractor will do! Thanks dude!
The old carter American!!!
🔥 delish!!! Cheers Tiers! 🥃🥃
Jeptha creed was personally not my cup of tea. Would not recommend.
Have heard that about their early juice, but have also heard that it got better. Going in with an open mind but we’ll see haha. Cheers Nathan! Appreciate your thoughts and support! 🥃🥃
What was the mistake? Maybe I missed it.
Paid 2x MSRP for the Michter’s Barrel Strength at the end… thought MSRP was closer to $140. It’s $99.99
@@whiskey_weather gotcha. We’ve all made mistakes! 😂 I’ve bought bottles that I thought were actually the allocated and they actually weren’t. Just some subtle label confusion got me.
Not sure I’ve even ever seen that Michters here in OK except for maybe on a list of special allocation list but never seen in person. Thanks!!
Haha been there too! Cheers Fritts! Appreciate you watching and commenting!