Got 2 old forester birthday bourbons for $207 out the door each. Walked into Kroger in Lexington at the same time a rep was walking in with a case. They let me buy 2…. Opened one same day. Best birthday bourbon release ever.
@@whiskey_weather yeah, I was hyped… crazy thing is, I literally went to the same kroger this morning. Got 2 stagg 24A at $52 each. If you could post pics on here, I’d show receipts lol… but yeah, it’s a little honey hole.
The prices of some of these bottles are just not worth it in my opinion. I'm getting buyer fatigue and don't care about the 'fear of missing out' anymore. I don't care about hunting allocated stuff and would never pay secondary prices on anything. I've only been into bourbon about two years now and already have enough to last me a couple of years at the rate I'm drinking it. The only two reasonably priced bottles on this list is the Wild Turkey and the Pursuit. There is other stuff I could be spending my money on in this economy.
Agree with you on the fatigue and the secondary thoughts. Never pay secondary, I’d rather find it and pay MSRP. The ECBP is one of the best deals in bourbon IMO. $70 for a 12+ barrel proof is really hard to find. Even KC12 is only 100proof, cheers @opj5791 appreciate you watching and commenting! 👊🏽🥃
Agree. There are diminishing returns on bottles over $100. And from what distributors are telling me is market growth has stopped and customers are moving downward in price in what they are willing to spend.
Thanks for the shoutout Brandon! There are two bottles I'm hunting for this Fall: 1) Woodinville 8 Year and 2) Ben Holladay Ancient Cave Collection Spiral Cut. But from your list, King of Kentucky would be a welcome addition.
I haven’t had anything from Woodinville yet but I have heard great things! And youve been after that Ancient Cave all year! Haha and KoK would be a great find! Cheers Mike!
Buffalo Trace should be ashamed at what they've done to Blanton's. A $25 Bourbon in an $80 package now. It's a shadow of what it used to be and completely lacks quality right now.
@jdmurse88 Understood, I do not mean to belittle you or anyone else for buying Blanton's. I just have personal experience that it used to be so much better. Right now - and Buffalo Trace is a completely opaque company and will not reveal anything about their whiskeys - Blantons is 4 years old, and I've heard information that BT insiders i.e. employees say that they use both mashbills 1 and 2, and some of the barrels are coming from Barton. In Illinois where I am, it is $80 retail.
Grabbed the Old Elk a couple of days ago and will break it out this weekend. Other folks that I trust have really liked it, so excited for that. On another note, when folks say "just sitting on the shelf" to me that says WAY more about who's out hunting bourbon and nothing about the actual quality of the bourbon. I heard three dudes come into the store I was in yesterday (buying scotch actually as there is more to life than just bourbon) and ask if anything allocated came in. Upon hearing "no", they just turned and fled.
@@whiskey_weather I love peat, so my go to Scotch these days is the Ardbeg Uigeadail (but honestly, I like everything Ardbeg makes). The Lagavulin 16 is also a standarfd pour at my house.
You're chasing bourbon is about like chasing something down a 🐰 hole, I'll probably never pay the big bux 4 Blantons or the like, wish I could afford Old Rip Van Winkle, try instead Old Tarr Manchester reserve @ 115 prf-- fantastic whiskey , imo!!
@@badgerdmsYeah, 1 of my all-time go to is Lag. 8 yrs. Good stuff, can't go wrong with Classic Laddie-- and sherry casks like Glenallachie and MacAllan!
Old Grand Dad has a 16 year they are releasing at Beam as well too along with the Bookers Reserve and Little Book Infinite. Just saw one of the Barreled and Boxed bottles coming out is a Worcestershire cask finished. Definitely one of the most confusing finishes I’ve heard of from a major distillery.
I'm planning to look for ECBP and Larceny C9s but I probably won't find them. I might be able to find Larceny but ECBP is always impossible for me to find.
Great Video!!! My question is will you be at the Kentucky Bourbon Festival???? I will be there with my wife. Do you have any pointes for newbees as this our first time at the festival. The bottle I would most like to get is the Four Roses or Parker's Heritage. I hope I see you at the festival if you're there.
I will be there Thursday Friday and Saturday!! Get there early and go to as many tents as possible! Bring water! Also hope to see you there as well! I’ll be running around making videos!
@@whiskey_weather Thanks for the tip. I will. definitely bring water. Can I bring in a backpack to carry the water??? What way do you carry your water??? Thanks again. I
Thanks for the info. I am looking forward to Bardstown Origin High Wheat and Discovery 12. If I find some of the others at MSRP, I will probably buy them. 🥃
Great list to look out for and highly doubt I'll get any. That Wild Turkey 8 yr would be something to have, but I can see that being overly priced. Great content and cheers! 🤙
I was very , VERY lucky last week and found a bottle of Bookers reserve. I thought it was just another Bookers.. but the manager said out of 7 stores they only received that one bottle. 🙏🙏🙏
@@whiskey_weather I love everything ECBP, I finished my A124 a few weeks ago, luckily I have two B524s. Buddy at work was able to grab two Stagg 24a at Delhi yesterday morning. Unfortunately he wouldn't sell me one
Yeah! I think it was late September r early October last year. Didn’t know for sure so didn’t include it in this months! Of course, just a few days after I published this Maker’s announced Cellar Aged and Jack Daniels announced Coy Hill.
I’d love to just SEE a King of Kentucky, much less have the opportunity to buy one. Probably won’t spend much this year, but I’d love to grab a EC C924 if possible.
@@stymiesnerdly771 I feel ya there on the King of Kentucky haha. I’ll be grabbing a 924 if I can find one and probably the little book if I find it. Neeeeed that Cigar Cut from Old Elk too!
Been looking for the RR13 for over 2 years- Got scammed on it once, got help up and money stolen once. I am 400+ dollars down and never even seen a bottle- FML
All but one bottle the WT 8 year am I interested in. The majority of these are over what I’m willing to pay for alcohol. And the fiasco that’s going to happen at four roses is something I’d like to watch it’s going to be a hot mess. Just saying and they said no camping!!
8 year wild turkey 101... the regular bottle is like 6-8 year old whiskey anyway. So basically the 70th anniversary is just a special bottle and normal juice
@@whiskey_weather There is so much good bourbon out there it's just not worth it to stress over these super rare bottles. If I get to try it someday great, if not oh well.
King of Kentucky is the biggest unicorn of the year IMO. Pappy 20 and 23 are rare and expensive but they suck. Pappy 20 and 23 are pure oak water if you ask me. Birthday bourbon is also not very good. It's like slightly better OF Statesman. It's not BAD whiskey but it's not unicorn whiskey lately. Like the last 4 batches have been unimpressive.
Only got to try the 2019 Birthday Bourbon which I thought was fantastic. Hear you on the oak water. Cheers Apeekintime, appreciate you taking the time to watch and comment! 🥃🥃
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Which bottle is the one you’re looking to find this September?
Got 2 old forester birthday bourbons for $207 out the door each. Walked into Kroger in Lexington at the same time a rep was walking in with a case. They let me buy 2…. Opened one same day. Best birthday bourbon release ever.
Oh wow! Awesome luck there! Congrats Jake. Cheers 🥃🥃
@@whiskey_weather yeah, I was hyped… crazy thing is, I literally went to the same kroger this morning. Got 2 stagg 24A at $52 each. If you could post pics on here, I’d show receipts lol… but yeah, it’s a little honey hole.
I’ll be looking for the Turkey anniversary for sure. I heard about it a little while ago. You are the first person I have seen even mention it.
It’s SUPPOSED to be in Ohio on Sept 14… but we will see! Cheers Rambler! 👊🏽🥃
The prices of some of these bottles are just not worth it in my opinion. I'm getting buyer fatigue and don't care about the 'fear of missing out' anymore. I don't care about hunting allocated stuff and would never pay secondary prices on anything. I've only been into bourbon about two years now and already have enough to last me a couple of years at the rate I'm drinking it. The only two reasonably priced bottles on this list is the Wild Turkey and the Pursuit. There is other stuff I could be spending my money on in this economy.
Agree with you on the fatigue and the secondary thoughts. Never pay secondary, I’d rather find it and pay MSRP. The ECBP is one of the best deals in bourbon IMO. $70 for a 12+ barrel proof is really hard to find. Even KC12 is only 100proof, cheers @opj5791 appreciate you watching and commenting! 👊🏽🥃
I've been into bourbon over 15 years and have only spent over $100 on 2-3 bottles ever and one of them was $165 for Knob Creek 18yr.
Agree. There are diminishing returns on bottles over $100. And from what distributors are telling me is market growth has stopped and customers are moving downward in price in what they are willing to spend.
This is real. It's hard to pay premium when you have really good stuff that's every day affordable!
@@whisky.and.wander Totally agree.
Thanks for the shoutout Brandon! There are two bottles I'm hunting for this Fall: 1) Woodinville 8 Year and 2) Ben Holladay Ancient Cave Collection Spiral Cut. But from your list, King of Kentucky would be a welcome addition.
I haven’t had anything from Woodinville yet but I have heard great things! And youve been after that Ancient Cave all year! Haha and KoK would be a great find! Cheers Mike!
Hard to argue with Elijah Craig’s C9 expression! I’m always looking for Abraham Bowman. Never owned but I’ve had a chance to try several. They gewd!!!
I need to try an Abraham.
Last week I picked up 1 Blantons, 3 Eagle Rare, and 2 EH Taylor.
Nice grabs!
Buffalo Trace should be ashamed at what they've done to Blanton's. A $25 Bourbon in an $80 package now. It's a shadow of what it used to be and completely lacks quality right now.
@@PatrickS0057 I got the Blantons for $69, EHT for $51, Eagle Rare for $40
@jdmurse88 Understood, I do not mean to belittle you or anyone else for buying Blanton's. I just have personal experience that it used to be so much better. Right now - and Buffalo Trace is a completely opaque company and will not reveal anything about their whiskeys - Blantons is 4 years old, and I've heard information that BT insiders i.e. employees say that they use both mashbills 1 and 2, and some of the barrels are coming from Barton. In Illinois where I am, it is $80 retail.
Grabbed the Old Elk a couple of days ago and will break it out this weekend. Other folks that I trust have really liked it, so excited for that. On another note, when folks say "just sitting on the shelf" to me that says WAY more about who's out hunting bourbon and nothing about the actual quality of the bourbon. I heard three dudes come into the store I was in yesterday (buying scotch actually as there is more to life than just bourbon) and ask if anything allocated came in. Upon hearing "no", they just turned and fled.
Too many “allocated” hunters IMO. Totally agree. Let me know what you think of that Old Elk Punch Cut! What’s your go to scotch?
@@whiskey_weather I love peat, so my go to Scotch these days is the Ardbeg Uigeadail (but honestly, I like everything Ardbeg makes). The Lagavulin 16 is also a standarfd pour at my house.
You're chasing bourbon is about like chasing something down a 🐰 hole, I'll probably never pay the big bux 4 Blantons or the like, wish I could afford Old Rip Van Winkle, try instead Old Tarr Manchester reserve @ 115 prf-- fantastic whiskey , imo!!
Yep, I'm a big fan of Talisker Storm, The classic Laddie and Speyside Scotch ❤❤😂
@@badgerdmsYeah, 1 of my all-time go to is Lag. 8 yrs. Good stuff, can't go wrong with Classic Laddie-- and sherry casks like Glenallachie and MacAllan!
I know that it’s supposed to be a shelf bottle, but I’m looking for the Bardstown origins high wheat
@@timdorn9041 definitely a good bottle to look our for! I’m excited to try it next week at KBF! Cheers Tim, thanks for watching!
Old Grand Dad has a 16 year they are releasing at Beam as well too along with the Bookers Reserve and Little Book Infinite. Just saw one of the Barreled and Boxed bottles coming out is a Worcestershire cask finished. Definitely one of the most confusing finishes I’ve heard of from a major distillery.
@@aaronbohn3402 yeah! Can’t wait! Just don’t know exactly what month that is coming out yet. Big year at Beam this year!
Great Video! Cheers!
Appreciate it, Prater!
I'm planning to look for ECBP and Larceny C9s but I probably won't find them. I might be able to find Larceny but ECBP is always impossible for me to find.
Best of luck on the hunt, Charley!
Going to need the Makers Cellar Cask
Good weekend for that!
My local store has that old elk punch cut for $129.99 I have passed on it for that price.. they still have two bottles left
Oh wow! I loved the cigar cut last year. I’d probably have grabbed it at $129.99. Where are you at?
Virginia
@@whiskey_weatherwhat state are you in?
@@masterchef2408 I live in Covington, KY but work in Ohio. So both! Lol
Great Video!!! My question is will you be at the Kentucky Bourbon Festival???? I will be there with my wife. Do you have any pointes for newbees as this our first time at the festival. The bottle I would most like to get is the Four Roses or Parker's Heritage. I hope I see you at the festival if you're there.
I will be there Thursday Friday and Saturday!!
Get there early and go to as many tents as possible! Bring water!
Also hope to see you there as well! I’ll be running around making videos!
@@whiskey_weather Thanks for the tip. I will. definitely bring water. Can I bring in a backpack to carry the water??? What way do you carry your water??? Thanks again. I
They have canvas bags at most of the distilleries there to carry your stuff in
I was hoping you were going to say Coy Hill at the end, no luck for me on the Old Fo either.
Supposedly the Coy Hill is going to be October… might have to do an October video too lol 😂
Same on the Old Fo. Cheers EHTater! 👊🏽🥃
Thanks for the info. I am looking forward to Bardstown Origin High Wheat and Discovery 12. If I find some of the others at MSRP, I will probably buy them. 🥃
@@DaveVogelsang-b8v ooooh the High Wheat is one in on the look for as well! Cheers Dave! Best of luck and Happy Hunting!
Pursuit united delicious. Ohio has there reg rye at $ 38 now. Good luck I bought them all at any store close to me
Super delicious! 🤤 cheers MJ!
Great list to look out for and highly doubt I'll get any. That Wild Turkey 8 yr would be something to have, but I can see that being overly priced. Great content and cheers! 🤙
Thanks for the kind words; Bloody! 👊🏽🥃
I was very , VERY lucky last week and found a bottle of Bookers reserve. I thought it was just another Bookers.. but the manager said out of 7 stores they only received that one bottle. 🙏🙏🙏
Ooooh nice! 👊🏽🥃 great grab, Lawrence! You’ll have to tell me what you think of it!
Bookers is overpriced
@@omalley16 their regular or the reserves? I agree on the regular batches but this one is different
Definitely gonna be looking for that ECBP, did you grab any Stagg yesterday during any drops?
No… I wasn’t in town and worked last week at the drops in Cincy 😔 that ECBP is my babbbby lol
@@whiskey_weather I love everything ECBP, I finished my A124 a few weeks ago, luckily I have two B524s. Buddy at work was able to grab two Stagg 24a at Delhi yesterday morning. Unfortunately he wouldn't sell me one
Thirteenth Colony releases their Double Oaked sometime soon.
Yeah! I think it was late September r early October last year. Didn’t know for sure so didn’t include it in this months! Of course, just a few days after I published this Maker’s announced Cellar Aged and Jack Daniels announced Coy Hill.
Always looking to get a King of Kentucky as my first choice.
Agreed with you there. Thats ultimate unicorn IMO
The bottle I’m on the lookout for is the new little book release.
Should be a good one!
they have just gone to crazy with their prices. and a few were not that good.
@@deangood6682 agreed on that… I probably am done with the regular bookers for a while but tried “The Reserves” at KBF and it was delish
I am not holding my breath seeing that I strike out every year, but the OF Birthday Bourbon is first on my list.
I hear ya there brother! 👊🏽🥃
OFBB hasn't seen a good bottle since 2021. I've got a few Parker's Heritage bottles open. Let me know if you'd like to trade some samples.
That would be awesome! I’ve only been lucky enough to try the 2019 OFBB and loved it
EH Taylor Cast Strength Rye 4 me
Same! But that was supposed to have dropped like 4 months ago and I’m still waiting hahaha cheers Kevin! 👊🏽🥃
Already have the Old Elk Punch Cut, very underwhelming. Don't get your hopes up
Well that’s a bummer… maybe I’ll get a pour first
Definitely recommend trying first. It is sitting on shelves here in VA
Interesting… 🤔 I’ll definitely try a pour before paying. Cheers Taco! 👊🏽🥃
I want a eh Taylor soo bad
Good bottle to have! Best of luck on your hunt!
I’d love to just SEE a King of Kentucky, much less have the opportunity to buy one. Probably won’t spend much this year, but I’d love to grab a EC C924 if possible.
@@stymiesnerdly771 I feel ya there on the King of Kentucky haha. I’ll be grabbing a 924 if I can find one and probably the little book if I find it. Neeeeed that Cigar Cut from Old Elk too!
Been looking for the RR13 for over 2 years- Got scammed on it once, got help up and money stolen once. I am 400+ dollars down and never even seen a bottle- FML
Oh no! Sorry to hear, Gary! Thats scary. Hope you are ok.
Thanks for watching the video!
Looking forward to Bardstown Disco 12. I’d love to find a Birthday Bourbon without having to sell a kidney.
What about half a kidney? Lol jk yeah thats gonna be tough.
The Disco 12 will be a fun one! I Hope to try it first! Cheers Mike!
@@whiskey_weather cheers brother. Great video.
ECBP c924, Larceny c924, Four Roses LE 2024, Stagg 24B, and GTS 2024
That GTS is always something to watch for! Looks like late October/November for that release! Cheers, Rob! 👊🏽🥃
All but one bottle the WT 8 year am I interested in. The majority of these are over what I’m willing to pay for alcohol. And the fiasco that’s going to happen at four roses is something I’d like to watch it’s going to be a hot mess. Just saying and they said no camping!!
Going to be such a hot mess… and now Beam is doing the Infinite release that same morning. That day is going to be chaos lol cheers, Scott! 👊🏽🥃
I know Elijah Craig is your favorite!
You know it! Can’t get enough of
Hard value to beat!
@@shanew.7618 yup! Agreed!
2023 Cowboy was 140.9
Pretty close to this years
8 year wild turkey 101... the regular bottle is like 6-8 year old whiskey anyway. So basically the 70th anniversary is just a special bottle and normal juice
I think WT101 is a blend of 5-7 year hence why they're doing this 8yr.
This is supposed to be a blend of 8 to 9 year, I believe the regular is 6-7 years.
Yeah, that King of Kentucky is going to be impossible. I forgot to register for the birthday bourbon lottery. :(
KoK and the OFBB are about the same wave of impossible in my mind… same company too. Oh nooo! Well you probably were better off not!. lol
@@whiskey_weather There is so much good bourbon out there it's just not worth it to stress over these super rare bottles. If I get to try it someday great, if not oh well.
King of Kentucky is the biggest unicorn of the year IMO. Pappy 20 and 23 are rare and expensive but they suck. Pappy 20 and 23 are pure oak water if you ask me.
Birthday bourbon is also not very good. It's like slightly better OF Statesman. It's not BAD whiskey but it's not unicorn whiskey lately. Like the last 4 batches have been unimpressive.
Only got to try the 2019 Birthday Bourbon which I thought was fantastic. Hear you on the oak water. Cheers Apeekintime, appreciate you taking the time to watch and comment! 🥃🥃