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Nice!!! That is generally unobtainable. Very cool.
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Ok, so remember that thing about not buying any more whiskey? :-)

First of two local groups got their Wild Turkey 101 Rye picks in, I hate the price ($80) but there are so few out there I figure I owe it to myself to at least buy one. I'll open it up at some point and see how it fares, I hear they can be hit or miss
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I know the feeling Ben. Keep telling myself I won’t buy anything more, then I come home with a new bottle.

My friend was in Gatlinburg over the weekend. Sent me a pic of a bottle he bought. Willet Pot Still. :-) I’ve never had it. Is it as bad as people online make it out to be?
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Got the call on Friday for the RR15. Picked up the EHT SmB and MM yesterday.

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Nice pickup on the RR15, Tony.

Some amazing bottles at Shack, I'll post some pics later tonight or tomorrow.
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Tried some Widow Jane 10. It's quite tasty.
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Some of the craziness at Shack, due mostly to Hugh, Gary, Mike (and Dave's stash from previous Shacks). Many thanks to High and Mike for sending a couple great bottles home with me.

Al Young Four Roses 50th

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King of Kentucky single barrel

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Parker Double Barreled

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Old Stitzel Weller Old Fitzgerald, bottled in 1969.

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An amazing barrel pick by a private group, they took a barrel from Beam of Booker's and finished it in a Four Roses tasted barrel for 197 days. It tastes like toasted Booker's and is delicious.

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Even had a "tater" Booker's label.

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Elijah Criag Barrel Proof batch 3 (2014), hazmat at 140 proof.


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Looks like a fun time

:-)
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You were spoken of during the bourbon tastings. We missed you, Ben.
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Wow, what a selection!
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Good lord, that’s some amazing bottles.
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Whooo eee. Good thing you took pictures otherwise be hard to remember anything after that sampling.

Fun!
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:-) :-)
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Right place, right time. Went to dinner with friends at a cool restaurant. Across the lot is a decent party store that had an OF single barrel pick I wanted to maybe snag. They also do surprise bottle drops. Just so happened I walked in right after they setup the bottles. Weller 12 & SR, Blantons and Blantons Gold, Bookers 24-02, ER, Caribou, 4 Roses Small Batch SE 2024. Limit one bottle total. Went with the Weller 12. Almost had my buddy snag the 4R, but it was $300.

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Man, have to fly to Florida to pick up rare and hard d to find bourbons.
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I can guarantee that Weller 12 didn't come from Florida! Only one family chain, ABC FWS, sells Weller in Florida, and they don't do drops.
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Must be Weller 12 week, I snagged one Tuesday at Binny's.

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Was over near Mobile, so stopped in at a place I'd never been to. They had Blanton's for $150 and regular Buffalo Trace for $80. Nope. I can get BT for damned near half that close to home.
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Looks like MM Cellar Aged 2024 has hit the shelves, a blend of 12 and 13 year old bourbons. I wonder if it's "sister barrels" to last years batch of 11 and 12 year old bourbons, just with another year of age, or a totally different batch blend.
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