So I had some free time on Saturday and wanted to check out 3 nearby (although 22 miles away) warehouse style spirit stores in hopes of finding something allocated or rare. I found exactly what I came for. The first place was a literal goldmine. I got to speak with the owner firsthand and he told me he’s been doing what’s he’s been doing for 22 years and knows just how to work the system.
His method: sell the shit out of Fireball and Southern Comfort and you get taken care of with the good stuff
The result: a private stockroom of a hoard of 2017/2018 BTAC. 150 bottles of Pappy variety (ORVW, Lot B, 15, 20, 23), and a whole floor full of boxes & bottles of Thomas Handy, Eagle Rare 17, George T. Stagg, LaRue Weller, etc. He claims to have already sold over 30 bottles of various Pappy’s. No Weller 107, Special Reserve or 12 to be found, but he does get them in frequently and the 107 is $40.
The downside or upside depending on how motivated you are: low end secondary market pricing. This means that he’s only asking $1000 for Pappy 23 and respectively downward in price for everything else. He also had signed bottles of Hillrock from the recently passed Dave Pickerell.
I was able to walk out of there without having my bonus drained (sort of). I did however manage to score a rare private Barrel Select of none other than Blanton’s Single Barrel. I call it “Private” because it’s not displayed on the showroom floor or even priced...nothing there was. They also had one bottle standard bottle left on the shelf for $59.99. I was able to score my private Select for only $67. So excited!! Gonna crack it open tonight.
I would’ve taken more photos but there was a sign in the private room (with door code) that said “no photography”
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