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Old 2 November 2018, 09:50 PM   #271
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Good way to start the season.



Lol. Nice start indeed. Wow. Those are never available at my local.
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Old 2 November 2018, 11:38 PM   #272
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Good way to start the season.



Great way indeed, enjoy

But more impressive is that back wall, better stocked than most stores I've seen. Can I just come shop at your house next time

Question for you, recently I've gotten interested in the Orphan Barrel lines but haven't tried any yet. Any opinion you can share? Good or Not, worth the price (premiums) or overhyped?
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Old 3 November 2018, 09:58 PM   #273
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Question for you, recently I've gotten interested in the Orphan Barrel lines but haven't tried any yet.

Any opinion you can share? Good or Not, worth the price (premiums) or overhyped?
A lot of OB is overrated.

1. Lost Prophet
2. Barterhouse
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Old 4 November 2018, 12:42 AM   #274
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Rhetoric was excellent. I finished the bottle.


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Old 4 November 2018, 01:02 AM   #275
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I liked the 22yr better than the 23yr.

Maybe have a glass here soon and sample again.

I haven’t had the latest 24yr release.
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Old 4 November 2018, 01:05 AM   #276
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Hit the "scotch" bar at the palms in Vegas last night. Pretty amazing place.

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Old 4 November 2018, 03:36 AM   #277
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I liked the 22yr better than the 23yr.



Maybe have a glass here soon and sample again.



I haven’t had the latest 24yr release.

I was given a 22 and a 23. The 22 was the one I drank first, assuming the 23 was better. Dang it.

I have not tasted the 23. I am now ready to be disappointed


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Old 4 November 2018, 06:20 AM   #278
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Picked a few more bottles yesterday.

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Old 4 November 2018, 07:32 AM   #279
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Old 4 November 2018, 07:38 AM   #280
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Old 4 November 2018, 07:50 AM   #281
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Picked a few more bottles yesterday.



Very nice, Mark. I can never seem to find any of this stuff in NJ!


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Old 4 November 2018, 08:33 AM   #282
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I can find special reserve and antique fairly regularly. it's near impossible to find the 12 year without a crazy markup. same goes for that Elmer T Lee. I was pretty lucky. the owner told me they also got 3 bottles of old forester birthday. I missed buying the last bottle by a couple of hours.
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Old 4 November 2018, 09:34 AM   #283
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cracking open some buffalo trace tonight. Hands down one of my favorites whiskeys.
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Old 4 November 2018, 11:33 AM   #284
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Cheers gents!
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Old 5 November 2018, 03:29 AM   #285
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1920 is the best bargain out there... and it's available, not limited or horded so it's not hard to find!
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Old 5 November 2018, 03:40 AM   #286
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Last weekend I toured the Garrison Brothers distillery near Fredericksburg, Texas. Very smooth bourbon!!
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Old 6 November 2018, 04:13 AM   #287
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A lot of OB is overrated.

1. Lost Prophet
2. Barterhouse
3. Gifted Horse


Only 3 worth owning in order.
Thanks for your opinion. I'm not able to find Lost Prophet anywhere near me, at least not at a crazy mark up but my go to store was able to source a bottle of Barterhouse for me, should be here later this week, will let you know thoughts
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Old 6 November 2018, 04:55 AM   #288
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Last weekend I toured the Garrison Brothers distillery near Fredericksburg, Texas. Very smooth bourbon!!
not a fan of their regular stuff and i've only seen 2 variations in CA. need to find some of the more limited stuff next time i go to TX in december.
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Old 6 November 2018, 05:50 AM   #289
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I can find special reserve and antique fairly regularly. it's near impossible to find the 12 year without a crazy markup. same goes for that Elmer T Lee. I was pretty lucky. the owner told me they also got 3 bottles of old forester birthday. I missed buying the last bottle by a couple of hours.
Nice pickups, enjoy them like the other fellow member I'm also from the ny/nj area and they aren't readily available around here.

Luckily for me I found this new store two weeks ago and they been getting all my business, completely out of my way but totally worth it as they have a very impressive selection. Been getting Blanton's fairly regularly at retail of $60 and they special ordering for me Orphan Barrel Barterhouse and Rock Hill Harms (per your suggestion ) The other good news is they've agreed to put me on their waitlist for their Pappy allocation this year, granted I'm at the end of the list since I'm still new but from my discussion with the owner their getting more bottles then people on the list so I should be able to get at least 1 bottle
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Nice pickups, enjoy them like the other fellow member I'm also from the ny/nj area and they aren't readily available around here.

Luckily for me I found this new store two weeks ago and they been getting all my business, completely out of my way but totally worth it as they have a very impressive selection. Been getting Blanton's fairly regularly at retail of $60 and they special ordering for me Orphan Barrel Barterhouse and Rock Hill Harms (per your suggestion ) The other good news is they've agreed to put me on their waitlist for their Pappy allocation this year, granted I'm at the end of the list since I'm still new but from my discussion with the owner their getting more bottles then people on the list so I should be able to get at least 1 bottle
that is great news! my pappy lottery through total wine is this friday. last year i didn't get any pappy, but i did get a thomas h. handy at retail ($90ish) and was happy for that.
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that is great news! my pappy lottery through total wine is this friday. last year i didn't get any pappy, but i did get a thomas h. handy at retail ($90ish) and was happy for that.
Thanks, their shipment is supposed to come around Thanksgiving week along with their BTAC bottles so I have to wait a little longer but I'll be extremely happy with a Pappy or even a THH or GTS

Nice, that's great news my friend Friday is almost here. Good luck, hopefully you're able to get something
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Thanks for your opinion. I'm not able to find Lost Prophet anywhere near me, at least not at a crazy mark up but my go to store was able to source a bottle of Barterhouse for me, should be here later this week, will let you know thoughts
Lost Prophet is def expensive on secondary and can be a pickle to find.

Barterhouse is my fav of the line up and much more reasonable.

Hope you snag one and enjoy it.
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Lost Prophet is def expensive on secondary and can be a pickle to find.

Barterhouse is my fav of the line up and much more reasonable.

Hope you snag one and enjoy it.
Definitely true, the only stores I can find around me that have Lost Prophet are charging $699 + at those prices I'm okay they can keep it lol.

Barterhouse, my store was able to special order it for me from their distributor for $100 still more then msrp but much more reasonable so I don't think I did to bad on it? I already paid for it just waiting on delivery to the store to go pick it up, will let you know my thoughts once I try it
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Old 6 November 2018, 08:28 AM   #294
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You guys have me rethinking the orphan barrel line. I tried some at a bar and it was ok. I found some at a local store, but they wanted $300 for barterhouse. I didn’t think it was $300 good. Maybe I’ll have to dig a little more to find some closer to retail. $100 seems much more in line and something I’d be willing to pay.
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You guys have me rethinking the orphan barrel line. I tried some at a bar and it was ok. I found some at a local store, but they wanted $300 for barterhouse. I didn’t think it was $300 good. Maybe I’ll have to dig a little more to find some closer to retail. $100 seems much more in line and something I’d be willing to pay.
Not a fan of any of the orphan's I've tried, I think your instincts are correct, I wouldn't even pay 100, but there is zero reason to pay secondary for those bottles IMHO
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Old 7 November 2018, 01:12 AM   #296
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You guys have me rethinking the orphan barrel line. I tried some at a bar and it was ok. I found some at a local store, but they wanted $300 for barterhouse. I didn’t think it was $300 good. Maybe I’ll have to dig a little more to find some closer to retail. $100 seems much more in line and something I’d be willing to pay.
Yeah I haven't personally tried any myself. I only got intrigued thanks to the great photos here. Most are overpriced especially secondary prices but when my store said they'd be willing to get it for me for $100 I'd figure why not, let me try it and even if I don't like it at least it's only $100 as opposed to a $300 mistake.

If you really want one and can't find it let me know, I can see if they can order a second bottle and I'd be willing to ship it to you
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Old 13 November 2018, 06:18 AM   #299
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