Love seeing you guys share the bottles, especially at the end with the restaurant owner. You can tell how much he appreciates it, and that’s what it’s all about. Sharing and making memories
Grocery store near me sells Weller 12 year for $45. You have to go to the customer service desk and ask for it and it's not always around but everything they sell is at state minimum and they can obtain about anything you want. Sometimes they can be a gold mine.
Rod & Hammer is my local distillery. Can confirm it's MGP juice. They just barely put in a new still so they can get their production up. Their Cask Strength is more than worth the buy. Their standard offerings, not so much.
Hi TJ, It's a scotch but since you said you would be keeping an eye out for them, you missed a Springbank Local Barley 11 years at 7:24. I doubt the price was fair though... who knows!
Your wife is 100% like mine. I always think way hard on buying it and she is always giving me the "When will you ever see this bottle again speech". I love her and I won the wife lottery lol. That Widow Jane Decadence was a miss. That stuff is so freaking good!
Keep making your videos Sir, hell with the haters it means you're doing something right. I've never drank Bourbon in my life and have been binge watching all of your videos.
Same here i just enjoy watching him haggle and seeing his knowledge in all the different bourbon flavors i end up on his lives when he tires them out and it’s just entertaining
@@justinlindsey9178 I've learned so much about double barrel, store picks and barrel picks, malts etc. One thing I've wondered do you usually put ice in your bourbon (LOL) and do you chill it.
Brewzle, with as often as you bourbon hunt while flying, you may want to consider a piece of wine luggage. I check mine everywhere I go, and use Vin De Gaurd 8 bottle luggage. It keeps the weight under the checked bag limit, and I’ve checked it over 50 times with zero issues. Just an idea my friend! Keep this content going, love it
Well, San Jose. I use to reside there years ago, in fact I was out there this Feb 1 to Feb 5....Anyway, that is what made it so interesting living there was the great quest for Whiskey, Bourbon, and Rye. My best encounters outside of Bevmo, was the numerous Liquor Stores...I resided on the West Side....but when you looked there was variety and slection...sometimes the price was to gouged.
Oh Yeah! You definitely linked up with the Best Bourbon Hunter on the West Coast. Looking at his hat he also has a great taste for BBQ Sauces and Seasonings😁
Great video, TJ! At some point I highly recommend you try Driftless Glen. I went to a distillery tour in Wisconsin and it was amazing. Great folks over there.
Very great to see you visit San Jose, I’m sorry it didn’t turn out better. I am from the San Jose area and most liquor stores are tight with pricing unfortunately. Welcome to California…. Where anything is expensive
That Lost Republic is actually really nice. I was a bar manager up until a couple years ago and I had a rep come in and sample that for me. I've been looking for a bottle of it for myself for a while, but it's only special order for bars and restaurants in my area.
Cool that you stopped by my city, San Jose. We're not really known for our whiskey, but always have stock of Buffalo Trace and Eagle Rare! Next time you're out here try some local distilleries like 10th Street Distillery.
Ever since I started watching you, I started paying more attention to bourbon, and I went to a store that was charging 800ish for stagg and 200 for antique 107😮😮😮
If you ever run across a red breast PX at $150 or less, buy it. It’s Irish whiskey, but it’s absolutely fantastic! I enjoy good Irish whiskeys and that is probably the best one I’ve had. So much so that I bet anyone who doesn’t like Irish whiskeys will also enjoy it. Red breast also has a bourbon barrel aged Irish whiskey…I have a bottle, but haven’t cracked it yet. PX…it’s the real deal…
Brother this is my favorite burbon channel on the interwebs. I say with Respect: please exercise and work on your weight so you can be in less pain. I mean this from the bottom of my heart. If you do ever read this. Stay healthy man you have a lot going on. Seriously love your team and your channel. Exercise eat clean so you can continue with this type of content. With all do respect. If this ever gets read.
In my neck of the woods. Sorry to have missed you all. I think the Larceny C923 is better than the ECBP C923. Oh and that Jim Beam Single Barrel is delicious you should have picked it up. Keep up the great content!
Awesome Video! Was one of the better videos in a while! Love to see the camaraderie of the group throughout the video and the special bottle pours at the end!
Tale of Winter is a 2022 limited edition finished in Marsala casks. Marsala is a Sicilian fortified wine that was originally made to compete with Port when British sailors would come to Sicily as the British at the time loved fortified wines. It never took off and ended up becoming cheep cooking wine.
Any of the Mitchell & Son Spot irish whiskeys are solid yellow green or red, they’re usually Allocated at our Governments (BC, Canada) premium spirits release but not necessarily hard to find…but all them I so far have tried are very enjoyable.
San Jose is the land of easy whiskey since the scene is heavily moving into Tequila. All across CA the availability of bourbon/rye is extremely available compared to the rest of the US. I guess the Fireball/Wheatley Vodka sales are still strong so you still get crazy allocations all across the state.
That was also pre label change John J...lots of rumors about what juice was actually in the bottle and whether it's changed but I'd buy several of those being the old label.
Tj I will always respect and appreciate the effort you do and the knowledge you give, you are the reason I switch from tequila to bourbon, lol but that hater tho he funny ignore all the commotion. And good drinking here from Houston,TX sir,cheers 🍻!!
Seeing Buffalo Trace sitting around at all these places you go just hurts my heart. Basically unattainable without standing in line for 6 hours in north Alabama.
Hey gentlemen… can you two make a video on the small stuff? How to drink bourbon like a boss or just a newbie. What glasses to use Glencarin or a solo cup. How much do you pour? How much to drink in one night/ one sitting. Do you stick with one glass of one kind or taste multiple till you can’t feel your face haha! What is your top daily drinker? How does Brewzle do it? Thanks men. San Angelo Texas here.
Living in BC, which is a government controlled system with a secondary private liquor store system, it is wild to see what we have litterally everywhere (Buffalo, Little Book 4, 5, 6, 7 ---- etc)
TJ is the first guy I just want to be friends with! Knowledge is great, personality is better. I scored my.forst Blanton's locally though I've tried it before. A friend of mine who is part of a group that gets rarer higher demand stuff let me snag a Rock Hill Farms of his for $100. Waiting until i can appreciate them better before i crack them open. I dont think I'll l ever get the palate developed more than yea or neigh! Brewzle you make great content. Thank you my virtual friend.
You’re definitely right that Jack Daniels stuff is extremely available. That said, the SiBBP Rye is oddly scarce in some regions. Including central Tennessee. I live an hour from Lynchburg and I’ve found it twice in a year. Not really your fault that it tastes so good that everyone wants it though lol. Keep making the content. Always entertaining!
You pointed to the scotch on the top shelf in one of these places and all I see is Scotland. Tax went up years ago and I think what craft distilleries are doing in the US with malted and copper pot stilled whiskies is too compelling comparatively (by price, especially). The other thing is that in Scotland AB Inbev and Diageo own them all except a very few. Those that like Islay scotches should drink Kilchoman - the only craft distillery left in Islay. In the US what comes to mind for me is Defiant (out of North Carolina). If you don't typically like scotch, Defiant is easier on the palette, like a lowland scotch. Balcones (from Tx) is one of my favorites - very very very unique. And there are a couple from ASW in Atlanta that due to value/price, I can't pass up. I basically try to like everything from ASW, but I"m biased, being an Atlantan. Would be curious your opinion on the "Fiddler" line (bourbon wise). You have probably covered it and I just haven't seen it yet. The pecan barrel one to me is pretty good.
I have a local store that marks up bottles to full secondary+. If a tater from Alabama comes in, Stagg is 349. If a local hoarder who already has 14 bottles of every batch made comes in, it's 349. If a local comes in regularly, purchases shelfers, and talks to the owner like a human, Stagg is 100. Lol! I fully support this method.
I have been binging these hunting videos! I know you have hit Orlando before but if you ever make your way to Tampa or St.Pete in Florida would love to show you to a few spots!
Can't wait to see your Frey Ranch video. I tried it in Veags and brought a bottle home to eastern NC. Of course I really like it and we don't have it here.
I think when you tried to get into scotch and see if there was one you like, it was a good variety, But I probably wouldve started you off with some different American Single Malts. They share more similarities with bourbon as typically they are aged in new american oak which results in bigger bolder flavors, rather than delicate complex ones. They tend to be a bit young, but its a fast growing catagory and most that Ive had are delicious
Love your videos,I’m a huge makers mark drinker and I wish I could have found a cellar aged for myself.I haven’t given up just yet even though I know hell will probably freeze over.Great finds
I have recently started watching this channel and hands down the best one yet!!! I love you guys an all the content also if you haven’t heard or tried creek water you should definitely check it out n try it
Yea I picked up the high west cabernet, and man am I happy with the decision. The nose is immaculate and the pallet holds up too it very well, but I wouldn’t quite call it immaculate
Please come do a hunt in southern CA. Where you are is not really CA, that’s the sparse populated area, LA (Los Angeles) is the place to be. Just LA alone has 10x the population of where you are now. That’s a fun hunt, its supply and demand and the thrill of the hunt. Right?
Funnily enough last night I was just talking to a friend who works for a friend of Rod & Hammer and one of their Christmas gifts was a barrel pick from Rod & Hammer so its pretty cool seeing you pick one up
7:23 there is a Springbank Local Barley :O Years of hunting for SB in Sweden not once have I got hold of one of these. Here you could get four times the price for that bottle. Lot's of people would buy that just to sell it or store for the future. Americans are lucky :)
Don't want to sound like a "fanboy" (cuz I'm more like a "fanoldman) but this was a great video. As my brother would say, "everybody with a garage is making bourbon" these days. I only wish I had to the budget to try some of these picks. If in California, you have to try Dorothy Arzner Rye whiskey which I believe is distilled in California by Francis Coppola. Excellent! Cheers!
It's pretty funny when people increase price above MSRP on the bourbon county stouts. In my area anything from 2022 or older is HEAVILY discounted because the retailers want them off shelf. One of my local gas stations is already marking the 2023 releases down 30-50% just to move them. I walked into one of their locations and the clerk said "take all of them and I'll give you a great price." They were already $6.50 per 2023 barrel aged stout but they had 35 of them on shelf. Probably could have walked out with them all at $5 a piece just so they could clear their shelf space. Most chains know that the bottles are designed to "age" in the glass but they simply don't care. If the item is not moving quickly they will price it to move. Per year they make far less off the Goose Island Stouts than they do off PBR/Coors/Bud Light and they want more shelf space for those high movement items. The smaller specialty stores just want to make margin on their unique products since they don't need as much footage dedicated to their standard and high moving products. Of course, you won't find 2017 bottles in most chains - they would have thrown them into the dumpster by 2020/2021.
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Love how good of a sport Ms. Jill is pushing you to buy bottles. Love her "live a little" attitude.
Love seeing you guys share the bottles, especially at the end with the restaurant owner. You can tell how much he appreciates it, and that’s what it’s all about. Sharing and making memories
Grocery store near me sells Weller 12 year for $45. You have to go to the customer service desk and ask for it and it's not always around but everything they sell is at state minimum and they can obtain about anything you want. Sometimes they can be a gold mine.
Which grocery store is that sir??
A honey hole 🤫
Well you can retire on deals like that
Please let us know LOL
Proof it's real
Rod & Hammer is my local distillery. Can confirm it's MGP juice. They just barely put in a new still so they can get their production up. Their Cask Strength is more than worth the buy. Their standard offerings, not so much.
Hi TJ,
It's a scotch but since you said you would be keeping an eye out for them, you missed a Springbank Local Barley 11 years at 7:24. I doubt the price was fair though... who knows!
Your wife is 100% like mine. I always think way hard on buying it and she is always giving me the "When will you ever see this bottle again speech". I love her and I won the wife lottery lol. That Widow Jane Decadence was a miss. That stuff is so freaking good!
I was surprised Widow Jane was not mentioned on his NY video! Such good Whiskey, specially Decadence!
I haven't tried decadence yet. Lucky 13 was delicious.
Big fan of that Redwood Empire Grizzly Beast
Great stuff as always TJ. Love the Bourbon hunting videos !! Thank you TJ and JIll
I love how supportive Jill is. She’s like “you should get it!” and I know that my wife would give me a hard time about buying cheap bourbon lol.
not a drinker but a 80$ bottle is considered cheap for bourbon? Just curious 😅
I agree. This is by far my favorite channel. You and your wife are amazing and fun to watch. Keep hunting and sharing.
Keep making your videos Sir, hell with the haters it means you're doing something right. I've never drank Bourbon in my life and have been binge watching all of your videos.
Same here i just enjoy watching him haggle and seeing his knowledge in all the different bourbon flavors i end up on his lives when he tires them out and it’s just entertaining
@@justinlindsey9178 I've learned so much about double barrel, store picks and barrel picks, malts etc. One thing I've wondered do you usually put ice in your bourbon (LOL) and do you chill it.
It’s cool to see you guys around my neck of the woods, Elk Grove, Reno, etc etc. You boys get around! Glad to see it!
The 2023 Makers BEP always does amazing in my blinds. I usually don't like staved whiskeys but this one does it for me.
Jill rocks for supporting you. My wife enjoys hunting with me and picks a few for herself lol.
Brewzle, with as often as you bourbon hunt while flying, you may want to consider a piece of wine luggage. I check mine everywhere I go, and use Vin De Gaurd 8 bottle luggage. It keeps the weight under the checked bag limit, and I’ve checked it over 50 times with zero issues. Just an idea my friend! Keep this content going, love it
The Japanese whiskey hibiki is amazing!
Totally agree
Well, San Jose. I use to reside there years ago, in fact I was out there this Feb 1 to Feb 5....Anyway, that is what made it so interesting living there was the great quest for Whiskey, Bourbon, and Rye. My best encounters outside of Bevmo, was the numerous Liquor Stores...I resided on the West Side....but when you looked there was variety and slection...sometimes the price was to gouged.
Oh Yeah! You definitely linked up with the Best Bourbon Hunter on the West Coast. Looking at his hat he also has a great taste for BBQ Sauces and Seasonings😁
I would recommend trying the world whiskeys!! You may like it or you may hate it, but you have tried it!!
You are my guide to bourbon❤
Great video, TJ! At some point I highly recommend you try Driftless Glen. I went to a distillery tour in Wisconsin and it was amazing. Great folks over there.
I live my bourbon hunting life vicariously through you. Lots of fun!
Very great to see you visit San Jose, I’m sorry it didn’t turn out better. I am from the San Jose area and most liquor stores are tight with pricing unfortunately. Welcome to California…. Where anything is expensive
My family is from Fallon, NV. I used to live about 2 miles from Frey Ranch. The Frey's are good people.
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Best bourbon channel hands down!
That Lost Republic is actually really nice. I was a bar manager up until a couple years ago and I had a rep come in and sample that for me. I've been looking for a bottle of it for myself for a while, but it's only special order for bars and restaurants in my area.
Also I asked about bottles before and forgot to say... Truckee California is a great place full of great people..glad you like it out there
Cool that you stopped by my city, San Jose. We're not really known for our whiskey, but always have stock of Buffalo Trace and Eagle Rare! Next time you're out here try some local distilleries like 10th Street Distillery.
that raleys in elk grove is literally the grocery store i grew up going to, that exact one! crazy!
You should have grabbed that Pikesville in the grocery store 12:37, 15:25, 16:44. There is only one bottle for a reason 😮
One of your best videos. Thanks TJ!
Ever since I started watching you, I started paying more attention to bourbon, and I went to a store that was charging 800ish for stagg and 200 for antique 107😮😮😮
If you ever run across a red breast PX at $150 or less, buy it. It’s Irish whiskey, but it’s absolutely fantastic! I enjoy good Irish whiskeys and that is probably the best one I’ve had. So much so that I bet anyone who doesn’t like Irish whiskeys will also enjoy it. Red breast also has a bourbon barrel aged Irish whiskey…I have a bottle, but haven’t cracked it yet. PX…it’s the real deal…
Redbreast 12 is aged in ex bourbon and ex sherry barrels. Most scotches do the same of ex bourbon and/or sherry.
A darn good start, some good stuff and a great ending with Pappy!
Brother this is my favorite burbon channel on the interwebs. I say with Respect: please exercise and work on your weight so you can be in less pain. I mean this from the bottom of my heart. If you do ever read this. Stay healthy man you have a lot going on. Seriously love your team and your channel. Exercise eat clean so you can continue with this type of content. With all do respect. If this ever gets read.
In my neck of the woods. Sorry to have missed you all. I think the Larceny C923 is better than the ECBP C923. Oh and that Jim Beam Single Barrel is delicious you should have picked it up. Keep up the great content!
Awesome Video! Was one of the better videos in a while! Love to see the camaraderie of the group throughout the video and the special bottle pours at the end!
Great video looks like there were a couple really nice stores there with good selection and reasonable prices. Can't wait to see the Frey ranch video
My favorite content on this channel is the hunt! Keep up the great work
I agree on the 15. After the Pappy 15 it doesn't get better and I had one bottle that tasted like an ashtray. 15 is my pick for best, too.
Tale of Winter is a 2022 limited edition finished in Marsala casks. Marsala is a Sicilian fortified wine that was originally made to compete with Port when British sailors would come to Sicily as the British at the time loved fortified wines. It never took off and ended up becoming cheep cooking wine.
Any of the Mitchell & Son Spot irish whiskeys are solid yellow green or red, they’re usually Allocated at our Governments (BC, Canada) premium spirits release but not necessarily hard to find…but all them I so far have tried are very enjoyable.
Mitchell & Son spot whiskey's are indeed very good.
San Jose is the land of easy whiskey since the scene is heavily moving into Tequila. All across CA the availability of bourbon/rye is extremely available compared to the rest of the US. I guess the Fireball/Wheatley Vodka sales are still strong so you still get crazy allocations all across the state.
You missed the John J Bowman @ 23:15.
That was also pre label change John J...lots of rumors about what juice was actually in the bottle and whether it's changed but I'd buy several of those being the old label.
Tj I will always respect and appreciate the effort you do and the knowledge you give, you are the reason I switch from tequila to bourbon, lol but that hater tho he funny ignore all the commotion. And good drinking here from Houston,TX sir,cheers 🍻!!
Wow, just a fantastic video and that bottle lineup at the end was stellar
EH Taylor has to be my favorite pour right now . Just wish it wasn't so hard to come by .
Seeing Buffalo Trace sitting around at all these places you go just hurts my heart. Basically unattainable without standing in line for 6 hours in north Alabama.
Hey gentlemen… can you two make a video on the small stuff? How to drink bourbon like a boss or just a newbie. What glasses to use Glencarin or a solo cup. How much do you pour? How much to drink in one night/ one sitting. Do you stick with one glass of one kind or taste multiple till you can’t feel your face haha! What is your top daily drinker? How does Brewzle do it? Thanks men. San Angelo Texas here.
EH Taylor Single Barrel might be my absolute fav. Top 3 for sho.
This is what it’s all about. Thank you ❤
The seller of Starbrite Market was awesome.
Living in BC, which is a government controlled system with a secondary private liquor store system, it is wild to see what we have litterally everywhere (Buffalo, Little Book 4, 5, 6, 7 ---- etc)
TJ is the first guy I just want to be friends with! Knowledge is great, personality is better. I scored my.forst Blanton's locally though I've tried it before. A friend of mine who is part of a group that gets rarer higher demand stuff let me snag a Rock Hill Farms of his for $100. Waiting until i can appreciate them better before i crack them open. I dont think I'll l ever get the palate developed more than yea or neigh! Brewzle you make great content. Thank you my virtual friend.
I like the tasting in the video, definitely should be in every hunt!
Love your stuff, great reviews thank you
You’re definitely right that Jack Daniels stuff is extremely available. That said, the SiBBP Rye is oddly scarce in some regions. Including central Tennessee. I live an hour from Lynchburg and I’ve found it twice in a year.
Not really your fault that it tastes so good that everyone wants it though lol.
Keep making the content. Always entertaining!
You pointed to the scotch on the top shelf in one of these places and all I see is Scotland. Tax went up years ago and I think what craft distilleries are doing in the US with malted and copper pot stilled whiskies is too compelling comparatively (by price, especially). The other thing is that in Scotland AB Inbev and Diageo own them all except a very few. Those that like Islay scotches should drink Kilchoman - the only craft distillery left in Islay. In the US what comes to mind for me is Defiant (out of North Carolina). If you don't typically like scotch, Defiant is easier on the palette, like a lowland scotch. Balcones (from Tx) is one of my favorites - very very very unique. And there are a couple from ASW in Atlanta that due to value/price, I can't pass up. I basically try to like everything from ASW, but I"m biased, being an Atlantan. Would be curious your opinion on the "Fiddler" line (bourbon wise). You have probably covered it and I just haven't seen it yet. The pecan barrel one to me is pretty good.
Love the bourbon hunting. Just mad I cannot remember all the good recommended bourbons.
As a note, the frey ranch uncut rye is only available as barrel picks l, so it's not super common, especially outside of nevada
My buddy is the one distilling for rod and hammer. Great guys in an amazing town. Great pick up
SLO. I dig the cask strength versions. 👍🏻🥃.
Awesome video Brewzle!
Raley's is a great store. Just got myself a Thomas H Handy for $250 from my local Raley's!
Rod and Hammers is good. Technically not local but still a great bottle.
Jason! Good to finally see you over here on the TH-cam’s man. Cheer’s guys! 🥃🪓
That Yellow Spot is freaking delicious!
Jill was not for the games out there lol. She was grabbing the goods with no hesitation 😂 good stuff
Great content like always, cheers!
I have a local store that marks up bottles to full secondary+. If a tater from Alabama comes in, Stagg is 349. If a local hoarder who already has 14 bottles of every batch made comes in, it's 349. If a local comes in regularly, purchases shelfers, and talks to the owner like a human, Stagg is 100. Lol! I fully support this method.
You’re right: not all of my money is being spent on bourbon. A lot of it is spent on rye, too. 😋🥃
just smile and enjoy yourself
I have been binging these hunting videos! I know you have hit Orlando before but if you ever make your way to Tampa or St.Pete in Florida would love to show you to a few spots!
Can't wait to see your Frey Ranch video. I tried it in Veags and brought a bottle home to eastern NC. Of course I really like it and we don't have it here.
I have a bottle of the high west cask strength but it’s not the wine finished it’s just called cask strength with the blue label
If you haven't been to Market District in Carmel, IN you should definitely check out their selection. It is quite nice
Rod and hammers is everywhere in California. I have a bottle of the cask strength.
Pretty good.
I think when you tried to get into scotch and see if there was one you like, it was a good variety, But I probably wouldve started you off with some different American Single Malts. They share more similarities with bourbon as typically they are aged in new american oak which results in bigger bolder flavors, rather than delicate complex ones. They tend to be a bit young, but its a fast growing catagory and most that Ive had are delicious
Love your videos,I’m a huge makers mark drinker and I wish I could have found a cellar aged for myself.I haven’t given up just yet even though I know hell will probably freeze over.Great finds
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I have recently started watching this channel and hands down the best one yet!!! I love you guys an all the content also if you haven’t heard or tried creek water you should definitely check it out n try it
Yea I picked up the high west cabernet, and man am I happy with the decision. The nose is immaculate and the pallet holds up too it very well, but I wouldn’t quite call it immaculate
That Don Julio 1942 is the best tequila I can think of and reminded me of a Sweet bourbon and is worth the try
Please come do a hunt in southern CA. Where you are is not really CA, that’s the sparse populated area, LA (Los Angeles) is the place to be. Just LA alone has 10x the population of where you are now. That’s a fun hunt, its supply and demand and the thrill of the hunt. Right?
Wild to say San Jose isn’t really Cali
Funnily enough last night I was just talking to a friend who works for a friend of Rod & Hammer and one of their Christmas gifts was a barrel pick from Rod & Hammer so its pretty cool seeing you pick one up
Another awesome video🥃Jason is the man!🥃
what do you do with a whole barrel when you got all the options you have? do you sell some of what you get?
7:23 there is a Springbank Local Barley :O Years of hunting for SB in Sweden not once have I got hold of one of these. Here you could get four times the price for that bottle. Lot's of people would buy that just to sell it or store for the future. Americans are lucky :)
Great vid! Nice to see good stuff at msrp in a grocery store!
Don't want to sound like a "fanboy" (cuz I'm more like a "fanoldman) but this was a great video. As my brother would say, "everybody with a garage is making bourbon" these days. I only wish I had to the budget to try some of these picks. If in California, you have to try Dorothy Arzner Rye whiskey which I believe is distilled in California by Francis Coppola. Excellent! Cheers!
Found some Rebel cask strength the other day and had to pick up a couple. They were store picks.
Great Video
I’m heading to Raley’s in Truckee Ca tomorrow to walk the isle where the good stuff is. Cheers.
Need to come hit some liquors stores in the Bay Area!
He was literally in san jose in this video 🤦🏻♂️
Jack daniels is rare where I live. Literally only standard jacks are available. None of the stubby bottles. Gotta love Canada.
Great video!
Should have picked up that twist top Antique that was on the floor next to the Weller 12
The tequila selections in California is amazing. Definitely need to try Cazcanes añejo or extra añejo
Looking forward to the future when you go hunting in Japan.
Kaiyo is amazing all of their cask strength is primo
It's pretty funny when people increase price above MSRP on the bourbon county stouts. In my area anything from 2022 or older is HEAVILY discounted because the retailers want them off shelf. One of my local gas stations is already marking the 2023 releases down 30-50% just to move them. I walked into one of their locations and the clerk said "take all of them and I'll give you a great price." They were already $6.50 per 2023 barrel aged stout but they had 35 of them on shelf. Probably could have walked out with them all at $5 a piece just so they could clear their shelf space.
Most chains know that the bottles are designed to "age" in the glass but they simply don't care. If the item is not moving quickly they will price it to move. Per year they make far less off the Goose Island Stouts than they do off PBR/Coors/Bud Light and they want more shelf space for those high movement items. The smaller specialty stores just want to make margin on their unique products since they don't need as much footage dedicated to their standard and high moving products.
Of course, you won't find 2017 bottles in most chains - they would have thrown them into the dumpster by 2020/2021.
Brewzle those yamazakis are GREAT at the 8 minute mark depending on price.