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.
He and his team are awesome. See him change will be motivation to myself, and i hope to those who watch him. I hope he keeps up the great work. I'm sure if he works this hard on his channel he will work just as hard on himself for his family, and us lovers of whiskey. I'm not sure if this is jill his wife but tou guys make a great team.
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.
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?
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…
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.
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.
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.
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)
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.
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!
If you can find a Balvenie 21yr aged PortWood for $230, or under, it is worth it, if you are interested in a Scotch that isn't overly peaty and has some lovely caramel and grape notes. It is my favorite scotch ever made.
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😁
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 🍻!!
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
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.
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😮😮😮
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.
Your not wrong about finding jack Daniels But I’m in Pennsylvania and the state owns all liquor stores. I go to jersey to hunt. And I find a lot more in jersey
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
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.
Indian and Asian store owners mark their stuff up big time. I used to run a liquor store in San Jose. Been in Beer for over 10 years. The whole if a beer is aged means it is more is not a thing anymore. It was 10 years ago but when bcbs sits now a days it means because it’s heavy passed on. Bcbs 10 years ago never sat on shelves. I used to sell bcbs aged beers at the same price as current aged ones. Used to sell on off bourbon at 20% above retail mark up. I understand the art of having expensive bottles on the shelf and making a heft chunk of money off them but a shop is there to sell product not sit on it.
Feel like if I were to bring a camera in a store and act like I have a huge following, owners would bring out bottles from the back for me LOL I should report back
Reporting back: Went to the liquor store across the street and was acting like I had a live stream; pointing my camera at myself and around the store show casing certain bottles. Gave the store a shout-out and talked to the owner. He then came out the back with a Russell's Reserve 13. I kid you not, no way. Almost like the Keith Lee effect with whiskey. @@Brewzle
If you like scotch, Glenmorangie makes quality whisky, that doesn't break the bank. Most scotch has exploded in price the past couple of years, atleast here in Europe. So i've been dipping my toes in to bourbon. For some reason the cheap ones are marked up quite a bit. Wild T 101 is 30usd while a Eagle rare is 40, then again a Knob Creek 9 is like 60 usd.
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.
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
Based on that jacket I saw inside his vehicle I think the driver is a cop in the area. Cops can manage great relationships with Liq owners and usually get a discount anyway.
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!
I’m from San Luis Obispo where Rod and hammer is based out of, and the sample I had from them was delicious. It was my aunt and uncles bottle, don’t remember the exact bottle it was but it was delicious
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.
It's so weird how the west coast has all these Buffalo Trace and Eagle Rare bottles filling up their shelves. in another video it was clear a lot of stores out there had Springbanks all over the place.All of those bottles are hard to find throughout the mid-west.
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.
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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.
I appreciate how you said that with respectfullness .He is definitely working on it. ❤
TJ often talks about how he is on a diet and dropping weight so it is definitely on his radar
He and his team are awesome.
See him change will be motivation to myself, and i hope to those who watch him. I hope he keeps up the great work. I'm sure if he works this hard on his channel he will work just as hard on himself for his family, and us lovers of whiskey. I'm not sure if this is jill his wife but tou guys make a great team.
Yes this is his Jill@@marvin8527
but all that whiskey drinking is just fine for you...
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 $45. You have to go to the customer service desk and ask for it and it's not always around but everything they sell is at state minimum and they can obtain about anything you want. Sometimes they can be a gold mine.
Which grocery store is that sir??
A honey hole 🤫
Well you can retire on deals like that
Big fan of that Redwood Empire Grizzly Beast
Rod & Hammer is my local distillery. Can confirm it's MGP juice. They just barely put in a new still so they can get their production up. Their Cask Strength is more than worth the buy. Their standard offerings, not so much.
The 2023 Makers BEP always does amazing in my blinds. I usually don't like staved whiskeys but this one does it for me.
Hi TJ,
It's a scotch but since you said you would be keeping an eye out for them, you missed a Springbank Local Barley 11 years at 7:24. I doubt the price was fair though... who knows!
Your wife is 100% like mine. I always think way hard on buying it and she is always giving me the "When will you ever see this bottle again speech". I love her and I won the wife lottery lol. That Widow Jane Decadence was a miss. That stuff is so freaking good!
I was surprised Widow Jane was not mentioned on his NY video! Such good Whiskey, specially Decadence!
I haven't tried decadence yet. Lucky 13 was delicious.
I love how supportive Jill is. She’s like “you should get it!” and I know that my wife would give me a hard time about buying cheap bourbon lol.
not a drinker but a 80$ bottle is considered cheap for bourbon? Just curious 😅
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.
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?
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.
I agree. This is by far my favorite channel. You and your wife are amazing and fun to watch. Keep hunting and sharing.
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!
Love how good of a sport Ms. Jill is pushing you to buy bottles. Love her "live a little" attitude.
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.
EH Taylor has to be my favorite pour right now . Just wish it wasn't so hard to come by .
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.
My family is from Fallon, NV. I used to live about 2 miles from Frey Ranch. The Frey's are good people.
Robb stark disagrees
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.
Great stuff as always TJ. Love the Bourbon hunting videos !! Thank you TJ and JIll
The Japanese whiskey hibiki is amazing!
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.
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)
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.
I just paid $40.99 for Eagle Rare in a dumpy liquor store in Denver that is primarily frequented by the homeless and drunks.
that raleys in elk grove is literally the grocery store i grew up going to, that exact one! crazy!
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!
If you can find a Balvenie 21yr aged PortWood for $230, or under, it is worth it, if you are interested in a Scotch that isn't overly peaty and has some lovely caramel and grape notes. It is my favorite scotch ever made.
Ive order my first bottle of bottled and bond and i went with jack Daniels bonded
Love the bourbon hunting. Just mad I cannot remember all the good recommended bourbons.
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😁
Rod and Hammers is good. Technically not local but still a great bottle.
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 🍻!!
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
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.
just smile and enjoy yourself
You should have grabbed that Pikesville in the grocery store 12:37, 15:25, 16:44. There is only one bottle for a reason 😮
Habiki Harmony is a MUST BUY
Herradura Selection Suprema is probably the best tequila I’ve ever had.
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😮😮😮
Ryan, the co-owner of Truckees, seems super cool. He sounds like he's an expert-level ganja smoker, as well as bourbon drinker
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.
Buy the Larceny C923 🥃🤘🏼
Ever get a chance, come to Evan’s Liquors in Lakewood NY, they have an amazing selection and state of the art store
I just picked up some goose island. There is a bunch of them here in my home town and they are $11 a piece
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
Your not wrong about finding jack Daniels
But I’m in Pennsylvania and the state owns all liquor stores. I go to jersey to hunt. And I find a lot more in jersey
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
Jill was not for the games out there lol. She was grabbing the goods with no hesitation 😂 good stuff
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.
I took a cooperage tour, they told me French Oak has to be a 200 year old tree to harvest it.
7:12 I would've instantly grabbed that Heavy Vapours to check the price.
Best bourbon channel hands down!
I will say that you cannot find the JDSBBP RYE in Ohio. I had to get mine from Michigan.
I live my bourbon hunting life vicariously through you. Lots of fun!
“Can buy another suitcase if we need to”😂😂😂
I love Sikh shop owners. Always so nice.
You missed Roco wine & spirits in West Sacramento!!
I have never seen a Jack Daniels BP Rye in real life. So, if it ain't rare I have no idea what the deal is.
"hit some samples in the back" sounds like you're about to hit some rails haha
One of your best videos. Thanks TJ!
That Don Julio 1942 is the best tequila I can think of and reminded me of a Sweet bourbon and is worth the try
The bottle i want most in the video is the one he gave away 😂
You’re right: not all of my money is being spent on bourbon. A lot of it is spent on rye, too. 😋🥃
Indian and Asian store owners mark their stuff up big time. I used to run a liquor store in San Jose. Been in Beer for over 10 years. The whole if a beer is aged means it is more is not a thing anymore. It was 10 years ago but when bcbs sits now a days it means because it’s heavy passed on. Bcbs 10 years ago never sat on shelves. I used to sell bcbs aged beers at the same price as current aged ones. Used to sell on off bourbon at 20% above retail mark up. I understand the art of having expensive bottles on the shelf and making a heft chunk of money off them but a shop is there to sell product not sit on it.
Feel like if I were to bring a camera in a store and act like I have a huge following, owners would bring out bottles from the back for me LOL I should report back
I always act like I have no one watching so they let me keep filming. Let me know how that goes.
Reporting back: Went to the liquor store across the street and was acting like I had a live stream; pointing my camera at myself and around the store show casing certain bottles. Gave the store a shout-out and talked to the owner. He then came out the back with a Russell's Reserve 13. I kid you not, no way. Almost like the Keith Lee effect with whiskey. @@Brewzle
I love Jill. “I think you should get it”. She’s 10/10
Kaiyo is amazing all of their cask strength is primo
My favorite content on this channel is the hunt! Keep up the great work
That Yellow Spot is freaking delicious!
I really want to find one of those 100% single grain frey ranch bottles.
Yamazaki 18 is the best Japanese whiskey I've ever had.
I have an unopened bottle of the 2022 Borchetta. If you ever find yourself in Indiana again, let me know and we’ll crack it open
If you like scotch, Glenmorangie makes quality whisky, that doesn't break the bank. Most scotch has exploded in price the past couple of years, atleast here in Europe. So i've been dipping my toes in to bourbon. For some reason the cheap ones are marked up quite a bit. Wild T 101 is 30usd while a Eagle rare is 40, then again a Knob Creek 9 is like 60 usd.
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.
Need to come hit some liquors stores in the Bay Area!
He was literally in san jose in this video 🤦🏻♂️
That Yamasaki 18 is a unicorn. If that was around $700, it’s a buy
As a note, the frey ranch uncut rye is only available as barrel picks l, so it's not super common, especially outside of nevada
Rod and hammers is everywhere in California. I have a bottle of the cask strength.
Pretty good.
Seems to me that you have so much bourbon that you should make a spread sheet of all of the bottles you have so you can access it while hunting.
Yea I picked up the high west cabernet, and man am I happy with the decision. The nose is immaculate and the pallet holds up too it very well, but I wouldn’t quite call it immaculate
Lagavulin distillers edition. Pick it up. You’re welcome
Handy is one of my favorites of all time I’d kill for it at 300$
Cheers all!
Based on that jacket I saw inside his vehicle I think the driver is a cop in the area. Cops can manage great relationships with Liq owners and usually get a discount anyway.
I've heard only bad news coming from California allocations and secondary. :')
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!
My wife doesn't understand bourbon hunting, but she encourages me to buy something if I am indecisive. Because she knows I will regret not buying it.
Surprised TJ didn’t buy that old screw top Weller 107
7:24 Springbank Local Barley 👀
I’m from San Luis Obispo where Rod and hammer is based out of, and the sample I had from them was delicious. It was my aunt and uncles bottle, don’t remember the exact bottle it was but it was delicious
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.
It's so weird how the west coast has all these Buffalo Trace and Eagle Rare bottles filling up their shelves. in another video it was clear a lot of stores out there had Springbanks all over the place.All of those bottles are hard to find throughout the mid-west.
My wife is that cool & we buy a ton of bottles😂😂❤
If you haven't been to Market District in Carmel, IN you should definitely check out their selection. It is quite nice
Man i would love just find one those good bottles
I can’t seem to add a photo I took at rod and hammer but they make their own stuff. It’s good for being young. I believe mine is 117 proof
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.