First time watching one of your videos. I like how you break down the difference prices you’d pay sometimes I struggle on prices. Now I need to try the rye.
Glad you liked it, yeah we thought it’d be a cool series to start regarding our opinions on bottles we see out there going for crazy prices. Thanks for your support!
My EHT SiB must’ve been a unicorn because it was like drinking caramel and honey from the lips of an angel. Still got two on the shelf but saving them for a special occasion. SB isn’t even in the same class.
Hopefully we will see a little more popping up this year. Buffalo production has been kicked up. Curious how this year will go. We hope you start seeing them too🥃
Nice video - I agree on the Small Batch vs Single Barrel. I choose small batch every time over single barrel. I actually find the single barrel's to be a little too harsh for my liking, where as the small batch blending takes all that out and leaves me with an awesome pour.
Great review on the Taylor's. I like your thoughts on pricing. In addition, it is hard for me to spend over $100 for a bottle of whiskey and it better be really good. To much good stuff on the shelves between $50-$100...
I wish I had your luck or most people who manage to secure any bottle at MSRP! I've had a hand full and it was just dumb luck early in my bourbon journey. Now I pick and choose my best secondary prices from local stores when available. Just bought a Stagg Jr 24C for $175, normally in my area ( NE IL) they go for $300 plus if you don't have a relationship with your store. Cheers guys
Last several days has been an EH Taylor hall. 1st, i won a mystery box through a liquor store (350) and came with 3 bottles. 1 angels Envy, 1 old Louisville, and 1 EH Taylor Barrel Proof batch 12. A week later, Total wine had a drop. Picked up 2 EH Ryes, 1 single barrel. Same day i went to a local mom & pop and they had 2 EH Taylor Barrel proffs for 180 each. Said that was there 1st time getting them. Boughr both as lowest ive seen for 2nd ary. Usually 400-500. They also had some EH Rye's for 125 but i left them (might go back). This week drops also at Bevmo. Licked up 2 EH Ryes (80 each) & a single barrel (90). On Friday, i got a tip that my local Costco got a drop. Turned our to be EH Taylor Barrel proof for $72 limit 1. Git that and a Bookers 04 ($80) & Larceny C924 (52). Went to a short ways away to local grocery store and they also had some. Picked up 1 EH Rye (80) & 1 EH Single. All and all 4 EH Taylor barrels proofs 3 EH single Barrels 4 EH Rye's What a week.
@@dominiccampos7297 wow. Just wow. I doubt I've ever seen that many bottles of Taylor, much less at a good price. Everyone says Costco has drops. I'm at mine weekly and they never have that nice of bottles for sale.
Last week in Reno I got a Small Batch from a big-box-store for $63 and a Single Barrel from a Nevada grocery store for $109 (first time I'ver ever seen one).
Your video came across my feed! I run a local discord whiskey group with a bunch of great, smart guys in WA. We always call out drops, collection updates, as well as get together for whiskey tastings / events. Let me know if yall want to join it!
E.H. Tater is exactly right. All the times I've been able to try the Small Batch, it's always been good. However, I'd never pay anything more than MSRP for it. Too many other good pours out there, many of which are demonstrably stronger value buys. In any case, I prefer Eagle Rare to EH Taylor Small Batch. If given the choice between the two, I'll always pick up Eagle Rare. Now if I ever saw EH Taylor Single Barrel or Barrel Proof at MSRP, sure I'd get them. I doubt the market will cool down enough for something like that to happen though. You are also correct that very few top shelf offerings match up with their insane secondary prices. It's simply that many of the top shelf bottles are Veblen goods now. Which has turned so many limited bottles into trade fodder and status symbols, you know, instead of opening and enjoying the whiskeys for what they are. 🤷♂
Exactly. The label and marketing is what drives these prices crazy. But it’s about the juice! We buy to drink. But even if we want a certain bottle for a vid, we have a hard time paying too much over MSRP. We better really like the bottle, or it’s the first time we’ve seen it at a certain price. But you are 100% right. Whiskey is for drinking and shared. That’s the whole point in this venture! Thanks for watching!🥃
Honestly for me single barrel hits so good for me. Maybe I’ve had some honey barrels but I don’t disagree that small batch is just always a good blend.
Past experience would say small batch is better than single barrel, but my current bottle of single barrel is SOOO GOOD. Much better than small batch. It's just different...
I’d only go MSRP on any of them. And I’m a single barrel guy then the full proof the rye isn’t anything special is it okay sure but there are so many other options that are better and cheaper.
cool beans saying you saying you would only pay 60. where in the world doesnt have it marked up over 100?!!? dammed if i can ever find it that cheap. i just bought it today for 130 and the store said they probably wont get another for 6-12 months.
Just trying to relay that the juice inside really isn't worth as much as we see it for secondary. At least to us. Every now and then we stumble on a fair price. But it's hard to justify much more than that. Just trying to help
Fellow WA drinkers? It's hell in WA because of our taxes but EH Taylor is one of my absolute favorites, especially Barrel Proof. I love the SiB quite a lot, but maybe its because all the SiB I have had are very fruit forward which is what I love, whereas SmB is more caramel and vanilla forward. Cheers!
Yessir! A couple PNW boys! If I could have any of the BT lineup be regularly available it would be E.H. Taylor Small Batch. Such a reliable and Interesting pour. Deserves to be in every bar. We are waiting for that single barrel that blows us away. But the barrel proof really is amazing! Thanks for watching!🥃
I’m in WA too, and December has been bountiful for Buffalo Trace. I feel like I’m single handedly fixing our state budget shortfall. Got the following at MSRP: 2 - GTS 1 - EHT Barrel Proof 1 - Stagg Jr 24C 3 - Elmer T Lee
@@BentleyPascoe If you’re in Pasco I’m just a bit north of you in Central WA. When I asked the lady at the register if she had anything special, she said she got a couple Staggs in the hour prior. I asked if I could get them both, thinking it was Stagg Jr and she says sure. When she comes out of the office with the GTS tall bottles it was an absolute 👁️ 👄 👁️ moment.
Ouch, Still cheaper than what we usually find it for. It'll be 300-500 on the shelves. All about luck when finding for around $100. Thanks for the comment🥃
Definitely nothing in this lineup we can find easily. We've only found 1 BP and had to drive far for that price. SiB was luck but still more than I wanted to pay. Small batch we've seen 2 in the last year worth buying (Under $65) and the rye I've never seen under $150. Not fun looking for prices that are worth these. Road trips are when we seem to find decent pricing. Happy hunting🥃
Jack Daniel’s barrel profs both the bourbon( whiskey) and ryes are freaking phenomenal for under 100 always. Store picks are even a bit better. If you can get your hands on one or both don’t hesitate. Your welcome 👍👍👍
First time watching one of your videos. I like how you break down the difference prices you’d pay sometimes I struggle on prices. Now I need to try the rye.
Glad you liked it, yeah we thought it’d be a cool series to start regarding our opinions on bottles we see out there going for crazy prices. Thanks for your support!
My EHT SiB must’ve been a unicorn because it was like drinking caramel and honey from the lips of an angel. Still got two on the shelf but saving them for a special occasion. SB isn’t even in the same class.
We keep hearing about these honey SiB bottles! I guess we need to keep trying! Thank you for the feedback!🥃
Eht BP b12 is by far one of the best bottles Ive had
Such a fantastic pour! Wish we came across them more often!
Wish I could find any of these locally. Haven’t seen one in years.
Hopefully we will see a little more popping up this year. Buffalo production has been kicked up. Curious how this year will go. We hope you start seeing them too🥃
Nice video - I agree on the Small Batch vs Single Barrel. I choose small batch every time over single barrel. I actually find the single barrel's to be a little too harsh for my liking, where as the small batch blending takes all that out and leaves me with an awesome pour.
I’d have to agree. We are opposite with every other Buffalo Trace SiB product. But the EH Taylor’s I prefer the Small batch. Glad we’re not alone!🥃
Great review on the Taylor's. I like your thoughts on pricing. In addition, it is hard for me to spend over $100 for a bottle of whiskey and it better be really good. To much good stuff on the shelves between $50-$100...
100% agree on that! People get so wrapped up in looking for “the best” they miss the awesome bottles always on the shelf!
Thanks for watching!🥃
Great review. I need to get the rye.
Definitely worth getting if you enjoy rye!
Thanks for watching!🥃
Subscriber number 666! 🤘
Thanks for the sub!🥃
@BrothersBarrel toasting that Stagg 24b here!
@@josephcook2314 Heck yeah! Great bottle! Stagg is back on the right track!
I agree. I have 2 single barrels now. I prefer the Small Batch to the single barrel I have cracked.
That’s crazy. Glad we aren’t alone on this one!🥃
I wish I had your luck or most people who manage to secure any bottle at MSRP! I've had a hand full and it was just dumb luck early in my bourbon journey. Now I pick and choose my best secondary prices from local stores when available. Just bought a Stagg Jr 24C for $175, normally in my area ( NE IL) they go for $300 plus if you don't have a relationship with your store. Cheers guys
Ouch. It’s rough out there for sure. And good prices are long and far between. But keep exploring. You’ll find decent deals out there!🥃
Here in Oregon was able to land 2 of the new EH taylor barrel proof rye... heard mixed reviews on but at msrp 78.00 amazing finds
2 of them? Nice! We’ve heard very mixed reviews too. Hope you enjoy it!🥃
@BrothersBarrel yes had to make a 8 hours round trip for 1 of them.
Wow. Hope it’s worth it!😂
Last several days has been an EH Taylor hall. 1st, i won a mystery box through a liquor store (350) and came with 3 bottles. 1 angels Envy, 1 old Louisville, and 1 EH Taylor Barrel Proof batch 12. A week later, Total wine had a drop. Picked up 2 EH Ryes, 1 single barrel. Same day i went to a local mom & pop and they had 2 EH Taylor Barrel proffs for 180 each. Said that was there 1st time getting them. Boughr both as lowest ive seen for 2nd ary. Usually 400-500. They also had some EH Rye's for 125 but i left them (might go back). This week drops also at Bevmo. Licked up 2 EH Ryes (80 each) & a single barrel (90). On Friday, i got a tip that my local Costco got a drop. Turned our to be EH Taylor Barrel proof for $72 limit 1. Git that and a Bookers 04 ($80) & Larceny C924 (52). Went to a short ways away to local grocery store and they also had some. Picked up 1 EH Rye (80) & 1 EH Single. All and all
4 EH Taylor barrels proofs
3 EH single Barrels
4 EH Rye's
What a week.
Dude. That’s a haul we could only dream of! Awesome week!!! 🥃 and great prices
Dude! Where do you live? Under the distillery?
@@mattschmitt9924 I wish. In CA. Not the norm. Just luck
@@dominiccampos7297 wow. Just wow. I doubt I've ever seen that many bottles of Taylor, much less at a good price. Everyone says Costco has drops. I'm at mine weekly and they never have that nice of bottles for sale.
@@dominiccampos7297 that's crazy. I've never seen that many Taylor's in the wild, much less at a good price. Cheers to the hunt, friend.
Last week in Reno I got a Small Batch from a big-box-store for $63 and a Single Barrel from a Nevada grocery store for $109 (first time I'ver ever seen one).
Not a bad buy for your first one! Congrats! Both are great bottles!🥃
Lee's or Total? I'm in Reno also
@@smkinredneck from Total. But I've seen them in Lee's too.
@andyn8542 i found a small batch for $80 on friday at a random little liquor store. They also had 3 bottles of eagle rare
I seen one go for 500 dallors its insane
Holy crap. Very little whiskey is worth that!
Your video came across my feed! I run a local discord whiskey group with a bunch of great, smart guys in WA. We always call out drops, collection updates, as well as get together for whiskey tastings / events. Let me know if yall want to join it!
That sounds great! Shoot us an email invite!
E.H. Tater is exactly right. All the times I've been able to try the Small Batch, it's always been good. However, I'd never pay anything more than MSRP for it. Too many other good pours out there, many of which are demonstrably stronger value buys. In any case, I prefer Eagle Rare to EH Taylor Small Batch. If given the choice between the two, I'll always pick up Eagle Rare. Now if I ever saw EH Taylor Single Barrel or Barrel Proof at MSRP, sure I'd get them. I doubt the market will cool down enough for something like that to happen though. You are also correct that very few top shelf offerings match up with their insane secondary prices. It's simply that many of the top shelf bottles are Veblen goods now. Which has turned so many limited bottles into trade fodder and status symbols, you know, instead of opening and enjoying the whiskeys for what they are. 🤷♂
Exactly. The label and marketing is what drives these prices crazy. But it’s about the juice! We buy to drink. But even if we want a certain bottle for a vid, we have a hard time paying too much over MSRP. We better really like the bottle, or it’s the first time we’ve seen it at a certain price. But you are 100% right. Whiskey is for drinking and shared. That’s the whole point in this venture!
Thanks for watching!🥃
Single barrel eht are older than small batches.
Honestly for me single barrel hits so good for me. Maybe I’ve had some honey barrels but I don’t disagree that small batch is just always a good blend.
We gotta find some of those Colorado SiB then! We will keep trying them!😂
@ or bowman single barrels.
Love those Bowman’s!
Past experience would say small batch is better than single barrel, but my current bottle of single barrel is SOOO GOOD. Much better than small batch. It's just different...
We are just waiting for that honey barrel I think. Every now and then there is a Single Barrel review and it’s just amazing. Can’t wait for our own!🥃
Never found one in michigan 😖
Dang. Any of them?
Family Fare. I've purchased all but the Straight Rye at them and they've been msrp within the last 13 months. EHTBP cost me 79 before tax.
Don’t know where you got straight rye for 80 just pick one up at Kroger for 105 msrp. They are state regulated in Michigan.
We didn’t! We paid like $120 or something. MSRP is $80. Wish I found for that!😂
I’d only go MSRP on any of them. And I’m a single barrel guy then the full proof the rye isn’t anything special is it okay sure but there are so many other options that are better and cheaper.
I can respect that reasoning. Thanks for the comment! 🥃
My 1st small batch i paid $34.00
I would pay that all day long! Wow!
Just got Straight Rye for $91.99, everywhere else in town is 150-299
Such a great price these days for that bottle. Congrats!🥃
I really wish I'd come across these deals! Probably the best I've seen is $350 in NE Illinois and even higher $400 plus! Not a purchase for me
This video is mainly to help make good decisions on pricing. And what we think they’re worth. Hope it helps some!
cool beans saying you saying you would only pay 60. where in the world doesnt have it marked up over 100?!!? dammed if i can ever find it that cheap. i just bought it today for 130 and the store said they probably wont get another for 6-12 months.
Just trying to relay that the juice inside really isn't worth as much as we see it for secondary. At least to us. Every now and then we stumble on a fair price. But it's hard to justify much more than that. Just trying to help
Fellow WA drinkers? It's hell in WA because of our taxes but EH Taylor is one of my absolute favorites, especially Barrel Proof. I love the SiB quite a lot, but maybe its because all the SiB I have had are very fruit forward which is what I love, whereas SmB is more caramel and vanilla forward. Cheers!
Yessir! A couple PNW boys! If I could have any of the BT lineup be regularly available it would be E.H. Taylor Small Batch. Such a reliable and Interesting pour. Deserves to be in every bar. We are waiting for that single barrel that blows us away. But the barrel proof really is amazing!
Thanks for watching!🥃
I’m in WA too, and December has been bountiful for Buffalo Trace. I feel like I’m single handedly fixing our state budget shortfall. Got the following at MSRP:
2 - GTS
1 - EHT Barrel Proof
1 - Stagg Jr 24C
3 - Elmer T Lee
@jordandowland7256 wow, so lucky. The only BTAC I've seen is in museums
@@BentleyPascoe If you’re in Pasco I’m just a bit north of you in Central WA. When I asked the lady at the register if she had anything special, she said she got a couple Staggs in the hour prior. I asked if I could get them both, thinking it was Stagg Jr and she says sure. When she comes out of the office with the GTS tall bottles it was an absolute 👁️ 👄 👁️ moment.
@jordandowland7256 super lucky, I'm in the Seattle area, we're not so lucky out here.
You guys would never taste E H Taylor at those prices in Ga, at least North Georgia. Barrel Proof is at least $250 if you can’t find it.
Ouch, Still cheaper than what we usually find it for. It'll be 300-500 on the shelves. All about luck when finding for around $100. Thanks for the comment🥃
Yea I’m not finding any of those prices you guys are getting
Definitely nothing in this lineup we can find easily. We've only found 1 BP and had to drive far for that price. SiB was luck but still more than I wanted to pay. Small batch we've seen 2 in the last year worth buying (Under $65) and the rye I've never seen under $150. Not fun looking for prices that are worth these. Road trips are when we seem to find decent pricing. Happy hunting🥃
Anything over $100 is price gouging and targeted marketing.
The value and labor involved better be there if it’s over $100
Jack Daniel’s barrel profs both the bourbon( whiskey) and ryes are freaking phenomenal for under 100 always. Store picks are even a bit better. If you can get your hands on one or both don’t hesitate. Your welcome 👍👍👍
100% we love the JDSiBBPs so much! Just solid whiskey everytime!🥃
SB is not a $100 bottle. $60 if I was completely desperate, $50 if I have one. There are so many equal or better bottles in the $50 to $60 range.
Absolutely agree. Fantastic bottle. But not above $50 to us🥃