Looking for two bottles and I'm trying to stay below 200$ a bottle. My knowledge isn't that expansive so I dont know if any of these are good deals or not.
I was thinking about E H Taylor Small Batch and Midwinter Dram.
Posted Dec 24, 2019, 12:28 AM UTC
I recommend walking out of that bar and getting 4x bottles of Balvenie Carribean Cask - or 8x random bottles under $40 to try something new.
Holy wow. That’s high prices. That GTS is kinda worth it? Maybe the RHF as well. Truly up to you though.
What bar is this?
The ER17 isn’t a horrible secondary price either, seen this go for around $1200
Yeah. I didn’t think Their BTAC was actually crazy.
LOL. GTS is $99 MSRP. $300 is bad. No it’s not secondary fucking $700+ but still. It’s liquid that you ultimately piss out.
That’s what it all is. I think $300 is realllly solid compared to most secondary. But still overpriced
Just a whiskey/cigar bar in South Dakota. It's hard to come by a lot of these in the area so that might explain the gouging. I've been trying to grab some EH Taylor Small Batch for a bit and can't find it anywhere.
that might explain the gouging.
Greed is the only explanation.
Michters 10 Year and Rockhill Farms are reasonably priced. So is the Macallan 21. Everything else is way too high.
Wow, that’s ugly. The EHT SmB May be the most outrageous. Though oddly the EHT BP is only slightly above retail. That’s the bottle I’d go with for drinking. The George T Stagg is less than Secondary, but still above my personal threshold. The Eagle Rare 17 year sells for a lot more than that elsewhere (I’m not a flipper myself though). Otherwise, those prices are fubar.
Thank you for your input
The EHT Barrel Proof is about 50% above retail. Don't buy the Small Batch. It goes for $40 - $50 normally. Get the Barrel Proof. That way you know you overpaid, but not horrendously. And the barrel proof is lovely.
I have a bottle of the WT Revival and it's fantastic for $150 and would definitely grab it for $125 if you're into wine finished bourbons or Wild Turkey. Otherwise avoid basically everything else unless there's something you were really wanting as everything else is pretty over priced.
Lol, thought I was maybe a little crazy when nobody else said anything. I’d be more than okay picking up this bottle at $125
Yeah these are all high IMO, but it could be worth it to you depending on budget and how rare they are for your area?
EH Taylor Small Batch was $60 and Midwinter Dram was $100 for me.
If I absolutely had to pick two of those bottles I'd choose Rock Hill Farms and Old Ezra but my god those prices...
I’m sorry, is this a pour or a bottle? Actually, never mind. It’s pretty bad either way.
Per bottle.
Is the GTS at $300 truly that bad? I mean obviously the others are oof. But I know that bottle retails in the high 1s low 2s right?
GTS retails for $100.
What kind of heaven do you live in? Everything showing on winesearcher is showing minimum of 400
The question was what it retails for and that is $100. What you are seeing is the mark up being applied by the sellers.
Yes. It’s bad.
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These are all terrible prices. I wouldn’t buy any.
Suggestion: call them out on bad price gouging then never give them another dollar.
This is the least helpful post. Why even post? There are a few good buys on the list. I ended up haggling down the price of the RHF based on the suggestions of a few here. This is the only bar in this area of my state that has a nice, vast liquor selection. Boycotting them would be the end of my hobby. Thanks for hopping on the hivemind and providing absolute nothing of value.
If you think that's the only place in your area you can find allocated whiskey you're both ignorant and lazy. Spend a week or two truly searching and you'll find some of that list for retail. People who support in any way stores like that are the problem.
This is a bar, not a retail store. Making the comments you're making with zero context of the situation is ignorant. To suggest a boycott of my favorite bar that just happened to be selling some bottles from the owners stock because they're a little over priced is reactionary and childish. There's no need to be rude.
Merry Christmas.
Holy fucking price gouging.
Oh no.
Oh yeah just snagged EH Taylor for my brother in law for Xmas for $36.99 for the bottle.
Did you forget to pay for the rest of it?
For small batch? I’m sure I still got the pic of it on the shelf if you really want the proof.