My finds for today.
Y’all didn’t seem to like me updating what I found in the wild today and I got mostly negative posts. I honestly wanted to do something different than the “look at my collection post” and wanted to update in real time what I can find at MSRP. I didn’t have a specific plan this morning other than just getting in the car and driving while the wife is at home studying for her final boards and asked for alone time. Just randomly started from one store to the next. First in Wisconsin and finished in IL. Total drive was about 55 miles back and forth. Started at 1000 CST and finished around 1530. I didn’t get a chance to hit all 7 stores today and did 5 in total. 2 stores (3&4) were complete duds. Not sure if they just didn’t want to sell their allocated bottles or were skipped over, but I know there was a major restock in most retailers here in the Midwest over the last week.
So far opened up the Kosher BT and it’s probably my new favorite from the lower tier BT line. If I had to rate the line up, I would put it from worst to best as Traveler’s, Sazerac Rye, Weller’s FP, regular BT, ER, Kosher BT, regular Blanton’s, any EHT, the BTAC line?, and finally the VW? I put the question marks because I have very limited experience at this tier. I finally opened the Handy and it is better than any of the other mentioned lines. I have only had the Pappy 15 once and I cannot recall much about it.
My first finds were the Weller FP and ER. I’ve cracked open the Weller after this picture and it’s not as bad as some would make it out to be. Maybe a solid 5.5 (5 being just average) at best. Some of the easier to find BT bottles are better on the nose and taste. Weller FP is nothing to write home about. ER never disappoints and it’s a safe choice in my opinion. Store 2 had the Kosher Rye BT. I picked up the rest at the final store. I did a bundle deal to get the ETL, Michter’s toasted barrel, and the Japanese market Blanton’s with the Angle’s Envy Cask Strength and the Yellowstone 2024 limited release.
Y’all didn’t seem to like me updating what I found in the wild today and I got mostly negative posts. I honestly wanted to do something different than the “look at my collection post” and wanted to update in real time what I can find at MSRP. I didn’t have a specific plan this morning other than just getting in the car and driving while the wife is at home studying for her final boards and asked for alone time. Just randomly started from one store to the next. First in Wisconsin and finished in IL. Total drive was about 55 miles back and forth. Started at 1000 CST and finished around 1530. I didn’t get a chance to hit all 7 stores today and did 5 in total. 2 stores (3&4) were complete duds. Not sure if they just didn’t want to sell their allocated bottles or were skipped over, but I know there was a major restock in most retailers here in the Midwest over the last week.
So far opened up the Kosher BT and it’s probably my new favorite from the lower tier BT line. If I had to rate the line up, I would put it from worst to best as Traveler’s, Sazerac Rye, Weller’s FP, regular BT, ER, Kosher BT, regular Blanton’s, any EHT, the BTAC line?, and finally the VW? I put the question marks because I have very limited experience at this tier. I finally opened the Handy and it is better than any of the other mentioned lines. I have only had the Pappy 15 once and I cannot recall much about it.
My first finds were the Weller FP and ER. I’ve cracked open the Weller after this picture and it’s not as bad as some would make it out to be. Maybe a solid 5.5 (5 being just average) at best. Some of the easier to find BT bottles are better on the nose and taste. Weller FP is nothing to write home about. ER never disappoints and it’s a safe choice in my opinion. Store 2 had the Kosher Rye BT. I picked up the rest at the final store. I did a bundle deal to get the ETL, Michter’s toasted barrel, and the Japanese market Blanton’s with the Angle’s Envy Cask Strength and the Yellowstone 2024 limited release.