OT: Buying a barrel of Bourbon

jaydub58

tgs2401 said:

You visit the distillery and sample different batches. Once you decide, they will bottle and private label your selection. The distillery will ship the bottles to your local liquor store for pick up due to all of taxes and local laws involved in selling and transporting alcohol. I would recommend staying at 21c Museum and Hotel. Great place and convenient to Bardstown and Frankfort. Highly recommend Buffalo Trace or Woodford Reserve but Jim Beam is very good and may be less expensive. I understand barrels run around 5-6k.
The reference to Bardstown, KY brings back an old memory.  Also distilled and bottled there is J T S Brown.  Remember Paul Newman as Fast Eddie Felsen in "The Hustler"?  His call brand.

Took me several years to get access to it, but finally scored a case of it through our state Liquor Control Commission.
Inexpensive and pretty good hooch.

 

JohnInCarolina

The Cen-Tex Smoker said:

You don't want to keep it in the barrel. it wil continue to take on the oak and become to overpowering at some point. They age to a certain time frame for the flavor profile. You keep in in there another 20 years it's going to be nasty.and look like coffee. 

But who cares what it tastes like when it could look this friggin cool!!!

pgprescott

Raymont said:

pgprescott said:

Find a whiskey club. They already do this sort of thing and cut it up among many members. You will benefit from their extensive knowledge and experience as well as their contacts throughout the country. 

Sorry to go off-topic, but when is it appropriate to drink commemorative bottles? I have 7 years worth of Woodford Reserve Kentucky Derby commemorative bottles unopened. They are nice but aren't really a display (stored in back of cabinet).. at what point do you drink? Do you hold forever? I ask due to your bottle from 2011.. Do you see yourself ever drinking? 

I'm by no means a collector. I'm a consumer. If it were me I would consume them and save the bottles. I'm not all that sentimental. I'm not sure what the value is of the bottles either empty or full. There are people who collect commemorative bourbon bottles. If you aren't looking at them as an investment, drink them. The bottles can still be admired as art. 

hondabbq

From a collectors stand point, There is much more value in anything that is unopened. 

pgprescott

hondabbq said:

From a collectors stand point, There is much more value in anything that is unopened. 

Yep. If you are collecting for investment. I agree. If not, drink up. I personally could care less about collecting stuff for investment. My kids played with all their beanie baby toys etc.   

WeberWho

pgprescott said:

hondabbq said:

From a collectors stand point, There is much more value in anything that is unopened. 

Yep. If you are collecting for investment. I agree. If not, drink up. I personally could care less about collecting stuff for investment. My kids played with all their beanie baby toys etc.   

Good call. My wife and sisters have boxes full of beanie babies in perfect condition. They're worth about the price in gas it takes to the thrift store. Kind of like my baeball cards

pgprescott

WeberWho said:

pgprescott said:

hondabbq said:

From a collectors stand point, There is much more value in anything that is unopened. 

Yep. If you are collecting for investment. I agree. If not, drink up. I personally could care less about collecting stuff for investment. My kids played with all their beanie baby toys etc.   

Good call. My wife and sisters have boxes full of beanie babies in perfect condition. They're worth about the price in gas it takes to the thrift store. Kind of like my baeball cards

I'm in the life is short, live it, camp!

DoubleEgger

WeberWho said:

pgprescott said:

hondabbq said:

From a collectors stand point, There is much more value in anything that is unopened. 

Yep. If you are collecting for investment. I agree. If not, drink up. I personally could care less about collecting stuff for investment. My kids played with all their beanie baby toys etc.   

Good call. My wife and sisters have boxes full of beanie babies in perfect condition. They're worth about the price in gas it takes to the thrift store. Kind of like my baeball cards

I've also learned the hard way that buy and hold is not the best option. 

Jeremiah

Killit_and_Grillit said:

@RedSkip this is true but as long as you are making for personal consumption you aren't going to get any grief.  Hell the ATF is so backlogged as long as you aren't out at the Farmers Market peddling your brand of Peach Pie they won't hassle you. I have enough legal Class 3 firearms that I have been expecting a knock on my door for about a decade. I finally had lunch with two field agents a few months back (just by odd coincidence with some local sheriff guys) and they flat out told me as long as you weren't getting reported for blatantly breaking the law they don't have the time or resources to pester you. 

That's good to know. I've been tempted to buy one of those ready to go stills of the internet but pussed out with visions of ATF agents showing up uninvited. 

G_S

Just wanted to give a mini update.
I have called 4 liquor stores in the
3 fancy / nicer
1 local chain.

One said No.
One said No, because of budget
one the owner is on vacation.
And the other is checking on it and going to call me back.

pgprescott

G_S said:

Just wanted to give a mini update.
I have called 4 liquor stores in the
3 fancy / nicer
1 local chain.

One said No.
One said No, because of budget
one the owner is on vacation.
And the other is checking on it and going to call me back.

Start researching whiskey clubs. A group of people who are likely all over the US and have the connections you are looking for. Find one and contact them. That's where you should start. They do this sort of thing as a regular means of business.