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RVACane said:
Look what I just found near me for pickup and bought…

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@Dr.L.ThugU
And when they have EH Taylor they sell it for $80 - when they have it. The only Weller they have right now is a wheated one for $899.
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RVACane said:
Look what I just found near me for pickup and bought…

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@Dr.L.ThugU
And when they have EH Taylor they sell it for $80 - when they have it. The only Weller they have right now is a wheated one for $899.
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Uh oh this might get carried away
 
I've been drinking bourbon for over 40 years, and the truth is none of these are worth the prices people pay today. I have a few bottles of Pappy's at home and can't believe somebody will pay over $1000 for the bottle; same with Weller at $500. Ever since the millenials decided bourbon is cool and they will pay anything for it, it has become ridiculously overpriced, much like the single malt craze 20 years ago. This article is a great read about the industry:

https://cluboenologique.com/story/the-rise-and-rise-of-premium-bourbon/

Maybe the best explanation for the boom in high-end bourbons is the simplest. Many of the drinkers who helped catalyse the category’s popularity in the mid-2000s were young, mostly urban and looking for something new and cool at a time when the answer to both those quests was found in products from the American past. Now, almost two decades on, those same consumers are older, wiser, and richer, but they are still looking for the next cool thing, even if it costs more – perhaps especially if it costs more.
 
Nopain said:
I've been drinking bourbon for over 40 years, and the truth is none of these are worth the prices people pay today. I have a few bottles of Pappy's at home and can't believe somebody will pay over $1000 for the bottle; same with Weller at $500. Ever since the millenials decided bourbon is cool and they will pay anything for it, it has become ridiculously overpriced, much like the single malt craze 20 years ago. This article is a great read about the industry:

https://cluboenologique.com/story/the-rise-and-rise-of-premium-bourbon/

Maybe the best explanation for the boom in high-end bourbons is the simplest. Many of the drinkers who helped catalyse the category’s popularity in the mid-2000s were young, mostly urban and looking for something new and cool at a time when the answer to both those quests was found in products from the American past. Now, almost two decades on, those same consumers are older, wiser, and richer, but they are still looking for the next cool thing, even if it costs more – perhaps especially if it costs more.
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Same here man! It is absolute insanity what people pay for bourbon. I would bet huge money in a blind taste test of older Pappy versions(15,20,23 yr) that most people would choose the other product.
 
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CoachChin said:
@RVACane you sipping yet?
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Yup. I tried the Blantons and the EH Taylor. The Blantons had that silkiness. Must have rye as there was a spice. The Taylor tasted more woodsy.

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