Drinking an Abraham Bowman "rare" tonight, the July release of a nearly-9-year "high rye" bourbon (estimated around 45%). I know Sazerac/Buffalo Trace supplies the distillate, and Bowman merely bottles it in VA, but I do like several of their products and like having a "local" bourbon with some age. (There are some true local bourbon distilleries in VA, but none have much age to them yet.)
This one is not bad, but at $70 a bottle, a bit richer than my everyday budget. I've had several of their other limited editions which also were solid bourbons, though probably better-priced at $50 than $70. I am somewhat annoyed that these days, any bourbon with more than, say, 4 years of age seems to run at least $50. I understand why (and yes, there are still $30-ish bargains with 8-12 years of age to them), but I don't have to like it!
Originally Posted by
FlyingDoctorwu
Ahh the dread allocated word... nearly everything has become allocated...
Sazerac rye, Elmer T Lee, Pogue, Rock Hill Farms, Old Weller Antique.. basically it seems that the demand is so high that they've taken to allocating almost everything... but this is the first I've heard of for Buffalo Trace.... by creating scarcity they are making everything worse....
thank god I probably have enough whiskey to last me till I die....
FDW
Yeah, I've heard the "allocated" dirty word now from a couple of other sources re: Buffalo Trace.
One of the guys did say, "Well, Ancient Age is bottom shelf, but it's not bad and comes from Buffalo Trace Distillery, if Buffalo Trace itself dries up."