Here’s the fill level. Don’t have any specific asks. I generally like higger proof ryes, but I’m pretty open to other bottles. Got any Willetts?
Are you in the Dallas area? I’m in Houston.
I’m in the Memorial area. Kids played SBMSA and were pretty good. We may play Post Oak next year.
My kids have taken some lessons at Warriors and one was asked to tryout for a team, but we declined because we were already going to play SBMSA and their location was pretty inconvenient for us.
My kids love playing baseball and practice at home with each other all the time. It’s easily their favorite sport, but they do still play other sports and will continue that.
I’d like to just find out more and see what options there are for the Fall.
This may not be the right thread, but any advice on getting involved in select ball? I'm in the Houston area and just starting to look into it for my kids.
They've gone up the past couple of months. You can get $200 - $225 for any random SFTB. For the right barrels like 880 - 885, you get a premium over that.
Don't get me wrong, it doesn't have a secondary market value of the GTS, which the 2018 is going for around $400. I just like it better.
I don't think it's unsubstantiated. I believe the Japanese releases are at least 8 years old. That makes them roughly 2 years older. Not much different and not worth paying a big premium or anything, but I believe that is confirmed.
I picked up a black for ~$40, but I haven't gotten the Red yet. I do have the Silver also though.
Obviously since they are single barrel bottlings the taste will vary from one to the next. From what I have had so far the SFTB is significantly better than Gold which is significantly better than regular which is significantly better than green. A good SFTB is better than 2018 GTS.
Is this a picture of every release from Buffalo Trace for the past several years? Also, I can't tell what those two bottles are in between the Blanton's and the ORVW on the top left. One is in a box and the other is the size size and shape as the Van Winkles.
The Bunker Hill one was a joke, horribly run. Waited until the room was a crowded mess and then passed around notepads asking people to sign up. One Costco employee told people to write down name and email address. Another told people to write down name and phone number. After collecting all of them (and who knows how many duplicates) they announced they would not put your entry in the box if you didn't include your email address. After outcry from half of the crowd they called out names of everyone that didn't have email address to get those written in. Who knows if they actually got put in the box.
For the drawing, I saw a husband and wife pulled a Stagg and a Handy. There was also a mom and son who each pulled a bottle. Then there was a group of 7 people where 6 of them got a bottle. I'm guessing they didn't shuffle the entries at all.
No, the newer BMHs from Oregon are shit. The earlier ones were Stitzel-Weller distilled and bottled by Van Winkle. The red label was Heaven Hill distilled. From 2014 on though it has been a small Oregon distillery. Those are the smaller squat bottles.
I think it is excellent. It's almost like a dessert drink though. It's got the spiciness of a rye with a lot of fruit undertones. If you can get it for $90 to $110 then it's a good buy.
Of course, oil wasn't $82. It had a recent peak of $76.41 on October 3rd. It hasn't been $82 since October 29, 2014. He lies for absolutely no reason at all.