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Originally Posted by Jims5543
I did, I picked up samples and went to my whiskey drinking buddies house and we sampled the four I spoke of.
Everything younger then the 23 family reserve, I would not bother trying to get.
At the price they ask for the 23 y/o I will never buy it.
I had a bottle of 23 y/o Bushmills with me that day we tried that too, I REALLY wanted it to be every bit as good as the Pappy's, it was not. I really wanted to Pappy's to be nothing special, sadly, it is pretty special.
Again anything younger than the 23, not all that big of deal, I can be happy with Blantons. That 23 was really on another level.
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And you may be seeing Blanton's become more and more "scarce" now as their owners try to create the same aura of mystery that has surrounded PVW. Here in the ATL and throughout South FL the talk has already begun. I get it....it's marketing at its finest--but what a shame when it is a product of solid marketing rather than pure merit of product. It's kind of like Champagne really. I mean---I'm not going to poo-poo someone who brings Dom Perignon to a function and offers it to me; because it is stunningly well-made, and from THE Champagne house, according to some, but for me, there are many others that quietly do a much better job. I suppose that this is truly the case in all consumable goods.