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Originally Posted by tabs
You are talking about Buffalo Trace distillery which is part of the Sazerac empire. Weller is supposed to have the same mash bill as PVW..and that is why it is hard to get...some places have the Reserve on the shelf...but not in my hood 
I want the Antique 107 or 12...
Popcorn Sutton distllery in TN is now part of that empire to. They have two of Dickles former Master Distillers on board to run the place...what are they up to is the question? You know they are there for the creative freedom to make a craft product and not a commodity whiskey.
Stag Sr is another one that is impossible to get. I think the JR is good enough..it comes in at 126 proof.
It seems that is what Buffalo Trace marketing is doing is creating an aura around so many of their products to create a large demand while limiting supply. PVW, Stag SR , Taylor 4 grain, Elmer Lee, Blantons and... Weller? |
I get it---I see the same level of competition in wineries, both commodity and boutique. The larger companies just take more time to get something to market because the ideas get bogged down in layers of bureaucracy--so by the time the original idea hits the streets, there are already many more "like" items being sold the same way. I heard a couple of consumers the other day speaking of some contest to see who had collected the most numbered Blanton's horses...I guess that's a thing, too.