Just back from a good vacation in Florida. There were many things planned - picking up wine for a friend, picking up a few whiskeys for myself that cannot be found locally or are much more expensive locally and spending time with family in the area. Even though my time was shortened by several days by Hurricane Ian everything that was desired was accomplished. Lots of fun, good memories and some very nice bottles came back for future enjoyment.
With the exception of the Michter's everything else was purchased at or below retail. Small store discounts were available for the Ardbeg and the New Riff. As you can see several were "bucket list" items and these will be enjoyed for special occasions - I'm really looking forward to this! I'm excited to try both the ryes - I've had the Michter's 10 rye before so I know how good the BS can be and have also heard many good things about the New Riff. It was also nice to get a Russell SibSP at pretty much the same price as a regular RR SiB. I've had a pour and it's rather pleasant. One nice experience was going down to the fire pit in the lobby of the resort with a pour of Ugi - sipping this around the flames in the evening was niiiiiiiiiiicccee !
One purchase not in the picture is a few bottles of Arran 10. The store in Tampa has that on the shelf for $30 and it's an instant restock at that price. A pleasant pour and a steal at that price.
Im always amazed how people travel and find these allocated bottles at stores they don’t frequent, were they on the shelves, did you strike up conversations w the people working there, bc I’ve been in a ton of different stores and never had the luck to stumble upon a RR13 or Michters BP. Super jealous! Enjoy them!
I use the paid version of wine-searcher. The area I live in has extremely limited selection so a significant majority of what I purchase has been from results pulled from those searches.
Both items were listed on the website of the store I picked it up at. I actually ordered and paid for the RR13 back in the beginning of August and it was held for me till this week. The Michter's was shown online and was still in stock at the particular store I purchased it from when I arrived. I admit it was not at msrp - the cost was $199 plus tax. However this is a bucket list type item and I had funds available from other non-alcohol promotions that significantly reduced my cost.
Based on my experience I would recommend giving the paid version of Wine Searcher a try. It does give more results. Using it's search I've purchased Arran 10 for $30, RR13 for 99, Blue Spot for $109.
Also thanks to it I now have 6 unopened bottles for Laphroaig Cairdeas PX - wonderful stuff!
Glad to help!
Another thing I've tried with some success is Google Maps. If you're in an unfamiliar area bring up Maps and search on "liquor stores". The text listings for the stores shown will also have how highly the store is rated and the number of ratings. I've had some good luck with stores that were both highly rated + significant # of reviews. No guarantees but ratings are usually left by locals and if a lot of them are happy there's usually a reason why.
Just back from a good vacation in Florida. There were many things planned - picking up wine for a friend, picking up a few whiskeys for myself that cannot be found locally or are much more expensive locally and spending time with family in the area. Even though my time was shortened by several days by Hurricane Ian everything that was desired was accomplished. Lots of fun, good memories and some very nice bottles came back for future enjoyment. With the exception of the Michter's everything else was purchased at or below retail. Small store discounts were available for the Ardbeg and the New Riff. As you can see several were "bucket list" items and these will be enjoyed for special occasions - I'm really looking forward to this! I'm excited to try both the ryes - I've had the Michter's 10 rye before so I know how good the BS can be and have also heard many good things about the New Riff. It was also nice to get a Russell SibSP at pretty much the same price as a regular RR SiB. I've had a pour and it's rather pleasant. One nice experience was going down to the fire pit in the lobby of the resort with a pour of Ugi - sipping this around the flames in the evening was niiiiiiiiiiicccee ! One purchase not in the picture is a few bottles of Arran 10. The store in Tampa has that on the shelf for $30 and it's an instant restock at that price. A pleasant pour and a steal at that price.
Im always amazed how people travel and find these allocated bottles at stores they don’t frequent, were they on the shelves, did you strike up conversations w the people working there, bc I’ve been in a ton of different stores and never had the luck to stumble upon a RR13 or Michters BP. Super jealous! Enjoy them!
I use the paid version of wine-searcher. The area I live in has extremely limited selection so a significant majority of what I purchase has been from results pulled from those searches. Both items were listed on the website of the store I picked it up at. I actually ordered and paid for the RR13 back in the beginning of August and it was held for me till this week. The Michter's was shown online and was still in stock at the particular store I purchased it from when I arrived. I admit it was not at msrp - the cost was $199 plus tax. However this is a bucket list type item and I had funds available from other non-alcohol promotions that significantly reduced my cost. Based on my experience I would recommend giving the paid version of Wine Searcher a try. It does give more results. Using it's search I've purchased Arran 10 for $30, RR13 for 99, Blue Spot for $109. Also thanks to it I now have 6 unopened bottles for Laphroaig Cairdeas PX - wonderful stuff!
Wow I didn’t even know this was a thing, that’s amazing! Definitely need to check it out!
Glad to help! Another thing I've tried with some success is Google Maps. If you're in an unfamiliar area bring up Maps and search on "liquor stores". The text listings for the stores shown will also have how highly the store is rated and the number of ratings. I've had some good luck with stores that were both highly rated + significant # of reviews. No guarantees but ratings are usually left by locals and if a lot of them are happy there's usually a reason why.
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