Whisky / Whiskey / Bourbon

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Bulleit Rye currently £20 on Prime

did a quick google, and this list came up

https://www.craftspiritsxchange.com/blog/five-new-york-bourbons-you-should-know/

kings county you can get over here
http://kingscountydistillery.com/products/

as well as the hudson bay
http://www.tuthilltown.com/spirits/

both around the £35-£40 mark, over here might be cheaper in the states, your sister will need to take into account the sales tax new york is 8.865% new jersey 6.625%

Best bet is to find out where she's staying, find nearest best bottle shop close to her, and see what they stock and take a punt from there. Other three distilleries on that list I've never heard of and might be interesting as well

Also @Chalfie knows the guys behind FEW

http://www.fewspirits.com/products/

Cheers guys

King's County is very expensive, I would go for Widow Jane (made in Red Hook) over that if you were going to buy a NY "bourbon". But any time you buy a whiskey from the city you have to be cognizant you're paying a hefty mark-up because of how expensive rent is.

Hillrock and Hudson are better bets. Whistlepig is very good, too (Vermont). Farther a field a lot of people swear by Stranahan's (Colorado) and Virginia Highlands is a surprisingly good single malt, a bit of a curiosity; Sonoma County West of Kentucky is solid.

Astor Wine and Spirits (in NoHo) has an incredible selection and good prices.

I'm meant to be going to the US next month; it didn't even dawn on me to have a look for interesting bourbon/rye. That'll be a Christmas present for my brother and one to myself sorted then.

u wot now?!

#fknlovegoudencarolus

think Astor Spirits was on my list of places to buy whiskey from last time I was in New York and never got to make the trip to it..
https://www.astorwines.com

search on their website isn't too bad either..

If you want to have a good day in New York go to Astor and then walk down 4th St to Employees Only....

Bulleit Rye currently £20 on Prime

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I should try their beers too really.

Yes you should. Or, better yet, just bring them here...

Never utter the phrase 'New York bourbon' south of the Mason-Dixon line.

There is a 1926 Macallan going under the hammer today (figuratively speaking) at Bonham's.
Estimate is north of £800,0000

So after over two and a half years of managing to not open a bottle of Pappy 15, I was hit with hard times and it went up for auction. There was another 15 but slightly more recently bottled which fetched £750 iirc, mine made it to £825, not bad considering it cost me £242. If only it was still possible to purchase for £130 as it was about 6 years ago. Doubt I'll ever be buying another, or at least not until I have a enough money that and a grand and a half for a 700ml of bourbon to drink is reasonable or until the price comes back down.
There was a 23 which fetched £1550.

tl;dr Pappy is stupid expensive

Cody Road rye 👌🏼

https://abc13.com/food/this-bottle-of-macallan-whisky-just-sold-for-$11-million/4405782/

I like how the URL makes it look like 11 million. If you missed out... there's more...

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-10-05/million-dollar-bottles-of-scotch-from-same-cask-vie-for-record

Glad you sold it for good money!

I'm getting a bottle of 12 on Tuesday..

Ooh, don't think I've come across the 12 before. Enjoy!

My wife has been in Boston all week for work, came back with prezzies!

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I've not had the whiskey but I've been to the brewery and had the beer they blend it into, delicious

https://www.hetanker.be/en/gouden-carolus-whiskyinfused

Yankee Bourbon?

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I know right, nowhere shouts whiskey country like massachusetts!

I've had a few of the Carolus beers but I can't remember if I've had that. We usually buy a batch of them for xmas so I'm 13 beers in before we're cracking out the good stuff.