Pennsylvania officials stop rare bourbon sale, saying it's illegal

Pocono Record ^ | January 30, 2015 | N/A

[Born to Conserve]

“At flight attendant school in PA, we Southern women went to a grocery store to buy some beer and were directed to a bar where were were able to buy ONE 6 pack for 3 of us. Sheesh. It was an early night for us.”

B.S.: You EACH could have bought 192 oz (two 12oz six-packs would be 144oz). AND, you could have turned right around in the parking lot and done it again, and again.

The problem is the price, not the availability.

I’d love to see the Pa. LCB dead and buried.

[Malone LaVeigh]

I bought my first bottle of Pappy several years ago for $80. The next year it was up to $100. The following year $120 and I haven't seen a bottle since then at any price. It's good, but not worth the astronomical prices it's demanding now.

[Cowgirl of Justice]

Well, it was cold, wet, rainy, sleety, snowy, miserable and we weren’t from there. And one flight attendant went in and bought what they would sell her.

Where we come from, we don’t need to play those bullsh!t children drinking games where someone treats you like a child and regulates how much beer you can drink and what hoops you have to jump through to do so.

[Tanniker Smith]

Single-malt scotch and fine Kentucky Straight Bourbon are making a big comeback. (Were they ever gone? Or just no one talking about them.)

So they're becoming more available but also pricier. Or so I'm told.

A friend has been trying to get me into single-malt and away from Jameson's (which I rarely drink, but if I were to drink). It's definitely an acquired taste and a lot of stuff out there is pure swill if you don't know what you're looking for.

And, for the most part, I don't. Other than a few recommendations. Personally, prefer less smoky and low-to-no peat but still trying the occasional dram of this or that.

[Little Ray]

Wanna bet it ends up in some PA politician’s wet bar?

[bamahead]

Heck if you are in CO, you should be drinking Breckenridge. We just started to get it here in GA, and I am 100% SOLD.

[Romulus]

PA’s liquor laws are medieval.

We can only wish they were.

[CodeToad]

Thanks for the suggestion. I have been trying more domestic brands as an alternative to what might be considered expensive foreign bottles and I’ve been finding there are so great brands that have come about in the past 5-15 years.

[cuban leaf]

At the Makers Mark tour, they explain that bourbon can be over-aged. It’s why the don’t have a vintage. Their argument is that its sweet spot is around 7 years and after that it’s on a downward flavor spiral. To prove it, in the tasting room they let you sample over-aged bourbon.

[IamConservative]

I find most alcohols are not worth the price.

I'm the same way. I got a bottle of Blanton's for Christmas. Blindfolded, not sure I could tell the difference with white label Jim Beam. Certainly not enough to justify the price diff.

There is some price value in fines wines and craft beers are certainly better than US brewery swill, but there is a definite upper limit on spirits.

[AU72]

I remember in the '70s the big hype was Coors Beer which was unavailable east of the Mississippi. (See Smokey and the Bandit).

Anyway I got into San Francisco and brought up a 6 pack of Coors. I'm still waiting for the buzz to kick in.

BTW isn't Coors Light a redundancy?

[Rodamala]

At flight attendant school in PA, we Southern women went to a grocery store to buy some beer and were directed to a bar where were were able to buy ONE 6 pack for 3 of us. Sheesh. It was an early night for us.

I certainly hope that your Flight Attendant School revised their syllabus. The fact that men should be buying all the lovely Southern ladies drinks... well, that should have been taught on the first day of class.

[Mears]

“A 35 year at $2,000 is certainly a different taste but just not worth $2,000. “

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What an absolute waste of money IMHO.

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[Buckeye McFrog]

Local TV coverage implies that the bourbon was stolen from a Kentucky warehouse.

Is it stolen property or does the StateGov just have their panties in a wad over not getting their cut?

[tanknetter]

If you’re in the Louisville area Proof and Down One on Main St usually have the spread of Pappy.

I’m sipping down my bottle of 25 year by the thimballfull. As alternatives I really like Angels Envy and Hirsch.

[Mad Dawgg]

"And the people tolerate this..."

I still can't understand why it is illegal to make my own whiskey.

Stupid fallout from prohibition.

[Mad Dawgg]

"A $20 bottle of Jack over a tiny ice cube is plenty good enough for me."

Jack is now over 24 bucks in my neck of the woods which caused me to switch to Wild Turkey. Hardly any difference in taste and 6 bucks cheaper.

[tanknetter]

There was a pallet of Pappy stolen a year or two ago. Something like $65 grand worth. To my knowlege none of the bottles has yet to surface. If this one is from that pallet it would be he first.

Pappy numbers it’s bottles, so it would be easy enough to determine where the bottle came from.

[tanknetter]

You all should give Angels Envy a try. It’s finished in port wine casks, has a very distinctive (sweeter, IMHO) flavor and is very smooth.

I used to like single malt scotch, still have some on occasion, but being married to a Kentucky Woman with in-laws that like to give out bourbon as Xmas and birthday presents I’ve become pretty acclimated to it.

[cherry]

blame the comeback on Raylan..(Justified)