I've had pappy's. I had it back when it was $18 a shot at a spot that hit you for $14 a shot for Woodford. In my humble estimation, it was about $2 a shot better than Woodford.

It's like $450 a bottle now.

I know a dot-commer who bought six cases and drank them in one extended nine-month bender.

So much ridiculousness.

insomniasexx:

    As the whiskey ages, it evaporates volume through the wood—10 percent the first year and 4 to 5 percent each subsequent year, an attrition known as the angels’ share. On a twenty-three-year-old barrel, the angels’ share is about fifty gallons out of the original fifty-three, which partly explains Van Winkle 23’s heart-stopping expense.

    “When it comes to our bourbon, the angels are very greedy,” Van Winkle observes.

You can say that again! Jesus!


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