![]() Find out when they get rare bottles and show up in the store then. ![]() The absolute best way to get a bottle of Pappy, the Buffalo Trace Antique Collection or something else super hard-to-get is to shop consistently at one store, befriend the manager and the checkout line attendants and get to know their release schedules. People walk into these places and ask the worker, “What do you have that’s not on the shelf?” Often, collecting dust in the back, are cases of things from five to 10 years ago. In places with high crime rates, there are liquor stores with metal bars and a pistol by the register. I know a guy who gets most of his scores in places where there’s a 5 percent chance he’ll be shot. ![]() You’d be surprised how many bottles of Weller 12-year-old or 1985 Wild Turkey are sitting on random liquor store shelves in random, middle-of-nowhere America.Ģ. If you have a buddy who is a traveling saleswoman, ask if she will walk into liquor stores on your behalf to find bottles. When liquor stores get a nice haul of High West Bourye or Boone County Single Barrel, they want people to know about it.ģ. This is something of a shotgun approach that works for the mid-tier to lower high-end bourbons (i.e., not Pappy). Recommended clubs: Louisville Bourbon Society, Dallas Bourbon Club, Cincinnati Bourbon Club.Ĥ. When you have 50 eyes on the hunt, you stand a better chance of landing a bottle. ![]() ![]() Want the next Four Roses Limited Edition? Tell your club members. And you’ll find that bourbon people love helping one another. There are bourbon societies all over the world. ![]()
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