I’ve enjoyed them all and the Bourbon 101 is a regular in my daily sipper rotation. They produce a nice Straight Wheat Whiskey, an interesting Straight Triticale Whiskey, a sweet Huckleberry Port Finished Wheat and a wonderful Washington Straight Bourbon 101. I’ve had good experiences with two distillers in my region: Wyoming Whiskey in Kirby, WY and Dry Fly Distilling out of Spokane, WA.Īn early bottle from Dry Fly put the regional distillery on my radar. These products are seldom sold far from their points of origin. While some may be able to mass produce and distribute a few of their products, most have other offerings which are made in smaller quantities. I’m told Texas and Wisconsin have several fine distillers as do those in Georgia, New York and other states. Regional distillers can and do produce outstanding whiskeys. And in just Washington, Oregon and Idaho alone there are more than 120 distilleries! Likewise, people in the central part of the country are not likely to find offerings from the Pacific Northwest or Rocky Mountain states. So I’m not going to find releases exclusive to Kentucky, Indiana, or Tennessee. While it would be great to live in Kentucky, just down the road from Brown-Forman, Buffalo Trace, Four Roses, Heaven Hill, or one of the many stellar distilleries in the state, I reside in Idaho. So in the broadest sense, a rare whisky is one which may simply be difficult to find, one which the store has little history of purchasing, or one difficult to acquire due to region availability. Just like some scotches in this country, bourbons are often hard to find outside North America. People who post in several of the whiskey forums I follow often lament these same bottles are next to impossible to find in their part of the country and world. And every couple of months, expressions of Barrel Proof Elijah Craig grace the shelves as well. For example, I can find bottles of Eagle Rare in any store in Idaho. So – What is a “Rare” Whiskey?Ī rare whiskey is any whiskey which the seeker is having trouble finding. A small batch whiskey is not necessarily a rare whiskey and neither is a Single Barrel or a Bottled-in-Bond Whiskey … but they can be. A specific whiskey in the distribution chain may or may not be rare depending on the production run, AND regional availability. Retailers are sometimes given the opportunity to purchase available liquor inventory from distributors or distillers based on previous purchases and/or overall sales of merchandise. In this post, I’ll discuss some of the more common whiskey availability terms and highlight why certain whiskeys may be difficult to find and purchase. Thank you for catching up as we continue our Whiskey Availability and Marketing series! In Whiskey Marketing – p1, we discussed in-store merchandising and where in the typical liquor market one might find the whiskeys so many of us crave.
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