Blantons is available in every Dan Murphys store in Western Australia off the shelf. There’s usually about 5 varieties on the shelf. Weird how it’s freely available in one of the most isolated capital cities in Australia but hard to find in the states.
A lot of those aren't even available in the US which makes me want to go to AUS even more, but I mostly want to go to catch a footy game. I'd be curious to know how long those bottles have been sitting there.
@@crax4dan Well you peaked my curiousity mate so I headed down to Wanneroo. Yep, you're correct. Straight from the barrel, gold reserve, yellow and green label are all empty shelves. D'oh.
@@wookieogre8408 Bugger, keep an eye out at different stores mate coz they might still have a bottle. At least now there is actually some bottles in Australia, before there was none anywhere for a couple months
Yep, super easy to get anywhere in Aus. Blantons isn't even that good. I mean its drinkable but costs about 20 bucks more than it should compared to the rest of the shelf we have here.
I was at Buffalo Trace last week and part of the tour is watching all those dear souls turning out Blanton's on two conveyer belts from bottling to box.
that was actually fun to watch. I personally haven't waited in line for a drop of anything and just chance it, but it's always awesome talking to other bourbon folks!
First off that car is beautiful. Second skip the McDonald's breakfast and go to Burger King they blow McDonald's out of the park. Love the video brother!
That McD's chicken biscuit is pretty solid when it's done right. However, It's rarely done right. It just happened to be right next to where this drop was happening and BK was a trek half way across town.
Enjoying your content. I'm fairly new to bourbon. The thrill of the hunt has been exciting. My local hole in the wall liquor store had a dusty bottle waiting for me.
This was interesting to watch. I work at a retail store in Michigan where Blantons also seems to come in monthly, along with Buffalo Trace. I get customers daily asking if I have any Blanton’s in stock. I always feel bad telling them no, but every so often I get that lucky customer who comes in at the right time when the delivery happens to drop! I, myself, am not a drinker, but it is fun being in the liquor business and learning about new products and what makes things so highly sought-after!
I too work at a large grocery chain in northern Michigan and have become good friends with the guy in charge of the liquor at the store. Still waiting on a bottle of Blantons here as it's hard to come by but he reserved me a bottle of Bookers a couple weeks ago.
Another Michigander here. I've never seen a bottle of Blanton's in the wild that wasn't marked up to high heaven in a small shop ($150 is the least I've seen). I did luck out and happen to score a Booker's at Meijer last year. Honestly, while I enjoy bourbon, seeing the lengths that people will go to for it makes me glad I'm primarily a Scotch drinker.
I just got mine doing a tour at BT. Could’ve gotten 2 of them. I’m from northern IL and traveled 6 hours to Frankfort. It cost $66 wrapped and bagged from the distillery.
I got so lucky one time trying to get a bottle for my son-in-law. I stopped by a liquor store, asked if they had Blantons, and the clerk said he knew they were getting some the next Tuesday. He took my name and #, and called me when it came in. I go there all the time now. Also, love the car! I had a ‘66 Chrysler Newport with the 440 CI V8. Definitely a gas guzzler! Plus, you could land a helicopter on the hood and you could put a dozen people in the trunk and sneak them into the drive-in movie.
I didn't really understand the people who wait in line for hours or days to get stuff but now I do, it is like a mini convention with the other local enthusiasts. Makes perfect sense, seems fun even.
Great video. I live in North Alabama and I went to my first allocation day last month. Snagged an OF SB BP and a bottle of Blantons. I got up there at 7 and I was 6th in line. It was a unique experience but I’ll probably only do it again for something pretty special. Again, awesome video!
States with state alcohol systems boggle me being from california where everything is sold in regular retail or by mom and pop stores or straight from the producer and even online. Its a foreign concept to me, as none of the states around me have a system except utah. I work in the wine industry.
I try to tell people who are looking for blantons to get John j bowman single barrel usually easier to find and way better. Try blantons at a bar it’s very underwhelming for the price point!
In Ohio (also a control state where Blanton's cost $60) I have purchased 5 bottles of Blanton's this year alone; waited in line for 30 minutes to an hour each time. I decided a couple of years ago that I won't more than an hour for any bottle. Yes, that means I'm missing out occasionally but that's fine.
I'm new to bourbon and in NE Ohio. I called ahead at a Giant Eagle the night before. "We have 5 Blantons and our liquor stores open at 9am". GE has a contract to only sell allocated starting on Sat mornings. So I got there at 6:30a (the store opens at 7am) and I was the 5th person waiting in the foyer! We walked in the store and waited from 7a-9a for our Blantons. The first guy had his Blantons in the box and bag labeled "Blantons". It was my first experience waiting, it was fun. Kinda ridiculous, though.😅
Up until about a year and a half ago I could walk into my local store a hour after open and get whatever i wanted....now there's 40-50 people in line every week at 3am waiting 6 hrs for them to open... funny thing is they all want BT products and that's it... you guys can keep your Horsey bottles I'll take ECBP and many others over it every day.
"Not the greatest pour" I would agree with. I would say the 10-year Eagle Rare is as good or better. Also, I'd prefer 1792 BIB or Full Proof as a Sazerac alternative.
No thanks. Not worth waiting as long as people do. It’s good, don’t get me wrong, but there’s plenty of good bottles of bourbon that are readily available. I’d rather sleep.
@@Pg-ch5nbyou’re too new for bottles like blantons to be worth it. If you want that kind of hunt feeling get buffalo trace. It’s the same distillery but more available and still very good
Just got into it I got just finished my first bottle of buffalo trace when to get another but they wanted 120 plus I’ll do it but bf is good ashell to me
@@danielarias3755 no one was disagreeing there are way better bourbons but for a 60-70$ bottle its very good. super smooth great flavor i wouldn't put it as my number 1 i prefer 4 roses single and russels 10 year but blantons is very good easy top 5
I received a bottle before I left CA from a neighbor as a gift for helping him move in & fix his dodge truck. It was very good, but to be honest jim beam devils cut is my favorite and still reigning king for taste. White label beam tastes like gasoline, but with devils cut they nailed it i.m.o.
one of the very few good things about living in california is we dont have state run liquor stores. Become friends with a bar manager and youll be able to get stuff like blantons pretty easily.... and at a much lower cost. The last bottle i bought (about a month ago) cost me $43.
I bought 12 of them at my Costco liquors in FL for $50 bucks a piece, 6 months ago. 🤷 No way I'm waiting in line for Blanton's.. overrated. Herd mentality.
I enjoy Blanton's but I do add a high proof bourbon to the bottle, except Gold, never had the barrel proof. Blanton's is a good 50 dollar whiskey, mostly for the bottle itself. It's cheaper and easier to source it overseas.
It's crazy what people go through to get Blanton's when there are so many readily available bourbons\whiskies that are better and cheaper. I mean...it's good stuff, but even if you can find it for $70-80 its barely worth that. People spending $250 for it in secondary baffle me. I'm generally able to find it from time to time at my favorite spot and I just use it as trade currency now.
If we took all the bottles of Blantons rotting on duty free shops shelves in all the US and EU airports and redistributed to people...we'd all have a lifetime supply of blantons.
Blanton's just dropped the other day in Ontario, 6000 bottles I think with another 400 or so store picks, lots of ER 10, Weller 107 and SR plus a bunch of EHT SB. One of each per person, about $69 Cad for the Blantons. These were online purchase only pick up at your local government store. Anybody that wanted one for the most got one. Myself, I only bought the Weller 107 but most were gone pretty quick with the exception of the Weller SR wich still lingers for $40 Cad.
In Virginia it’s not too difficult to grab. I’ve gotten probably 50ish bottles of Blantons since 2018. Sold some, traded some and drank some. It’s good but there’s sooooo many better bottles sitting on the shelf.
I seen a old dusty bottle sitting in a wrong side of town liquor store that's top seller while I was there was colt 45. They had so many different things I don't usually see anywhere else. I might go back up there this week
They are according to the label single barrels… so your experience could be different.. but that makes this even less valuable in my eyes because of inconsistency
I live in Alabama and it extremely easy to get Blanton’s, Eagle Rare and BT once a month on 3rd Saturday of the month. No idea what this guy is going on about but down here near Mobile there are usually 6-8 stores on that Saturday that will have it. The are about 8 large stores that get harder to find rarer picks that you need to be in line the night or day before. I have never ever had an issue getting Blanton’s for MSRP during these drops. Alabama BY FAR is one of the easiest states to get allocated bourbon.
In Canada I would probably have to order it online. We don't get lineups, but we might get limited to a bottle. When I started out, I would have lined up for Blantons, but there are many other things I would take. Russels Reserve, Four Roses Small Batch, Sazerac Straight Rye, 1792 Small batch, Four Roses Single Barrel
Hung out at the galleria location back in July. Got there at 6:45. Was 37th in line. Didn’t get in until 11:05. They had two people working… one at the register one at the door. Five people in at a time. Not a great experience - BUT - met some really nice people and picked up a couple bottles at a good price point. Nothing I can’t get in GA when I go but definitely cheaper. Great channel dude. Living in central AL I really enjoy the content 👍
I researched...the Alabama state run stuff is basically just meant to be a 30%+ tax on alcohol sales. Kinda weird for a deeply republican state to be supporting the government competing against private businesses but I think people are in general scared of changing politics that have existed for close to a century.
Last month they had 12 bottles at my local store in Winnipeg, Canada. I showed up 4 hours after the store opened and they still had 5 bottles left! Guess I got lucky
My first bottle of blantons took me about 2 years to find and it took my cousin gettin a new job as a manager at a grocery store with a liquor store in it
I live in Maryland, new to the Whiskey/ Bourbon hunt. I'm obsessed I love it, bought 2 bottles of Blanton's at a local hole in the wall. They're charging like crazy though!!!
In MD, Blantons sits on my liquor stores shelf across the street from me. I bought 2 bottles 4 months ago, the rest are there collecting dust every time I go weekly no one buys them.
Was visiting relatives at Thanksgiving and went to an ABC store during one of these allocation drops to get a bottle of Eagle Rare (can’t get that in Texas). Was #7 on the list; then was informed sale is for Alabama residents only! FYI for anyone traveling thru AL during one of these sales.
Dang. I'm a Georgia resident and it's only about an hour drive for me to the closest location and I was thinking of making the trip for the next drop. Reading your comment made me realize it's not gonna happen. Glad I did that rather than waste a Saturday morning.
CLIMBING ON MY SOAPBOX... Sir, I appreciate your post on what is my favorite bourbon. Prior to 2015, I was able to buy Blantons by the case. I fell in love with it on my first pour sometime in 2010. Before that, I bought my father a bottle for his birthday in 2001 not knowing at the time what I was buying. So Dad, how did you like that bourbon, "Son, I poured a glass, took a sip and poured it back in the bottle". Based on what my dad (GOD rest his soul) was used to drinking, I fully understand why he felt the way he did. Fast forward to 2009. Sitting in a cigar lounge, I asked about that bourbon and bought a glass. Ive never looked back. Now I love many different brands, Blantons is just my favorite. Now here comes John Wick.. shortly after that movie, Blantons started to disappear. I mean, I cant even buy it in small towns where I once was able to buy a case at a time. I even collected my horse race multiple times. Gave a couple away. Now that its "back" if you want to call it that. It is $230 plus a bottle. How does a this go from $65 ($75 if the greedy store owner wants to mark it up) to over $200 a bottle? As well as Still cant be found anywhere. I have one full bottle left with many empty keep sakes. I will let it sit there until.. thanks for the video.. Signed FURIOUS
Lucked into 2 bottles.Paid retail. Very good bourbon....but not worth paying any more than retail...around $60 in my state. Elijah Craig Small Batch is better...& easily attainable.
my store did a blind taste test. Blanton's vs Blade and Bow. every single taster chose Blade over Blanton's. Blade is less than half the price and always on the shelf. just sayin.
well..i know how hard it is to get out here in Kansas city Missouri!! it is obtainable out here..but if you can find a store to sell you it outright. You better have $250.00!!!..to pay for the mark up! kinda sucks... I do like this whiskey but it is not worth that much! it is a $30 whiskey in a $30 bottle. Eagle Rare is about $120 this is all before tax too!
Why not just order it online and have shipped to your door if it’s that hard to find like my state is controlled so I gotta order it cuase the state stores do not get Blantons or wellers or buffalo trace got order online
I've a bottle of Blanton's Gold, single barrel 2019 productiobn according to the barrel details, and all, on the bottle. Not easy to get here in the UK. I had to pay £165 for mine , but recently saw a bottle at £195. Not cheap!
Well shot video, but good grief! Waiting almost 2 hours for Blanton's? What's your time worth? Just pay the extra couple bucks on secondary and save yourself the time, fuel, and energy...
Just subscribed and would like to get advice. Have tried Makers Mark but would like your advice on a good bottle of Bourbon for a beginner. Something not over $75. Any suggestions?
I know where there is a bottle of Blantons sitting on a shelf in Daphne Alabama, right now! However, like I mentioned in your live just the other day, it's at a package store and they want $200.00 for it !!!! I guess it's just not meant to be !!
We could definitely talk shop. I also have some old VWs. I believe I've spotted 2 in your videos now. I've got a 91 GTI and a Manx style buggy on a 63 beetle pan. I've sold off my last boat car. Had a 73 Olds Delta 98 with a 455 rocket. She was good for all of 13 mpg but a super comfortable ride. Oh yea I've got some bourbon also. 🙂
To think, Less than 2 years ago the stuff was $85 New Zealand pesos to buy and it was easy to get. Still easy to get but north of 200 a bottle. No thanks. It’s roughly $128. US a bottle. Is that good?
This is so stupid. Go into a quality liquor store that has some store picks and 300 other bourbons. What are you chasing? Just buy one of the other hundred quality other selections that are probably the exact same mash bill and just as good. Drives me crazy!
Thanks for such an interesting video! I love seeing how different states allocate and drop whiskey. In Alabama, does the store manager have the ability to withhold bottles? Here in North Carolina it is state controlled, but all store managers don’t have to disclose when they are getting whiskey nor do they have to put it on the shelf. They can keep it for whoever they want and whenever they want.
So interesting. In NC, I bet 90% or more if managers hold all the good stuff for their friends and family. If you don’t have connections, you don’t get a bottle. Period.
FYI: The workers here at this drop said that they have the option to buy a bottle first if they want one before the store opens but I was under the impression that was not the case.
Yes, In NC if you want the special bottles you better go be friendly with the manager at all your local ABC stores. Some managers keep lists of people they like and will call them when something comes in before they open. That’s how I get ER and BT
All this for a mediocre bottle of whiskey at best. Blantons really isn't all that good. I've had 30 dollar bottles that were way better in taste and complexity
I always thought blantons was a joke bottle mostly given as a gift cause the bottle looks stupid. never even crossed my mind that people might want to drink it.
