Thoughts and views of checking out the London Covent Garden Buffalo Trace store opening. Lucky tasting on a Pappy 23. #whiskeytube #whiskytube #bourbon #bourbonUK #buffalotrace #buffalotracedistillery
With standard Buffalo Trace regularly available at £19 (I once purchased for 16), Eagle Rare for £32 and Sazerac Rye for £30 - their prices were high. Plus there are other distilleries also pushing in UK like Heaven Hill's Elijah Craig at £32 pounds and Four Roses for around £21 for the standard and small batch for around £26 Just shop around. But would love the tasting experience what was the cost.
I went for the larger tasting which was £35. Can certainly get cheaper tastings but sometimes it's nice to understand things direct from the brand. As far as bottle prices too, in store isn't going to be the cheapest you can get - but that's to be expected. Flagship stores like this are about the brand awareness; particularly with a central location like this. Also great for American tourists who may visit London but not Kentucky. To me as well it says to me they are really pushing / testing this market more and I don't mind spending a few extra £'s to send the message back to their head office - yes! we want you here! It's better than than save the extra £5 when ER is on Tesco clubcard. (Although i'll prob get that too!)
There was a few in the queue for sure, and wheni've been passed since as they can't get some of the stuff like Eagle Rare etc over there like we can easily here. One American also was very keen to make sure he got a Buffao Trace London branded hat as well. Was pleasantly surprised by the vokda though...
sazerac is more expensive than eagle rare? that’s crazy. i live in houston texas, sazerac is ~$25 bottle (~20 gbp) and eagle rare is impossible to find. it was allocated at a local store a few months ago. it was $60 and only sold in a bundle with another bottle…
