Twin Cities Bottle Hunt - 2017

I dont think there was a guarantee, thought tickets were all for lottery/chance at a purchase?

 

Butcher and the Boar and I believe HauteDish have had some.

 

Bourbon Geeks > Beer Geeks when it comes to Sazerac

 

VR was going to be $50 and was going to the first 12 people in line that wanted it.

 

Anyone know of any Hooey sticking around still?

 

Gwill in Brooklyn park as of last night. For what it's worth, I thought it was quite good, if not the same as the several times I had it at the brewery.

 

I called them before posting and they didn't even know of Lupulin. Then looked it up and said they had Blissful Ignorance. Their weekend crew is a little lacking.

 

MGM Calhoun

 

Yikes, I obviously can't say for sure it's still there but there was a lot last night and they also had a bunch of the apricot one, so if they said they only had BI I'd bet that's wrong.

 

Got the last 4 pack at GWill

 

The bottle of van Winkle 12 I got at Roseville was $99.

I actually thought it was a well run event and not a huge time investment. It was certainly worth it for me, but YMMV. Everyone who got in line by 0600 at Roseville had about a 50/50 shot or so of getting a chance to buy a bottle of bourbon. Pretty good odds for a van Winkle lottery.

 

Thanks for the reply! I had a dream that my wife gave me approval to go to Total Wine and I woke up at 5:15, but ultimately decided against going. It sounds like it would have been a good opportunity, maybe next time.

 

Van Winkle 23 was 125/oz at butcher and the boar.
Old rip and van Winkle reserve we're 30-35/oz.

 

It was probably much later than that. I got there at 5:30 and I was probably only 8 people back from VR. If you got selected for bourbon, you went to the end of line, so you couldn't get VR. A lot of people also left after the raffle because they were only there for bourbon.

I second this. They are small pours, but you get to try everything and it's very reasonably priced.

I think I heard that PVW 15 was $140 and PVW 20 was $210. The unassigned numbers being drawn in the raffle was a minor annoyance, but it went very smoothly for there first event like this and the format was fair. My fiancé got a 12 and I got a BCBCS, so it was definitely worth waking up for in my opinion.

 

It makes my decision to buy a bottle of 06 Thomas Handy look like a good bet. Also, when TW Roseville opened - I just walked in and found a bottle of Old Rip Van Winkle 10year just sitting there. No waiting - no upcharge.

 

Bourbon Geeks > Beer Geeks when it comes to Sazerac.

 

Glad it was well run, you did well but still no guarantees no matter when you got in line as @Mista asked.

 

I got a bottle of Old Rip 10 year at Burnsville. $85. It was very well run.

 

Zima is now available at all Minnesota Total Wine locations!

 

If anyone is looking to trade their winning(s) for beer let me know.