tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082156144028140004.post8298699625173412721..comments2024-03-13T04:04:32.568-07:00Comments on Sku's Recent Eats: Whiskey Wednesday: I'd Like to thank the Maltcademyskuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00487419662314518931noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082156144028140004.post-21601764206362082672011-03-17T17:49:47.931-07:002011-03-17T17:49:47.931-07:00I thought Four Roses won distillery of the year?I thought Four Roses won distillery of the year?SteveBMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10203167407546384904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082156144028140004.post-43820905111442557852011-03-04T23:09:12.723-08:002011-03-04T23:09:12.723-08:00Texas is a very large market for Canadian whisky a...Texas is a very large market for Canadian whisky and it is my understanding that the distributor there insisted on having some. On WDJK John Hansell listed 3 Dallas retailers with stock.<br /><br />16,800 bottles, not 16,400. My mistake. That's 1400 cases total production. As I remember Hall only sent a few hundred cases to the U.S. Canada had already taken the rest.Davindekhttp://canadianwhisky.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082156144028140004.post-90378905451327849142011-03-03T19:03:21.869-08:002011-03-03T19:03:21.869-08:00Thanks for your comments Davin. I wasn't awar...Thanks for your comments Davin. I wasn't aware that there was documented evidence of a Texas bottle (Why Texas?), so that clearly seems to fulfill the Malt Advocate requirement. <br /><br />I do feel that if this had hit the retail market in southern California that I have enough feelers out that I would have found out about it, though I suppose you never know. <br /><br />You raise an interesting question of whether John should require a certain level of availability for award eligibility. On the one hand, I can see not wanting to limit the nominees, but on the other hand, Malt Advocate is a US consumer magazine and it seems silly to give awards to whiskeys that almost no one in the US will have the chance to sample.skuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00487419662314518931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082156144028140004.post-80894423012694461342011-03-03T17:26:41.209-08:002011-03-03T17:26:41.209-08:00Hi Sku,
After reading various posts on WDJK, John...Hi Sku,<br /><br />After reading various posts on WDJK, John Hall, the distiller, sent John Hansell a photo of Confederation Oak on a store shelf in Texas.<br /><br />There were 16,400 bottles in total produced. LCBO had first dibs. They have hundreds of stores and each is entitled to have a supply. The store where I shop got one case which sold out within hours. As well, I am told by a friend who went there, that there was a lineup at the distillery on release day. So not much was left to send to other markets. <br /><br />Confederation Oak was only released in the U.S. after a distributor insisted. From what I understand it shipped to Texas in October. I suspect that even if all 16,400 bottles had been sent to California you might easily not have seen it where you shop. That probably amounts to less than one case per store.<br /><br />Since John Hansell has seen the photos, I don't understand your lingering doubts.<br /><br />Should John Hansell require that eligibility be limited to bottlings that are available for a specific period of time in every major market? Seems impossible to monitor in my opinion and would eliminate a lot of small distilleries and limited releases from competition.DavindeKhttp://canadianwhisky.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082156144028140004.post-42865222303997882452011-03-02T06:55:59.749-08:002011-03-02T06:55:59.749-08:00Denzel Washington was awesome in Training Day. So ...Denzel Washington was awesome in Training Day. So much better than Malcolm X!!!!David Dnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082156144028140004.post-70459274745130932342011-03-01T19:18:36.875-08:002011-03-01T19:18:36.875-08:00Oh, in that case, that is a good price.Oh, in that case, that is a good price.skuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00487419662314518931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082156144028140004.post-66076507878645206352011-03-01T18:21:06.240-08:002011-03-01T18:21:06.240-08:00@sku that's actually the shipped price. Pre-sh...@sku that's actually the shipped price. Pre-shipping it's $370.Regular Chumpingtonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082156144028140004.post-21590962962128395612011-03-01T18:19:48.034-08:002011-03-01T18:19:48.034-08:00RC, I'm guessing that with shipping from the U...RC, I'm guessing that with shipping from the UK, that would be pretty close to the US price (except at Wally's). K&L and Hi-Time both have it for $470.skuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00487419662314518931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082156144028140004.post-45296409359761088802011-03-01T18:12:23.260-08:002011-03-01T18:12:23.260-08:00Single Malts Direct have the 40 for ~$400 shipped....Single Malts Direct have the 40 for ~$400 shipped. Given that I saw Wally's selling it for *over $500* that may be the best deal in the short term. I picked mine up and it's awaiting an appropriately special occasion (given the huge amount of stuff I have ahead of it in the queue, not least of which is a ridiculous ROR Banff.)Regular Chumpingtonnoreply@blogger.com