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Posted: 12/3/2023 6:39:20 PM EDT
[Last Edit: bondservant2]
Starting to see the final drops of the year for the hard-to-find stuff and I've done pretty darn well this year for many of the allocated bottles that are well known and make it to my State.
This year I've gotten bottles of (3) of the (4) Stagg releases, a couple of the EH Taylor barrel proofs, ECBP c923, a couple of Elmer T Lee , had a bottle of the Penelope Rio in my hand but didn't know what it was , both Michters 10-year, Weller CYPB, Full Proof, Antique 107 and 12. Also a few of the Limited Edition bottles from the major brands....i.e Jack Daniels , Old Forester, Four Roses .....really a good year and all at MSRP (or close to). So how are you guys/ gals doing...? |
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Posted: 12/3/2023 7:27:33 PM EDT
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Most places around here have gone to some sort of point system. Places that haven’t gone that route have ridiculous prices on allocated items.
I used to spend a good bit of time roaming liquor stores looking for hard to find items but it’s just not worth it to me any more. I’ll go to a couple raffles and might get lucky. I have enough points at one place to buy something decent if I can get there when they have something I want. |
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Posted: 12/4/2023 9:45:51 PM EDT
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Hoping some of the BTAC lineup is going to start hitting the stores soon….my body is ready.
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Posted: 12/9/2023 12:26:10 PM EDT
[#3]
Eht small batch, Booker's Charlie's batch, and high west midwinter night's dram.
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Posted: 12/9/2023 12:37:46 PM EDT
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BT single barrel, Stagg, Bookers, and a few others.
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Posted: 12/9/2023 12:40:11 PM EDT
[Last Edit: raverill]
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USA
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Posted: 12/9/2023 5:15:05 PM EDT
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Picked up my 3rd Weller CYPB of the year at this mornings raffle.
Mine was the last name drawn and it was all that was left - if that gives you an idea of the quality of items in the raffle. To be fair it was a small showing and by invitation only. |
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AR, USA
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Posted: 12/12/2023 12:19:49 PM EDT
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I havent been hunting much so all I have managed is a EC barrel proof 923. Signed up for a pretty big raffle but have not been drawn yet. They had some good bottles and it goes on for a few days.
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Posted: 12/13/2023 10:31:14 PM EDT
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Posted: 12/16/2023 2:22:20 PM EDT
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Big raffle today in town and we were drawn way down the list Still was able to grab a Jack Daniels 2023 Special Release Twice-Barreled Heritage Rye.
Can’t complain.at MSRP. |
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Posted: 12/29/2023 5:36:25 PM EDT
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Pretty good. Lots of Bookers by me, I picked up Hooten Young, Eagle Rare, Hardin's Creek from either lottery calls or just grabbed off the allocated shelf.
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Posted: 12/29/2023 5:56:26 PM EDT
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My local store has quite a bit. Picked up a barrel select of full proof.
They had Lot B for 499. 15yr PVW for 1299. Stagg jr was $150. Big bottles of eagle rare (IMO highly overrated) for 69. He gets quite a bit and I was in a hurry. I do know the owner so I'll go back when I back home. |
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TN, USA
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Posted: 1/1/2024 5:05:57 PM EDT
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So Im new to the bourbon game. thanks to my buddy at work who is a bourbon maniac, he introduced me to a bunch of Buffalo Trace brands. so i got hooked and now realizing what a crazy thing to get into! its so hard to find this stuff around here (East TN). most places you have to be a regular or know somebody. if not then good luck. trying to find something like Weller full proof or Blantons is near impossible or get ready to pay big. buying stuff at msrp is damn near impossible. its almost a love / hate interest. anyone else experience this?
i went to 2 places that was receiving their allocation, literally had the Buffalo Trace and another truck or 2 outside making their drop. saw all kinds of cases of good stuff being brought in and both literally wouldn't sell me anything! basically lied to my face. you would think this brown liquid would cure cancer, hell maybe it does. anyway, kind of frustrating. |
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Posted: 1/2/2024 6:55:18 PM EDT
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The store by my house takes care of those they know. Those that are there regularly and have been spending money with them for years. The owner is tight lipped, as are his crew, unless you earn his blessing.
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Posted: 1/3/2024 11:29:04 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By whitson01: So Im new to the bourbon game. thanks to my buddy at work who is a bourbon maniac, he introduced me to a bunch of Buffalo Trace brands. so i got hooked and now realizing what a crazy thing to get into! its so hard to find this stuff around here (East TN). most places you have to be a regular or know somebody. if not then good luck. trying to find something like Weller full proof or Blantons is near impossible or get ready to pay big. buying stuff at msrp is damn near impossible. its almost a love / hate interest. anyone else experience this? i went to 2 places that was receiving their allocation, literally had the Buffalo Trace and another truck or 2 outside making their drop. saw all kinds of cases of good stuff being brought in and both literally wouldn't sell me anything! basically lied to my face. you would think this brown liquid would cure cancer, hell maybe it does. anyway, kind of frustrating. It’s a crazy thing right now with Buffalo Trace products. But there are PLENTY of other bourbons out there to enjoy without the hassle. Jack Daniels is producing some PHENOMENAL whisky currently. |
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Posted: 1/6/2024 6:24:50 PM EDT
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I really haven't been out looking this year, it's too rare to find anything allocated.
Almost every store around here has gone to some sort of points system or they have allocated stuff in a locked case with higher than secondary prices on everything. I have managed to get a Weller 12 and two E H Taylor small batch lately. Tomorrow I am going to a raffle that has a pretty good selection and I get three tickets (based on points and store pick purchases). Maybe I'll get lucky but last year I was about the 200th ticket drawn and there was not much good left. Here is the list. The items highlighted in yellow are "tier 1" and if you happened to get drawn more than once you could only purchase one tier 1 item.  Attached File Attached File Attached File |
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Posted: 1/7/2024 2:49:52 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By TN-MadDog: I really haven't been out looking this year, it's too rare to find anything allocated. Almost every store around here has gone to some sort of points system or they have allocated stuff in a locked case with higher than secondary prices on everything. I have managed to get a Weller 12 and two E H Taylor small batch lately. Tomorrow I am going to a raffle that has a pretty good selection and I get three tickets (based on points and store pick purchases). Maybe I'll get lucky but last year I was about the 200th ticket drawn and there was not much good left. Here is the list. The items highlighted in yellow are "tier 1" and if you happened to get drawn more than once you could only purchase one tier 1 item. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/35314/415059069_843602447777426_73052973899198-3084313.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/35314/416986673_843602554444082_44120517090687-3084315.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/35314/416996083_843602564444081_83373577877845-3084316.JPG Good luck! |
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Posted: 1/7/2024 4:06:07 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By justsayin: Good luck! Well, all the really high end stuff was gone by the time I was drawn. I did end up with three decent bottles but it was really a bummer to watch all the "tier 1" bottles get picked.        What I ended up with  Some bumbling idiot dropped a bottle of ET Lee right in front of me  
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TN, USA
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Posted: 1/7/2024 4:29:12 PM EDT
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good lord, look at all those goodies. local stores around me just put all this stuff in the back and snub their nose at you unless you are in the know or a buddy or know the secret hand shake (I guess). anyways, that kind of stuff fuels the secondary market imo. hell at least a lottery gives the avg joe a chance without paying these crazy bloated secondary market prices.
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Posted: 1/9/2024 10:50:34 AM EDT
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I feel bad for the poor bastard who got a 13th Colony double barrel as a "Tier One" selection.
Hopefully, it was some asshole who wanted to flip a bottle. |
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MD, USA
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Posted: 1/10/2024 12:28:11 PM EDT
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Store near me wants $249.00 for a bottle of the WELLER 12 Year & $99 for Eagle Rare
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Posted: 1/10/2024 12:40:52 PM EDT
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I picked up a Weller Full Proof barrel pick and a bottle of EHT single barrel.
Weller was $169 and came with a free 1.75L bottle of Fireball. The EHT single barrel was $129. Anybody try this year's Full Proof? I've got a bottle from last year, but I know they change year to year. |
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Posted: 1/10/2024 2:30:07 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By SnprPSG1: Store near me wants $249.00 for a bottle of the WELLER 12 Year & $99 for Eagle Rare |
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MD, USA
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Posted: 1/11/2024 9:30:31 AM EDT
[Last Edit: SnprPSG1]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By whitson01: thats about normal where i live in TN. OR they just keep the stuff in back for their buddies. Weller SR was $75, Buffalo Trace was $50. popular stuff like Stagg jr, Blantons, weller 12-FP etc.. over $$200.. and thats if you can find it. one place has stuff like Rip, George T Stagg, etc.. all those are $1k-2k.. I Like the prices TN-MadDog posted, BUT WHO WOULDN"T  Where I live is your basic liquor stores, but 2 counties away, the county controls the alcohol; ABC stores. They make sure the prices stay reasonable. The 2nd saturday of each month they put out the allocated stuff and hold a lottery once a year. Some of the pricing off the list: 241260WELLER FULL PROOF (HAL) - 750ML50.99 241520WELLER SINGLE BARREL (HAL)- 750ML51.99 12815PAPPY VAN WINKLE 12 YR (HAL) - 750ML108.99 16489PAPPY VAN WINKLE RYE 13YR (HAL) - 750ML125.99 34860PAPPY VAN WINKLE 23YR (HAL) - 750ML395.99 |
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Posted: 1/12/2024 4:19:09 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By rob78: I picked up a Weller Full Proof barrel pick and a bottle of EHT single barrel. Weller was $169 and came with a free 1.75L bottle of Fireball. The EHT single barrel was $129. Anybody try this year's Full Proof? I've got a bottle from last year, but I know they change year to year. I have had the Full Proof and it is very good. Can’t compare it to last year as I haven’t opened that bottle…yet. I also got a sample of this years WL Weller and I thought the two are very similar. With the WL being a bit hotter and spicier. |
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Posted: 1/12/2024 6:26:23 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By bondservant2: I have had the Full Proof and it is very good. Can’t compare it to last year as I haven’t opened that bottle…yet. I also got a sample of this years WL Weller and I thought the two are very similar. With the WL being a bit hotter and spicier. Lucky dog. WL Weller is excellent. Never been drawn for a bottle. I put it up there with one my all time favorites, George T Stagg at 132 proof. Thanks for the FP review. Ill have to crack it open. |
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Posted: 1/14/2024 6:54:34 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By rob78: Lucky dog. WL Weller is excellent. Never been drawn for a bottle. I put it up there with one my all time favorites, George T Stagg at 132 proof. Thanks for the FP review. Ill have to crack it open. For the Full Proof - no mistaking it for a wheated bourbon. Soft and sweet. I think high proof wheaters are among the most “crushable” of the bourbons. It definitely shows proof on the mid-palate, then a nice berry fruit explosion on the back. Like blueberries maybe…? Nice spicy, long finish Kentucky hug. Definitely more fruit flavor than the brown sugar ,caramel of the CYPB - which I also have tried. |
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Posted: 1/30/2024 10:53:25 PM EDT
[Last Edit: zen_grasshopper]
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I don't hunt it but I have gotten lucky so far in 2024. Only thing I want is Stagg that isn't stupid priced.
Stopped in to a small town grocery store last week and there were two bottles of Weller 12 year on the shelf at MSRP, they both went home with me. Picking up three bottles of Booker's (not sure I would call it allocated, but harder to find?) this weekend at $10 over MSRP a bottle. 2023 I got a few bottles of Blanton's, ER, Blood Oath, Midwinter's Nights Dram. All just right place at the right time, except for the Midwinter's which I got from a drawing. |
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Posted: 1/30/2024 11:38:13 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By zen_grasshopper: I don't hunt it but I have gotten lucky so far in 2024. Only thing I want is Stagg that isn't stupid priced. Stopped in to a small town grocery store last week and there were two bottles of Weller 12 year on the shelf at MSRP, they both went home with me. Picking up three bottles of Booker's (not sure I would call it allocated, but harder to find?) this weekend at $10 over MSRP a bottle. 2023 I got a few bottles of Blanton's, ER, Blood Oath, Midwinter's Nights Dram. All just right place at the right time, except for the Midwinter's which I got from a drawing.  Attached File |
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Posted: 1/31/2024 11:42:47 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By zen_grasshopper: I don't hunt it but I have gotten lucky so far in 2024. Only thing I want is Stagg that isn't stupid priced. Stopped in to a small town grocery store last week and there were two bottles of Weller 12 year on the shelf at MSRP, they both went home with me. Picking up three bottles of Booker's (not sure I would call it allocated, but harder to find?) this weekend at $10 over MSRP a bottle. 2023 I got a few bottles of Blanton's, ER, Blood Oath, Midwinter's Nights Dram. All just right place at the right time, except for the Midwinter's which I got from a drawing. Good stuff. Once easy to find here for $50...now nowhere to be found. |
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Posted: 2/1/2024 6:39:02 AM EDT
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Four Roses 135th Anniversary and a Sazerac 18 were my heavy hitters.
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Posted: 2/1/2024 11:58:18 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Arkady: Four Roses 135th Anniversary and a Sazerac 18 were my heavy hitters. SWEET..!! I have a bottle of the Four Roses and I think it’s phenomenal. That’s a bourbon to sit with quietly and savor through the evening. Not had the Sazerac 18. I bet that’s one spicy bitch. LOVE the regular shelf stuff….. |
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Posted: 2/2/2024 11:54:17 AM EDT
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If there's a nice bottle of Bourbon in the Houston area, my wife knows about it.
Best year ever for me.   |
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Posted: 2/2/2024 3:24:59 PM EDT
[Last Edit: SnprPSG1]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By TXBO: If there's a nice bottle of Bourbon in the Houston area, my wife knows about it. Best year ever for me. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/402701/Booze-3115512.jpg https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/402701/Pappy-3115513.jpg NICE!!  Attached File |
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Posted: 4/25/2024 1:57:18 PM EDT
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Man, the hunt started out ROUGH this year....but things seem to be loosening up. I see more items on the shelves, but some ridiculous pricing way over secondary on prime bottles. Seems to be fueled by the Bourbon podcasts and people running out to pick up the highly rated bourbons. I've been ordering on line lately, much better prices, and some even offer free shipping. Frey Ranch!
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Posted: 4/28/2024 5:18:11 PM EDT
[Last Edit: leemozoid]
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You know, I quit hunting a couple of years ago. I don't even go to allocation sales anymore. There's so much good unallocated bourbon out there that hunting just isn't worth it anymore. Hell, between 4RSmBS, New Riff, Smoke Wagon and Penelope all I want is right at my fingertips. Add in the wide array of single barrel store picks and I can't ever justify hunting allocateds. Who needs Eagle Rare when Bulleit 10 year is just as good?
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Posted: 5/3/2024 1:38:52 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By leemozoid: You know, I quit hunting a couple of years ago. I don't even go to allocation sales anymore. There's so much good unallocated bourbon out there that hunting just isn't worth it anymore. Hell, between 4RSmBS, New Riff, Smoke Wagon and Penelope all I want is right at my fingertips. Add in the wide array of single barrel store picks and I can't ever justify hunting allocateds. Who needs Eagle Rare when Bulleit 10 year is just as good? This ^. I still do a quick scan for Elijah Craig Barrel Proof if I happen to be in a liquor store, but that's about it. |
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Posted: 5/3/2024 1:56:12 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By JoshD: This ^. I still do a quick scan for Elijah Craig Barrel Proof if I happen to be in a liquor store, but that's about it. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By JoshD: Originally Posted By leemozoid: You know, I quit hunting a couple of years ago. I don't even go to allocation sales anymore. There's so much good unallocated bourbon out there that hunting just isn't worth it anymore. Hell, between 4RSmBS, New Riff, Smoke Wagon and Penelope all I want is right at my fingertips. Add in the wide array of single barrel store picks and I can't ever justify hunting allocateds. Who needs Eagle Rare when Bulleit 10 year is just as good? This ^. I still do a quick scan for Elijah Craig Barrel Proof if I happen to be in a liquor store, but that's about it. I'm lucky to have good relations with a couple of Liquor Store Managers so that I know when the trucks come in and occasionally get texts when something special shows up. Small(er) town living does have its advantages. |
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Posted: 5/4/2024 8:24:08 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By bondservant2: I'm lucky to have good relations with a couple of Liquor Store Managers so that I know when the trucks come in and occasionally get texts when something special shows up. Small(er) town living does have its advantages. This exactly. One of the most interesting bottles that I managed to get recently was an Old Charter Oak French Oak. A really nice bottle, and only about $75 msrp. |
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