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I found Four Roses Single Barrel all over the state (of Oregon), but it's overpriced. I can find it around here for about $42, found it in CA for $36 at Safeway. It's $50 in Oregon.
Also their search engine leaves a lot to be desired. Cool concept though.
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Don't forget to factor in tax, Oregon has no sales tax on liquor, but they do have a $22.73/gallon liquor tax already priced in.
California, liquor is taxed $3.30/gallon (paid by retailer so already in the labeled price) + normal sales tax which iirc is about 6%, so still pretty cheap.
Here, Total Wine says they sell it for $47.99
https://www.totalwine.com/spirits/bourbon/small-batch-bourbon/four-roses-single-barrel/p/105323750, BevMo says it's $49.99
https://www.bevmo.com/catalog/product/view/id/11258... But after the consumer paid $3.77/liter ($14.27/gal) excise tax and 20.5% sales tax (not a typo) that's a $65 dollar bottle otd here
. Been that way as long as I've been alive, liquor laws are fucking weird. That's probably also why liquor is less popular here than other regions compared to beer and wine and basically anyone that drinks that travels to places like CA bring booze back with them... Still better than the state stores were.
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I just checked a BevMo in CA and it was $51.99, so BevMo does price based on location, but I'm not seeing anywhere it was substantially cheaper retail price.