I’m not aware of any place formally, but there might be folks local to you with interest. Not sure if you can legally “sell”, but shouldn’t be an issue given the situation especially if you barter. Where are you located? My son in law is in a Bourbon club in MI. He or his buddies would be interested I’m sure. PM me if you’d like.
I sold my high end bourbons through Skinner auction house in Boston. PM me if you want the contact info of the man who handled the auction. Very helpful throughout the process.
I'll agree with this statement.
One of my favorite lower price bourbons. Similar to Woodford Reserve Double Oak. You can spend more but really no need.
Old Forester is a brand that has certainly withstood the test of time...if memory serves, it is the longest continuous bourbon in production, something like 150 years...along with Jim Beam, Old Grandad, Evan Williams, Ancient Age and Old Charter, all were affordable mid-tier brands for many years...Forester, Beam, and Evan are still popular while the others have fallen off the radar...as the drinkers of these old brands leave, they are not being replaced, so the volume falls and they no longer are a focus for the distillers...when the bourbon craze hit, distillers realized they could take the whiskey in barrel for these declining old brands, let it age longer, then bottle it either as a new brand or in an existing brand that generated more revenue...there are now several variations of Old Forester whereas for years there was only one, maybe two...for many years there was Charter 7, 8, 10, 12, and 13, age specific...those age specifics are gone now and Buffalo Trace is basically using Charter to experiment with aging in different types of oak other than American...lots of changes in the bourbon industry in the past few years!
I'm not sure that OF 1910, with its MSRP of $55, qualifies as a "lower priced Bourbon." IMO, it lies at the upper end of mid-tier or even the lower end of higher price offerings.
Depends on your ceiling I guess. Russell 10 year is what I'd call very good, at a low price of $28. I've personally spent $200 on some Garrison Bros Balmorhae but a friend of mine has $2,000 - $3,000 bottles of Pappy. I guess the wide spectrum of prices with bourbons makes it hard to distinguish low from mid tier.
Dunno when you bought that RR10, but it goes for ~$40 nowadays and the RR Single Barrel (a personal favorite) is ~$65. In terms of "lower priced bourbon," the Old Forester offerings that would qualify IMO would be their regular 86 and 100 proof bottlings. I would consider all of their Whiskey Row series (1870, 1897, 1910, 1920) a step up into the mid price level and their Birthday Bourbon a high price offering.
I'd never do it either. Again, we just have a different cutoff point for higher tier bourbon. Russell 10 is $38 here. I'd put it a notch above regular 4 Roses. Makers is also entry level. Buffalo Trace goes for $35 unless it's marked way up. For $35, I'd buy it all day. When it's marked up to $60 or more does that make it mid tier? Mid tier to me is $75 and above but I'm perfectly content to spend $55 on OF 1910.
