Life moves pretty fast Free Rangers,
If you don’t stop and look around once in while you could miss it. I just made that up. And why not? When there’s a conspiracy theorist podcaster running the FBI- literally now in charge of covering up all the investigations for which he used to rail for transparency- what does anything really mean anymore? But that’s the point. The medium is the message. Does that track? Sure, why not. We were fully, deeply through the looking glass by summer solstice 2020 and I’m too many years behind now to assess and name the eons and eras that have washed by the windows of this collective Family Truckster in which we all barrel toward… well, that starts to get complicated (and also darkly simple), doesn’t it.
But one has to take the moral victories where they come. And this last Saturday was a charmed one. It was busy from opening straight through, but at no point was there a notable back-up at the register. The flow was brisk but rapids were low, like a pristine northern stretch of the Saco River. Almost zero memorable jackassery. Numbers were solid, spirits were high, and dog visits were frequent. It started immediately, followed in the door, but not in an imposing manner. And even the guy pondering a single didn’t call it a shooter, and was only interested in the Macallan and Blue Label. Shortly thereafter, looking up from a text to the long lost love of my life, there are two or three groups at once, and Derek enters (early), closely enough behind that they may have arrived together. A couple is excited to see Fortaleza on the shelf and is understanding of the one per customer policy (which is why we have them), so they pick up a some Ocho and G4 as well. Their kids live in the area, we’ll be seeing them, they say. And so on like this. They don’t come that often, so it’s always worth at least a considered, “Huh,” and a toast to in the general direction of the universe. Here’s lookin’ at you, kid.
And we’re doubling up the FREE in-store tastings again this week! First, we’ll be joined by our dear friend, Allie at Wilson Daniels, from whom we procure many of our finest French, Italian, and New Zealand offerings (and some American stuff, but those aren’t part of this event). So, please join us TOMORROW, Tuesday, September 23rd (5-7pm), for FREE tastes of new to the shop Te Mata Gamay Noir, a lighter drier take on a Beaujolais, alongside an elegant Enta Bianco which showcases that telltale red volcanic soil influence, and Royal Tokaji Uragya Dry Furmint, a delicious mineral driven dry white from a well known sweet white powerhouse. As usual, all of the above are 10% off in-store on tasting day only!
Then our regular Thursday FREE in-store tasting welcomes to the shop Albany Distilling Company whose vodka and whiskeys have been staples around here for many moons (though some whiskeys- and alternate sizes- have come and gone due largely to distributor shenanigans- cough, cough, EMPIRE!). So please join us this Thursday, September 25th (5-7pm), for FREE tastes of ALB Vodka, Ironweed Bourbon, and Ironweed Rye from these fine local (upstate) folks! As always, all of the above are 10% off in-store on tasting day only!
And last but far from least, thanks to everybody who came out to celebrate the release of our Elijah Craig Free Range Barrel Proof Bourbon 10 Year (which was falsely advertised in this very space last week as 11 year- my bad!) last week, and congrats to those who picked up one of our combo packs including our otherwise long sold out Elijah Craig Free Range Single Barrel 11 Year (2017) and Elijah Craig Free Range Single Barrel 9 Year (2018). And not cool to those of you who tried to get one of those extreme rarities without picking up the new one (of which we have many. C’mon, surely you must see what we’re trying to do there? And stop calling me Shirley (I also just made that up). Any-kersplat, a tiny number of said extinct bottles remain and have been posted to the website, along with the intro sale pricing on aforementioned Elijah Craig Free Range Barrel Proof Bourbon 10 Year, at the lowest price(s) at which they will ever be offered: Sale price: $87 or 3+ bottles at $75 per bottle!
Have at it:
(!) Click here for Elijah Craig Free Range Barrel Proof sale page (!)
Also: previous sales that are still live:
(!) Click here for Magical Mystery Pack(s) Sale (!)
(!) Click here for Buffalo Trace 9yr sale page (!)
(!) Click here for Twin Suns Kosher wine sale (!)
Cheers,
Jack
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