| I Know Free Rangers, I know. I’m as disgusted with myself a… You know, I wrote this thing for this space that discussed two things that I always mock in crappy marketing and tedious conversations: the season and the weather (hence the aborted disgust). It was reasonably funny, and self-deprecating, and contained a decent observation or two about our place and time, but I’m just not feeling it at the moment. The truth this time. As I was trying to find the source of a leak (or three) on an incline roof, in the rain, at 11pm two nights ago, having lost two of my favorite pens climbing through the ceiling hatch, I mused to myself: I just thought buying and selling wine might be a neat thing to do for a living. And in such a moment, what considered nerd wouldn’t be forced to ask oneself: “Well, how did I get here?” I know I’m not the only Brooklynite who during the deluge of the last few days discovered new rivers, lakes, and the occasional waterfall indoors where they don’t belong. As such I’m desperately awaiting a highly recommended roofer, who is apparently in high demand. Must be nice. Every moving part in the project is turning, but at infinitesimal pace, and is starting to feel as expensive as one of Elon’s exploding rockets. It’s always something you know. And yet, we plow forth…. “And yet,” two words that, to one degree or another, plague us all. Wait, what were we talking about? While we’re not in the new space, and haven’t held any of the anniversary festivities we had planned, we’re gonna go ahead with a slow motion avalanche take on what was going to be a series of coordinated tastings and online sales. So, welcome to our biggest ever ONLINE rare whiskey sale! It has no name and serves no other purpose. Instead of a country and category based series, we’ve posted a single page by category, to which we will keep adding and we’ll shoot you a note each time we do. The first tranche is a stunning tranche (which is also the new name of my indy band), including some of the rarest and most sought whiskeys in the world, alongside some mostly extinct tiny production bottles, and a few back bottles from the Free Range Barrel Program archives. Not going to drop any names, but there are some big ones, all listed below and pictured on the sale page, with many more to be added! Happy hunting. *** First come, first served, ONLINE ONLY!!! *** (!) Click here for the full sale list (!) Canada: sale: retail: Alberta Premium Cask Strength Rye $49 $89 Pendleton Directors Reserve 20yr (2019) $135 $199 Collingwood Rye Whisky 21 Year Old $155 $199 Japan: Hibiki Harmony $79 $99 Mars Single Malt Tsunuki, Peated $185 $235 Nikka Single Malt Whisky Coffey Grain $69 $85 Nikka Pure Malt Whisky 17 $432 $595 Shinobu Pure Malt 10yr Mizunara Oak Finish $97 $119 Shinobu Pure Malt 15yr Mizunara Oak Finish $147 $179 Yamazaki Single Malt 12 (old release) $159 $209 Yamazaki Single Malt Whisky 12 $139 $169 Ireland: Midleton Dair Ghaelach, Tree No.6 $349 $399 Midleton Irish Whiskey Very Rare 2021 $199 $279 West Cork Distillers Single Malt 12yr Rum Cask $55 $69 Scotland: Daftmill Single Malt Scotch 2009 Summer $222 $259 Macallan 18 Sherry Cask $345 $455 Mortlach 15 $95 $179 Talisker Single Malt 25 Year $432 $699 The Other 49 States: Black Maple Hill Oregon Bourbon $99 $120 Black Maple Hill Oregon Rye $99 $120 Few Distillery Rye Tequila Barrel $65 $79 Few Distillery Rye Flaming Lips Brainville $99 $135 High Wire Bourbon Madeira Cask (2018) $65 $99 Hudson Four Part Harmony 7yr $69 $99 Lost Spirits Abomination Crying of the Puma $109 $199 Lost Spirits Abomination Sayers of the Law $109 $199 Milam & Greene Bourbon 13yr Castle Hill (Batch 1) $139 $179 St. George Single Malt 40th Anniversary $489 $575 Westland Single Malt Garryana 5th Edition (2020) $135 $179 Kentucky: Angel’s Envy Bourbon Cask Strength 2021 $289 $369 Bardstown Bourbon Founders KBS $139 $159 Bardstown Bourbon Prisoner Barrel Finish $189 $249 Blood Oath Pact 8 $189 $249 Buffalo Trace Bourbon $29 $45 Bulleit Bourbon 10yr (older release in box) $59 $89 Bulleit Bourbon Barrel Strength batch #2 $55 $85 Cream of Kentucky Bourbon 13yr Batch #5 $145 $209 EH Taylor Jr. Bourbon Small Batch (2019) $119 $169 EH Taylor Jr. Bourbon Small Batch (2020) $109 $159 Elijah Craig Free Range Single Barrel Bourbon 11yr $69 $99 Elmer T. Lee Kentucky Bourbon Single Barrel $295 $379 Kentucky Owl Takumi $119 $149 Knob Creek Bourbon 15yr (batch 1) $119 $145 Henry McKenna Bourbon 10yr $39 $59 Old Forester Free Range Barrel Proof Bourbon $94 $159 Orphan Barrel Bourbon Rhetoric 24 Year $475 $579 Weller Bourbon 12yr $234 $369 1792 Bourbon 12yr $145 $429 1792 Bourbon Sweet Wheat $139 $245 Van Winkle 12yr Lot B $987 $1234 *** Online exclusive! *** *** This week only! *** Cheers, Jack Proprietor Free Range Wine & Spirits P.S. Free Range E-mail Archive |
