Atlanta isn’t usually the first on anyone’s mind when it comes to whiskey. As such, we tend to have to wait a little longer than a lot of other areas of the country to see some of the new or special releases. I know we’ve got a number of Metro Atlanta readers of our site. I wanted to let you folks know that I spoke with the store manager at Mink’s Package on Delk Road in Marietta about getting in a case or two of a few of the special releases coming out this fall. The owner is not as much of a whiskey fan as the store manager so he’s had some trouble getting the OK to order some of the more expensive bottles in the past. I pushed the issue and of course promised to buy at least one bottle each of whatever they’ll order. I got commitments that they will order Old Forester’s 2010 Birthday Bourbon, the Four Roses Limited Edition Small Batch 2010, and the 2010 Parker’s Heritage release. It’s still up in the air whether they will order cases up front or just do them on a special order basis. If you are interested call and talk to Matt Corker, the store manager at 770-952-2337. It would also give us here a little more street credit if you happened to mention you heard about them through Whisk(e)y Apostle ;).
Prices quoted to me:
Old Forester 2010 Birthday Bourbon: $37.99
Parker’s Heritage 2010: $80.99
Four Roses Limited Edition Small Batch: $99.99
They also have a few bottles of the 2009 OF Birthday Bourbon if you want to compare. If you’re feeling like dropping some serious change they also have at least one bottle of Pappy Van Winkle 23 Year Old too! If you’re wondering about the Buffalo Trace Antique Collection, well…they fight for a piece of Georgia’s allocation like several other places so we’ll have to wait and see.
If you’re in Metro Atlanta and are having trouble locating a particular bottle, feel free to email me and I’ll be happy to help if I can.
Drink wisely my friends,
Richard