Blanton's Price Increase

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Blanton's Price Increase

Unread postby RandyG » Fri Nov 18, 2016 8:29 pm

Has anyone else seen the current price on Blanton's? My local store just got a few bottles in and had it at $69 a bottle! I'm ashamed to say I bought a bottle and want to know if this price increase is widespread.

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Re: Blanton's Price Increase

Unread postby fishnbowljoe » Sat Nov 19, 2016 2:25 pm

RandyG wrote:Has anyone else seen the current price on Blanton's? My local store just got a few bottles in and had it at $69 a bottle! I'm ashamed to say I bought a bottle and want to know if this price increase is widespread.

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I've seen it anywhere from $54.00 to $80.00 around where I live Randy. Most places are generally in between with a mid/upper $60 dollar price tag.
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Re: Blanton's Price Increase

Unread postby ebo » Sat Nov 19, 2016 5:26 pm

I thought it was over priced when it was $50.00 a bottle. I like it, but I don't like that much.
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Re: Blanton's Price Increase

Unread postby RandyG » Sun Nov 20, 2016 3:22 pm

ebo wrote:I thought it was over priced when it was $50.00 a bottle. I like it, but I don't like that much.


That's my problem. I DO like it that much :mrgreen:

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Re: Blanton's Price Increase

Unread postby Bourbon Joe » Mon Nov 21, 2016 12:04 am

I also would not pay 50 bucks for it.
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Re: Blanton's Price Increase

Unread postby backwoodsjack » Mon Nov 21, 2016 4:06 pm

It shows up 2 or 3 times a year here in MN.
At 49.99 the 6 bottles they get allocated sell out in 1 hour.

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Re: Blanton's Price Increase

Unread postby RandyG » Tue Nov 22, 2016 12:51 am

backwoodsjack wrote:It shows up 2 or 3 times a year here in MN.
At 49.99 the 6 bottles they get allocated sell out in 1 hour.

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Joe. If you ever here of some here in MN at or around the $50 mark, please let me know.

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Re: Blanton's Price Increase

Unread postby Squire » Wed Nov 23, 2016 5:20 pm

In a relative sense a bottle of Blantons at $69.00 is less than tickets to a live performance I will enjoy only once.

In a comparative sense any bottle of Bourbon that costs three times more than OGD BIB is overpriced.
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Re: Blanton's Price Increase

Unread postby Unearthed » Fri Dec 02, 2016 9:10 pm

$48.99 in my store in CT. Don't get too much of it during the year though.
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Re: Blanton's Price Increase

Unread postby Sine Qua Non » Wed Dec 07, 2016 3:21 pm

It was $100 for the 750ml in my area. $49.99 for the 375ml. They only got one case of each size. 750 is now sold out but plenty of the 375 left.
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Re: Blanton's Price Increase

Unread postby Vital » Fri Jan 20, 2017 12:12 am

To those who say "I will not pay over $50 for it" - what WOULD you pay $50-80 for (that's currently on the market for that much, let's not go into wishful hoping)
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Re: Blanton's Price Increase

Unread postby Uncle_Duke » Wed Mar 22, 2017 12:54 pm

Ok so I just went in to my local retailer to restock, I did not see any Blanton's on the shelf, so I brought some other goodies. On my way out I spotted the Blanton's in the high end case. When I looked they had it priced at $199.99 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WTF? Did I miss something?
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Re: Blanton's Price Increase

Unread postby gillmang » Wed Mar 29, 2017 6:55 pm

[quote="Vital"]To those who say "I will not pay over $50 for it" - what WOULD you pay $50-80 for (that's currently on the market for that much, let's not go into wishful hoping)[/quote]

Lots of things other than American whiskey. A higher grade of Redbreast, say, or Green Spot. Or Gibson's 18 years old (Canadian).

And many malts would qualify. American whiskey needs to be careful not to throw out the baby with the bathwater.

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