I actually found another bottle of The Classic Cask 22 year old rye at the liquor store inside Grand Central Terminal. Never shopped there before, they don't have much of a selection, not too talkative, not likely to be a regular thing, but the folks who carry the 21 year old at Beekman's don't seem to be aware there is a 22 year old.
So, for the "walk out price" of $75.98 I walked out of Grande Harvest Wines in GCT and right next door to The Marketplace at Grand Central, and they had . . .
PUMPKIN PIE, PUMPKIN PIE, IT'S HERE, IT'S HERE, PUMPKIN PIE, 'N' IF'N YA LIVE DOW SOUF IT'S PUNKIN PAH, . . .
but any way you slice it, don't slice mine, just give me a fork. The Zaro's concession had them, fresh made, first batch of the season, $9.95 apiece, got two, ate one waiting for the train to leave Grand Central to whisk me home, and now I'm heading for bed soon, enjoying sipping a two shot glass of my No. 1 rye, poured from bottle #149 of a 636 bottle run, batch No. RW108, distilled in fall of 1981, bottled in early 2004.
My first bottle, purchased last winter was from the same batch, bottle #249. As for how I ended up with bottle #149 the following autumn, don't ask, don't tell. This stuff makes my head hurt. I think I need to see my sensei, Master Whiskey 3rd Level, our own Hollow Point. :duh:
So, for the "walk out price" of $75.98 I walked out of Grande Harvest Wines in GCT and right next door to The Marketplace at Grand Central, and they had . . .
PUMPKIN PIE, PUMPKIN PIE, IT'S HERE, IT'S HERE, PUMPKIN PIE, 'N' IF'N YA LIVE DOW SOUF IT'S PUNKIN PAH, . . .
but any way you slice it, don't slice mine, just give me a fork. The Zaro's concession had them, fresh made, first batch of the season, $9.95 apiece, got two, ate one waiting for the train to leave Grand Central to whisk me home, and now I'm heading for bed soon, enjoying sipping a two shot glass of my No. 1 rye, poured from bottle #149 of a 636 bottle run, batch No. RW108, distilled in fall of 1981, bottled in early 2004.
My first bottle, purchased last winter was from the same batch, bottle #249. As for how I ended up with bottle #149 the following autumn, don't ask, don't tell. This stuff makes my head hurt. I think I need to see my sensei, Master Whiskey 3rd Level, our own Hollow Point. :duh:
