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Old Grand-Dad bourbon availability
2016-01-27 06:08:41 Post No. 7312859
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Old Grand-Dad bourbon availability
Anonymous
2016-01-27 06:08:41
Post No. 7312859
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I'm a bit of a drunk and my go-to bottom shelf bourbon is Old Grand-dad (either 80 or 100 proof, whichever is available).
Starting around summer of last year, my local liquor stores (Spec's, a very large chain in Texas) began running out of it. If I drove 20 minutes extra from my usual spot, I could find it, even if it was only a fifth of the 80 proof.
Been hankering for a bottle of the 100 proof (probably the best $20 fifth you can buy), so I had my nearest Spec's put in a special order for a bottle. I've done this before and it usually takes a week.
Never heard back from them, so I asked the manager about it. He said basically all the stores in the Houston area, including the gigantic, original store downtown, were out of the 100 proof.
All the stores I frequent still have the stickers on the shelf for it, but they say it just doesn't come in often and when it does it moves fast.
Their site is still up and I'll find the 114 proof more often than the 80 proof. I still see Old Crow (though I have yet to see the reserve in a few years) and Old Overholt everywhere, so I doubt Jim Beam has shut the brand down.
tl;dr: is anyone else having difficult finding Old Grand-dad (any proof) lately?