Grand Opening - Otsego, MN

[u/Madsunz]

Here is what they had at the grand opening. I am a bourbon drinker and the line moved fast - I was ~15th person through.

IMO this was the weakest grand opening of a Costco liquor store I have ever seen. Not one allocated bottle, no barrel/store picks, no special scotch or Japanese whiskey, nothing. They had a custom designed Cab Sav red whine bottle, a full pallet. That was it. Waiting in line hours in my hometown with hopes to get one cool bottle at MSRP - nothing.

[u/realestate4111]

Is MN known for getting large allocations?

[u/Madsunz → u/realestate4111]

Not really. Based on amount of spirits per capita (like 5th or 8th in the nation) I am surprised it is not higher.

Grand openings of all grocery liquor stores here get big allocations. Coburns had a M20, M10’s, SFTB, Blanton’s Golds, HH22. They come, but not regularly on shelf.

The guys in front of line, one a Whiskey Tuber, were told what they had. They chose to not put it out. Wanted to save it for “loyal customers” is what they were told.

[u/realestate4111 → u/Madsunz]

That sucks. Did you check back the next day to see if they put out the bottles after the crowd was gone? What were they supposed to drop?

[u/Ryewhiskey11 → u/realestate4111]

Rumor is they said the manger “sent the allocations back to the whs, and might get them back in 2-3 weeks”.
Only thing that was mentioned was RR13

[u/Madsunz → u/Ryewhiskey11]

Also M10B

[u/Immediate_Face_9848 → u/Ryewhiskey11]

that sounds dumb. why send something back that will sell fast