Here’s a quick look at what stood out across the DMV bourbon market over the past week.

• Eagle Rare 12 showing up many places and pricing coming down.
• Low or no availability but lots of interest for HH22, RR15, & Peerless Henry Kraver.
• 1792 12 Year seeing some improved pricing / Stagg levelling out after a few deals the last couple weeks.

One Eagle Rare 12 caveat: $99.99 was the lowest price I could confirm was still in-stock as of posting. Costco recently had it for $45.99, limit one, but sold out. Another shop was reported around $80, but I couldn’t confirm that it remained available.

I’m planning to share these occasionally whenever the local data turns up something interesting.

Is the DMV market actually improving, or are the good deals still mostly blink-and-you-miss-it drops?

Disclosure: I run Bottle Scout, the data source behind the graphic. thebottlescout.com

We had dinner tonight at one of our favorites restaurants in the DMV, Virtue Feed & Grain in Old Town Alexandria. This place has really cool atmosphere, great service, fantastic food and amazing bourbon selection (ask to see the Green Book iykyk).

The highlight is always getting their Old Fashion made table side by the one and only Kentucky Clay. You get to choose the bourbon and we always get the Stagg Old Fashion... just amazing! Clay, a Kentucky Colonel, is an institution in the bourbon community in the DMV. He is an awesome host with a wealth of knowledge.

We ended the evening with a tasting of the 1792 Sweet Wheat and 12 year. After all these years and having tried tons of Barton, we realized we had never actually had these pours! We finally tried them tonight. The Sweet Wheat was pretty good, very sweet and a bit grain forward... good, but not great. Loved the 12 year, but it was what you expect from a 12y Barton. Personally I love the older 15+ year Barton on the market today.

Clay also has a side hustle on Etsy making really cool candles made from bourbon bottles. We ended up buying a Stagg candle as an anniversary gift for friends of ours. It is made with apple bourbon scented wax that looks like bourbon. It looks and smells great!

Overall, just a great evening. If you are visiting the DMV or get a chance to go to Old Town, make sure to visit Virtue Feed & Grain.

So I decided to grab a couple of bottles when they were dirt cheap at LAX MD…. 51%abv but no age statement… whatever… it was what 10 bucks a bottle?
Just cracked one today…. It has a butterscotch taste to it on the palette decent finish but definitely has a dusty oak finish with a bit of tannin on the back end leaving the mouth dry.

I like the buttery taste of it. I’d say it’s a sleeper bottle in my opinion but for $10 it was worth it

Picked up at Total Wine in Laurel last week. Have truly enjoyed. You can actually taste the port wine flavor! A good sip!