by EllenJ » Thu Apr 04, 2013 2:04 pm
That's my understanding.
Which explains why the experimental bottlings are so expensive.
Buffalo Trace is extraordinarilly attuned to not gouging their customers on price. They've taken some heavy criticism for their policy of limited release vs. pricing to the elite collectors, and I'm totally in support of that policy. If you want a Buffalo Trace experimental, you have to either be in the right place at the right time, or you lose... no matter how much you might be willing (or able) to pay. Good for you Mark Brown, no matter WHAT the richies might say about you!
P.S. - Anyone else would've charged twice what you probably paid for the Stagg, too.