I Just Got Fed Up With the Bourbon Allocation Process

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Each year, restaurants and bars find out how many bottles of pappy van winkle they'll be allowed to purchase. The other problem for bar owners is what jeremy described as an arbitrary and somewhat mysterious allocation process. He also decided to sell glasses of pappi at cost, no mark up. "I think it's ridiculous that this bourbon is so overvaluedt by so many people"

When it comes to Kentucky bourbon, Pappy Van Winkle is among the most exclusive. You can’t get it unless you’re exceptionally lucky, exceptionally wealthy, or willing to break the law. The Pappy frenzy has the police, bartenders, and even the Van Winkle family themselves wringing their hands.

According to the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States, sales of the most expensive American whiskeys have basically doubled since 2016, when we first looked into Pappy Van Winkle. We decided to find out what's happening now.

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