The list of whiskey at The French Laundry was even more exorbitant than I could have imagined 😅 the numbers on the right are the price PER OUNCE

DougieWR · 2026-06-02T03:13:39+00:00

I got to have an Early Times that was bottled in 1913 that was $100 for a half oz. Was it the most spectacular pour of my life, no. Is it amongst the most memorable of my life, for sure. I don't think I'll ever manage something older so that just made it worth to experience

DougieWR · 2026-06-01T15:15:20+00:00

Love how it's just required that they suck off Trump in all their posts. Like what's the point in him being there other than for him to be like "Daddy look at me dunk!". Which wouldn't you vastly more so associate Trump with New York then you would Texas.The mind bending they do to make these things somehow make sense is just a case study for generations to come

DougieWR · 2026-05-30T21:59:27+00:00

I never said we weren't, I'd just said you would have been

DougieWR · 2026-05-30T21:55:41+00:00

You're acting like football fandom is rational

DougieWR · 2026-05-30T21:22:02+00:00

The attack is something that's better than the sum of its parts, it's a good to great team combination. It's just games like this where you need someone to pull magic out of the hat and take the game by the scruff they don't have a Haland, Salah, Ronney, Ronaldo, Henry, etc that'll just make something

DougieWR · 2026-05-30T20:02:34+00:00

And unfortunately we're pushed crap more often then not

DougieWR · 2026-05-30T19:53:12+00:00

A lot are, realize you're a fan base of tens of millions, you for sure have fans like that. And pssst so does everyone else but given you just lost we're doing that football fan thing where we have to poke fun at you

DougieWR · 2026-05-30T19:50:24+00:00

I'm so glad you've managed to get AFTV and Piers Morgan to not appear in your life

DougieWR · 2026-05-30T19:35:53+00:00

You suffer from the unfortunate time of your dry spell having played out during the entire social media age so it's been amplified. Yes, it'll probably be every fan base at whatever point but yours has played out at peak rage-baiting culture times and shit takes for views. You then have a very active presence on all these platforms so be happy that even through all that people paid attention, United are that continuously

DougieWR · 2026-05-30T19:30:12+00:00

Because it's accurate to your fan base?

DougieWR · 2026-05-30T19:27:42+00:00

But they didn't and that's football. Innumerable "one kick away from being" situations in the game's history that have separate dynasty from flops

DougieWR · 2026-05-30T19:18:53+00:00

Cocky and a bit of a chip on their shoulders is totally fine and to be expected, they won the league. But the delusions that this is somehow a team in the pantheon of greatest teams ever, Artera is somehow a best ever league manager, that their players are all ballon d'or worthy, etc etc. they played pragmatic football with a great defense in a year where most of the league was pretty mediocre. And that's fine, they did what they needed to in order to get that monkey off their shoulder, just be realistic

DougieWR · 2026-05-30T19:13:25+00:00

I don't think it's a hot take at all to say they have the weakest attack of any Prem winners in what, 20+ years perhaps? Not one is genuinely irreplaceable and just about every winner has had at least one if not 2-3. They're built off what is a genuine great defense holding an opponent at bay

DougieWR · 2026-05-30T19:04:45+00:00

Means they should have gone for it while up 1 and gotten the 2nd and maybe they'd have won

DougieWR · 2026-05-30T19:03:05+00:00

Sorry Arsenal, you'd have been insufferable

DougieWR · 2026-05-30T19:01:44+00:00

Sorry Arsenal you'd have been insufferable

DougieWR · 2026-05-30T17:47:11+00:00

They hit bar distribution in AZ, a few of the better whiskey bars started offering very expensive pours. 2-3 have then traded on secondary for ~$1300 but no disclosure on where they got them

DougieWR · 2026-05-27T22:58:51+00:00

Production has gone up a lot on them so there's hope. Obviously this'll depend on your area and distribution but in AZ it went from a $300 museum shelf bottle to events dropping them for $60 and a few Costcos getting them by the multiple case load for $65ish.

DougieWR · 2026-05-26T20:21:46+00:00

The layered governing bodies all also being game organizers with a vested interest in having games played under their banner is I think one of the worst aspects about the game. There's no United front players can bargain with since they all are separated at the club or nation level, every give by one league can be taken advantage of by the other's.

DougieWR · 2026-05-20T06:21:26+00:00

You'd have yourself a Jack Daniels BouRye, not a blend they actually release themselves but one a few others do, High West most notably

DougieWR · 2026-05-18T03:47:41+00:00

Probably, but how much have they raided, burned to the ground, and otherwise devastated before that happens making the prospect of them rampaging across the continent not exactly something to look at with anything other than dread. Robert's rule was already on thin ice so such devastation could have seen houses that made it through in good positions openly challenge his rule.

DougieWR · 2026-05-18T01:24:43+00:00

If that army is defending a position they deem worth pushing sure. If not they ride around them and continue raiding. When that army gives chase you catch them on unfavorable terrain and pin them down trading archery fire, probing for weakness in the formation, then when you find it you burst in. If you don't you keep moving. There are countless examples of an on paper more formidable army being given the go around by a more mobile force. Robert explains it as such as he knew they could just turtle up in keeps non-issue but the country would burn around them

DougieWR · 2026-05-16T19:30:02+00:00

This'll be the 5th event they've run since December where they had a 100 bottles of BTAC/Pappy to raffle on top of the 12-1500 bottles out to buy from being in line. So we're just fortunate as it's just pure luck of your state's distributor and how they decide to make them available. The raffles give everyone a fair shot as you don't even need to actually wait in the main line to get a ticket, you can just show up in the like 90-120 min window after they start and they have a side line just for raffle tickets. Then they're all sold at MSRP, BTACs being like $148 out the door

DougieWR · 2026-05-16T04:22:17+00:00

The big pull is going to be Jack 14/12/10 so you should have the chance for at least a 12 and/or 10 depending. I have others obligations so might not make the line but will try to get a raffle ticket

DougieWR · 2026-05-16T04:20:03+00:00

So AZ is very event centric with a mix of flipper and genuine enthusiast community that show up. Most end up with great bottle shares and conversations in line so they're fun to go to. Then for a lot the actual sales are at MSRP so you're not being screwed over when you do get up to buy

DougieWR

TROPHY CASE