You're shopping for
The Allocation Historian
You're shopping for someone who knows a liquor store clerk by name and can tell you what a bottle cost in 2019.
Recites shelf prices like war dates, keeps a spreadsheet with tabs, and has six sealed bottles he describes as "trade bait." He has never, to your knowledge, traded one.
Stocking Stuffer
Top shelf pick
Parafilm M sealing film
For the store picks he's saving. The film keeps them exactly the way he found them.
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On the shelf
Padded six-bottle carrier
Delivery day has more than one bottle in it, and a nervous drive home.
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(Amazon affiliate link, opens in a new tab)The Grand Gesture
On the shelf
Whiskey aroma training kit
So the 2019 shelf prices finally come with tasting notes.
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He knows the clerks by name because he shows up. The bottles are just what he brings home.
The card
For delivery day. Tell Dana I said hi.
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