If you’re not a bourbon drinker, you may not be familiar with Buffalo Trace. In most places — even at their distillery in Frankfort, KY, which we visited in August of 2023 — there is a limit on the number of bottles (2) you can purchase.
In North Cackalacky, we have to purchase liquor (Liquor! You liquor, you brought ‘er!) in what are called ABC Stores, and there is a one-bottle limit on purchasing Buffalo Trace. Also, you pretty much have to be at the particular store when the shipment comes in, because it just flies off the shelf — which in this case is a metaphor, because they actually keep it behind the counter and you have to ask for it.
That’s the backstory that a friend of ours didn’t know, but he knows we’re bourbon drinkers, and one afternoon he texted us from an ABC store at Carolina Beach with this picture asking, “Is this any good?”
Once I finished squealing, I gave him the lowdown about only being able to buy one bottle, etc., and he said, “I’m sitting here looking at 3 cases. Would you like me to pick you up a bottle or 2?” To which I couldn’t answer fast enough, “Please get us 5!”
I thanked him profusely for thinking of us, and a few minutes later, he confirmed the purchase saying, “I figured it was something important, as they literally went through 4 or 5 cases as we were standing in line to purchase these. Crazy.”
Talk about being in the right place at the right time and being thoughtful about your friends! We appreciate both you and Patrick, John, for thinking of us!
Enjoy!
What good friends to think of you while thinking of Buffalo Trace. 🙂
Apparently we’re synonymous with bourbon these days. LOL Thanks for reading and commenting! xxoo