Opening: Pappy Van Winkle 15 Year Family Reserve

December 12, 2017 4:00PM - 11:00PM at Old Nick's Pub

BREAKING NEWS: Old Nick's is proud to announce we have acquired a bottle of Pappy Van Winkle 15 year Family Reserve and will crack the seal on Tuesday, December 12th. This will be a rare and unique event to taste some fine bourbon. We will be selling a one and one half ounce pour for $70. Keep reading to see why it's well worth it.

Pappy Van Winkle is the unicorn of bourbons. People say it’s real, but we’ve only really seen it in pictures, and most of them probably had some image doctoring going on. A bottle of Pappy Van Winkle Family Reserve is super rare and the vast majority of people will go their entire lives without sampling any. The normal retail price is high enough to prevent a lot of people from partaking. And that’s before the bottles hit the aftermarket, where they routinely fetch anywhere from $750 to over $5,000. Supply and demand is one reason it's expensive. The Old Rip Van Winkle Distillery (which actually isn’t a distillery at all), only releases between 7,000-8,000 cases of Family Reserve every year, which makes it excruciatingly rare and highly collectible. So much so that lottery systems have been built just to give people the chance to swipe a bottle. Aged to Perfection: One of Pappy’s most noticeable distinctions is its aging process. The 15-year label is aged more than three times as long as brands like Jim Beam, Jack Daniels, and twice as long as Bulleit. And when it comes to bourbon (and whiskey at large), the longer it sits in its barrel, the better it generally is. By now, your question of, “Is the bourbon even good?” is a valid one and the answer would have to be; Well… yes. It’s so good that celebrity chef and social culinary anarchist Anthony Bourdain once announced on Twitter that he was seriously considering a Pappy Van Winkle-themed full back tattoo!

We hope you take advantage of this rare opportunity to sip and savor one fine bourbon. Come by on Tuesday, December 12th.

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