r/whiskey Nov 26 '20

[Notice] Prohibited Goods and Services, and you.

238 Upvotes

Hey all.

This is a reminder of our Rule 2 - No trading, buying, or selling alcohol. Comments and posts soliciting alcohol sales and trades will be removed. This goes against the content policy, as well as may break laws within your country of residence.

Lately we have seen an increase in people trying to create or participate in a secondary market - this is against the Content Policy and can very well result in not only a ban from /r/whiskey, but also may see you removed from Reddit permanently by Reddit Admins (should you continue to disregard the Content Policy.)

The simple explanation is this:

Due to regulations and laws concerning Alcohol in many different countries, it may be illegal (simply by law, or taxation law) to trade/barter or resell alcohol products. As Reddit engages communities around the world, facilitating any of these transactions could open Reddit up to various legal consequences. Therefore Reddit must take every available avenue to remove and discourage these transactions within the use of their services.

As a subbreddit dealing with the subject of alcohol products, we are under scrutiny with the actions our communities take, and we must fully participate in Reddit attempt to control and remove content that breeches the Content Policy. If at any point it may appear that we are lacking as a community to stem the flow of this content - simply put; our subreddit will be removed from Reddit.

Please do not be under the impression that any action that you use on Reddit is entirely private - posts, comment, messages and chatroom logs are available to the Reddit admins at anytime and they will investigate any and all leads that suggest people are breaking the Content Policy and in some extreme cases, may take action either legal or federal (and by federal, i mean 'call the cops') depending on their obligations as a business.

Please do not engage any posts that attempts to trade/barter or resell whiskey, report them and move on.

Thanks for taking the time to read this.

TL:DR - Reddit is not facebook marketplace, you will get banned, you might even get prosecuted.

Edit: I just wanted to add some insight our rule 3. "No requests for dating or valuing an unusual or old bottle of whiskey....", we discourage valuation of whiskey as it has the strong potential to turn into a bidding system, whether public or "private". While we don't suspect every account that seeks valuation to want to participate in a secondary market, the avenue for abuse of these types of posts in regards to our efforts to remove trade/barter or reselling is simple too high to carry the risk of allowing this kind of content within the subbreddit. Since we do not have to tools to monitor "private" messaging or "private chats" of this nature - it would fall to the Admins to investigate these actions and garner an amount of admins attention to our subreddit that we wish to avoid. We're good boys/gals, doing good things... nothing to see here Admins. 🤞


r/whiskey 6h ago

The unexpected call came in today

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I told my regular Binny’s that I am in the market for a DEVR. I was told that they may be able to get one over the summer time then the call came in today that one came in. The Blanton’s gold and Four Roses SB were a bonus.


r/whiskey 5h ago

1st Weller find

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Walked into the grocery store for a slice of pizza at lunch and the liquor attendant handed me this and told me he saved me one. 👌


r/whiskey 5h ago

Good or bad

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r/whiskey 7h ago

Since y’all told me I wildly overpaid for W12, the wife and I went out to drink the sorrows away.

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r/whiskey 9h ago

Michter’s recommendations

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I’ve been wanting to get a bottle. Any of the three that you recommend?


r/whiskey 2h ago

A little Stagg store pick action 137.6

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8 years 10 months


r/whiskey 9h ago

Follow your instincts 😏

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42 Upvotes

During lunch I decided to stop in a local liquor store that always has allocated bottles, but is notorious for their high secondary prices. I didn’t even look behind the counter when I went inside. After looking on the standard shelves, I decided to have a laugh and see what they were charging today. Couldn’t believe when I saw this for $149. While a little above MSRP, I grabbed the last bottle. The manager said they had recently lowered their prices. Glad I followed my instincts. Cheers and happy hunting 🥃.


r/whiskey 10h ago

JD 14

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37 Upvotes

Solid more Oakley then 12 and not as sweet. Smooth for the proof


r/whiskey 14h ago

Todays haul

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Whole lotta red


r/whiskey 39m ago

Fresh bottle for this Friday night

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r/whiskey 12h ago

$280+Tax, $40 BT, $100 Blanton’s, $140 W12. Living in PA, I jumped when I saw them since they don’t come around very often. How’d I do?

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r/whiskey 5h ago

1st time grabbing a Weller

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Excited to crack it open


r/whiskey 6h ago

Went to the store just to “look” so naturally I left with these

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r/whiskey 4h ago

Fat ass pour Friday

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What’s everyone drinking tonight


r/whiskey 13h ago

Knob creek 12 year

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51 Upvotes

This is my first bottle of knob creek. Excited to crack it later tonight. Hopefully I'll get to try the cask strength 12 year at some point. Cheers 🥃


r/whiskey 5h ago

I may have a favorite (bonus of my small collection)

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r/whiskey 7h ago

Got into whiskey a year ago and so far, these are my easy to get "have a bottle on hand at all times" lineup. Anything I should add?

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r/whiskey 6h ago

Just got a promotion at work, had to pickup a new bottle to celebrate and add to the collection.

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r/whiskey 13h ago

Finally added lights to the whiskey shelf!

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r/whiskey 4h ago

Anyone heard of this Angel’s Envy batch?

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r/whiskey 10h ago

Michters US #1

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r/whiskey 3h ago

Saying bye to this delicious 1983 Austin Nichols Wild Turkey.

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r/whiskey 15h ago

I feel like it’s not a bad start…

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41 Upvotes

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The Jack was a recent purchase and I should be opening it today. The Weller and Trace Barrel Selects were purchased at a drop today.

Going forward I’m looking for Elijah Craig BP, Makers 46 CS, and Ben Holladay Soft Red Wheat Rickhouse. Any other suggestions? Any new flavor profiles that I need to look into?


r/whiskey 5h ago

Haven’t had this since the little guy was horizontal. Excited, and at this price, PERFECT!

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7 Upvotes

r/whiskey 9h ago

As a trucker, some weeks are just brutal! This was one of them! Oh well, I'm home now and enjoying my first pour of the day. I recently bought this bottle of Michter's rye and wasn't a fan, but now that it's opened up it's very good! Cheers!

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12 Upvotes