What's So Special About Pappy Van Winkle? (Video)

So an auction house in Hillsborough is planning to auction bottles of Pappy Van Winkle next week. One bottler could fetch more than $1,000 easily. If you're not a whiskey drinker, you're probably wondering what's the big deal about a Kentucky bourbon that sounds like the title of a kid's book.

Buffalo Trace Distillery only releases about 7,000 bottles of Pappy each fall. Liquor stores and bars only get a bottle or two - if they're lucky. Bottles sell from $80-$250, according to Forbes magazine. Last year, Buffalo Trace released a statement that it would release fewer bottles than usual.

In Charlotte, Heist Brewery, RiRa and Queen City Que are a few of the places where Pappy can be found behind the bar when new bottles hit the market. To better understand the Pappy mystique, I attended a rare Pappy tasting at RiRa last month. I'll let Republic National's Jason Bradley tell you what's so special about Pappy.




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