I am really disappointed with this company because the CEO, Adam, keeps screwing over the loyal whisky club members. He did this several years ago and now he is doing it again.
I was one of the first members of the whiskey club when it first started. It was really enjoyable because we could go in at any time and have free tastings. I introduced several of my friends to their whisky via these tastings. The club offered different levels of discounts depending upon how many bottles your membership supported (10% for 1-bottle club, 20% for 2-bottle club, and 30% for 3-bottle club). As a club member I could purchase extra bottles at any time at my club discount and also get a discount on the other merchandise that they sold. In the beginning, the club offered events for the club members around the time that the whiskey was ready for pickup (once per quarter). One such event included hors d'oeuvres and they had set up tables with mixings where each club member was taught how to make a couple of different mixed drinks with the whiskey. It was a very memorable event. In the club's beginning there were several events like this. But because they offered such a wonderful experience to the club members, the club grew exponentially within a very short period of time due to "word of mouth". Eventually, the club got too big so they made their first extremely bad decision to screw over the club; apparently they could not keep up with their distributor's orders so they cancelled the club completely to supply the distributor's orders!
Years later, they started up the club again, but this time with less options, less discounts, and absolutely no in-person events; only virtual tasting events where you got to watch Adam tasting his whisky on Zoom. But, I joined the club again. The whisky offerings were pared down compared to the previous club offerings.
Now Adam has closed down the club again, announcing that he is opening it up to become a national club, not just local. But there are no more discounts except for "special occasions" and I'm now forced to have my whiskey shipped; I can't pick it up locally any more. I hate having liquor shipped because they won't deliver it unless there is a live person there to receive it!
Adam has proven that he has no business sense as he does not care about his loyal club members who helped to make his business grow.
Quite frankly, I've given up with this company's whiskey. Since the first club cancellation, I've come to appreciate the Bulleit Rye Whiskey at Costco; it has just as good flavor and costs about 1/2 as much for four times the quantity ($38.99 for 1.75 liter bottle).