Post #777740 by mikehooker on Tue, Jul 11, 2017 6:07 PM

On 2017-07-10 06:37, rbeyer68 wrote:
I recently made my first visit to the Austin Shaker. It is one of my new favorite liquor stores even though I live near Dallas. I am really looking forward to trying the JM Shrubb. Clement Creole Shrubb has been my go to in a Mai Tai lately.

Rick

So glad the love for Austin Shaker is spreading. When I first stumbled upon them shortly after they opened, their rum selection was like any typical neighborhood liquor store. When I was heading out, empty handed, assuming I would never return, Kiki said if there's anything I think they should stock, just write it down on their suggestion sheet. I jotted down about 7 items inlcuding BG Reynolds products, Clement and Plantation rums, Coruba, etc. Fast forward a few weeks and I'm in that neck of the woods so I decide to pop in. Kiki not only remembered me but ecstatically proclaimed that they had gotten in a few of the items I requested. We became fast friends and I've not only recommended a ton of people shop with and support them, but I've given them countless recommendations of items to stock. They were the first in town to get Plantation Pineapple and Denizen Merchant Reserve and Rum Fire. I believe they were the first place in the entire country to get the new Lemon Hart 151. And lately they've been stocking some specialty items such as the Four Square rums and the special El Dorado 12 and 15 years in the different cask finishes, as well as some of the limited Plantation regional items and several outstanding agricole options. They even helped me obtain a splurge item recently, a bottle of Appleton Joy, which technically wasn't even available to them. So glad to have a place like this around that caters to the requests of the public and make one stop shopping a possibility. Sorry if this reads like a Yelp review.