Eight Row Flint�in Houston, TX, knows what guests really want for Christmas: Pappy�Van�Winkle. The Texas icehouse hosts Pappy�Van�Winkle�Day every year on Dec. 26, during which it � The post It�s a Pappy Holiday at Houston Bar appeared first on...
Eight Row Flint�in Houston, TX, knows what guests really want for Christmas: Pappy�Van�Winkle. The Texas icehouse hosts Pappy�Van�Winkle�Day every year on Dec. 26, during which it sells the coveted bourbon�at cost�in 1 �-oz. tastings to the first 100�guests.
The idea came from Eight Row Flint co-owner and beverage director Morgan Weber. While standing in line�for Eight Row Flint�s annual�allocation of�Pappy�Van�Winkle�in 2015, Weber witnessed the stress and animosity it was creating�among his peers�in the beverage industry. He decided to turn the exclusivity on its head and created Pappy�Van�Winkle�Day to celebrate the bourbon and make it more accessible to the Houston community.�
This year�s�Pappy�Day celebration will be the seventh. Guests arrive at Eight Row Flint as early as 3 a.m. to save their spot in line; last year�s line wrapped around the bar. Once the celebration is complete, the bottles are smashed to prevent anyone from filling�an empty bottle�with cheap bourbon and reselling it�on the bourbon black market.�
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