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It’s time! With all the happenings of the world last year we had to unfortunately halt our some of our annual events like our Whiskey fest and other grand tastings but we were especially disappointed to not be able to hold our Whiskey week. But not to worry we held on tight to all of those bottles from last year and are happy to announce that we will be having 2 whiskey weeks this year! The first of which will start TOMORROW and run though this Sunday! We will also still hold our annual one that takes place in late November for a shot at the 2021 releases BTAC, Pappy, etc.

For those that are new to the Redstone whiskey week here is a rundown of how we allocate out some of our rarest releases. Once a year many of the best-known distilleries around the US release their flagships, not to mention some of the highest rated whiskies start hitting the shelves. The only issue is there is never enough of these releases to go around. Our solution is the Whiskey Draft raffle. (Again this raffle is for a chance to Purchase some of these rare bottles at MSRP)

With the success and the fun of past years drafts we have once again decided this to be the best and most fair way of rewarding our customers with a strong chance of scoring some of this rare whiskey (at MSRP) (This will be our 8th year running this program)

Redstone whiskey week (part 1) will start on Wednesday (July 28th) and will run though Sunday (August 1st)

Rules: For every bottle of 750ml whiskey purchased at Redstone Liquors (Andover or Stoneham) during Redstone whiskey week you will receive one raffle ticket (all same raffle)…

For every bottle of 750s from one of our Redstone Exclusive single barrel picks you will get 2 raffle tickets: (while supplies last) NOTE: TICKETS FOR ONLINE SALES WILL BE GIVEN ON DAY THAT ITEMS ARE PICKED UP NOT PURCHASED…ie. black friday rules only apply to bottles picked up on wed not just purchased on wed…Also if items are not picked up by Sunday Aug 1st tickets will not be given to those purchases)

BONUS: Any bottles purchased on Wednesday July 28th will get 2 tickets per 750ml and 4 tickets for a Redstone barrel pick!(Black Friday rules)

Also as a way to say thank you to all the folks that have supported us during the pandemic online and those that are in our loyalty program (see below) we have a formula for certain amount of tickets to be entered off of your past purchases so that you do not miss out if you can not participate this week)

Some of this years Redstone Exclusive barrels that are still available include:

Knob Creek
Virginia Highland Rum Cask Finish
Virginia Highland Wine Cask finish
Larceny Single barrel
Grander cask strength toasted barrel finish rum single barrel

On Wednsday August 4th we will draw from the stack of raffle tickets collected to create a Draft order. First overall pick gets their pick of which whiskey they wish to purchase from the pool. Second pick get to chose from the pool of whats left and so on…
The more tickets you have in, the better your chance to get a spot… But note you can only win once.

If we draw your name multiple times you will get moved up in the list. (the folks with the most tickets drawn will move up in the draft based on number of time we pull their ticket). For those that only get picked once your spot on the list depends on the order it was picked.

When called you must make your pick while on the phone with us so that we can contact the next in line with what is avail to them.

In an effort of keeping this moving. If messages are not returned in 10min! we WILL move on to next person and you will get bumped until you call us back so please have your phone on you that day and keep this in mind when participating in whiskey week. The reason for having such a short call back window is because due to the large number of winners, Prior years lists have taken way to long to contact everyone (talking weeks here, and to be honest (ain’t nobody got time for that). If no call back in the same day we will take name off list and draw another. As a courtesy to those who have not been selected and are not waiting by the phone we will post a list of the winners first initial and first 4 letters of last name Tuesday night on this page so that winners know to expect a call. All phone calls about “am i on the list” will be directed to this website to see if their name is on the list to keep our phone lines free for us to make these calls.

Full quantities of certain bottles will not be posted online (so that our distributors do not get the wrath of other stores) so swing on though and get your tickets today.

Some of the rare whiskeys that will be in this years raffle should include and are not limited to:

Pappy Van Winkle 15 year
Van winkle family reserve rye
Old rip 12
old rip 10
George T Stagg
Thomas Handy
Old Forester Birthday bourbon
Old Forester 150
Parkers Heritage
Elijah Craig 18 Year old
blood oath pact 7
Nikka 17 year
Elijah Craig Toasted finish
Russell reserve 13
Elmer T Lee
Rock hill Farm
Jack Daniels Special select single barrel Rye
Woodford Masters Collection No. 16
Old Fitzgerald 14 year BIB
Staag Jr.
Eh Taylor rye
Eh Taylor Small batch
four roses 2020 LESB
Michter’s Toasted barrel
Michter’s 10 year Rye
Michter’s 10 year Bourbon
Blanton’s Gold
Heavens Door Redbreast Select
Weller Cherry Hotter
Weller Cherry Potter
Larceny Barrel Proof