Best Sites and Memberships to Get Rare, Limited-edition Whiskey

It seems hard to believe, but there was a time when you couldn’t give a bottle of bourbon away. Twenty years ago, you could walk into any liquor store and find premium bottles of well-aged whiskey stacked on the shelves for prices that didn’t require a spit take. From the 1970s to early 2000s, Americans just weren’t that interested in whiskey, particularly bourbon and rye, and were guzzling down clear spirits like vodka instead. Of course, we still love vodka and, actually, agave spirits are set to outpace American whiskey in sales over the next year or so, but don’t get it twisted: Rare whiskey that sells out immediately upon release and ends up on the secondary market for triple the price (or more) is par for the course now. So, where to buy rare whiskey? Glad you asked.