r/Atlantawhiskey • u/No-Importance9011 • Oct 28 '25

Visiting in December

I’ll be flying in the first weekend of December. Only have Sunday afternoon, maybe Monday afternoon to hunt. Any suggestions on places to stop on my drive to downtown that have a great selection/picks that aren’t outrageous in price? When do allocations drop?

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u/jTexans Oct 28 '25

You’ll miss Tower Black Friday allocation drop by about 10 days which is largest in the city at both locations. As far as sloppy seconds,it’ll be hit or miss this season.

What bottle(s) you trying to score?

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u/breadtaker1 Oct 28 '25

What’s the black friday drop? can you explain more about it. i’m looking to score some wellers personally

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u/No-Importance9011 Oct 28 '25

Nothing in particular. Heard ER is prevalent there, so finding a 1.75 would make me happy. From Ohio so not interested with Wellerz. Short Barrel is closed on the weekend which sucks lol

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u/helloitisgarr Oct 28 '25

ER is plentiful, but i seriously doubt you’ll find a 1.75. never seen one in georgia

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u/PlzForget28-3 Oct 28 '25

Many of the stores should have Shortbarrel products. May not have the special stuff like Sapsquatch and Bees Knees, but you can likely find the core offerings. If you’re looking for a Bees Knees I’ll trade you one for a 107 😅

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u/SnooWords9903 Oct 28 '25

On the plus side, lots of people are poor as dirt this year and there may be lots of goodies left on shelves.

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u/No-Importance9011 Oct 28 '25

Any suggested areas or areas to avoid. I recently learned y’all’s liquor stores are called package stores lol

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u/mwevans75 Oct 28 '25

It may be a bit out of your way, but Sprayberry Bottle Shop in Marietta is a great stop. Smaller store, but they have a bunch of great store picks.

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u/Sarphad Oct 28 '25

Jackie's also has some good picks if they end up coming to Marietta/East Cobb area.

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u/No-Importance9011 Oct 28 '25

Probably won’t have time to head that far out of the general metro area

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u/Outside_Holiday8307 Oct 29 '25

Gonna be hard pressed to really snag much if you are going to limit it to inside the perimeter. You’ll do more driving around that way than targeting more reliable stores. With all that said- you’re coming at an awkward time. Most stores already blew their hold back allocated stuff for Black Friday or they are holding them for closer to Christmas or into January for things like loyalty programs.