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Posted: 2/8/2021 5:32:01 PM EDT
I'll update this original post with suggestions as we get them.
The bourbon scene has really been on fire for a couple of years now. There are some absolutely great values out there right now, and there is some over-priced swill. I'm going to use this thread to help keep options current. Also, feel free to share any "steals and deals". Also, feel free to put notice out on purveyors who price gouge popular bottles. Best Bourbons Under $20 Benchmark Rebel Yell (southerncross) Jim Beam Repeal Batch (KoolOperator) Best Bourbons Under $35 Buiffalo Trace Weller Special Reserve Old Grand Dad 114 Wild Turkey 101 Evan Williams Bottled in Bond Knob Creek Larceny (johnnypantz) Early Times Bottled in Bond (GlockSpeed31) Woodford Reserve (bubba497h2) 1792 (bubba497h2) Four Roses Small Batch (southerncross) Best Bourbons $35-$75 EH Taylor Small Batch Eagle Rare Yellowstone Heaven Hill Bottled in Bond Blantons Weller 12 Smoke Wagon Uncut Unfiltered Elijah Craig Toasted Barrel Angel's Envy Maker's Mark 101 Henry McKenna 10 (RolandDeschain) Ezra Brooks Distiller’s Collection (RolandDeschain) Widow Jane 10 (0627Devildog) Koval (0627Devildog) ASW Fiddler (GlockSpeed31) Woodford Reserve (GlockSpeed31) Old Forester 1920 (JT_26) Best Bourbons $76-$150 Elijah Craig 18 Kentucky Owl Confiscated |
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Quoted: I don’t see Larceny on that list. Should correct that View Quote Quoted: That was my first suggestion as well. View Quote OP updated. |
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Quoted: Current on hand bottles. My goal is to buy 1 new bottle I haven't tried every time I go to the bottle shop. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/106967/tempImagehosHWM-1816744.jpg This is good stuff: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/106967/0D0E7CC7-F0D1-4F5E-9FE3-CBF271382AA8-1738738.jpg Also good: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/106967/2049EA66-74E0-4D93-8770-628A4D31A635-1701791.jpg View Quote I’ve heard that Ezra Brooks is great. I do know the Henry McKenna 10 hits way above its price range if you can find it at retail around $50. |
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In the $75 range I'm a big fan of the Jeffersons Ocean voyages.
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Early Times Bottled in Bond 100 proof, $26
Wild Turkey 101, under $35 ASW Fiddler, $35-40 Makers Mark Cask strength (various proofs, depending on barrel) $45-65 Knob Creek 100, $35-40 That's all I can think of off top of my head |
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ASW is made by a local 3-Gun shooter btw, he makes very good stuff.
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Woodford Reserve $35 and up depending on what you want.
1792 Bourbon $35. I'm still partial to Jim Beam also. YMMV. |
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Part of me wishes I could enjoy stuff like this vs. going
Given the cost, part of me is glad I don't. |
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My go-to has always been Eagle Rare but it obviously has turned into ammo.
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Quoted: Early Times Bottled in Bond 100 proof, $26 Wild Turkey 101, under $35 ASW Fiddler, $35-40 Makers Mark Cask strength (various proofs, depending on barrel) $45-65 Knob Creek 100, $35-40 That's all I can think of off top of my head View Quote OP updated. Thanks! Quoted: I'm partial to Four Roses Small Batch at $35 a bottle View Quote Four Roses is pretty great. Excellent for Old Fashioneds. Quoted: ASW is made by a local 3-Gun shooter btw, he makes very good stuff. View Quote Gotta love a dude who shoots fast wearing suspenders. |
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Quoted: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/108921/0E34B8C7-FB9B-42B4-8D93-2EBEAB77CFF9-1667868.jpg View Quote That 1920 is good stuff. Adding it to the board. |
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We havent discussed ultra cheap bourbon yet so I'll introduce one. Rebel Yell is $18 a 750mL local to me. It's pretty decent as a mixer and I drink it straight occasionally. Surprisingly decent.
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Quoted: We havent discussed ultra cheap bourbon yet so I'll introduce one. Rebel Yell is $18 a 750mL local to me. It's pretty decent as a mixer and I drink it straight occasionally. Surprisingly decent. View Quote Quoted: Now you've done it... Jim Beam Repeal Batch Bourbon. It should be right next to the regular cheap bottle of beam white and only $3 more. Tastes way better than plain beam. Get one before hipsters drive the price up. View Quote I’ll add an under $20 category later today and add both of those suggestions. |
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Evan Williams by the handle. Age it with your own charred oak.
Easily as good as 90% of the stuff on this list. I’m aging some white dog as we speak but I’m really trying to find some old school corn “likker” to branch out with recipes Attached File |
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Wilderness Trail falls in the $35 to $75 category. I've had both the Small Batch and the 6-year old, both very good. My local watering hole has added Barrell to their shelf, they are above the $75 threshold if you buy at the liquor store, but that are pretty damn good. I think they are getting a lot of Internet hype so prices are high, but if you get the chance, give it a whirl, it's good stuff.
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Quoted: Y'all remind me why we did this. The house we recently bought had this giant clock on the wall that didn't work (actually I think the batteries are dead). So we decided just to set it at 5 o'clock and leave it like that. Ironically I really don't like the taste of most alcohol so I rarely drink. Still, I'm a big fan of Jimmy Buffett and Alan Jackson and I love margaritas so it's always 5 o'clock in our house lol. View Quote Clever. I like it. Life gave you lemons, and you made lemonade. Give me lemons, and I’m making whiskey ?? sours. |
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Is Bulleit Bourbon Frontier whiskey good, bad or somewhere in between? The previous owner of our house left us a bottle and we've never tried it. Came in a kind of cool bag called a Lewis bag. Supposedly it's some kind of special edition but that doesn't mean it's drinkable lol.
Generally if we (mostly my sis, not me) drink whiskey it's Jim Beam Devil's Cut but we also drink Buffalo Trace on occasion. The Bulleit Bourbon Frontier has just been sitting there. |
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Quoted: Is Bulleit Bourbon Frontier whiskey good, bad or somewhere in between? The previous owner of our house left us a bottle and we've never tried it. Came in a kind of cool bag called a Lewis bag. Supposedly it's some kind of special edition but that doesn't mean it's drinkable lol. Generally if we (mostly my sis, not me) drink whiskey it's Jim Beam Devil's Cut but we also drink Buffalo Trace on occasion. The Bulleit Bourbon Frontier has just been sitting there. View Quote It's decent at it's price point. I think a 1.5L is right around $45. I usually have a bottle of it laying around. |
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Drinking JB Devil's Cut tonight. I have become comfortably numb.
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I know it's sacrilege to you guys but if I'm drinking whiskey it's got enough coke mixed in to cover most of the taste
Then again, I've probably never tasted "good" whiskey. |
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Quoted: I know it's sacrilege to you guys but if I'm drinking whiskey it's got enough coke mixed in to cover most of the taste Then again, I've probably never tasted "good" whiskey. View Quote Taste is subjective. I can tell you what kind of barrel it was bottled in and how old it is with whiskey, but wine I am totally lost. I still mix coke with bourbon sometimes. |
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I’ll have to look up pricing.
Bulleit 95 rye Legends 100 made in Cumming is good which is a small barrel. Legends gold label is awful Breckinridge reserve blend from Colorado Jack Daniels single barrel ASW fiddler made in Cumming is very good as previously mentioned. Basil Hayden’s Whistle pig rye 12 yr cask finish The last 2 are my wife’s favorite I have bought but not tried Uncle nearest 1884 small batch Hatozaki small batch Japanese whiskey Skrewball peanut butter whiskey Heaven hill 7 year straight bourbon I buy all my bourbon once a year except for the local distillery stuff. I’m a Christmas baby and my birthday present to myself is going to the Costco Alpharetta late November- early December and doing a bourbon run. That usually involves purchasing some odd stuff as well as my go to staples |
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Quoted: I’ll have to look up pricing. Bulleit 95 rye Legends 100 made in Cumming is good which is a small barrel. Legends gold label is awful Breckinridge reserve blend from Colorado Jack Daniels single barrel ASW fiddler made in Cumming is very good as previously mentioned. Basil Hayden’s Whistle pig rye 12 yr cask finish The last 2 are my wife’s favorite I have bought but not tried Uncle nearest 1884 small batch Hatozaki small batch Japanese whiskey Skrewball peanut butter whiskey Heaven hill 7 year straight bourbon I buy all my bourbon once a year except for the local distillery stuff. I’m a Christmas baby and my birthday present to myself is going to the Costco Alpharetta late November- early December and doing a bourbon run. That usually involves purchasing some odd stuff as well as my go to staples View Quote The Screwball Peanut Butter is different, but not in a bad way. |
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I guess I am a cheap skate, everything I have on hand and regularly buy is in the under $45 range. I splurge occasionally but I am convinced the point of diminishing returns occurs around $40, most everything above that mark is more hype than substance with a few notable exceptions.
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Baker's single barrel made by JB bout 60 bucks. I can't get enough of that.
Knob Creek 12 yr old n up is awesome. Four Rose's small batch and single barrel great stuff. Wild Turkey has come a long way. |
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And if anyone sees any Mater's Keep from wild turkey. The green or silver box please let me know.. I have two of the four collection.
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Quoted: Baker's single barrel made by JB bout 60 bucks. I can't get enough of that. Knob Creek 12 yr old n up is awesome. Four Rose's small batch and single barrel great stuff. Wild Turkey has come a long way. View Quote Wild Turkey 101 is now my go-to "cheap" bourbon. Man it's tasty neat, rocks, or in an Old Fashioned. The WT Rare Breed is really good, too, but I don't think it's $28 per fifth better than the WT101. I'm getting WT101 for $22, and Rare Breed is $50. |
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Anyone done the bourbon trail in Ky? I done some. It's awesome.
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