Blantons Gold is possibly my favourite Bourbon.
Straight pour of bourbon, neat, what is your go to pick
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Four Roses Private Selection Single Barrel OESV recipe
Great to hear, I'm really enjoying exploring a few of the single Barrel bourbons over the last couple of years after swearing I'd never drink bourbon again about 15 years ago. I'd been mostly drinking Beam or Cougar with Coke and suddenly found it too sweet and switched to single malts (without coke). I like the dryness that the higher proportion of rye introduces into the Blantons.
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Nice bottle. I need to start exploring the different Four Roses Single Barrel (Barrel Strength) recipes.
Second or third vote on the Elijah Craig!!- They just updated their bottle and cork too not long ago too. I hated their old plastic capped cork. Nice 94 proof. Here it goes for $28
The Four Roses limited edition small batch that gets released annually are pretty amazing if you can get one / afford one. I had the 2012 release and it was incredible.
What @MrSmith said - Blanton's. It's just a fantastic bourbon at a mostly reasonable price. Be forewarned though... Blanton's is getting harder to find as popularity has soared, yet they won't increase production. Something to do with keeping the quality high while all of the beard-wearing citylumberjacks grab what's available.
Another vote for Blanton's. The reasoning for the low availability is that they had a warehouse fire where they age the Blantons, which destroyed a chunk of the product. For a while, you couldn't get it outside of Kentucky.
Even though it is a bit more than the $45 point, it makes up for it with cool points.
1. Created by an army officer and stayed on production during prohibition by making it for "medical purposes"
2. The preferred drink of Frank Underwood from House of Cards (the US version with Kevin Spacey)
3. The only drink that John Wick (Keanu Reeves) reaches for and pours himself.
This is a drink for the baddest among us.
Happy Shaving
-Chris
US Army Veteran, Foxhole Shavers Club Member
finishing off (yet) another bottle of Blantons!
This one is an "N" cork!
Usually with a couple ice cubes.
This one is an "N" cork!
Usually with a couple ice cubes.
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George Dickel 9 Year Old Single Barrel Tennessee Whiskey is a fine bottle. I believe these are all store selects at 103 proof.
Agreed. Sad as it was a good cheap everyday sipper when it was 45% a few years ago. The extra strength helped carry those flavours better than the current 40% bottling.
Rotate between a few: Angel's Envy Port Finish, Woodford Double Oak, and Four Roses
I'm a bourbon guy. Neat. Sometimes w/ a splash.
My favorite daily driver as of late is Henry McKenna Single Barrel Bottled in Bond. At around $30-35/750 and it's, in my opinion, one of the best values going if you have it in your area.
Some already mentioned, and I'll second with fervor, plus a few others:
Eagle Rare 10yr
Four Roses Small Batch (or SB if you have a few extra bucks, it's worth it)
Woodford (any of them, if you like a sweeter more molasses style bourbon)
Any of the Willett line (Pot Still, Noahs Mill, Rowans Creek, etc)
Old Weller 107 is especially nice
Russell's has some nice stuff
My favorite daily driver as of late is Henry McKenna Single Barrel Bottled in Bond. At around $30-35/750 and it's, in my opinion, one of the best values going if you have it in your area.
Some already mentioned, and I'll second with fervor, plus a few others:
Eagle Rare 10yr
Four Roses Small Batch (or SB if you have a few extra bucks, it's worth it)
Woodford (any of them, if you like a sweeter more molasses style bourbon)
Any of the Willett line (Pot Still, Noahs Mill, Rowans Creek, etc)
Old Weller 107 is especially nice
Russell's has some nice stuff
Tom Sims aged 4 years Kentucky straight bourbon $10.99. My second try at bourbon and not bad at all.
Many great bourbons out there, but personally, I have never found one tastier and smoother than Bookers.
Cool.
And now I'm clear on why I've never seen it in the wild.
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A great bottle, Henry McKenna 10 Year is one of my favorites under $30.
Sounds like our small town packie might be adding a rural import tax. Sub $30 eh?
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