TheShaun
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Picking up a bottle tomorrow. Not sure which one to get. Not a big bourbon drinker. Your thoughts?
Buffalo Trace vs Makers Mark
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Buffalo Trace over any other bourbon. But I have simple taste.
Is this all you have to choose from, or the only two you like in this price range? Just curious before I vote.
For me there is no true choice in the poll. My choice would be Rare Breed. 
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TheShaun
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these are the only two i am considering. not many options in this price range in my area
At this price point I would prefer Elija Craig 12 or W.L. Weller 12 but as that is not an option... Buffalo Trace.
big +1 on Elija Craig, reminds me that i havent had that in my cabinet in a while...
WL Weller 107 proof is only a little more than $20 in my area, tho the old bottling was better...
Of the two, I'd go with Maker's. Buffalo Trace has always struck me as unnecessarily harsh. YMMV!
My vote also goes to Maker's. I think it is much more versatile if you are planning on making any cocktails.
Since we are limited to only 2 choices, I would pick the Maker's. However, when I drank, it was pretty much only Virginia Gentleman.
I like MM, never tried BT, so I'm not answering the poll.
MM is more easily accessible it seems to me. A real gateway drug to a bourbon acquistion disorder. So that is the one I would buy if I were not really into bourbons.
BT is really good, but a bit more exotic to my taste buds. Actually, given the choice I would probably almost always go with MM anyway, and I really do like bourbon. I think it is more versitile than BT. I agree, too, that BT is more harsh. Maybe be even relatively harsh as bourbons go. However, I like some harshness in a bourbon.
BT over regular MM but I'd take MM 46 over BT.
If it was Maker's 46 vs Buffalo Trace it would be a tough decision. Regular Makers doesn't even begin to compete. (The fact that it is currently a dead heat at 11-11 shows that tastes vary, but for the same price, BT wins for me)
Josh
Josh
+1 on all counts.
They appeared to be about the same price online but where I live Maker's is consistently $8-$10 more than Buffalo Trace, so around here it isn't even a contest.
I stick to Makers Mark. If you sign up as an Ambassador they will send you Christmas presents every year.
The county-owned liquors stores of Montgomery County Maryland right now have 750 ml bottles of BT for $16.99, BT for $18.99, and MM 46 for $24.99. I think that it about the typical price spread at those stores for those items.
Also, I have a glass of BT in front of me. I thought we had some MM and am surprised we don't, except it tends to go quickly.
I can see why folks who like Virginia Gentlemen would like BT. They definitely have common notes and relatively high harshness, none of which is a flaw to me. I think I can remember the taste of MM very well. I still like it better than BT. A $2 price difference is pretty meaningless. I guess I am going to have to try the MM 46. This type of thing is why I do not hang around this forum more often! <g>
These are very good whiskeys (although I guess MM calls itself a "whisky"). The quality of bourbon at this price point compared to other world class whiskey/whisky is just extraordinary!
Also, I have a glass of BT in front of me. I thought we had some MM and am surprised we don't, except it tends to go quickly.
I can see why folks who like Virginia Gentlemen would like BT. They definitely have common notes and relatively high harshness, none of which is a flaw to me. I think I can remember the taste of MM very well. I still like it better than BT. A $2 price difference is pretty meaningless. I guess I am going to have to try the MM 46. This type of thing is why I do not hang around this forum more often! <g>
These are very good whiskeys (although I guess MM calls itself a "whisky"). The quality of bourbon at this price point compared to other world class whiskey/whisky is just extraordinary!
Buffalo Trace is AMAZING. I love being a Kentuckian, the distillery is 25 minutes from my house!
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