What liquor surprised you for its price?

[Champion of Capua]

Fireball , but in all seriousness, you can get a lot of friends sideways at a tailgate for only $20/handle.
Another low hanging fruit would be Costco vodka for only $13.
Picking something of indulgence would be Elijah Craig Barrel Proof. I’ve only had last years C920 batch, but wow for only $60 I was very impressed.

 

[aldomarino]

We aren't big scotch fans in this house, but always kept a bottle of some sort of single malt around, and it would last for years, you know the drill.

Anyway, a Scots neighbor of ours insisted we do a blind taste test..and The Famous Grouse won!

 

[Whiterook]

I found this Jameson's Stout Edition at Costco for $20 a bottle. It has a nice smooth chocolaty flavor. I went back and bought three more bottles. It's unbelievably good for the price.

 

[Owen Bawn]

Clan MacGregor in the 1.75 litre green plastic handle bottle for $16. Tastes like ether.

 

[Buster]

Costco vodka. as well as Kirkland blended scotch for $17 a handle.

 

[Owen Bawn]

Costco vodka. as well as Kirkland blended scotch for $17 a handle.

Ever try Burnett's vodka? Quadruple distilled and thrice charcoal filtered, and only about $15 for 1.75 litre.

 

[Sinnbad11]

Old grandad 100 proof straight bourbon, bottled in bond it costs about 20 dollars a bottle. I think it would he a worthwhile bottle at double that.

 

[Cohiba]

Both of the Beam products are NON CHILL Goodness!!! But sadly were in limited supply.........

Chill filtration is a give-and-take process, and it’s important to know what’s going on...

Essentially, a soon-to-be-bottled whiskey is cooled to extremely low temperatures so that certain compounds within it freeze. The product is then passed through a really, really dense filter and those frozen, out-of-suspension particles (fatty acids, proteins, esters) are left behind.

The process is great for making the whiskey look clear, which customers expect—if a non-chill filtered whiskey is left in a hot place for too long, it can separate and turn cloudy, and generally, people won’t want to drink it.

Distiller Cut and Repeal Batch were bottles ... straight-from-the-barrel..NON CHILL FILTRATION ...and priced well below 30 dollars.

I hate it that both of these were limited supply AND had a great taste/flavor and went extremely well with cigars, formal and informal affairs. Everyone I had sample these loved them but now they went the way of the dinosaur..dang it.

Yes, I stocked up on both bottles............


Evan Williams Single Barrel: For the price point-vs-the taste..it never lets me down!!!

 

[aldomarino]

Clan MacGregor in the 1.75 litre green plastic handle bottle for $16. Tastes like ether.

I like my ether the old fashioned way,, on a rag over my nose!

 

[aldomarino]

Ever try Burnett's vodka? Quadruple distilled and thrice charcoal filtered, and only about $15 for 1.75 litre.

Last time I was in New Hampshire, I think I paid $5 for a 750 cc bottle of it at the New Hampshire state liquor store there along I-95.

 

[Dominic]

Paddy's Irish whiskey. $20.