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<blockquote data-quote="forensicbuzz" data-source="post: 855453" data-attributes="member: 198"><p>LOL! There are loads of posts from me touting various bourbons in various price ranges. Asking my favorite bourbon is like asking me which of my 5 kids is my favorite. The answer, predominantly, is it depends on which day of the week it is.</p><p></p><p>I have several go-to every day bourbons: Knob Creek 9 yr ($30/0.750L) , Early Times Bottled-in-Bond ($26/1L), Wild Turkey 101 ($23/0.750L), and Very Old Barton Bottled-in-Bond ($17/0.750L). These can all be sipped neat, on the rocks, or with a mixer, whatever you prefer. They're all good, not great, and I've listed them in order of preference. </p><p></p><p>I avoid recommending any Buffalo Trace offering to anyone because Buffalo Trace likes to play games with allocation. There's absolutely no reason you shouldn't be able to walk into any liquor store and buy a bottle of Buffalo Trace, Eagle Rare, Elmer T. Lee, Ancient Age, or any Weller (SR, OLA, or 12) for under $40. The problem is that they have them highly allocated, so even if you do find them, the stores tend to jack the price. There's too many other good bourbons to get caught up in their games. ET BiB is a hold over for me. In June 2020 Brown-Forman (Old Forester, Woodford Reserve, Jack Daniels) sold the Early Times BiB line to Sazarac (owner of Buffalo Trace). Included in the sale was all the ET barrels already put up by Brown Forman. You could find Early Times BiB on most shelves easily in June. By August 2020, Early Times BiB became highly allocated and almost impossible to find. It's not like Sazarac didn't have the stock because all of Brown Forman's stock came with the purchase. It was just Sazarac/BT playing games with allocation. The problem is that Early Times BiB is so good that I'll still hunt it down to have at least 2 bottles in my cabinet.</p><p></p><p>Rant over.</p><p></p><p>My higher-end choices are Old Forester 1920 (or 1910 if you like chocolate bombs and lower proof), Russel's Reserve Single Barrel, Bakers 107, and Wilderness Trail (craft) in the $50-$60 range. Anything worth tasting over that price is really difficult to find and often disappointing. I've got OF Birthday Bourbon, Pappy, BTAC, Master's Keep, all the hard-to-find expensive stuff. It's not worth it.</p><p></p><p>Blanton's, Weller 12 and OLA, Stagg Jr., etc. are just overpriced for their quality. One last comment, for anyone who likes Basil Hayden's and is willing to pay $39 for an 80 proof bourbon, go by Old Grand-Dad 114 ($29) and water it down until you get to 80 proof, pour it into your empty Basil Hayden's bottle and enjoy. That's what Beam Suntory does. No one does marketing better than the bourbon industry.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="forensicbuzz, post: 855453, member: 198"] LOL! There are loads of posts from me touting various bourbons in various price ranges. Asking my favorite bourbon is like asking me which of my 5 kids is my favorite. The answer, predominantly, is it depends on which day of the week it is. I have several go-to every day bourbons: Knob Creek 9 yr ($30/0.750L) , Early Times Bottled-in-Bond ($26/1L), Wild Turkey 101 ($23/0.750L), and Very Old Barton Bottled-in-Bond ($17/0.750L). These can all be sipped neat, on the rocks, or with a mixer, whatever you prefer. They're all good, not great, and I've listed them in order of preference. I avoid recommending any Buffalo Trace offering to anyone because Buffalo Trace likes to play games with allocation. There's absolutely no reason you shouldn't be able to walk into any liquor store and buy a bottle of Buffalo Trace, Eagle Rare, Elmer T. Lee, Ancient Age, or any Weller (SR, OLA, or 12) for under $40. The problem is that they have them highly allocated, so even if you do find them, the stores tend to jack the price. There's too many other good bourbons to get caught up in their games. ET BiB is a hold over for me. In June 2020 Brown-Forman (Old Forester, Woodford Reserve, Jack Daniels) sold the Early Times BiB line to Sazarac (owner of Buffalo Trace). Included in the sale was all the ET barrels already put up by Brown Forman. You could find Early Times BiB on most shelves easily in June. By August 2020, Early Times BiB became highly allocated and almost impossible to find. It's not like Sazarac didn't have the stock because all of Brown Forman's stock came with the purchase. It was just Sazarac/BT playing games with allocation. The problem is that Early Times BiB is so good that I'll still hunt it down to have at least 2 bottles in my cabinet. Rant over. My higher-end choices are Old Forester 1920 (or 1910 if you like chocolate bombs and lower proof), Russel's Reserve Single Barrel, Bakers 107, and Wilderness Trail (craft) in the $50-$60 range. Anything worth tasting over that price is really difficult to find and often disappointing. I've got OF Birthday Bourbon, Pappy, BTAC, Master's Keep, all the hard-to-find expensive stuff. It's not worth it. Blanton's, Weller 12 and OLA, Stagg Jr., etc. are just overpriced for their quality. One last comment, for anyone who likes Basil Hayden's and is willing to pay $39 for an 80 proof bourbon, go by Old Grand-Dad 114 ($29) and water it down until you get to 80 proof, pour it into your empty Basil Hayden's bottle and enjoy. That's what Beam Suntory does. No one does marketing better than the bourbon industry. [/QUOTE]
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