Got to sample the XO bottling of Belle Meade and I'll spend that $70 elsewhere. Had a sample of the sour mash straight bourbon like your pic. It was good but I expected more from the $45 price point and told the rep it would be a hard sell when compared to an established distiller's offering at $30 - $35. I'll stick to my daily Woodford double oak for $5 more.
Buffalo Trace was a great value at the $25 price point when I first found it, too bad it is now closing in on $30 or above. Price creep hurts us bargain hunters. Eagle Rare was $29 and now is routinely up at $40. There are so many new brands and names trying to cash in on the bourbon craze. from what I have found most of them are not worth the asking price. The tried and true names still over deliver. Four Roses, for example, is worth every penny for their various expressions at every asking price from $20 Yellow Label to $50 Single Barrel and above.
The best looking bottle in the world of whiskey!Willet Pot Still Reserve
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I liked the Belle Meade well enough... but the finish disappeared pretty quick. I will continue the hunt, hard to beat the Buffalo.
Buffalo Trace was a great value at the $25 price point when I first found it, too bad it is now closing in on $30 or above. Price creep hurts us bargain hunters. Eagle Rare was $29 and now is routinely up at $40. There are so many new brands and names trying to cash in on the bourbon craze. from what I have found most of them are not worth the asking price. The tried and true names still over deliver. Four Roses, for example, is worth every penny for their various expressions at every asking price from $20 Yellow Label to $50 Single Barrel and above.
Four Roses single barrel offering is quite smooth for a 100 proof. Good first rye bite but mellows quickly. I keep that around fo sho! I am also partial to the Elijah Craig cask proof. Give that a try if you haven’t.
I am more of a wheat bourbon fan, but the Four Roses Single Barrel is a serious bourbon. Thanks for the head's up on the Elijah Craig, haven't gone down that road as of yet.
You are in my friend Lawrence Yeatts' area. Middlebrook has both a good selection, a wall of Bourbon, as well as good prices. I'm behind the Children's Hospital Outpatient facility, West (the cheap side) on Westland from I140 (AKA Pellisippi).
You should be shopping at Total Wine in Turkey Creek. Huge liquor selection
I am imagining "Projectile Vomiting."I live in bourbon country and I'm a tequila & gin guy. Probably comes from the time at 15 years old a buddy and I passed a 5th of Canadian Club back and fourth till it was gone. There was a couple other friends there that took a sip or 2 but they were there to see the carnage. It didn't end well as you can imagine.