Favorite Bourbon

[mhedges]

Knob Creek goes down deceptively easy. A bottle of it done me wrong last year...

 

[Grainger49]

You are not supposed to drink the whole bottle in one day.

 

[RT Fan]

Killed off my bottle of Angel's Envy over the weekend, both a sad and pleasing experience. How come every bourbon I like keeps going up in price? AE retails for roughly $45 round these parts. Used to be<$40.

 

[Grainger49]

[QUOTE="RT Fan, post: 11346027, member: 48963" . . . How come every bourbon I like keeps going up in price? . . . [/QUOTE]

I feel your pain. My first 1.75l of Ezra Brooks 90 proof was about $21, it now sells for $25+. Still, very good dark and complex for the price.

 

[RT Fan]

I picked up some lower priced bourbons while traveling last week. A 1.75L four Roses Yellow Label for $36, A 1.75L 86 proof Very Old Barton for $20 and a 1.75L Larceny for $39 which had a $20 rebate on it that I only noticed after getting it home. That made me happy. I have never tried the VOB but it has been mentioned favorably in this thread.

 

[Bob T]

How come every bourbon I like keeps going up in price? AE retails for roughly $45 round these parts. Used to be<$40.

I hear you. My first bottle of Blanton's was $47....since then I've paid as high as $79.

 

[mkane]

I don't know much about Bourbon but, this is my second favorite

 

[mhedges]

I remember when I could find Weller 107 fairly regularly for about $20 a fifth...

 

[RT Fan]

I remember when I could find Weller 107 fairly regularly for about $20 a fifth...

Thosee days are long gone in NYC, I don't even look for Weller, Elmer T Lee and forget about any Van Winkle. The only "Better" bourbons I can find with regularity any more are Four Roses Single Barrel, Knob Creek & Woodford.

 

[mhedges]

Thosee days are long gone in NYC, I don't even look for Weller, Elmer T Lee and forget about any Van Winkle. The only "Better" bourbons I can find with regularity any more are Four Roses Single Barrel, Knob Creek & Woodford.

Yeah same here, in NC. The thing is that it wasn't all that long ago, really. I'm talking late 2000's. Stupid Bourbon Renaissance.

 

[Grainger49]

I got one of the many weekly sale mailers from local liquor stores. One says:

Hand selected by McScrooge's! This is our second Single Barrel from Barrell Bourbon. We bottled barrel #5D30 at cask strength, coming in at 105.6 proof.

McScrooge's Feature Price: $99.99

So... a pig in a poke for taste and only $100 for a fifth (3/4 liter).

 

[2526]

drinking right now, highly recommended.

 

[mkane]

Doing some Rum today

 

[swamppirate]

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drinking right now, highly recommended.

Good stuff!

 

[Lee 3]

I have about 50 different bourbons amongst other whiskeys. I tend to prefer the cask strength stuff like Booker’s.
But right now my current favorite is Four Roses Single Barrel Cask Strength. So good!

 

[Lee 3]

 

[Grainger49]

I believe that Bourbon goes well with Jazz, Classic Rock and all kinds of Folk/Folk Rock.

 

[mkane]

I'll give Four Roses a try

 

[timsclips]

Four Roses Small Batch, Old Grandad 114 or BIB are my favorites

 

[Scott Link]

4 Roses single barrel, Col EH Taylor small batch, Elijah Craig, Blanton's, Evan Williams White BIB, Knob Creek, Eagle Rare, Elmer T Lee, Weller 107, etc.... Too many to list...lol