Best bourbon under $50?

[jerrob]

My fav.
Please don't tell Jimmy and Eddie Russell, I don't think they'd take it well.
A surprise, early retirement gift from my Mrs. today.



2 is 1 and 1 is none,

 

[jfed85]

My fav.
Please don't tell Jimmy and Eddie Russell, I don't think they'd take it well.
A surprise, early retirement gift from my Mrs. today.

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2 is 1 and 1 is none,

That is great stuff

 

[jerrob]

That is great stuff

I was down to my last bottle of it (133.8 proof from 2015) and I refused to pull the cork until I had more. I came home to these setting on the counter just daring me to open one of them up.
I think I just set a new personal best time on eating dinner,..................but whatta dessert!

 

[sparky32]

This stuff is amazing. I had never even seen it until today.

Jim Beam Sherry Cask Finished

 

[wcd]

So what makes Bourbon so special?

 

[Bighoss91]

On my way back from a little shooting today stopped and picked this up on a friend's advice. It's now one of my favorites. Just got to enjoy some of the finer things in life.





Great American bourbon and a well tuned custom AK.

 

[EPeter213]

So what makes Bourbon so special?

If you really want to know, I would suggest a distillery tour at one of the bourbon trail stops in Kentucky. The Evan Williams Experience in downtown Louisville provides a lot of historical information along with a guided tasting that I found quite informative.

 

[jerrob]

So what makes Bourbon so special?

From it's evolution from rye...to the larger than life founding fathers of bourbon... to the perfection of the process....to government's role in regulation...to the economic role it plays creating jobs and commerce...to the role it's played throgh wars and prohibition...to the commradery it brings to the hobby...and right down to it being the best way to put a ****** work week behind you is what makes bourbon special.
It is steeped in history and mystery like nothing else, some vetted and some just lore, but all of it is why it's special, it's America's whiskey.............with an "E"
You being in Tennessee, have more than a couple real players in your own back yard that have some skin in the game, (Tennessee Whiskey), check em out.
The Bourbon Trail's distillery tours mentioned above are a great source of info and fun too.
If we ever cross paths, I'll pull a cork and offer ya a glass and we'll talk a spell.........and that's why it's SPECIAL.
Cheers.

 

[paintball_addiction]

So what makes Bourbon so special?

This is worth watching.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7109844/

 

[BigRed]

George Remus is tasting pretty good tonight.....

Could be that or the sitting by a fire appreciating the waxing crescent moon on a beautiful spring evening.

Meh....good combo either way.

 

[ghuns]

$32 on sale at Martin's last night, figured it was worth a shot...

If you like wheated bourbon, buy it. It's very good. I think it compares with Western Reserve's wheated bourbon that is easily double the price.

 

[Hop]

That jack single barrel barrel select is fantastic! Probably my favorite whiskey.

The Oak & Eden stuff above is good but you'll find the taste can change a bit as it sits on the shelf with that spire inside. I have one with the French Oak. Rich & chocolaty.

 

[jerrob]

That jack single barrel barrel select is fantastic! Probably my favorite whiskey.

The Oak & Eden stuff above is good but you'll find the taste can change a bit as it sits on the shelf with that spire inside. I have one with the French Oak. Rich & chocolaty.

I'll drink the JD Barrel Select when the JD Barrel Proof isn't available, but night and day difference between 94 proof (Barrel Select) and 125-140 proof (Barrel Proof).
I tend to supplement it with Rare Breed and recently Knob Creek thanks to some enablers on this thread who shall remain nameles......................Thank you nameless enablers, you're the best!

 

[sparky32]

I have a 1792 fetish at the moment. Still need to find a Sweet Wheat and 12year to complete the collection. The Single Barrel Pick bottled in bond is the best so far.

 

[jfed85]

I have a 1792 fetish at the moment. Still need to find a Sweet Wheat and 12year to complete the collection. The Single Barrel Pick bottled in bond is the best so far.

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I tried 1792 small batch and it was terrible. I had one half of a pour out of the bottle and gave it away. Tasted like ether.

 

[paintball_addiction]

That jack single barrel barrel select is fantastic! Probably my favorite whiskey.

The Oak & Eden stuff above is good but you'll find the taste can change a bit as it sits on the shelf with that spire inside. I have one with the French Oak. Rich & chocolaty.

This has been my experience with Oak & Eden as well. Once you've opened it and it sits, the flavor changes.

 

[Sheepdog103]

I have a 1792 fetish at the moment. Still need to find a Sweet Wheat and 12year to complete the collection. The Single Barrel Pick bottled in bond is the best so far.

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Take the Sweet Wheat when you find it, and google "Time and Oak aging sticks" - like $7 on amazon, and drop one in the bottle for a week... the oak stave improves the astringent finish and is a game changer on the sweet wheat!

 

[Sheepdog103]

Part to spark debate, part honest opinion, part honest question... is anything possibly better than the below under / around $50?!

 

[Sheepdog103]

I tried 1792 small batch and it was terrible. I had one half of a pour out of the bottle and gave it away. Tasted like ether.

The small batch and full proof could NOT be more different... agreed on the small batch. Full proof is great though.

 

[Sheepdog103]

I think it has a new MSRP of like $40 to $50 in the last year the rest of the Weller line I think stayed the same. I gave $75 for one a month ago on a Facebook Local bourbon page. Really good stuff and id pay that price again if I see it to stash a bottle or 2.

Have you tried their antique 107? more accessible, pretty close to full proof.