A couple days ago i found 4 bottles of Henrry mackenna bottle in bond just hanging on the shelf at a grocery store for 40 dollars. I could have bought all 4 of the bottles but I would have felt a little guilty of being greedy. So I just grabbed two, went the next day and the other two were already gone. Moral of the story, don’t get desperate paying high dólar on the secondary market. There is a lot of good stuff on the shelf for retail and the time to find a rare bottle will come soon or later.
Within a week i found 3 bottles at different places for around $33 per bottle. A couple of weeks later I found some more in smaller stores going for over $200 each. The lesson to be learned is to really know and understanding pricing and not overpay. As much as I enjoy Mck BiB 10, I would never pay near $100 for a bottle.
Hell yea i was in the Shenandoah Mts in VA and i had a bottle of Tincup with friends over a fire and felt like a real lumberjack mountain man. Its was a nice cool night with lots of fireflies. When in reality im a south florida man who drinks malibu rum from a coconut or pineapple with an umbrella!!!!
Same goes for wine. My wife and I have raved about a wine we had in some romantic setting and then bought a bottle later only to wonder why it didn't measure up to our memory of it.
Recently tried bookers, was lucky enough to pick it up when they were placing it on the shelves and it instantly became my favorite bourbon. Such complex flavors and for how high it is in proof it goes down like water. Really smooth and amazing a must buy or try for all whiskey lovers.
Great list - just picked up a Rare Breed for $39.99 - what a deal. Booker's, ECBP, OF 1920 - clearly in my top 6. Knob Creek SB and Baker's - maybe too many Beam products? Stagg Jr - for the price ($60) would be on my list.
Rare Breed..... might be... just might be my go to barrel proof bourbon and is probably a top 2-3 overall bourbon for me. That is so damn smooth!! Great videos y'all!! My next is the Booker's series!!
Watching channels like this REALLY makes me wish I had a better bourbon selection at my liquor store. My choices are basically Maker's Mark (and sometimes Maker's 46 when they have it in), Bulleit, Woodford Reserve, and Jim Beam. Woodford is great (and one of my favourite whiskeys so far), but my choices are fairly limited.
I had the distinct opportunity to have a pour of William Larue Weller, and a taster of Pappy 23 at an incredible bar this Monday. I couldn't help but feel that I had an out of body experience.
Excellent video and great recommendations. Only disagreement would be rare breed. Also, although not bourbon, I’d highly recommend 2 bourbon-like Japanese whiskeys. Nikka coffey malt & nikka coffey grain. Honorable mentions. Four roses limited edition Makers mark cask strength Willet bourbon in odd shaped bottle
Have a lot of barrel proof whiskeys in your selection. Personally they are a bit hot and woody for me. Production is much less expensive since you dump, 5 or 10 micron filter, then bottle. Your yields or lower since you don't proof down, so you don't have as much product per barrel. But all and all, its a cheaper product to produce. Not saying its cheap though. To me, proofing bourbons down to the 85 to 95 range brings out complexities and flavors you don't get with barrel proof. Love your videos and enthusiasm , look forward to your next videos.
Spectacular list!... love it! I’m sooo much a scotch drinker that I need a list like this to explore bourbon! Such awesomeness. Make ur way up to the 6 and I’m sure rob and his friends will treat u right and get u started on ur scotch journey.
Bourbons and ryes are catching on over here in Europe. I've tried just three of your top-10 selection. ECBP, Wild Turkey Rare Breed and Blantons SFTB. All brilliant. Seven to go til the grim reaper calls.
Oh hell yea!! Great list. Of course I am biased as I am a bourbon lover (thanks to you). Great list. Cannot agree more.. Also congrats on your wedding and wishing you a lifetime of happiness. Cheers!
Great video, guys! I think my next bottle will be the EC barrel proof. I like their small batch, so this will be kicking it up a notch! PS: gonna be hitting the Kentucky Bourbon Trail next month for the first time, so I'm hoping to knock the "whiskey thieved straight from the barrel in KY" off my bucket list then. :)
You guys have no idea how helpful you are for us Europeans when we're buying supplies. 0ver here the only omnipresent whiskeys are Jim and Jack. For something better you have to go to a fancy liquor store and pay the price of a 12-15yo single malt, so misses hurt a L0T! Best of luck and greetings from Poland ;)
The only two I've had on that list were Blanton's and Booker's (2019-01, I believe). If I was able to splurge on a bottle of one of those, it would be the Blanton's. However, I wouldn't give up a chance to try some other releases of Booker's. Also, other podcasts or CZcams channels may have done this, but IMO (take it or leave it), perhaps a white label Beam or Old No. 7 Jack should be on a list of try before you die. That way you would have a "baseline" to compare rare or higher end whiskies to and be able to appreciate the differences in more mass market releases and more limited availability whiskies. Otherwise, great content as always.
I always find this time of year is the best season to drink bourbon... ok, I like bourbon all year round... but it's still a great time of year. All the bottles I buy when I am down in the US all seem to come out in October / November.
For the money I like Weller 12. Old Forester 1920 is great but it runs $60 here. I have also tried and bought Angel's Envy aged in rum, and I think that's great.
Another top notch list. Can't believe I haven't purchased Rare Breed yet, need to change that this weekend. Nothing is certain, eat desert first, try these bourbons.
I agree that your number 2 Old Forester Prohibition should be tried but I have to say it's for a specific pallette. It for sure wasn't mine neither was Bookers. You have to love that proof cuz it overshadows the flavors in both labels. Other than that I'm sure there are two or three of these that I would love to try like Pappys so I can confirm that colonel taylor is much better. Also up for trying Rare Breed I started on turkey and moved on I would be happy to try one that might hit my pallette. Just saying. Nice presentation.
@@ItsBourbonNight Thanks for your reply. I just missed by 1 day of getting a bottle of George T Stagg in August while in Wyoming for $120. I was Skiing in Aspen in January and a store there had 1 bottle that they were asking $800. I declined.
We feel ya. Take WLW off and GTS is in its place. We just didn't want 2 of our 10 spots taken by BTAC. Just trying to spread the love around. We love GTS too, though!
Your presentation is excellent - Thanks. I like bourbon so I'm holding onto the last sips of my Grand Pappy for special occasion I bought by chance in 1998 in BG Ky. I lean toward sipping rums so shold you get a change suggest you try Zacapa XO from Guatemala. Saludos.
You two have said you live in Kentucky so I'm sure you have been to a lot of distilleries. You should do a video on your favorite distilleries to visit. I live close to Kentucky and would be interested in the best ones to visit.
Love that you started with White Dog, I like to keep some around just to remind me how it all starts. I'm more of a "wheat'r" so my personal collection favors them. As a young man lived on the Canadian border so I sampled lots of Rye Whiskey, "not my bag baby" finished my ECB A119 just cause it is a try before you die. Great list, Great vid, Great couple, congrats on your recent nuptials. Perhaps I'll chat with you on tonights show.
Concur of course with ECBP and so glad to see WT Rare Breed on this list. I loved when that dude recommended to get a scotch from Scotland so it makes total sense to recommended getting a bourbon from the barrel in KT. On my bucket list! Maybe a video someday recommending top 5 places in KT to get a bourbon from the barrel?
Great list and great presentation of a broad spectrum of "must try" bourbons. Wow, Rare Breed to Pappy is about end to end for price points. Love your energy and style.
That discovery series is crazy good. I was able to sample a couple ounces and was blown away. I need a bottle but have no idea how to sneak 130 bucks past the ol wifey
Did the rick house tour at Jim Beam over winter break 2019 got to taste barrel strength black label thieved, the tour guide told us since it was a Saturday he was able to use the master's whisky thief, that's as close as I got to the master thieving the barrel. The tour was worth the extra few dollars.
When I was in viet nam in 1970 a bottle of real us whiskey was 3 weeks pay. A copy of us liquor cost 11/2 weeks pay. A still made us liquor wa 4 days pay. It was 140 proof and aged 4 days. Wow did that burn.
Absolutely love this list probably my favourite try before you dies yet, few that are gonna be hard to get my hands on here in Australia but gonna try my best.
Rare Breed is not affordable, anymore. When it was 112.8 proof, yeah it was definitely obtainable price-wise. With the proof upped a notch, it's over $60.
Hot Buttery Rolls We took the rules as no Single Barrel picks since those can vary in taste so much. But single barrels like Blanton’s SFTB, even tho they vary in proof, are still generally consistent in flavor.
Wow, during my recent holiday in KY (where I met you guys on the banks of the Kentucky river) I managed to drink most of these (or variations there of) ! But still have few to go before I kick it... (what would I do without parenthesis?)
Love the video thought your pics were good. Got my first bottle of old Ezra been trying to get one for a while I think it’s great. Have you guys had it what do you think of it?
Oh and Pikesville was probably my favorite pic that you guys had everybody that comes over and has it loves it even if they’re not arrive being totally agree with you guys to thumbs up
Have you two tried Woodford Reserve Batch Proof? I put it right up there with the Bardstown Discovery Series. There is good bourbon and then there is bourbon that just makes you grin. Those two make you grin.
I like the list, only tried maybe half, so still long way to go. For some reason, I am not a fan of Rare Breed, the taste profile is just too bland for me. I can’t understand the praise it receives, but this is just personal taste. I would replace it with Knob Creek single barrel, but that would be against the rules :)
Knob Creek Single Barrel wouldn't break the rules, at least the way we interpreted them, unless it was a single barrel pick. We love Rare Breed, but to each their own :)
Between your videos and retirement and not having the extra funds I had for single malt Scotch got me to try some different bourbon... While I' will always love ISLE Scotch the best because of the smoke and peat, some of the aged bourbon is very good and a lot less expensive. Which bourbon in your opinion has a smokey taste?
Let's see a unicorn of all unicorn's list. I'm talking short barrel 30 to 50 Blaum and Four Rose's picks. I'm talking Bookers 25th, and some 1960's old crows. Let's see the bottles worth taking a second mortgage out on your home or the ones that are impossible to track down.
Love the list.. had most of these.. one exception is the Old Bardstown. You guys think they are doing the blending better than Barrell? I have had about 6 Barrell expressions and they were all fantastic. Cheers...
I may have missed it but what are your thoughts on OWA and Weller 12? I’ve been a fan of OWA for over 20 years and sad to see the price increase (in Kansas at least). Personally, It’s one of the best out there. We recently got Stagg Jr. and I’ve been getting as much of it as I can get my hands on. Rare Breed has been a Thanks Giving tradition for many years while cooking the turkey!
Would love to try all of them, but can't get some on the West Coast. How about a list of bourbons available through out the country, or best bourbon from each state?
Best bourbon from each state is a topic we would love to tackle! We aren't really sure what bourbons aren't available in other areas, so it would take a lot of research to do the available everywhere bourbons list - but it would be a great list to do!
I was a scotch drinker long before I got interested in bourbon. Now I drink both (with scotch still having a slight edge). So I'd be very interested to see a little one-off video that features scotch whiskies, perhaps with a focus on those that might most appeal to bourbon drinkers.
@@fosmith61 Ooo, I do like a good armagnac. See, I think JW Black has a noticeable peat presence. Not excessive by any means, but quite noticeable. I primarily drink single malts, but one can never discount blends as there are some fantastic ones out there.
In terms of origins of the idea/meme, there's a book - 101 Whiskies to Try Before You Die - that came out in 2010 or so, with other editions coming later.
Up here in Canada, Booker's bottles don't have the batch nameson the label sticker or the story pamphlet you mentioned. We have to take em outta the box and Google the batch code in the liquor store. Annoying.
Now I know this comes with huge skepticism since its a big brand name, but check out Jack Daniel's Single Barrels Select! It really killed it for me and I put it on par with rare breed
I like the list but HMcK has too much variation. As for the HH bib since it’s been discontinued I think EW bib would have been a better option since you can find it on the shelf and it’s an incredible bottle for the $14 price.
Definitely try the Henry McKenna BiB. Don't buy a bottle IMO but just try it at a bar. I bought a bottle from this year's run from April at $50 and wasn't impressed. Save yourself the money and try it. I should've taken that $50 and bought the OF 1920.
Dean D. Sooo, here's the thing-- you surely tried an " off" batch for sure, bec. Every 1 I've had( 2 so far) are off the charts, IMO in other words the different batches are KEY when it comes to Single barrel whiskey, some are" meh" some R the absolute best you'll EVER have .in my good fortune I've never had a bad.McKenna BIB, cheers from ETn!
@@richardbarrick5831 Man you're so lucky that you've never had a bad McKenna BiB. A couple of years ago there was a McKenna BiB review on youtube and one of the testers got visibly livid after having it. He must've paid a lot of money for the bottle. Do you remember the bottling dates of the Henry McKenna BiB you've enjoyed? A buddy of mine says the ones bottles in the fall are better vs the ones bottled in the winter and spring. The last couple I had were bottles in the winter spring and I can never get one bottled in the fall. I wonder if that was it. I just got bad winter and spring batches.
You can’t beat a Scotch except when your runnin around and you get a hankerin for a Bourbon 🥃 I make a Frozen Heart Cyser that’ll give you the palsy! I’m too greedy to have just one favorite fiery juice, that mouth feel and swallow, the tongue to the tooth, I ain’t feelin around lookin for the back, and life’s just too short than to have to drink Jack!
So I got 8 of the whiskeys on the list (to include the honorable mentions as well). Either way some great bourbons. I was surprised that Kentucky Owl Confiscated want on this list.
A couple days ago i found 4 bottles of Henrry mackenna bottle in bond just hanging on the shelf at a grocery store for 40 dollars.
I could have bought all 4 of the bottles but I would have felt a little guilty of being greedy. So I just grabbed two, went the next day and the other two were already gone.
Moral of the story, don’t get desperate paying high dólar on the secondary market. There is a lot of good stuff on the shelf for retail and the time to find a rare bottle will come soon or later.
Within a week i found 3 bottles at different places for around $33 per bottle. A couple of weeks later I found some more in smaller stores going for over $200 each. The lesson to be learned is to really know and understanding pricing and not overpay. As much as I enjoy Mck BiB 10, I would never pay near $100 for a bottle.
I absolutely believe that the environment you are in while drinking the whisk(e)y can enhance your experience!
Totally!
I believe the people you are with when you drink whiskey can enhance your experience
Hell yea i was in the Shenandoah Mts in VA and i had a bottle of Tincup with friends over a fire and felt like a real lumberjack mountain man. Its was a nice cool night with lots of fireflies. When in reality im a south florida man who drinks malibu rum from a coconut or pineapple with an umbrella!!!!
Same goes for wine. My wife and I have raved about a wine we had in some romantic setting and then bought a bottle later only to wonder why it didn't measure up to our memory of it.
Rare Breed was my 1st barrel proof! Still top 5 of my all time favorites! In my area is now going for $55 plus. The good stuff always goes up!
I'm a rookie bartender in the South, and I don't really drink bourbon. Y'all's content has been invaluable.
Recently tried bookers, was lucky enough to pick it up when they were placing it on the shelves and it instantly became my favorite bourbon. Such complex flavors and for how high it is in proof it goes down like water. Really smooth and amazing a must buy or try for all whiskey lovers.
Gabor Ambruzs which bookers was it?
Great list - just picked up a Rare Breed for $39.99 - what a deal. Booker's, ECBP, OF 1920 - clearly in my top 6. Knob Creek SB and Baker's - maybe too many Beam products? Stagg Jr - for the price ($60) would be on my list.
Absolutely agree. ECBP is one of the very few bourbons I enjoy as a scotch lover.
I love Bookers. They're my whiskey pokemon. Gotta buy'um all. (Yes, I'm a nerd)
Pause at 17:44 ....just perfection. This should be the cover of anything whiskey. Stunning
Rare Breed..... might be... just might be my go to barrel proof bourbon and is probably a top 2-3 overall bourbon for me. That is so damn smooth!! Great videos y'all!! My next is the Booker's series!!
“Try Rare Breed to know what Jimmy Russell’s sweet spot tastes like.”
...uhhhhhhhh...
Perry Ritter Of course you would call that out, Perry!
It's Bourbon Night We were all thinking it...
Both Rare Breed and Russels 10 year are home on the shelf
Great video! I've been into bourbon for a couple of years. Definitely going to get a couple of those bottles. Maybe the Rare Breed and the Bookers
Finally! Some one or in this case, some two peeps is,giving much do love to, 1920 prohibition style Old Forester. It’s my go to. Much respect! 🥃
Watching channels like this REALLY makes me wish I had a better bourbon selection at my liquor store. My choices are basically Maker's Mark (and sometimes Maker's 46 when they have it in), Bulleit, Woodford Reserve, and Jim Beam. Woodford is great (and one of my favourite whiskeys so far), but my choices are fairly limited.
Mine has makers bulleit jim beam and jack daniels 🤣
I just picked up my first bottle of Pikesville a couple days ago based on several of your reviews. I can't wait to open it!
I had the distinct opportunity to have a pour of William Larue Weller, and a taster of Pappy 23 at an incredible bar this Monday. I couldn't help but feel that I had an out of body experience.
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Excellent video and great recommendations.
Only disagreement would be rare breed.
Also, although not bourbon, I’d highly recommend 2 bourbon-like Japanese whiskeys.
Nikka coffey malt & nikka coffey grain.
Honorable mentions.
Four roses limited edition
Makers mark cask strength
Willet bourbon in odd shaped bottle
Have a lot of barrel proof whiskeys in your selection. Personally they are a bit hot and woody for me. Production is much less expensive since you dump, 5 or 10 micron filter, then bottle. Your yields or lower since you don't proof down, so you don't have as much product per barrel. But all and all, its a cheaper product to produce. Not saying its cheap though. To me, proofing bourbons down to the 85 to 95 range brings out complexities and flavors you don't get with barrel proof. Love your videos and enthusiasm , look forward to your next videos.
Love it! Fantastic list. A few of my favorites, and then some others I need to try!
Great list! I love your logic on how you approached it.
Spectacular list!... love it! I’m sooo much a scotch drinker that I need a list like this to explore bourbon! Such awesomeness. Make ur way up to the 6 and I’m sure rob and his friends will treat u right and get u started on ur scotch journey.
I'll be dead before i could get my hands on a few of these bottles!!
Bourbons and ryes are catching on over here in Europe. I've tried just three of your top-10 selection. ECBP, Wild Turkey Rare Breed and Blantons SFTB. All brilliant. Seven to go til the grim reaper calls.
Oh hell yea!! Great list. Of course I am biased as I am a bourbon lover (thanks to you). Great list. Cannot agree more.. Also congrats on your wedding and wishing you a lifetime of happiness. Cheers!
Always fun seeing some bottles I helped get pop up. Great video guys!
Great video, guys! I think my next bottle will be the EC barrel proof. I like their small batch, so this will be kicking it up a notch!
PS: gonna be hitting the Kentucky Bourbon Trail next month for the first time, so I'm hoping to knock the "whiskey thieved straight from the barrel in KY" off my bucket list then. :)
EC barrel proof is amazing. It's also a freight train. Sip it like hot soup and make sure you have a DD!
You guys have no idea how helpful you are for us Europeans when we're buying supplies. 0ver here the only omnipresent whiskeys are Jim and Jack. For something better you have to go to a fancy liquor store and pay the price of a 12-15yo single malt, so misses hurt a L0T!
Best of luck and greetings from Poland ;)
I got some Wild Turkey Rare Breed for my birthday last week! Very enjoyable.
my ECBP b519 is nice and cinnamon hot, full of flavor and then vanishes, leaving you wanting MORE! love this stuff!
So glad to see Rare Breed made it to this list. It is an amazing whiskey for the price. Keep up the good work.
The only two I've had on that list were Blanton's and Booker's (2019-01, I believe). If I was able to splurge on a bottle of one of those, it would be the Blanton's. However, I wouldn't give up a chance to try some other releases of Booker's.
Also, other podcasts or CZcams channels may have done this, but IMO (take it or leave it), perhaps a white label Beam or Old No. 7 Jack should be on a list of try before you die. That way you would have a "baseline" to compare rare or higher end whiskies to and be able to appreciate the differences in more mass market releases and more limited availability whiskies.
Otherwise, great content as always.
I always find this time of year is the best season to drink bourbon... ok, I like bourbon all year round... but it's still a great time of year. All the bottles I buy when I am down in the US all seem to come out in October / November.
For the money I like Weller 12. Old Forester 1920 is great but it runs $60 here. I have also tried and bought Angel's Envy aged in rum, and I think that's great.
Great list! William Larue Weller would be at the top of my list. The 2018 release is the best bourbon I've personally had the pleasure of tasting!
Price?
Doesn't get better than strait out the barrels... .great burbon...
Another top notch list. Can't believe I haven't purchased Rare Breed yet, need to change that this weekend. Nothing is certain, eat desert first, try these bourbons.
I've had all but three of the bourbons on your list... 😏 guess I'm done for..
Great video, keep up the great work.
I agree that your number 2 Old Forester Prohibition should be tried but I have to say it's for a specific pallette. It for sure wasn't mine neither was Bookers. You have to love that proof cuz it overshadows the flavors in both labels. Other than that I'm sure there are two or three of these that I would love to try like Pappys so I can confirm that colonel taylor is much better. Also up for trying Rare Breed I started on turkey and moved on I would be happy to try one that might hit my pallette. Just saying. Nice presentation.
Buffalo Trace just announced they are releasing their 2019 Antique Collection. Are you familiar as to how and where these Bourbons are allocated?
Unfortunately, no, it's a mystery to us as well!
@@ItsBourbonNight Thanks for your reply. I just missed by 1 day of getting a bottle of George T Stagg in August while in Wyoming for $120. I was Skiing in Aspen in January and a store there had 1 bottle that they were asking $800. I declined.
Great list and lots of fun watching you two. Love how well made your videos are. Very jealous of your editing skills, lol. Cheers!
Thanks for the shoutout guys. Great video. 🙏🏻
Love and Appreciate your videos! But Can’t believe George T. Stagg Jr wasn’t on your list. Truly a favorite!
We feel ya. Take WLW off and GTS is in its place. We just didn't want 2 of our 10 spots taken by BTAC. Just trying to spread the love around. We love GTS too, though!
It's Bourbon Night- I hear ya! Thanks for the reply and Keep up the great work!
Great call on the choices. Love the high proofs!
Any of the little books, each one is super unique and incredible
You guys should always shoot your episodes in front of this backdrop. This backdrop is sweet.
Your presentation is excellent - Thanks. I like bourbon so I'm holding onto the last sips of my Grand Pappy for special occasion I bought by chance in 1998 in BG Ky. I lean toward sipping rums so shold you get a change suggest you try Zacapa XO from Guatemala. Saludos.
You two have said you live in Kentucky so I'm sure you have been to a lot of distilleries. You should do a video on your favorite distilleries to visit. I live close to Kentucky and would be interested in the best ones to visit.
Great list. In my opinion I enjoyed the Old Forrester Statesman the best. Great choices 👍🏻
Your promo music reminds me of a 80's game show. I love it. Nice list as well.
Glen Blackwood Yes! I love that music for that exact reason :)
Rare breed is $55 here in PA. And seems to be harder to find in stock
Love that you started with White Dog, I like to keep some around just to remind me how it all starts. I'm more of a "wheat'r" so my personal collection favors them. As a young man lived on the Canadian border so I sampled lots of Rye Whiskey, "not my bag baby" finished my ECB A119 just cause it is a try before you die. Great list, Great vid, Great couple, congrats on your recent nuptials. Perhaps I'll chat with you on tonights show.
Which tour do you recommend where we can sample straight from the barrel?
Hey Chad and Sara! Gotta work on the 4 I’m missing from the list. Received my challenge coin! Thank you very much! U both do a great job! Cheers! 🥃👍🇺🇸
Thanks so much!
Love this list! Great choices. Thanks for all you do and congratulations on your marriage!
Great video and I’ve had all but straight from the barrel in KY! Hopefully soon! Cheers!
Whisky Obsessed Hope you get to experience that soon!
I never had the Heaven Hill 6 year. But Virgin 7 Year is Heaven Hill juice, $14 and delicious. Although also discontinued
Every sense my local liquor store had 90 cases of McKenna bottled in bond last year they haven't had it since.
I just got a bottle of McKenna BIB yesterday. It's the first time I've seen it in about year and it was up $10 from last years price.
Concur of course with ECBP and so glad to see WT Rare Breed on this list. I loved when that dude recommended to get a scotch from Scotland so it makes total sense to recommended getting a bourbon from the barrel in KT. On my bucket list! Maybe a video someday recommending top 5 places in KT to get a bourbon from the barrel?
Very surprised 1920 wasn’t on the list!!!
Great list and great presentation of a broad spectrum of "must try" bourbons. Wow, Rare Breed to Pappy is about end to end for price points. Love your energy and style.
That discovery series is crazy good. I was able to sample a couple ounces and was blown away. I need a bottle but have no idea how to sneak 130 bucks past the ol wifey
Did the rick house tour at Jim Beam over winter break 2019 got to taste barrel strength black label thieved, the tour guide told us since it was a Saturday he was able to use the master's whisky thief, that's as close as I got to the master thieving the barrel. The tour was worth the extra few dollars.
When I was in viet nam in 1970 a bottle of real us whiskey was 3 weeks pay. A copy of us liquor cost 11/2 weeks pay. A still made us liquor wa 4 days pay. It was 140 proof and aged 4 days. Wow did that burn.
Absolutely love this list probably my favourite try before you dies yet, few that are gonna be hard to get my hands on here in Australia but gonna try my best.
Rare Breed is not affordable, anymore. When it was 112.8 proof, yeah it was definitely obtainable price-wise. With the proof upped a notch, it's over $60.
BloodySawBlade Oh wow, it’s not like that in our area!
@@ItsBourbonNight I live in California. Everything is expensive.
Is the Blanton’s SFTB not also a rule-bender by being a single barrel? Great list, guys. Now just got to find a WLW and SFTB...
Hot Buttery Rolls We took the rules as no Single Barrel picks since those can vary in taste so much. But single barrels like Blanton’s SFTB, even tho they vary in proof, are still generally consistent in flavor.
Great list guys! Cheers!
Four Roses Single Barrel is my favorit. Great Bourbon.
Great list team, I've been able to enjoy all but 2 of them. Is the Bardstown discovery series only available at the distillery?
scott mecham Thanks! No, it’s offered in stores as well but may be getting all bought up.
I am picking up a Pikesville this weekend! You guys rock!
I think I'd include Jefferson's Ocean cask strength. Super unique. And one of my current favorite bottles right now, along with Booker's and Baker's.
Wow, during my recent holiday in KY (where I met you guys on the banks of the Kentucky river) I managed to drink most of these (or variations there of) ! But still have few to go before I kick it... (what would I do without parenthesis?)
A lot of great choices but some as some just way out of reach like the Weller, Stagg, etc, all over $500.00, the Pappy is well over $2,500.
bill5074 We’ve been lucky to get our 2 Pappys for retail. We don’t take that for granted, for sure.
Awesome video, we especially love Elijah Craig. We recently did a Elijah Craig Store pick tasting.
Very good list!
Love the video thought your pics were good. Got my first bottle of old Ezra been trying to get one for a while I think it’s great. Have you guys had it what do you think of it?
Oh and Pikesville was probably my favorite pic that you guys had everybody that comes over and has it loves it even if they’re not arrive being totally agree with you guys to thumbs up
Have you two tried Woodford Reserve Batch Proof? I put it right up there with the Bardstown Discovery Series. There is good bourbon and then there is bourbon that just makes you grin. Those two make you grin.
I like the list, only tried maybe half, so still long way to go. For some reason, I am not a fan of Rare Breed, the taste profile is just too bland for me. I can’t understand the praise it receives, but this is just personal taste. I would replace it with Knob Creek single barrel, but that would be against the rules :)
Knob Creek Single Barrel wouldn't break the rules, at least the way we interpreted them, unless it was a single barrel pick. We love Rare Breed, but to each their own :)
Between your videos and retirement and not having the extra funds I had for single malt Scotch got me to try some different bourbon... While I' will always love ISLE Scotch the best because of the smoke and peat, some of the aged bourbon is very good and a lot less expensive. Which bourbon in your opinion has a smokey taste?
Woodford Double Oak is kind of smokey.
Good list, guys.
Great choices. Had a pour of George T. Stagg and William Larue Weller side by side at a bar. Both good but WLW was the clear winner.
Great review by you two. I just stumbled upon Pikesville Rye and it is fantastic for $50!
what a fun video! different than the usual.
Let's see a unicorn of all unicorn's list. I'm talking short barrel 30 to 50 Blaum and Four Rose's picks. I'm talking Bookers 25th, and some 1960's old crows. Let's see the bottles worth taking a second mortgage out on your home or the ones that are impossible to track down.
Love the list.. had most of these.. one exception is the Old Bardstown. You guys think they are doing the blending better than Barrell? I have had about 6 Barrell expressions and they were all fantastic. Cheers...
I may have missed it but what are your thoughts on OWA and Weller 12? I’ve been a fan of OWA for over 20 years and sad to see the price increase (in Kansas at least). Personally, It’s one of the best out there. We recently got Stagg Jr. and I’ve been getting as much of it as I can get my hands on. Rare Breed has been a Thanks Giving tradition for many years while cooking the turkey!
I could agree with number one if it was expanded to any bourbon/rye barrel tasting in any state.
How do you know when to stand in line for the WLW?
Would love to try all of them, but can't get some on the West Coast. How about a list of bourbons available through out the country, or best bourbon from each state?
Best bourbon from each state is a topic we would love to tackle! We aren't really sure what bourbons aren't available in other areas, so it would take a lot of research to do the available everywhere bourbons list - but it would be a great list to do!
So, if ECBP raises the interest of scotch drinkers, then we have to determine the scotch to bring over the bourbon drinkers.
Brendan Dabbs We’ve been looking for it! Found a few that interested us a little.
@@ItsBourbonNight do a video on them then!! Huge bourbon drinker but always wished I liked scotch!
I was a scotch drinker long before I got interested in bourbon. Now I drink both (with scotch still having a slight edge). So I'd be very interested to see a little one-off video that features scotch whiskies, perhaps with a focus on those that might most appeal to bourbon drinkers.
I'm a bourbon and armagnac guy but I've enjoyed Johnny Walker Black. Not too peaty.
@@fosmith61 Ooo, I do like a good armagnac. See, I think JW Black has a noticeable peat presence. Not excessive by any means, but quite noticeable. I primarily drink single malts, but one can never discount blends as there are some fantastic ones out there.
In terms of origins of the idea/meme, there's a book - 101 Whiskies to Try Before You Die - that came out in 2010 or so, with other editions coming later.
Have to agree with 2 and 1!
Up here in Canada, Booker's bottles don't have the batch nameson the label sticker or the story pamphlet you mentioned. We have to take em outta the box and Google the batch code in the liquor store. Annoying.
Now I know this comes with huge skepticism since its a big brand name, but check out Jack Daniel's Single Barrels Select! It really killed it for me and I put it on par with rare breed
I like the list but HMcK has too much variation. As for the HH bib since it’s been discontinued I think EW bib would have been a better option since you can find it on the shelf and it’s an incredible bottle for the $14 price.
Definitely try the Henry McKenna BiB. Don't buy a bottle IMO but just try it at a bar. I bought a bottle from this year's run from April at $50 and wasn't impressed. Save yourself the money and try it. I should've taken that $50 and bought the OF 1920.
Dean D. Sooo, here's the thing-- you surely tried an " off" batch for sure, bec. Every 1 I've had( 2 so far) are off the charts, IMO in other words the different batches are KEY when it comes to Single barrel whiskey, some are" meh" some R the absolute best you'll EVER have .in my good fortune I've never had a bad.McKenna BIB, cheers from ETn!
@@richardbarrick5831 Man you're so lucky that you've never had a bad McKenna BiB. A couple of years ago there was a McKenna BiB review on youtube and one of the testers got visibly livid after having it. He must've paid a lot of money for the bottle. Do you remember the bottling dates of the Henry McKenna BiB you've enjoyed? A buddy of mine says the ones bottles in the fall are better vs the ones bottled in the winter and spring. The last couple I had were bottles in the winter spring and I can never get one bottled in the fall. I wonder if that was it. I just got bad winter and spring batches.
You can’t beat a Scotch except when your runnin around and you get a hankerin for a Bourbon 🥃 I make a Frozen Heart Cyser that’ll give you the palsy! I’m too greedy to have just one favorite fiery juice, that mouth feel and swallow, the tongue to the tooth, I ain’t feelin around lookin for the back, and life’s just too short than to have to drink Jack!
If you could pick just one would you choose Rare Breed or ECBP?
Ummmmmm.....wait, look behind you! No, seriously! Behind you! (runs aways)
So I got 8 of the whiskeys on the list (to include the honorable mentions as well). Either way some great bourbons. I was surprised that Kentucky Owl Confiscated want on this list.
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