Bourbon help needed

[SheltonChoked]

W. L. Weller. They use the same receipe as rip van winkle 12 year.

[State82]

Four Roses Small Batch...really smooth

Absolutely. Don't mix with anything though, except for some ice cubes. If you want to mix with diet coke try the Four Roses yellow label. As good a $17 bottle as you will get. Of course, Makers Mark is great also.

[State82]

W. L. Weller. They use the same receipe as rip van winkle 12 year.

Haven't tried the Weller but a friend gave me a bottle of Rip Van Winkle several years ago. Fine stuff.

[SapperDawg]

Eagle Rare is a good as you can get at $30 a bottle. I have been making a play on the old fashioned:

1/2 teaspoon agave nectar
2 dash bitters
Fill lowball glass w crushed ice
Add 2 oz bourbon (or rye)
Stir to mix
Top w club soda

[IMissJack]

I like mixing diet Dr Pepper.

[DawgHouseUnited]

Woodford Reserve is one of my favorites.

This. I also would consider not mixing it. If you're looking for a mixed drink, I'd say use a lower tiered brand and save the best for drinking neat or on the rocks.

[State82]

This. I also would consider not mixing it. If you're looking for a mixed drink, I'd say use a lower tiered brand and save the best for drinking neat or on the rocks.

For sure. If I'm pouring cola in it I will just go get a bottle of Evan Williams green label. And I have done that quite often over the years. Just not anymore.

[AlSwearengen]

Buffalo Trace is maybe the best bang for the buck. About $22 for a fifth, so cheap enough to mix but it is quality enough to drink straight.

If you want to spend $50, that Blantons that they bought for the game day crew is really really good, but surprisingly, people don't talk a lot about it.

Others to look into are Bakers, Elmer T. Lee, Elijah Craig (any age), most any Stagg's, Eagle Rare, Knob Creek. Hell, this is the golden days for bourbon drinkers as there are many many good ones right now.

[Original48]

Blantons is my personal favorite...when someone else is buying. But the maker of Blanton's is Elmer T. Lee..and he has a bourbon in his name that is very similar and tastes just as good to me.

[Bucky Dog]

I drink JD on game day and agree with the coke/Diet coke thing. But Woodford Reserve is the best in the price range straight over a solid cube!

[RougeDawg]

Makers 46 Is my gameday choice. Smooth. Over ice.

[AlSwearengen]

W. L. Weller. They use the same receipe as rip van winkle 12 year.

The particular Weller that you are talking about is now pretty much impossible to find because the word is out.

[BoomBoom]

Four Roses Small Batch...really smooth

i 2nd this.

[FlabLoser]

I recently discovered Colonel E.H. Taylor batch strength. Really good.

[dawgs]

Elmer t. Lee is my favorite ~$30 bottle. I like it as much or more than any of the ~$50 bottles I've had.

[DawgPoundtheRock]

Buffalo Trace is maybe the best bang for the buck. About $22 for a fifth, so cheap enough to mix but it is quality enough to drink straight.

If you want to spend $50, that Blantons that they bought for the game day crew is really really good, but surprisingly, people don't talk a lot about it.

Others to look into are Bakers, Elmer T. Lee, Elijah Craig (any age), most any Stagg's, Eagle Rare, Knob Creek. Hell, this is the golden days for bourbon drinkers as there are many many good ones right now.

^^This^^

Al knows his bourbon. Buffalo Trace is probably the best overall value, but you can't find it everywhere.

[blacklistedbully]

Not a bourbon, but I highly recommend George Dickel #12 Tennessee Whisky. It's a sour-mash, like JD, except much better, IMO. A lot smoother, and more complex. Here's a description from their website:
The only 90-proof Tennessee Whisky. We blend older whiskies to achieve deep, assertive flavors with an incredibly smooth finish. Bold and brazen, this is our Superior No. 12.

Concentrated flavors of rich oak and subtle vanilla lead to a long finish with hints of maple, butter and smoke. A whisky with enormous depth, range and personality ? considered by many to be the gold standard of Tennessee Whisky.

- See more at: http://www.georgedickel.com/whiskies.aspx#!no12

They also make an even higher grade, Barrel Select, but I have yet to try that.

[SheltonChoked]

Damn it. That's twice thats happened to me now. I started drinking Rip 12 in the late 90's. Now I have to find another.

[dawgs]

i went on my first fall whiskey run of the year. spent more than i anticipated, but it's whiskey, so it ain't going bad. i don't live in or around MS, so not sure if all these are available around most of yall. already had partial bottles (around of quarter of each) elmer t lee, eagle rare, buffalo trace, and four roses small batch (all are among my go to quality, but bought a bottle of ezra b single barrel, russell's reserve small batch 10 year, james e pepper 1776 rye, henry mckenna 10 year single barrel, and new holland beer barrel bourbon. outside of the russell's reserve, never had the others - i'm only about 2 years into really getting into whiskeys and graduating from the standards. the new holland one is interesting, it's made by new holland brewery out of michigan that makes great beer and the reviews of it sound interesting - probably a little on the sweeter end of things since it's aged in beer barrels.

[Political Hack]

knob creek