Top 10 Bourbons I Still Hunt and Always Buy!
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Since you have 60+ of those Russells sib I’m curious how the rest of your collection looks. You should definitely do a collection video!
Love this video. I live in an area (VA) with ABC, but store drops give hope, and occasionally I travel regionally. Very helpful to know what to grab, and I already trust your palate. Keep up the great work😎
I really appreciate this video. I’m fairly new to bourbon and try not to double up on bottles but there are a number of bottles on your list that I really like (KC12, ER, RR Private) and it’s nice to know that I shouldn’t feel bad about having a backup of.
I love Eagle Rare, but i would never pay more than $50 for it.
Great list Jason! Knob 12, EC BP, Eagle, russels SB SP all on my list too. One SB I'll always get if different than what I have is New Riff! Especially store picks.
I like that many of my favorites are on this list. I've always respected your views. Now I know that our palettes are similar and will follow your videos a little more closely. Thank you!
Hey Jason, great episode. I would agree with many of your selections especially Russell's SIB/Store picks. I have several as well. Cheers
Love the video. I agree with your single barrel picks. For me, I'm always picking up a Four Roses, I'm almost always picking up a Russell's Reserve, and I'm sometimes picking up a Jack Daniels. I've also started to grab Blue Note Juke Joint picks. Other than those, I agree with the Four Roses Small Batch LE and the Stagg. The others, I'm probably passing on, but that's probably more because I'm trying to be somewhat fiscally responsible.
Great topic for a video, Jason. I mostly agree with your list but, like someone else commented, I wouldn't pay anything close to $100 for Eagle Rare. Bottles I would add to the list are Col. E.H. Taylor Small Batch and Weller SR or 107. Knob Creek SiB store picks usually get my attention, as well.
Great video and list Jason. My list would definitely include some of those. I would probably add BT store picks and KC store picks as well. Cheers!
Fantastic picks. Russells always gets the nod for me as well!
Hi Jason ! I like Scotish whisky , but also like american whiskey : Eagle Rare 10 , Redemption ray , Elijah Craig . Good review . Cheers !
Awesome!!! I also buy, without question, 8 of your 10 in this video. Great job!!
Great list Jason. I just picked up my first Magnus Cigar Blend yesterday. First one I ever saw in the wilds of NJ.
Gotta love the Virtue Bottle front and center!!
Love your channel, thanks for doing what you do! 1000% agree on the RR SB picks.
Great list. Always keep an eyes out for most of those.
$100 for Eagle Rare is absolutely insane to me. I'll buy it every chance I can at state minimum, which is $36, but I'm not going over that.
Agreed $100 for ER is crazy. Please don’t encourage people to pay that much for a $30-40 bottle. It’s great and I buy it every time I can find it near retail.
$100 is way to much, just like $150 for Blantons is absurd. I live in TN and havent seen ER under $45 for some time
Fully fully agree on the Jack Daniels SB BP. There is something about everyone I’ve had that just hits home for me. The rye is right up there too
You just put Lucky Seven on my radar, seen it today for the first time and will return in the morning to purchase!
Great video and superb choices!
Realy nice video Jason. While I have not had most of the bourbons on your list, I have had, and still have, is the Elijah Craig C922. For me there are two borbons that if I see on the shelf I will buy. The first is Widow Jane Decadance and ASW Fiddler Store Pick. In fact I just found the ASW at I local bottle shop and I am heading there tomorrow. Wish me Luck. Thanks for your time and effort.
Agree 100% with your list. I will buy any of these bottles on sight. I have not yet tried a Four Roses Limited Edition, but I'll be on the lookout!
Nice list. Feels real. Appreciate this.
Do blinds with my friends. Knob 9, old forester 1920, rare breed consistently come out high. Knob 9 always surprises me.
Very telling and helpful list. I just wish we had some of these overseas!
Salute to you Jason for buying the RR and 4 Roses SB BS. In my area the RR store picks are now $88 min. 4 Roses SB BS are $92 min. Lucky 7 I may give a go on.
I really enjoyed your presentation as I learned a great deal!
Love your picks. I saw today Maker’s Mark announced their Cellar Aged blend of 11 and 12 year old bourbon. 🥃
Great picks. I have a Elijah Craig 18 for $250 and it's worth it.
Snagged my first 4 Roses single barrel store pick yesterday. It’s a 10 year 1 month tear 6 OESK. That damn bottle blew my socks off. Definitely on my radar now.
Great selection - totally agree
Good list, I'll buy ECBP all day even at some secondary prices. 4 Roses and RR single barrels always a buy for me too.
Old forester single barrel strength is always a GO for me. If I can get more than 1 I'll grab as many as I can 😂
Great idea for a video and it makes me feel good that my list is basically yours too haha. Cheers brother
Great list. Hard to argue with ANY of those.
Great picks on your list! 🥃
Always a good discussion. What about Bakers 7 vs 12 year KC. My last batch of Bakers beat 12 and Bookers in my blind with buddies.
Great choices!
I would add in the Sagamore 8 year rye. It’s a unique bottle design and great MGP whiskey
I will ALWAYS hunt for RR SiB Private Select. That to me is THE quintessential bourbon!
Si, great content as always!
magnus,right on brother,i also love iron smoke bourbons.murray hill club is also awesome.jerry
This is a great topic to share. Thank you. Per your request- bourbons I will always purchase given the chance are mashbill based. I prefer some rye in the mashbill, less than 20%, and a bourbon aged 6 years. Ior more. I have run out of space to store in my liquor cabinet (Florida) and have 4 other cubby holes in my condo for overflow as well as a full cabinet in Maryland, so I search for palate over brand. Cheers to you as I finish a bottle of Redbrest 12 year opened in December last year for a whiskey tasting we hosted. 😊
Thanks as always Jason! Sounds like several Single Barrel Store Picks are about to hit Alberta, so I'll be looking for the Russell's Reserve! Cheers 🇺🇸 🥃 🤝 🥃 🇨🇦
Solid list, I agree with all the picks. I'm my case, I would add Henry McKenna SIB to the list, cheers🥃
List is very similar to yours, glad to hear you enjoy the Four Roses picks as they’re excellent. I’d add Sam Houston 14 or 15 to that list
Russell's Reserve Single Barrel when I was back in Australia 👌 sadly can't get it here in Sweden, but loved that stuff so much.
Knob Creek 12…. Yes…. Always grab when I see it. One of my favorites right now.
Enjoyed this
My Lucky Seven The Holdup is 14 years. I got it in Louisville last year.
Great list!
Great list Jason. Here in Ohio, as you probably know, we get OHLQ picks of Old Scout SB Bourbon and Rye usually a couple of times a year. It's MGP juice, but Smooth Ambler does a great job of picking barrels and they're always hitters in my book. And at $50 they're a steal. Have a bourbon from a 2022 release open now and it's one of my favorite bottles of 2023!
The Old Scout Port Finished Rye is excellent also!
Recently took home Old Scout barrel strength 7 yr and Old Scout toasted barrel RYE from Maxwelton. Outstanding.
Eagle Rare, Jack , Elijah are REALLY good . Trying to get some Stagg. Good info , keep it up.
Excellent!
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Awesome video Thanks!!!
The largest local liquor store here in Fargo, North Dakota regularly does store picks of Buffalo Trace, Eagle Rare and Blanton’s. A few years back I was able to buy multiple 1.75L Eagle Rare store picks for $60 each. The 750ml were $35. Their Buffalo Trace store picks are usually fantastic and you can’t got wrong for $24.99!
I also got one of those 1.75L ER bottles for $59.99. It was such a great price that I couldn’t resist.
Wow JC, lined up with 9 out of 10 of your picks including the first 2 in order 😳
Only miss was #10, the Four Roses LE. Not that I disagree with the pick, only that the only ones I have ever seen in the wild were around $500 so nope...
If I could ever find one at $200ish, yup, absolutely !
Keep keeping it real
Love the concept and the list... I'm a big 4R fan and recently came across one on the shelf in CO; unfortunately at 359.99 + tax... pretty disappointed. Thanks for the continued content!!
Recently I bought two bottles of Eagle Rare and I infused one with a lot of different Brazilian woods for a few days
That sounds like sacrilege, but the end result was absolutely awesome
Great list
JJB Single Barrel is a must buy for me!!!
My list is nearly identical with the exception of Lucky Seven(only because I haven't tried it). However if I were to swap that out, I'd put New Riff picks....I find they are excellent for ~$55, but no other changes... Great episode!
When I was in college back in 2017 I bought a bottle of Eagle Rare for $35. I wasn't "into" bourbon yet, and I gave the bottle away to some frat guys. Hunted it for years after until I found it for $65 in Bolton Landing, NY. I didn't let her go this time.
Love your videos- good advice, similar palate(except i think knob creek 12 is very oak forward)
Jason great list and agree but wonder if you had to add a non heritage distiller what you'd add.
There are some bottles I like that will always be picked up if found at MSRP: Stagg Jr, Larceny BP, EH Taylor Small batch, EH Taylor Single Barrel, Weller 12, Blanton’s, Blannton’s SFTB, CYPB, and Weller Full Proof.
There are some I don’t like but can’t help myself from buying: Eagle Rare, Antique 107. I either love or hate Eagle rare, depending on mood or bottle. I legitimately don’t like the Antique 107 unless it follows Maker’s mark, but it’s a good gift.
The only things I’m hunting are Old Carter and Stagg Jr 16 … at MSRP. I’ve kind of given up on finding BTAC at MSRP. 😢
Can’t argue with that list! Although I’ve given up looking for any BT products.
Literally drinking my Lighthouse “Schoolbus” Russel 10yr as I watch this. I would have the Knob single barrel store picks over the JD, but otherwise I’m pretty lock step with your picks. The 1792 single barrel picks have typically been winners for me as well. Cheers!
Yes, good topic
I need to get a Lucky Seven, Stagg, JM Cigar blend. I love JD SBBP Rye or bourbon. On the 4 Roses, I like the OESO. This is a great list. I'm buying on all too.
6 out of 10 match mine. Bookers and Frey Ranch are a must for me.
Great Vid Jason, I was 50/50 on whether youd whip out the 4roses LE, or Russells13
Love your list Jason. Definitely with you on the 4R and JD Sib barrel strength store picks, and any Stagg Jr if I see them at $200 or less.
The rest of my list is kinda weird. I always buy Elijah Craig 94 proof Sib store picks (never the barrel proof Sib’s), Knob Creek Cask Strength Rye, Kentucky Spirit Sib store picks, pre-2021 ECBP batches, and any older bottles of Wild Turkey products from years past.
I try to always have a JD special release or a JDSBBP at all times. If I ever see another SiB Riverset Rye, I'm buying multiple. I also love Knob Creek single barrels, and George Remus single barrels.
Wow, a $100 for Eagle Rare. That is way more than I am willing to pay. I would much rather have a Baker's 7. I pretty much agree with the rest of your selections, however.
Freal, that is full secondary pricing for something that IMO is way too light to spend that kind of money on. I about lost my shit when he said he'd buy it at "$100 or cheaper." Cheaper by half, maybe! FFS
Love that purple label Virtue Spirits in the background! nice. #BourbonJunkies #VirtueSpirits
My shelf staples Woodford DO, ECBP, OF1910, WTRBBP, JDSB(Only JD product I like), KCSB. I know I can always count on these
I’ve always been into the Scotch single malts, but have recently been trying Bourbons, so far my favorite is the Eagle Rare and have 3 bottles.
Funny, I started the other way: bourbons first and recently into single malts! Eagle Rare is great for its price, but increasingly harder to find here in Canada
Was fortunate to get two bottles of Stagg @ retail this year. Want to get one more bottle before cracking.
ooooo i like this one. thanks buddy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Great video! I am always just a simple jack or bourbon and coke drinker, lower to mid grade. I wish i could enjoy these better brands for what they are worth and sip them for all the flavor they contain. Someday?
$100 for an ER???! Come on Jason C. That's a $35-40 bottle. At least in my state.
It's $60 in my state
That's the point. They are all over the place price wise. It's a 40-50 dollar bourbon. But some places it's even cheaper and some places it's marked up. Again...either way....I'm buying it.
that suprised me too. Distribution is wonky
40$ max in Germany.
I saw a video where they found ER on sale for $19....
Agree with you on Eagle Rare 10. If I see it on the shelf at my grocery store, I grab it because it won't be there for long. I have not paid anywhere close to $100 for it. I can't recall, but it's usually in the $60-ish range...?
Interesting that you have no Wellers on your list. That's another that I grab when I see it - but only if I can get it/them at my grocery store, because they're always marked way up at the chain ans and ma and pa shops.
I would love to see your bourbon collection that should be done
Yes, I too buy Stagg whenever I see it. That hasn’t happened in 5 years, aside from the one I saw in New Orleans this year, priced at $700.🤪
there are not many that will buy right away if i can always get them. i always have woodford double oaked and rare bread on my shelf. i will always get store picks of any whiskey i really enjoy. anything from wild turkey, BT, and old elk are my go to's right now.
Love this video. Your first 2 would be my top - 2 ECBP and KC12. After that there are several I never see. The only time I have seen Eagle Rare in 5 years is when I would have had to buy their tequila for $100 with it 🤦♂️
Nice choices! Would like to see a video of top 10 bourbons with great up front palettes like Elijah Craig Small Batch. Nose is cool, finish is cool. But what about that upfront experience?
WT Rare Breed Bourbon and FR small batch select are on my list. KC 12 at retail is a no brainer, so much flavor. It’s insane to think of paying $100 for ER 10, but we will get there. So many ppl I know would not touch a fine bourbon with a 10 foot pool 10 years ago and now claim to be whiskey connoisseurs.
Have 9 of your top 10 & backups on most, one has eluded me…. Lucky 7 - 14 or 15 year, poor or no distro in MI., & miss out on it in IL., hook me up 😊, great video JC 👍
Again, I am old enough to know that my Dr Harvard MD grandfather prescribed bourbon for a cold when I was 4. I am of legal drinking age, I love this topic. I am now only interested in figuring out how to taste everything I have collected. Still missing some. I have to day Benchmark single barrel but only because I am finishing up my 1st bottle. As I am working on finishing up a ECBP vertical fight solo (over many months) - C921 through C922 - I droo my thoughts at Stagg and 6 year plus MGP I have
Curious if Cigar Blend is still on the auto-buy list at retail. Feels like they are releasing more and more of this, the tasting notes have kind of fallen behind, and the batch to batch variations are so significant. This used to be an auto-buy for me but I've passed on this multiple times within the last month.
Found one Stagg bottle this week at Publix for 67.00 dollars. I couldn’t believe it. 😅
I started drinking bourbon about 15 years ago and ER10 quickly became my favorite. I never had a problem finding this for $30-35 until about 5 years ago and now it is almost a unicorn with most stores limiting purchases to a single bottle.
1. Russell's Single Barrel
2. Blade & Bow
3. Old Forester 1920
4. Eagle Rare
5. Saginaw Rye Double Oak
6. Maker's Mark 46 Cask Strength
7. Weller SR
8. Red Breast
9. Jack Daniels Single Barrel Barrel Proof
10. Widow Jane 10 Year
I love this list. What I don't love is that these bottles, with the exception of JD SBBP, are impossible for me to find unless I'm willing to pay 2 and 3 times retail. Some of these I've never even seen in person, and I've only ever had the chance to own and try the JD SBBP and Stagg (Jr Batch17). For detail, I live in upper middle TN.
We find the same trouble here in Canada
For a single barrel Bakers 7 is my go to. Agree with you on Eagle Rare such a solid bourbon here in Colorado its findable some stores have it around $59-69 lucked out and got one for $34 at a Total Wine in Denver earlier this year. Jason also lastly tried the Clermont Steep first time this week. I know you werent a fan but I loved it😋🥃
$60?? Holy cow. I'm glad I can still get it for $30.
@@lonewanderer3603 heck there are stores here in Colorado selling it for $109 for 750 ml I got a 1.75 L last year for that price 🥃🦅
@@Jared40 that's nuts. I have no problem getting it for $32 and sometimes on sale for $28.
@@lonewanderer3603 where do you live ??
@@Jared40 border of Washington/Oregon. I shop in Oregon because they don't have a 20% sin tax.
Stagg, EHT SB, ECBP and Russells SB is all in need.
Lucky seven is one of the best bourbon I have ever had unfortunately i am having problems finding it again in Massachusetts