Rex & Daniel come across a very reasonably priced BIB Bourbon and compare to the classic budget Early Times. Big thanks to Tim Vassberg for the bottle. Cheers ya MB!
@@Vortex1988 I started hearing this months ago and there is still ZERO information on google about a sale to Buffalo trace. I bought a case but now I’m realizing there was no need to do that.....
@@Vortex1988 It was bought by Sazerac, not Buffalo Trace. Sazerac owns BT, but they also own Barton Distilleries (Very Old Barton and 1792) which I'm speculating will be the distillery producing Early Times going forward.
Surprised you guys didn’t mention the recent sale of this brand and the remaining stock to Sazerac. Hoping it remains a readily available budget offering. One of the best values around. Praying it doesn’t go the way of Heaven Hill Bottled in Bond etc.
Bourbon Junkies did a blind tasting and the Sazerac branded one wasn't as good to them. Probably still a great deal for the price, but it used to be a gem.
The ending of this was a good... /cap/... to the episode. I always forget just how many distilleries the Beam family has been involved in. Astonishing stuff.
Do you ever get different notes, when nosing a whiskey, depending on which nostril the glass it's under? I have found that one side is more of the softer smells predominately like vanilla and brown sugar and the other side is sharper notes like wood and citrus. I still get all the smells on both sides, just a little different depending on where the glass is positioned.
The regular Early Times isn't a blend of bourbon and light whiskey. It's just used barrel bourbon aged for 3 years. They fill up their used bourbon barrels with bourbon and age it as a bottom shelf option. Early Times bourbon is just the same distillate aged in new oak. What's unique about ET is the used of a heat cycled warehouse. That's why the whiskey is fairly dark and complex for the age.
Been with you guys from the beginning. I am shocked you didn’t know about this gem. I am more surprised how your interest increased after you heard the price. I would recommend doing a blind tasting of this bourbon to your favorites regardless of the price and see how it holds up. I would bet it would be high on the list regardless of price. Also at the time of this review I believe Sazerac bought the line which makes me wonder if BF is releasing the best juice now. Just a thought but I look forward to your response if you actually read the comments
Just got home from grabbing my first bottle of this one, had to dig to find it at my local shop. Some magnificent bastard must have hidden it behind the old crow.... but I, as a mootch in training, discovered it and ran gleefully to the counter. $26 in west GA currently!! Gonna put the kids to bed, fire up some Vikings on the history channel and have a glass. Skol!!!
"It's Bourbon Night" turned me on to this one a while back. One of my all time favorite budget bourbons. Now let me go stock up on a few hundred bottles before you guys make it too popular.. lmao
@@AlphaOneActual This is true, but I can still find ET BiB on the shelf frequently.. Unlike Buffalo Trace, Eagle Rare, and the Weller line that I used to see everywhere 2 years ago. lol
@@heavylift47 it’s funny how different parts of the country have shortages of the same bourbons that are easily found in other areas. I never see Early Times bib and very rarely see Weller products here in southern CA, yet there’s stacks of Buffalo Trace and Eagle Rare everywhere.
I'd love to see a review on 'early times old reserve'. I've just found it in a store I work in. its a hidden gem in my eyes especially for the price! I picked up 3 bottles for £15 each where I am!!
Early Time BIB, my current favorite. My nose picks up strong tobacco. It fills the mouth and the flavor lingers. Good stuff! Hey is the mooch wearing an ankle monitor on his pocket?
NOOOOOO Don't tell everybody, the last time you gave away the goose on something this good I disappeared in my area. I'm mostly kidding, i think the Saz buyout is gonna be a bigger factor than a UA-cam video.
great review! SP means Store Pick btw lol. I know this is an older video though, but I picked up to Early times BIB bottles for the first time and was curious to see what others thought.
And y’all should’ve noted that The Bottled in Bond is also 1 liter for $20 not just a fifth so it’s really on par with Evan Williams bottled in bond that runs $15 per 750ml.
Question: I know that Whiskey doesn’t bottle-age, but...could it? Is there anything you could do to a bottle before you put the whiskey in that would make it age more once it’s in the bottle?
Started my Bourbon journey with Knob Creek store select but stepped back to Early Times Bottled in Bond for my daily driver. I’m a old fashioned guy, so there is no need to put a $50 750ML in a mixed drink
True. Try it on ice, then with a few drops of water, then neat, and never look back. You’ll taste all the flavors. With that said, however you like it is how you should drink it my friend.
Mother Love Bone / Andrew Wood mentioned this bourbon in their song Bone China.. I said oh, oh, she be dancing by the moonlit sky I'm talkin' to you Oh, oh, she be drinking all my Early Times Oh, oh, she be movin' like a butterfly
I love this channel and I love you guys but I want to admit here that I’m a sort of disappointed that I haven’t gotten more information about the dry week other than one video featuring the old Forrester single barrel. I know that there is not more information to give but in reality I benefit from the constant reminder in every video. Just a thought.
I was flipping through some of the first videos and I am astonished that at that time Rex actually looked like a decent upstanding member of society with his short manicured beard and plaid button up. Now he is just some sort of mooch whisky creature that is in need of a haircut and a shave. Daniel you haven’t changed a bit. Have you been placed under some immortal hobbit curse??
You'll probably need to re-review this one after they start bottling different juice, since the Early Times brand has been sold to Sazerac (Buffalo Trace and Barton Distillery).
I don't get the screw top botles.. Either the whisky is ment to be transfered to a decanter or the cork is really expensive ( is it? ) or the whisky is ment to be consumed in 2-3 weeks tops because oxidazation is really fast on it with screw tops..
I picked up a bottle the other day, and I quite like it! however they seemed to have cheaped out on the cap since your video. now its an all foil cap that deforms in trying to unseal it, and doesn't stay on, so use a stopper. honestly, for the quality it deserves a cork.
The tribe had the Brown Foreman version, Early times was recently acquired by Sazerac and changed the bottle to a metal cap. I've heard after the sale to Sazerac it's not as good.
@@bryansorbo7622from my experience with it its pretty good for the price. Although I did eventually butter-wash the contents just so I could have some butter bourbon on hand to add to my infinity bottle as needed. It really sets off the blend, and you can use the resulting bourbon butter to make cookies with.
I agree I always throw the cap out and stick the cork I used from the last bottle in it. I did notice aa difference in mouth sizes on some of the bottles. I just poured the E.T. from the new bottle into the one I have a cork to fit to fix that.
There is a store close by that has ET BiB for 25. I’ve heard good things but I’m not getting my hopes up. Freshness seal is weird, I’ve never seen that
Now that Buffalo Trace will be making it, I'm betting it will not be as good in the future. Too me, most of the younger stuff from Buffalo Trace just taste off.
Wow, I think the Chicago market just got it in Q3 '22 & it already seems like quite a few bashed this out of the thrill to chase, now it just seems like a fuddy duddy.
I think you guys missed the most important piece of information. Early Times is what Biff Tannen spiked the punch with in Back to the Future!
Was that before or after the future Biff traveled back? ;)
Morning Guys. 😁. For my fellows Vets in the Tribe.. Thank You for your service... Happy Veterans Day. 🥃🇺🇲
Haven't found it yet in Southwestern Ohio.
Take this down before the serfs learn about my low price gold.
@@Vortex1988 well I am super glad no one has found out around me
Get some old granddad BiB
@@Vortex1988 I started hearing this months ago and there is still ZERO information on google about a sale to Buffalo trace. I bought a case but now I’m realizing there was no need to do that.....
@@Vortex1988 It was bought by Sazerac, not Buffalo Trace. Sazerac owns BT, but they also own Barton Distilleries (Very Old Barton and 1792) which I'm speculating will be the distillery producing Early Times going forward.
"...serfs" ? Excuse me, Trump lost the 2020 Election.
Enabling USA citizens to dodge that bogus serfdom.
I just bought and poured my first bottle of Early Times today. Great bottle for the price and I feel it should be mentioned it’s 100 proof as well.
It was mentioned that's what bottle in bond signifys
Surprised you guys didn’t mention the recent sale of this brand and the remaining stock to Sazerac. Hoping it remains a readily available budget offering. One of the best values around. Praying it doesn’t go the way of Heaven Hill Bottled in Bond etc.
Havent seen it since!
HH BIB used to be my favorite faithful bottle and mow it is more of a white buffalo
And of course Sazerac starts selling their trade mark commodity, which is actually scarcity and not Whiskey as some believe.
Bourbon Junkies did a blind tasting and the Sazerac branded one wasn't as good to them. Probably still a great deal for the price, but it used to be a gem.
@@eafarrar it’s the same product until 2024. Brown Forman is still supplying the barrels to sazerac.
Thanks for the review guys. I'm always looking for another good budget BiB.
Great conversation and I hope the bottle makes it into my market up here. I love these budget BiB offerings. Cheers!
I was looking for this review last night and when I saw it was posted today, I couldn’t help but feel like I manifested it into existence
Finally! I feel like this one was long overdue.
They had to get through all the 14 month old whiskeys from Idaho finished in piss barrels
Just in time for me to never find it again. Good thing I don’t watch these for up to date info.
My local shop already has a 2 bottle limit on this... It'll never be found again now.
I tried Early Times about 6 months ago. I like it. It's very cheap under $23.00 in Oregon. Thanks for sharing.
I love Early Times BiB! I get a lot of peanuts in it. And $20 for a Liter is ridiculous!
P.S. SP=Store Pick
Yes it’s next best thing to old forester 1920 prohibition which I only buy at Christmas
One of the best values out there. This is always on my shelf.
I love the editor, damn he gets me every time
Haven't heard about this one yet, but I will go look for it this weekend! 🤩
I love how Daniel tries so hard to hide his nerdiness, but he can’t help it when he gets excited...”Hell to the Yeah!!!”
The ending of this was a good... /cap/... to the episode.
I always forget just how many distilleries the Beam family has been involved in. Astonishing stuff.
Was I the only one that caught the Hobbit joke? “They only gave you sting....” well played Rex.
If I'm not mistaken Sazerac acquired Early Times BIB from Brown Foreman. Unfortunately
Holy 💩, I finally found some at an AL ABC store for $25. I bought 4!
It's always in Cullman
Do you ever get different notes, when nosing a whiskey, depending on which nostril the glass it's under? I have found that one side is more of the softer smells predominately like vanilla and brown sugar and the other side is sharper notes like wood and citrus. I still get all the smells on both sides, just a little different depending on where the glass is positioned.
Just bought a bottle today after hunting forever... and man it did not disappoint!. $27 bucks a liter!..can't go wrong with that
The regular Early Times isn't a blend of bourbon and light whiskey. It's just used barrel bourbon aged for 3 years. They fill up their used bourbon barrels with bourbon and age it as a bottom shelf option. Early Times bourbon is just the same distillate aged in new oak. What's unique about ET is the used of a heat cycled warehouse. That's why the whiskey is fairly dark and complex for the age.
Is that a Brown Foreman thing? 1920 also has amazing flavors and is NAS like Early Times BiB.
@@irider1201 ET BiB is 11% rye, OF products are 18%...
Thought I was the only one who noticed their error about regular Early Times for a minute.
This is one of my faaaaavorite bourbons
One of my favorite daily drinkers.
Great for breakfast, too!
Been with you guys from the beginning. I am shocked you didn’t know about this gem. I am more surprised how your interest increased after you heard the price. I would recommend doing a blind tasting of this bourbon to your favorites regardless of the price and see how it holds up. I would bet it would be high on the list regardless of price. Also at the time of this review I believe Sazerac bought the line which makes me wonder if BF is releasing the best juice now. Just a thought but I look forward to your response if you actually read the comments
It seems to me at this stage of the channel, a bottom shelf bourbon is not very exciting/interesting for a mootch and scotch guy.
I haven't been able to find any store that carries this (Early Times BIB) 😞 would love to try it.
Great video guys 👍👍
Upvote for the fact that it’s a 1L bottle for $20! It easily outpunches others in the $40-$50 category.
I know I'm late.... but you guys are great.... here in Maryland we can't get early times @ all , would love to try it ☹
Just got home from grabbing my first bottle of this one, had to dig to find it at my local shop. Some magnificent bastard must have hidden it behind the old crow.... but I, as a mootch in training, discovered it and ran gleefully to the counter. $26 in west GA currently!! Gonna put the kids to bed, fire up some Vikings on the history channel and have a glass. Skol!!!
"It's Bourbon Night" turned me on to this one a while back. One of my all time favorite budget bourbons. Now let me go stock up on a few hundred bottles before you guys make it too popular.. lmao
Sazerac’s acquisition of ET BiB already made Early Times BiB popular
@@AlphaOneActual This is true, but I can still find ET BiB on the shelf frequently.. Unlike Buffalo Trace, Eagle Rare, and the Weller line that I used to see everywhere 2 years ago. lol
@@heavylift47 Trace is in Walmarts in my area (AZ) its very common, but Eagle Rare is hard to find and Well straight up doesn't exist.
@@heavylift47 it’s funny how different parts of the country have shortages of the same bourbons that are easily found in other areas. I never see Early Times bib and very rarely see Weller products here in southern CA, yet there’s stacks of Buffalo Trace and Eagle Rare everywhere.
'" in the world of muppets I was the drummer" - Another classic Daniel quote. Meme it!
I'd love to see a review on 'early times old reserve'. I've just found it in a store I work in. its a hidden gem in my eyes especially for the price! I picked up 3 bottles for £15 each where I am!!
May be an international only release
Early Time BIB, my current favorite. My nose picks up strong tobacco. It fills the mouth and the flavor lingers. Good stuff!
Hey is the mooch wearing an ankle monitor on his pocket?
You totally did not mention that the early times is a 1 L bottle not a 750 ml
Wonder if ET changes with the bottling a after being acquired by Sarazac/Buffalo Trace in the future?
Kershaw Leek! Great knife Daniel!
MBs the Lagavulin is missing from the Quintessential shelf. It has been replaced by the inferior Laphroig 10
NOOOOOO Don't tell everybody, the last time you gave away the goose on something this good I disappeared in my area. I'm mostly kidding, i think the Saz buyout is gonna be a bigger factor than a UA-cam video.
Statler and Waldorf would be a great name for a Bourbon sounds super classy
great review! SP means Store Pick btw lol. I know this is an older video though, but I picked up to Early times BIB bottles for the first time and was curious to see what others thought.
The Brown Foreman juice tasted very much like Col EH Taylor Small Batch BiB for half the price. A definite win.😊
I can't find it hear in TN. Has anyone else found it.?
I tried this back to back with blade and bow. In my opinion Early Times BiB won.
That Googling was so intense... VERY INTENSE!!!!
Didn't know you were a drummer, Daniel! I'll raise a dram to a fellow whiskey-loving drummer :)
And y’all should’ve noted that The Bottled in Bond is also 1 liter for $20 not just a fifth so it’s really on par with Evan Williams bottled in bond that runs $15 per 750ml.
Whoo first comment. Hello from South Africa :-) Love the content by the way!
Almost Svante was First, you are second:)
Anyhow!
Cheers you magnificent bastards!
@@GlossRabban Dam so close :) haha ... Cheers you magnificent bastard! Sipping on a lovely Bains whisky at the moment
I need to send some Bains and Three Ships 10yr from South Africa. Amazing stuff :)
Does Rex have a SPOT device on in case he gets lost in the Distillery ?
You should do the Bim Jeam and source it from the same warehouse Jim Beam is kept in. As a sort of a limited run collaboration.
What is the medallion you're wearing?
The Whistlepig 10 aged at 16 is usually a SP-Store Pick
I have I think four bottles of Early Times BIB stored away as my "Emergency Bourbon"
Anyone here from the UK or Ireland know anywhere that sells Early Times BIB over here ? Can't find it anywhere. Cheers
Could the comment about the whistle pig 10 SP mean store pick?
Alright Lads, quick question .Why can`t I find this in the U.K.?
Still $22 for the liter here in Texas. I don’t think I’ve had anything that beats it at that price.
Question:
I know that Whiskey doesn’t bottle-age, but...could it? Is there anything you could do to a bottle before you put the whiskey in that would make it age more once it’s in the bottle?
You possibly could if you added charred oak in it.
I’ll try today
What band bands was Daniel in??
Wow the Bourbon Junkies gonna love your review of this bourbon, Sean and Dan are always pimping this brand. Lol. (:
Because it’s good.
@@jmbzrx1200 I have heard good things just not found a bottle yet. (:
Started my Bourbon journey with Knob Creek store select but stepped back to Early Times Bottled in Bond for my daily driver. I’m a old fashioned guy, so there is no need to put a $50 750ML in a mixed drink
True. Try it on ice, then with a few drops of water, then neat, and never look back. You’ll taste all the flavors. With that said, however you like it is how you should drink it my friend.
Early Times blended... the Canadian of bourbon.
ET isn't blended
Mother Love Bone / Andrew Wood mentioned this bourbon in their song Bone China..
I said oh, oh, she be dancing by the moonlit sky
I'm talkin' to you
Oh, oh, she be drinking all my Early Times
Oh, oh, she be movin' like a butterfly
Googling Intensifies, the name of my new band! We're a smooth jazz/death metal fusion, all acoustic band.
Don't lie to yourselves, fellas.
In the world of The Muppets, y'all are two old guys up in the balcony.
For the record, they were my favorites.
When are we going to get a video of the tower in the back?! Make it happen!
This is low key great bourbon.
Daniel ; " I've never crossed swords!".
So funny you guys are like Laura’s and hardy just balance so well
I love this channel and I love you guys but I want to admit here that I’m a sort of disappointed that I haven’t gotten more information about the dry week other than one video featuring the old Forrester single barrel. I know that there is not more information to give but in reality I benefit from the constant reminder in every video. Just a thought.
G'day gentlemen, love ya work! My fav dad joke,
"What do you call a guy who hangs out with musicians ?
A drummer" . My son is a drummer. 😂
Top notch editor trolling with the [googling intensifies] stuff
I can't find it anywhere near me in Northern Illinois
I think it was Whistlepig 10 SB, for single barrel.
Even vanilla ice would make fun of you for "hells to the yeah"
It is a good deal for a $20 bottle. But the fact that you get an extra 250 ML makes a big difference. An extra 1/3 of a bottle!
I was flipping through some of the first videos and I am astonished that at that time Rex actually looked like a decent upstanding member of society with his short manicured beard and plaid button up. Now he is just some sort of mooch whisky creature that is in need of a haircut and a shave. Daniel you haven’t changed a bit. Have you been placed under some immortal hobbit curse??
You'll probably need to re-review this one after they start bottling different juice, since the Early Times brand has been sold to Sazerac (Buffalo Trace and Barton Distillery).
I don't get the screw top botles.. Either the whisky is ment to be transfered to a decanter or the cork is really expensive ( is it? ) or the whisky is ment to be consumed in 2-3 weeks tops because oxidazation is really fast on it with screw tops..
I just finished off the 1.0 lt I had.
You guys should review Truffalo Base. I heard it's almost as good as Bim Jeam.
I picked up a bottle the other day, and I quite like it! however they seemed to have cheaped out on the cap since your video. now its an all foil cap that deforms in trying to unseal it, and doesn't stay on, so use a stopper. honestly, for the quality it deserves a cork.
The tribe had the Brown Foreman version, Early times was recently acquired by Sazerac and changed the bottle to a metal cap. I've heard after the sale to Sazerac it's not as good.
@@bryansorbo7622from my experience with it its pretty good for the price. Although I did eventually butter-wash the contents just so I could have some butter bourbon on hand to add to my infinity bottle as needed. It really sets off the blend, and you can use the resulting bourbon butter to make cookies with.
I agree I always throw the cap out and stick the cork I used from the last bottle in it. I did notice aa difference in mouth sizes on some of the bottles. I just poured the E.T. from the new bottle into the one I have a cork to fit to fix that.
There is a store close by that has ET BiB for 25. I’ve heard good things but I’m not getting my hopes up. Freshness seal is weird, I’ve never seen that
dates all the way back to the beginnings of dad jokes
I thought the bottle lord song was from the BN adverts aha
Daniel, what's a vegetal?
I love this bottle. I get a Ferrero Rocher chocolate candy taste to it.
Thi is my all time favorite right next to Buffalo Trace.
Daniel's Kermit and Rex is Miss Piggy!
Rex is shedding? Daniel is as smooth as a cue ball!
Early times bonded is like a good hearty woman stays with you lingerly
Now that Buffalo Trace will be making it, I'm betting it will not be as good in the future. Too me, most of the younger stuff from Buffalo Trace just taste off.
Yep totally agree 👍
Not only not as good, but allocated, expensive, and impossible to find.
Wow, I think the Chicago market just got it in Q3 '22 & it already seems like quite a few bashed this out of the thrill to chase, now it just seems like a fuddy duddy.
Best budget bottle
And don’t forget we’re kicking off Dry Week with a NEW episode of.... ANCIENT ALIENS! And you KNOW it’s true because it’s on the History Channel!👽
Tell people you hate it please. I like this one to much to not be able to find it anymore haha
Muppet reference - Rex is Beaker to Daniel’s Dr. Bunsen Honeydew
I hate that we in Germany can´t get that stuff. I´m a sucker for budget bourbon... But we got WT101 and BT
SP- store pick?
Get a big ass bottle of Early Times 18 bucks, pretty good for the money