Best bourbon under $50?

[Grogmister]

Little bit of a story behind this one...

Back in May, I got an e-mail at work. It was a medical equipment leasing salesman offering me some fancy wine for an introductory meeting. I ignored because I am not a wine drinker and figured it was spam. June rolls around, and he send another e-mail "if wine isn't your thing, how about whiskey" and proceeded to offer a bottle of Macallan Scotch. I gave it a few days and decided to simple respond with "Not a scotch fan, I prefer Bourbon". Shortly thereafter I got a meeting invite for a 30 minute introductory call and a note asking for the address for the bourbon...This arrived from UPS today! Extremely excited as I have been wanting to try it. Review to follow when I get a chance to enjoy it.View attachment 368635

Your going to like it. Its good and smooth

 

[Creedmoor]

Was out today an I got a call that it was my turn for this. I got on the list for one of my brothers.


While out I picked this up on discount at a Meijers.

 

[Brandon]

Eagle rare is good.

 

[glank09]

Well...the Eagle Rare was no my cup of tea. It was definitely not bad but far from my favorite.

We did get to try some things at a JA fundraiser last night. Most notable being a few products from West Fork Whiskey Company. I got to try their Wheated Bourbon, BIB Wheated Bourbon, and their High Rye. All three were fantastic. What they do with the rye in a Wheated bourbon I am a HUGE fan of! Also...the high eye was extremely smooth and easy drinking.

 

[510picker]

Picked this up at Sam’s in Bloomington for $52.98. Very good!!

 

[Ingomike]

Picked this up at Sam’s in Bloomington for $52.98. Very good!!
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The rye is also very good…

 

[510picker]

The rye is also very good…

That's what I hear. I hope to try it too.

 

[Brandon]

Anyone tried this?

 

[Ballstater98]

Anyone tried this?View attachment 369439

I was a little disappointed in it.

 

[jerrob]

Picked this up at Sam’s in Bloomington for $52.98. Very good!!
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Ya got yourself a bargain.

 

[ghuns]

Wife went with the girls to Cuyahoga National Park to hike around this weekend. Got thirsty and headed into a local liquor store. Guy working there was just stocking the shelves with Weller.

She grabbed an Antique and a SR. When she was checking out, the guy said, technically, I should only sell you one of these. But he let her have both, just rang up two separate purchases. Wife turned to her friend and said, don't you think your husband would like this? Her friend was like, nah. The wife was like, no. I think he'd REALLY enjoy this, as she handed her friend our credit card.

I wanna be a hardcore, free market libertarian, but damn. I do love me some Ohio state controlled liquor stores.

 

[armalitesheepdog]

Off topic somewhat but I went on a service call here. Very cool. BTW I not really a drinker

 

[firecadet613]

Off topic somewhat but I went on a service call here. Very cool. BTW I not really a drinker

They have an amazing tour!

Pro tip - go on a weekday, mid week, first tour of the day. My wife and I had our own private tour and the 50 person bus to ourselves.

 

[SheepDog4Life]

Wife went with the girls to Cuyahoga National Park to hike around this weekend. Got thirsty and headed into a local liquor store. Guy working there was just stocking the shelves with Weller.

She grabbed an Antique and a SR. When she was checking out, the guy said, technically, I should only sell you one of these. But he let her have both, just rang up two separate purchases. Wife turned to her friend and said, don't you think your husband would like this? Her friend was like, nah. The wife was like, no. I think he'd REALLY enjoy this, as she handed her friend our credit card.

I wanna be a hardcore, free market libertarian, but damn. I do love me some Ohio state controlled liquor stores.

That's awesome!

I love me some Weller SR, at MSRP it's hard to beat.

The Antique 107 I've tried twice while out to dinner (different restaurants) and have not been impressed for some weird reason... prefer the SR.

ETA: Especially weird because, over time, I've come to prefer BiB +/- proof bourbons.