re: Whiskey/Bourbon/Scotch appreciation thread

Whisky Wednesday brah

I really like rhetoric!

I have spent the last month reading through this great thread and have about another 50 pages to go. Good stuff! I see a lot of comments on very good buys for $30 or less. I am willing to pay a little more for better stuff but there are so many good choices in the $50 to $100 range. Here is a tougher question: what are your top five favorites under $100 that are reasonably available?

What he said plus these

Blanton's
Rock Hill farm
Bookers

What's retail on the 4RSBLE14?

Alexander's and calandros barrel select - check

Plenty left. It's an oeso 11 yr 5 months

No one in BR drinks 4 roses except us.

I am surprised to see Buffalo Trace on that list over the likes of Knob Creek SB, Bulleit 10, Russels Reserve SB and Elijah Craig. I guess I need to try some.

It would be interesting to see other lists. Anybody else want to give it a try?

yea i need to get over to Alexanders to grab one of theirs.

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Doesn't Bulleit use Four Roses juice? I can't be all bad with that origin. Isn't rhetoric an NDP too? I believe Rhetoric and Bulleit are both made by Diageo.

I understand the distain for NDP's. No pedigree.

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The Bulleit one is a topic of debate. Diageo owns Bulleit and buys white dog from Four Roses, Brown-Forman, Constellation and Jim Beam. It's all aged at the old S/W. Some say Diageo blends their white dog, some say they dont.

Rhetoric is not a brand per se, so not an NDP. Rhetoric is old whiskey Diageo acquired during a purchase that has had a gimmicky marketing push applied to it. I think Rhetoric came from Bernhiem along with Barterhouse and Blowhard.