re: What's a good brand whiskey to give as a gift to a whiskey snob?

Elmer T Lee

Old Crow

Old Carter

TX for under $40
Eagle Rare under $60
Garrison Brothers around $100.

For a single malt scotch get The Belvenie double barrel 12 year old

A whiskey snob? Oof.... There are some really expensive whiskeys out there.

IMO, go the opposite direction and get him some moonshine. Some of the flavors are pretty fun to try. It's not something a "serious" brooding afficionado would be into, but it's a good change of pace.

If you want a safe bet for a bourbon, the four roses single barrel is about as good as you can get for $50.

I picked up this stuff at Total Wine for my brother for Christmas and he said he's really enjoying it. I'm not a refined enough bourbon drinker to know why it's good or not.

Find some black market 10 Year Old Charter - nothing more snobbish than paying $500-$1000 a bottle for something that was $18 fifteen years ago. Eagle Rare is from the same distillery and as close to 10-year as you can get.
Charter 8 is literally lighter fluid and Charter 12 is too acidic and too aromatic for my taste. Their old 10 year old was the perfect blend between the bouquet and the buzz. Spent many countless nights with 10 year old Charter and Tiger Stadium Saturday nights. Sadly the distillery dumped all their 10, 8 and 12 into 4 year aged crap.

Also Calumet Farms is some really good stuff. I prefer the smoothness and aromatic pleasingness to be fuller and less acidic than Blanton’s. But I’ve never cared for Blanton’s, Woodford Reserve, or Booker’s.

Evans Williams bottled-in-bond is top shelf

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For a single malt scotch get The Belvenie double barrel 12 year old

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Double Barrel or Double Wood? I think it's the latter, but it's basically the same. The whisky is aged in two types of wood, in two different barrels -- and it's a really nice scotch.

Glenmorangie is also another nice scotch and they have several varieties, depending on what was in the barrel before the put their scotch in it. Glenmorangie won't break the bank either. The new varieties are good, but I go back to the classic when I'm wanting something that is not from Islay.