re: Whiskey - Grade school thru graduation...what is next??

This! A million times better than bookers for a cask strength bourbon. The whole sazerac cask strength is worth buying when you can find it (William Larue Weller, Thomas Handy Sazerac, and George T Stagg). Weller is wheated, Stagg is classic rye finished bourbon and sazerac is a rye whiskey. All pulled directly out of the barrel uncut or filtered, high alcohol but easy to cut with a touch of good water, and in very limited quantities. In my many years in the industry I never understood the love for blantons outside of the cool bottle. It's truly a mediocre product for its high price point running off the reputation of the "original" single barrel bourbon.