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About $20, I like Wild Turkey.
Ain’t bourbon, but for the same money, I really like Jack Rye.
I tried Jack Rye last fall and really liked it. It's probably what I'm more inclined to lean towards now. I'm going to try others eventually. Knowing nothing about ryes, it was a choice between Jack and Bulliet and I picked the Jack because it looked a little darker in color. I'll take Turkey or Beam for bourbon. Up here in AK there's no such thing as good "value" whiskey. It's all overpriced until you get into the boutique industrial solvents that the Canadians call whiskey.
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Well, is the 30 $ price point for a handle, or for a 5th? Therein would lie worlds of difference....
Far as lower end Bourbons go, Turkey 101 iWorks for me and hits the price point I believe. Somewhere very close to 30. For a half gallon I believe. Maybe a bit more. Below that, Early Times isn’t terrible. That’s as low as I’ll go. I stock Early Times on the regular just for mixing. $15.99 for a jug is solid. When I get home from the hospital I do 2-3 fingers of a sipping whiskey and then make a cocktail with ET.
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In the price range the OP mentioned:
Knob Creek or Jefferson's
Below price range:
Dickel, Williams or Beam
FJB & FJT
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$30 bucks up here, gets you Jim Beam white, some times Jim Beam black on special !
All else upwards from there.
Buffalo, Bulleit, Knob, Basil, Woodford etc all approaching $50.
Paul.
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Also was the Weller a bourbon or a whiskey? Asking for a friend.  All bourbon is whiskey, but not all whiskey is bourbon.
Last edited by mathman; 04/15/20. Reason: Removed statement in error.
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Evan Williams is decent (bettr than Jim Beam IMO) but Old Barton is by far the best cheap whiskey. I pay %13.99 for fifth. Up my dollar chain next would be Old Forrester and up from there is Bowman Brothers. I won't pay any more than that. - VOB is just fine.
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Been on a bourbon holiday since the lockdown. Looking to buy a few bottles tomorrow now that I’m off for a couple days. I know such things are ultimately subjective but what do you guys like in the $30 or less price point?
Ran through ryes recently. Enjoyed the spice but want to move on. I made a scene at Costco with Basil Hayden’s @ $29.99 a pop.
What say the fire, when it comes to a “value” bourbon? Woodson.... If you can get basil Hayden’s for $30, and $30 happens to be in your range then your search is over. Jim beam is my cheaper go to and Costco basil Hayden’s is as good as it gets for cost/value.. Buffalo Trace sucks I’m thinking the same. That said, BH, IMO, is “too smooth”. It may sound ignorant because I don’t know how else to describe it. Seems like it is missing a bit of “bite” for my liking. Sounds like my best friend. Says it has to burn to be good. Nope. Why would I drink something that hurts or burns. When there is others out that are smooth.
We can keep Larry Root and all his idiotic blabber and user names on here, but we can't get Ralph back..... Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, over....
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There is a difference between hurts or burns and bite. Rye whiskey can have a spicy bite and not burn.
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Thats an individual thing and MUCH worse since I got dentures.. whats mild to most is irritating to me totally.
I"m pretty much down to weak drinks, or something with honey which is usually less alcohol. There are a few I can still deal with straight but on ice. Bulleit 10 year old. And Laphroaig which isn't bourbon.
But even up to then there was no need to drink something that had bite when you could get flavor without bite.
Just my take on it.
We can keep Larry Root and all his idiotic blabber and user names on here, but we can't get Ralph back..... Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, over....
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Yup.
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Not all bourbons:
Crown Royal Black
Crown Heroes Blend
Knob Creek 100
George Dickel No. 12
Woodford Reserve
Pendleton
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Hands down...no better bourbon for the price, Evan Williams. Around here 15.99 a liter,and an excellent Bourbon. Yep, Evan Williams, especially the "1783", is a great bourbon.
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i never acquired a taste for bourbon, sad to say. an inexpensive whiskey that works for me is canadian mist. it became the afternoon dram for a very wealthy, but frugal, canadian scottish maternal uncle late in his life. he put a shot in my hand with a healthy splash of water after i drove long hours to visit him shortly before he died, and it was the perfect post road trip, one drink, relaxant. since then i tend to keep a pint in a suitcase for my travels, and in his memory.
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Evan Williams Bonded is my regular stock. If I feel like splurging and its in stock, Colonel Taylor. Knob Creek 100 was my next in line but the hipsters have found it and the price went up.
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Rebel Yell and Elijah Craig.
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Wild Turkey. If you gotta get drunk on the absolute cheap, Old Crow is palatable.
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Beam for mixing, Bulleit for sipping. I have half-bottle of Booker's but only break it out when good friends visit.
Wild Turkey 101 if it's on sale. Four Roses is a surprising value.
Might have to try some Evan Williams, as I think it's been 25 years.
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I just tried Larceny. A bit over $20.00 for 750ml and pretty good neat.
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I don’t think you can beat Four Roses for under $20 a bottle as a best buy.
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Thats an individual thing and MUCH worse since I got dentures.. whats mild to most is irritating to me totally.
I"m pretty much down to weak drinks, or something with honey which is usually less alcohol. There are a few I can still deal with straight but on ice. Bulleit 10 year old. And Laphroaig which isn't bourbon.
But even up to then there was no need to drink something that had bite when you could get flavor without bite.
Just my take on it. The bite is what makes it good for some drinkers
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