![]() The nose offers up all sorts of notes, and the finish is nice and long. It has a high rye mash bill (35% rye) and definitely delivers on that spiciness, but it does so without having that overwhelm everything else going on. Four Roses Single Barrel rivals many more expensive bourbons at half the price. Okay, you want a bourbon that’s a stunner and doesn’t break the bank? This is it. It might not be our favorite bourbon, but it’s something you should try and it’s far from bad. ![]() What you’re left with is a truly unique bourbon that’s very smooth. Smaller barrels means more surface to liquid contact. It’s also unique because it’s aged in much smaller barrels than normal. What does that mean for you? This bourbon, like all bourbons with plenty of corn, has a sweeter profile, so if you have a sweet tooth, this could be the bottle for you. It’s rare to see a distiller opt for this much corn. It allows them to customize their mash bill to fit their taste, since different grains produce different flavors. Bourbon, by definition, has to be at least 51% corn and most distillers we’ve seen hug that fairly closely. The first bourbon to be distilled in New York makes this list for its high corn mash bill, at 90% corn and 10% malted barley. There’s corn, wheat, rye, barley, and the rarely used spelt, giving this a more diverse flavor than its competition. Most bourbons are made from a mix of different grains, but usually it’s varying levels of corn, with rye making up the rest. Their bourbon is similar in that it shirks a few conventions. Our main introduction to the Watershed Distillery was their bottled Old Fashioned, a great time saving premade cocktail though not exactly something you’d expect to come in a bottle (and not nearly as good when it does). Super smooth and approachable, but still with plenty of complexity to make those tiny taste bud brains kick into gear. Just missing the Pappy threshold means Buffalo Trace used it to make W.L. Weller 12 Year is Pappy that didn’t quite make the cut to become Pappy. That’s because it’s basically, for all intents and purposes, Pappy-or at least a slightly inferior Pappy. The wheated bourbon is about the closest you’ll come to experiencing what a young Pappy tastes like. Seriously, this is a small batch bourbon you can, and should, get. The taste is approachable but still full of flavor. ![]() Fitzgerald’s propensity to sneak into warehouses and steal the best barrels for his use. From Heaven Hill, this wheated bourbon gets its name from John E. Want a tremendous bottle that’s less than 30 bucks? Get yourself some John E. Like we said, some bourbons on this list will be pricey, very pricey, but not all are. It’s a cheaper, high quality option that looks great on a bar cart and will be hard to throw away when you finally finish the can. There’s a heavy sweetness to this bourbon, thanks to the coffee finish it gets. We’ve already tried their moonshine, which was delicious and made it onto its respective bucket list, so their bourbon is a natural addition to this bucket list. But we could avoid all that skepticism with Stillhouse. Weller 12 is too rich for your blood, then Weller's Special Reserve, available for around $50 bottle, is a worthwhile consolation prize.Whiskey in an oil can sounds like one of those classic marketing ploys where someone makes a cool bottle or package and then fill it with a mediocre whiskey. Now, technically Weller 12-year has a list price of only $40-but the association with Pappy means it's impossible to find anywhere near that number. “Of course they’re different if you try them side-by-side, but they have a similar flavor profile.” ![]() Weller are the same liquid with the same mash bill,” Kim adds. Weller is a solid fallback if you want Pappy flavors but don't have an in with a distributor who gets an allocation (or you can't blow a grand or more on a bottle of bourbon). The Flatiron Room's Young Kim agrees that W.L. “The 12-year used to be easy to find,” laments Susan Reigler, “but then Julian Van Winkle let slip that he chooses barrels of Weller to make Pappy Van Winkle." If you've been drinking whiskey at all in the last 15 years or so, you know Pappy as the once-cult, now-impossible-to-find status bourbon. Weller, made by Buffalo Trace, is a wheated bourbon-meaning that in addition to the 51 percent required corn, you’ll find wheat on the mash bill instead of the more typical rye. ![]()
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