When someone talks about bourbon over $100 a bottle, you know they are talking about rare products. Bourbon whiskey is usually quite cheap. Therefore, for a bottle of wine to reach triple digits, one must either 1) hardly find juice, or 2) earnestly (or even exceed) the hype. It is almost always marked on retail shelves.
Whether these bottles are worth it is up to you. However, when you can buy two or three bottles of perfect bourbon at the same price as a bottle, the conversation about quality and value becomes a little fuzzy.
When selecting our favorite 10 bottles with a price between US$100 and US$125, we use taste as the only parameter. As always, these are general prices, not suggested retail prices. If you can drive to the winery, some of these bottles may be much cheaper. If you have a liquor clerk who specializes in tracking the bourbon market, the clocks of others may triple.
The limited edition of Redemption is related to the barreling process. Whiskey first mashed 60% corn, 36% rye and 4% malted barley into a paste. Then, the heavy rye juice is aged for ten years. Then, the redemption team sorted these barrels to find the most suitable barrels.
The whole nut bean (husk or oil) has a nutty feel to a certain extent, while the light floral fragrance is fresh…almost wet. The taste gradually deviates, indulging in eggnog spice, rich butter toffee, pecans and walnuts, cedar and silky vanilla texture. The end is long and there is a hint of lemon curd far away, leading to those eggnog spice and egginess creaminess, plus a little high-intensity hum.
This is a complicated straw. A high ABV will tempt you to add a piece of rock, which will open up more lemon, cedar and nut-like natural flavors. In the end, this proves the power of choosing large barrels from MGP’s famous warehouse.
George T. Stagg (George T. Stagg) is this older, more expensive entrance, and is now killing the bourbon game. The juice is usually eight to nine-year-old bourbon, produced at Buffalo Trace, and there is no need to fuss, chop or filter when dividing and bottling. The result is the award-winning bourbon, whose MSRP is getting harder and harder to find.
67.2% of ABV has a unique and rich molasses with the smell of pecans, dark and bold holiday spices and vanilla oil on the nose. The palate maintains these flavors and adds the sweetness of cherries and the aromas of woody apple and toffee in the background. The ending is long and hot, leaving a spicy tobacco hum on your tongue and feeling.
For ABV, this is a bit hot for us. A small amount of water or ice does help make the overwhelming hum and warmth come out, as well as the fruity, nutty, and sweeter molasses flavors.
This single barrel expression from the Garrison Brothers in Texas (Hay) and the Garrison Brothers in Texas (Hay) focuses on highlighting the grain glass craftsmanship of the craft brewery. The juice is made by mashing 74% of local white corn, 15% of soft red winter wheat grown on the estate, and 11% of Canadian malted barley. Then, rest this spirit for three to five years, or until it is proven and bottled correctly.
The nose will have the fragrance of cedar, cherry, old leather, vanilla, caramelized corn and sour apple. The palate favors that sweet cherry, accompanied by dried cedar, followed by Red Hots, angel food cakes, more apples and a touch of spicy tobacco. The cigarette butts are long and hot, with spicy cinnamon, sugar cubes and a cedar box full of tobacco.
This will vary depending on the bottle you encounter. However, this is still a good example of Garrison’s ability to store large amounts of bourbon. Everyone deserves to spend time with you. You need to nose, taste, add water and dig deeper.
Laws Four Grain is an excellent bourbon to increase the taste. Their “bond” is their standard pasty product, including 60% corn, 20% heirloom wheat, 10% heirloom rye and 10% heirloom malted barley. The juice was bottled and matured in a federal bonded warehouse for six years. Then it is reduced to 50% and bottled according to the bonded law.
Cinnamon raisin toast with apple butter and cherries, greet on the nose. The taste has a touch of orange oil, close to the freshly cut grass, salty caramel and a touch of tea bitterness, making these flavors gradually disappear. The end is of medium length and brings back the slow warm cinnamon spice, which brings you back to the cherry.
This is a very dial-in whiskey. A little water can make the fruits and spices shine. The closer you are to a Colorado winery, you may also find this cheap product.
This high-end bourbon by Jim Beam is worth every penny. The juice is the wort of two beams extracted from four whiskeys. The batches were mixed with Knob Creek 7 years, Baker 12 years, Basil Hayden 9 years and Booker 11 years, and then divided into barrels and bottled.
This really sounds like the classic bourbon in the first sip of whiskey-spider web-shaped cellar beams with rich caramel pudding next to dried roses and maple syrup. The taste retains the “classic” feeling, with a strong toffee flavor, spicy caramel apple, greasy vanilla peel, soft wood, and a touch of spicy spices and a touch of cherry. Due to the slight hum of tobacco on the tongue, the end is very long and silky, making you feel warm.
When Class drinks this expression, the word “Classic” will always come to mind. As far as flavor is concerned, it is like a hilltop of “typical” bourbon. Drinking neatly is also easy. There is a warming spice, but it will never overwhelm the subtle aspects of the taste buds.
This Michigan whisky was made to demonstrate a true grain-to-glass experience. The juice is made from a mash made of 71% corn, 25% rye and 4% barley. It then aged for four years in the extreme weather of the Great Lakes. Then the barrels are hand picked and filled with bottles without fussing.
The grated corn has a touch of orange peel, vanilla, toffee and lemon marmalade. The caramel kettle corn flavor with a touch of cedar and orchard fruit adds to the aroma of toffee. The final taste is very long, obviously velvety vanilla and toffee sweetness, slightly alcoholic taste attributed to a touch of spice and citrus.
It’s easy to drink, just to prevent barreling (if you are in Michigan, the price will be cheaper). It is more sweet and buttery than sweets, which is why we like it. If you are ready to learn about the excellent work done in Michigan with whiskey, then this is a good place to start.
Barrell Bourbon is one of the best blenders and finishing plants in Bourbon today. Their Armida expressions are all about completing the barrel experiment. The juice is a combination of pear brandy, Jamaican rum and bourbon made from Sicilian Amaro casks. The three barrels are then bottled in batches without cutting or filtering.
There is a very clear pear flavour, which is pear flavour, and you will think that you are about to eat a fully ripe pear flavour. Followed by dark spices, clumsy woods and orange oils. The taste is indeed pear-like, with the addition of dried fruits soaked in rum, sweet and moist wood and slightly bitter edges, almost plant-based. The medium-length ends are spiced, with the hum of tobacco, a touch of vanilla and the final pear aroma.
The wine was released last fall in a limited edition of 3,700 bottles (recommended retail price of US$90). This will not be cheap. If you really want to buy a bottle, please take some time and really understand the inner flavor of bourbon.
This South Carolina distiller utilizes the almost extinct traditional red corn. These wineries worked with Clemson University to help bring Jimmy’s red corn back to the new variety, especially because it was the corn used in the local Sunyuexiang corn in the past. The juice is also a unique bourbon, with a 100% corn syrup bill.
The look of this leak-proof barrel will not make you feel too much alcohol. Instead, you will smell mild honey, dried roses, eggnog spices and caramel corn, with a touch of salt. The taste is warm but sweet, with flavors of salted caramel corn and buttery toffee, with a hint of cherry sugar or even salted peanut shells. The ending is very long, with caramelized corn and a touch of salty flavor at the end, and banana flavor next to it.
This highly sought after bottle of bourbon is ideal for expanding the taste with true outliers. Although the suggested retail price is $100, these products tend to sell out very quickly, which means that in most cases, their prices far exceed their prices.
This widely acclaimed and loved bottle from Buffalo Trace is a classic whisky. The spirit comes from the low black malt syrup with traces of Buffalo. The juice is then aged in a warehouse built by the colonel more than 100 years ago. Every year, the best barrels are selected for sub-packaging and bottling, without fussing.
The drink will attract you between the spicy berry jam and the fragrant aroma (a bit like a wet floral fragrance) and the sweetness of buttery toffee. On the other hand, the taste tends to be vanilla oil, dried cedar and white pepper, and then return to the spices without causing jam. Thanks to vanilla and toffee, pepper spice radiates into the cedar wood box filled with tobacco, and exudes a very distant smell of fresh mint, the end is a bit long and smooth.
This is a very hyped whiskey (recommended retail price is $75). Prices will vary widely and reach very high, depending on the distribution you find. That being said, this whiskey deserves its buzz. It has excellent smoothness and a barrel-proof feel that is easy to drink. Although, adding water does make this flower bloom.
Although this is an expensive option, we think it is an incredible cocktail base for boulevardiers or old-fashioned.
Jno Beam (Jno Beam) was Jim Beam’s business, he had some massages, the correct aging spot in the warehouse and some luck with the whiskey angel. The juice is made from Beam’s standard 77% corn, 13% rye and 10% malted barley puree. It is then placed in a Beam warehouse on a specific floor at a specific location for 15 years.
The old saddle leather is intertwined with the musty oak cellar beams and dirty cellar floor, and has an undercurrent of sweet dark fruit and mild caramel. When the fruit dries, the mouthfeel will retain the caramel flavor, while the cedar flavor will have a rich and almost sweet tobacco flavor. The dry cedar wood feel lasts until the end, as the tobacco leads to the almost oatmeal raisin cookie atmosphere, with plenty of cinnamon and nutmeg, giving your tongue a sweet buzz.
This is woody but sweet. This is a very interesting sucker. It could be said that it is wood on wood. On the contrary, it is complicated while maintaining its accessibility. Although it was a limited edition last summer, you should be able to find that it is a bit close to its suggested retail price of $100…maybe.