The 10 Kentucky Bourbons You Must Try Before You Die

It ’s safe to say that bourbon has ( last , and deservedly ) add up into vogue . This is the Gilded Age of whiskey , an agemost Louisville locals love . Whether you ’re a longtime bourbon buff or but an eager novice , it ’s the prime metre to educate yourself on Kentucky ’s native flavour . So here , fellow bourbon - ites , are some local pick youmusttry before you die , in no picky order .

Four Roses Small Batch

Price : more or less $ 30Notes : high and moderately honeyed . Caramel and spiced fruit . Four blush wine Small Batch is a portmanteau of four different original Four Roses Bourbon dynasty formula , each select by a Master Distiller at the elevation of maturity date . Think about all four of those barrels as you sip ; you ’ll have prison term to chew over since the finish on this one is so tenacious and smooth .

John E. Fitzgerald Larceny

monetary value : Approximately $ 34Notes : Buttery caramel , fresh bread , light honeysuckle . Larceny is a fabulous wheated Bourbon dynasty to quicken your whistle , andit ’s got fantastic maple - syrupy leg when purl in a good , laborious bourbon glass . You ’re decidedly getting a deal of sensory knock for your Bourbon dynasty sawbuck here .

Pappy Van Winkle Family Reserve 23yr

toll : Approximately $ 249.99-$2,699.94 ( seriously)Notes : commemorate how F. Scott Fitzgerald claimed Daisy Buchanan had a voice that was " full of money ? " That ’s what Pappy tastes like . permit me explain …

The 23 - year stuff is prohibitively expensive . masses get crazy about Pappy and treat it like the holy grail of bourbon , sometimes expect years to get their hands on a bottle . And after that much hype and prediction , it better be full , right ? Well , do n’t worry . It ’s actuallyreallydelicious . Decide for yourself , if you could deal to get your hands on some .

Willett Pot Still Reserve

Price : Approximately $ 36Notes : Honey caramel and vanilla . Not only does the grass still - shaped glass feeding bottle make for a beautiful legal community display , but the whisky within taste as middling as the packaging .

Angel’s Envy Cask Strength

Price : Approximately $ 277Notes : gimcrack and woody , rich , tropic . caskful - strength bourbon has serious bite , but if you may make it past the first sip without flinch , you merit to savour this brute draught .

Elijah Craig 18 Year Old Single Barrel

Price:$200-$300Notes : Warm , risque grains . Charred and roast . It ’s the erstwhile single bbl bourbon useable in the Earth . Is n’t that enough reason to give it a try ?

Buffalo Trace Old Weller Antique

Leontyne Price : Approximately $ 25Notes : Butterscotch and spicery , oak . Old Weller Antique is surprisingly well - aged for a bourbon that ’s only been aged seven years . It ’s basically a flavor prodigy . With its smooth finish , it ’s the staring choice for those looking to get into the Bourbon dynasty plot .

Bulleit Frontier Whiskey

Price : about $ 30Notes : Spicy maple Natalie Wood with nutmeg . This is a fine , upstanding everyday bourbon , a spicy , high - rye pour that also stands out well in a cocktail . If you must mix your Bourbon dynasty , at least choose one that ’s up to the challenge , like Bulleit .

Blanton’s Special Reserve

cost : more or less $ 45Notes : Vanilla , with wry citrous fruit and a hint of apple blossom . Honestly , it ’s the nursing bottle that does it for us . Yes , the Bourbon dynasty within is nifty , but the bottle is truly genius . That gem cut scalloped around the top , the rounded bottom , the endearing minuscule sterling racehorse on top – Blanton ’s feeding bottle is the belle of the Bourbon dynasty egg !

Woodford Reserve Double Oaked

Price : roughly $ 55Notes : Butterscotch , pimento tree , caramel . Thick , sweet , and woodsy . Woodford Reserve Double Oaked is matured in disjoined oak barrels that are toasted , then scorch , which infuses the resulting feel with ton of sweetened oaky sense of taste . The resulting Double Oaked philosopher’s stone is the perfect dessert Bourbon dynasty .

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