Love this video, I fully agree that there is so much great bourbon to be had for under $100. Bought my last bottle of Blanton's 5 yrs ago for $50, good but not killer IMO. I refilled the bottle with a better tasting bourbon, my friends can't understand why my Blanton's taste so much better. LOL!
This is my favorite god damn video you’ve ever done. No, this is the best video I’ve ever seen! Crushed it! The hate for Whistle Pig pricing is REAL! You’re awesome! I’d love to see you top bourbons and ryes that ARE worth it too, though! Strong work Jason!!
Whistle Pig 10 Year makes me the maddest of all. The stuff originated from my home province of Alberta, they stick it in a different bottle and charge $120 CAD for it. Ridiculous. From the same distillery, you can get Alberta Premium Cask Strength 100% Rye for $65. Their 20 Year (admittedly below 90 Proof) if $75. They even had an affordable 30 Year a while back. No way.
@@paulbovis1277 the only one that i prefer is single barrel cask strength store picks, some are even Mgp. Not bad if you can find them around $80-90 range in age from 10-13 yrs old, even though the bottle says 10 yr on it. This was the rye that kept searching for more ryes. The only other one the comes close to it in taste is the Old Redemption ryes that have yellow labels and wax tops. Those are in same price range to $85-100. The newer versions aren't the same or worth the price.
@@leeniemann7955 Thanks for the reply! We only have the newer redemption rye's in Alberta. I may lay out the $100-120CAD for the base Whistle Pig offering just once, so I can see for myself if it is worth the high price tag. Store picks of any American products are very hard to come by in Canada as a whole although they do come along from time to time.
As I have told several liquor store managers: I will never, NEVER pay Scotch prices for bourbon. There is such a lack of integrity in the bourbon world. If those wonderful Scotsman can sit on barrels for 10 years before charging $40-50 for it, then why would I pay more for 4 year old bourbon that is often MGB.
I understand what you're saying, but Bourbon matures much faster because of the hot, humid Ky Summers. Also the new charred oak imparts all that intense vanilla, caramel in shorter time. Scotland maintains a pretty even climate, and the used barrels take more time
@@matthewgabbard6415 granted, but bourbon also has only a fraction of the possible flavour profiles that Scotch can attain. I've never understood people who pay over $100 for bourbon. The law of diminishing returns kicks in hard after $60, in my opinion.
I get your sentiment, but your statement shows a lack of understanding of barrel types and how aging works. That said, I agree w/ the sentiment and the gist of what you're saying.
@kiwi I know next to nothing about scotch other than i find peated stuff revolting. Do you have any recommendations of stuff to try? Looking to broaden my palate, but canadian and irish have so far not impressed me.
@@sggjose I do understand that bourbon by law, has to be new oak and that Scotch doesn't. I also understand warm weather speeds up the results, which is why I'm a big fan of Amruts' products from India. My main point is that the possibilities of flavour profiles for bourbon are severely limited as opposed to Scotch.
This is great. I'm glad you're speaking out about this. The price gouging by mom and pop shops has been ridiculous. Even at chain stores here in Florida, you can't find Blanton's and when you can, it's $110 minimum. I moved on from Blanton's a long time ago. These days I will take a Forester 1920 or Heaven Hill bonded 10/10 times over Blatnon's for that 55-65 price point.
@@TheMashandDrum Reminds me of the episode of The Simpsons where Lisa makes a doll for girls who don't like the bimbo Barbie knockoff. The new one comes out and everyone wants it only because she has a new hat! lol
This is the first RU-vid comment I've ever written. This video was amazing. Long live the ECBPs, Knob Creek and Russell's Reserve Barrel Picks. Belle Meade Cask Strength too!
Right Bc you and him have EXACTLY the same taste. Lol. If you haven’t tried some of this don’t not try them Bc of this video. Simply wait until the price lowers Bc some of them he mentioned were excellent whiskeys. Just currently over priced. Think about it.
Ehhh, you should still try them if the opportunity comes around for the right price. He makes some statements that just comes off as grasping as straws. Like the Angel's Envy. Complaining that it casts $50 instead of $35? Saying it tastes like Circus Peanuts when it's one of the most popular whiskies? Yes, it's sweet as far as whiskies go. He does make some good statements, but it gets lost among the super ranty, nitpicky statements.
Wow…I usually don’t fully agree with a lot of these types of reviews…and I haven’t had some of the stuff you talked about…but the stuff I have or have had you are SPOT ON about. Well done, great insight!
I love the honesty!! I’m done trying to collect unnecessary & super expensive bottles that don’t refill themselves🙄😂! But they’re are some good pours out there for less. Thx 🙏🏾 Mash!
I was on the fence about subscribing until you got to Blanton's, now I'm in! Great video, great perspective on value related to price and hype, and honest delivery.
My buddy goes out of his way to buy Blantons and has a whole shelf of the stuff. I know he's paid up to $150 for a regular bottle. Every time I'm over at his house and he's trying to impress me with it I ask him for an ice cube just to piss him off.
I agree. The first time I picked up a bottle (for retail mind you) and finally cracked it open for that "special ocassion" I was soooooo disappointed! Not terrible, but definitely not worth the hype.
Thanks for the videos man. Always informative, honest, and entertaining. Shout out to all the other channels which ive seen you appear on as well thanks for expanding the already wonderful community.
I love 'Angry Jason'. Although it feels like you're just going through my collection bottle by bottle and ripping it. Just kidding, I don't have most of those. But I do want the horsey's. ha ha
Great video, I agree with you on almost all of these. I tasted a Pappy 15 in Louisville back in September, good but not worth the secondary market prices. Did a few Blanton's flights, same thing, good but only would buy at MSRP. I use to see Blanton's all the time here in PA and always passed on it. Now people go crazy trying to get it. 😂🥃
Great video I live in Southern Indiana about two hours from bourbon country and I have never seen half these I’ll stick to my budget bourbons and feel great vs the tantrum throwers.
I've been getting more serious on whiskey and bourbon drinking lately and I had a similar reaction. I purchased a REALLY GOOD Port Askaig 12 year and paid 90.00 bucks. I relly enjoyed it, but after I had Laphroaig 10 year and paid 40.00, I couldn't help feeling buyers remorse.
You have said everything I moan about. All your choices are spot on, especially Whistle Pig and Weller. I feel this video has been a form of whiskey therapy for me. Cheers dude!
I just recently finished a bottle of Angel's Envy. I liked it a lot, but I do agree that it is overpriced I feel like 35-45ish dollars would be a more appropriate price.
Funny thing is that I have a Weller 'red'/Antique, and the reason I got it was just the 'Pappy light' rep BUT at normal MSRP (35 bucks I believe here in WA)!
Angels are some of my favorite, and I think fairly priced for finished bourbons. I do like Basil too, but I only pay like $33/bottle in IL. Starting to venture out and try others as I find them.
Man for the past week The Party Souce right over the river has been selling Blanton's to fools between $179-$229, before tax, ... it's selling but slowly. People, myself included, picked up the bottle saw the prices on the board behind them... put then right back.
First video of yours I've ever seen, instantly subscribed. Love the no bullshit attitude and I'd love to see someone do an overpriced, overhyped scotch video
Bravo perhaps your best video yet. I salute your honesty, honorable mention to the ansurdly young and overprived Texas variants. All too often of unknown origins.
Hey, Jason, If you've ever watched the TV series - 'Justified', the main bourbon of the Chief Deputy Marshal is Blanton's - which he keeps in his safe; Also, the main bad guy is the series - Boyd Crowder - his fav is ETL! I've counted at least 15 different bourbons in the series. Pappy 15 is also featured with one of the other bad guys pours into his coffee. Yah - he was eventually shot! It's on HULU. Cheers! Cliff - Go Bucks!
I wish I could like this video more. You have a subscriber. There are so many great bottles at $20-$65. Almost every time I pay more, I’m disappointed.
As a noob only a few months in, this is invaluable. Doing blind tastings I basically confirmed my palate agrees with yours. Weller Special Reserve is just cocktail mix, Blantons Gold is exceptional to me, but Blantons Single Barrel was just average. Knob Creek is wild value in this market. Their Rye, 9yr, and Single Barrel Reserve always do well in my own blind tastings against the Master's Keep and Michter's stuff. The difference between Michter's Barrel Strength and the rest of their offerings is profound.
As much as your word hurt me lol most of the stuff you said was true. I love Blanton’s but I don’t spend no more than $80 on it. I found it as high as $300 at a liquor store is LA and my jaw dropped. I told the clerk if he would buy my bottle for $250 and he laughed. Good info on this video.
Jason I can always count on you to call a spade a spade. Where I live near Atlantic City I can always find OF 1920 and Wild Turkey Rare Breed. Don’t care if I ever have Pappy and his cohorts!
You are hitting the nail on the head! I own a lot of these bourbons the exception of Booker’s, but I typically bought them while going out on bourbon hunts in Kentucky. I am now living in Virginia where you have to deal with an ABC Liquor situation. I have went back to looking at Fighting Cock by Heaven Hill ($21). It is a solid bourbon for $21. Good information. I don’t do Basil Hayden. Very disappointing. Keep it up. I have subscribed.
Epic video J....& while the world knows BHayden is just a hustle but finally someone calling out The Pig, Oh-Em-Friggin' Gee. Oh & you can order the entire horse cork collection on Amazon
You said right here and about damn time. Crazy, crazy, insane prices. Jim Beam 1.75 liter bottle for $23 at Walmart gets me drunk as a skunk every time.
Facts I work at a local grocery store and I get people ask me every week if we have Blanton’s. I tell them no every week. And when we do have it they ask if there’s a limit I tell them yes. It’s crazy I legit think if they could buy a whole case they would.
First video of yours that I have watched. I enjoyed your delivery style. I have been drinking bourbon long enough to have tried many of the bourbons you reviewed. I decided quite awhile ago that there are too many great bourbons at $60 or less to stretch for higher priced ones, with few exceptions. Thanks. Subscribed.
I remember paying $18.99 for Weller Antique. There was probably more of this that Jack Daniels on the shelf, bottom shelf that is.. It was great for the price, but not for what they're asking now..
I always appreciate your reviews with the thoroughness and comparisons you include. Have picked up several bottles from your recommendations and generally always pleased based on the information you provided. With that being said, as others have mentioned...this maybe be my favorite video. I feel like you were channeling the thoughts and frustration for a very large group of us, and glad to see someone bring it, with no holds barred. Love @ 1:45 & 17:16. Keep putting out the great content :)
Have to come back to this video because since watching it I have tried Jefferson's Ocean, Blanton's, Weller Special Reserve and Whistle Pig in the past few months. Just want to share my thoughts. Blanton's---I was lucky enough to secure two bottles for around $65 in an ABC store the control state of Virginia. They are limiting to one bottle per person so I have to ask a person who's after Very Old Barton (also limiting to 1 bottle per person) to purchase a bottle for me. Good sweet sipping bourbon yes, and I still love them, but I absolutely agree that the price and the hype is wwwwaaaaayyyyyy too insane. Jefferson's Ocean---A bit of pleasant oaky and sea salt taste but not much edge over other Jefferson's products like the Small Batch. Also when you add some ice to it it turns sour and muddy very quickly. Weller's Special Reserve---pleasant and delicate sip that mimicks a mash bill with a lot of wheat, but hyping this to over $80 is a no-no for me. For its taste I would boldly put it slightly above an average Maker's Mark and pay around $30 for it (I heard that the MSRP is actually around $25?) Whistle Pig---Still trying to get used to rye whiskey so can't say too much, just feeling way too spicy for me at my stage of bourbon tasting
Blantons will hit the shelves here in Virginia and be sold out within 4 hours. It's nice not paying over retail in a state run system but jeeeeeeeeez it's a pain to find stuff.
I wish you would have Covered STAGG, WILLIAM.L.W and OLD FITZGERALD (9-14-15YRS) I believe these need recognition on this list. As I am a Bourbon Fan, and also a Victim to over paying for a bottle in ORVW just to say I had it. However, I have been lucky to get a Case of Blanton's from a Private Seller at a Fair Price of 90 USD per bottle. It's a good pour, but overhyped for sure.
brought one last week, (Blantons) opened it and had one glass. Then traded that watery grassy thing for ah bottle of Elijah Craig! Not in my wheel house at all!
Bourbon is water, grain, sugar and yeast distilled and then aged in charred oak to color and smooth. Thre longer it is aged the more expensive due to loss and storage costs. That said, prices this high for what is ostensibly an unlimited product means there is room in the market for more production and/or more brands.
Great Video and pure truth !!! you should see these prices out here in California ridiculous , but makes for a good hobby hunting for good bottles and fair price .
Bourbon should be easy- unless its more than 12yr old, don't pay more than 60 bucks for it. I literally watched a pappy tasting video by the great grandson of pappy himself say that they couldn't sell it so they intentionally called it rare whiskey and overpriced it. It's literally a scheme, and people are falling for it. These "rare" whiskey schemes are a huge disservice to whiskey lovers who'd otherwise want to buy and try their juice but now can't because of availability or price.
Thank you so much for making this video! As new comer to whiskey it's easy to get lost in the hype of it all and this content has helped me see through all the BS and find amazing bottles to start my journey with. FWIW I recently got a bottle of Blanton's for retail and to be honest though it's good I would take the 1920 and RRSB over it. Thanks again for the honest content. Cheers!
One of the good things about living in a regulated state is that they can't charge more than retail for these. You can get Blanton's for $59.99 when it comes in every 90days. Weller is cheap when you can find it.
Good video sir. Appreciate acknowledging the giant man babies that cry when they don't get their bourbon here in ohio. Dealing with bourbon hunters is probably the single most challenging part of our job. Cheers!
Great and funny video. You are willing to spend more than I am. i cringe at anything over $30 for 750 ml. I did spend $50 on a four roses single barrel and it is good but it was pricey.
I know I'm late to this one, but nothing he said had changed in the year since. I absolutely love several of the whiskies he calls out, but he is right about every. single. one. of them. And all the people talking about Blanton's, but I think he's right that Whistle Pig is the worst offender. Everything they produce is worth half of it's shelf price. Great products, but the market is crazy. Can't wait for the bubble to burst!
WhistlePig, Blantons and Pappy, I could not agree more. I will take Knob Creek, Old Forrester (1897 and 1920) and Russells all day over these others. It amazes me what some people will pay for some bourbons out there.
