Love all of your choices! Agree 100% Great T-Shirt too! That’s awesome!

Great channel! Too many reviewers focus on higher end products...which people watching reviews really aren't looking for. Keep em coming!

4 roses is what I introduced my sisters to.

Great List! These are not just for beginners. Evan EWilliams BiB is new to me and I love it.

Great list, Michters started me down the bourbon trail. Four Roses select and single barrel is another I always go to.

Very good list. I'm a few months into drinking bourbon and I have 4 of these bottles. I found 100 proof to be fine starting out, adding ice takes away that harshness really quick, and I can't see excluding WT101 for its proof when the flavors and value are a bullseye.

Four roses, Old Forrester, Wild Turkey, woodford are great options of bourbon. Buffalo trace also great

Maker’s 46, Four Roses Small Batch, Larceny, Russel Reserve 10 year

First time suscriber here. I have to agree with your 5 picks. I might add Old Forrester, and Knob Creek to the list. When I make an Old Fashioned, I use the Wild Turkey 101. It my favorite sipping bourbon as well.

perfect list

Just stumbled onto your channel. Off to a great start! Video looks awesome and the content is great. Subscribed and looking forward to more videos. Cheers!

Great list. I just started to appreciate bourbon recently and I am totally agree with your selection.

I think you're spot on on all of these. I am just starting drinking bourbon and I enjoy all but rare breed havent tried that one yet but I will now start looking

1792 is a great bourbon to get people to try. Bottle presentation is a hit and it is a nice smooth drink with great flavor. And it is only around $34.

Solid advice!!

Outstanding beginners list. Thanks for sharing. New subscriber here. My four out of your five are the 101, Rare Breed, Elijah Craig and Evan Williams.

I'd add Early Times BIB, JW Dant BIB, Larceny Small Batch or BP, Bulleit Rye, Redwood Empire Pipe Dream and anything Four Roses. Also Jameson Black Barrel 😋🥃

Very nice selection. I have all except the Rare Breed. I will have to add that now! I too was turned off by the 'burn' for a lot of years until this past Christmas when My son had us do a blind and then for the first time ever I noticed a difference in the 3 spirits I had at the time. There was Jack Daniels 150th anniversary edition that I have had for several years and a Woodford Reserve wheat bourbon and then the 3rd was Knob creek Specs house select. Man o man... tasting and smelling and getting a difference between the three finally got me past the burn and now I have over 30 bottles and am starting to settle in to my favorite flavor profile. It took a long time but now it is enjoyable to sip a bourbon. I am finding that there are expressions more suited for mixing and others more for sipping in my opinion. As always...what you like is fine by me and I like what I like and I am ok with that. I also am finding out that over time my taste is changing and I never imagined that would happen. Thanks again for your help in this journey! Cheers.

As I continue on MY bourbon journey and watch all these "beginner" videos from different KZfaqrs, I see a ton of consistency, which is great! Wild Turkey, Elijah Craig, 1792, Buffalo Trace (can't find it near me), Four Roses... they are on everyone's recommended list.

Thank you sir, great video! Im very new to the bourbon game but this video helped a ton! I now know what to keep an eye on out for im out hunting for Buffalo Trace and Eagle Rare

New subscriber, like your channel. Watching this today got me to pull out the bottle of Wild Turkey 101 that I had pushed to the back months ago and try it again. I just joined the bourbon community a year ago after not drinking spirits for over 35 years, I'm 77. I guess my pallet has changed because I did not care for this bottle at all when I bought it. But giving it a second chance surprised me, I really enjoyed it. So it is back up front. Still need to try the Rare Breed. Cheers

Really like the Rare Breed, I’m on the hunt for their Rare Breed Rye tough to find near me tho. Bowman Brothers is a good Whiskey I’ve been introducing to friends and families, specifically Isaac Bowman’s Port Barrel Finished bottle is great.

We toured the Buffalo Trace distillery a few weeks ago in Frankfort. They make a ton of different brands there including Blanton’s, Weller and Eagle Rare. We got to taste a bunch of different things but I did like Buffalo Trace the most.

I got Woodford reserve for my first bottle and it had a strong ethanol aftertaste

In Australia we find Buffalo Trace easily enough but it is 80 proof for our market. I recommend to new drinkers Makers Mark 46 and Woodford Double Oak, most seem to really like them.

Okay for starters, if you've had bourbon and like it you're not a beginner so it boils down now to your budget. Keep in mind single barrels vary in taste so one bottle varies from the next. So let's take the risk and get these: 1. Eagle Rare 10 2. WT Rare Breed 3. Four Roses SB 4. Makers 46 5. Old Forester 1920 & 1910 6. Blantons I haven't had any of the Wellers, EH Taylor, pappy, the hard to find stuff.

Do you get the proverbial Cherry on Buffalo Trace? I struggle picking out this note. Any ideas how i can train my palate into picking this note? All these are great pours. I skipped the regular Elijah Craig and went straight to the Barrel proof and love it. I started snit 7 months ago and seem to like the higher proof stuff. Cooper's craft Barrel Reserve 100 proof, 1792 Small Batch, Knobb Creek 9, Early Times BiB, and also any of the Benchmark (small batch, Single barrel, Bonded, Fullproof) would be good suggestions at a good budget.

Buffalo trace is easy to find around here (NJ/NY) but it’s like 45$ for a .75 bottle. And Rare Breed which happens to be one of my favorite bottles is up to 70-75$ now

We seem to have similar pallets, thus I’ve subscribed! Evan Williams is great all around bourbon, the Small Batch is currently occupying my shelf. I’m having a hard time finding their Single Barrel bottle tho.

Just came across your channel and excited to stay tuned. You mentioned some future videos on tastings - will you be doing more on the topic of hosting a tasting? Setting up a blind? How to develop your palette? Thanks!

I keep a 1.75 of Basil Hayden’s and Gentleman Jack for beginners. I’ve found that typically anything over 90 proof and they are asking for for something to mix it with….

I’m a beginner, and the only one of those I can tolerate neat is Elijah Craig. I like Michters and Blantons

I always taste it straight sometimes drink it like that but end up mixing everything with coke just my preference and if you have a problem could care less I drink by myself not to please anyone or have drinking buddies. Drink how ever you prefer too do bourbon last friends an family don’t! Lol

I’d agree with all of these picks for a beginner, although Buffalo Trace is really isn’t allocated although it can be hard to find for some reason. I’d drop that and add Woodford Reserve into this list instead of that for this reason.

Yellowstone is a good starter bourbon also

Larceny, Very Old Barton(86),Jefferson very small batch,1792 small batch & Evan Williams Black label.

WT 101, Larceny, OF 100, OGD 114, EW Black Label or BIB, Tin Cup 10 year.

I have all these bottles right now except the 101. I just don't care for it. I agree with all the other bottles though! Nice video.

My favorite budget bourbons are EW1783 AND EWSB. Unfortunately, EWSB is now only available in Kentucky

Always go for the wild turkey Rare Breed over any of those, and a lot others. It will never let you down

The first three I agree with, but Buffalo Trace frankly doesn't impress me. I honestly think that Bluff Springs, a Total Wine store brand, is significantly better, it's about the same price, and here in Albuquerque it's a ton easier to find (around here Buffalo Trace is a unicorn). I've not yet had Rare Breed - so much bourbon, so little time. 🤠

I tried wild turkey and found that it was very ethonal burn. I tried to put an ice cube in it to dilute and it seemed to make it more intense as for the burn

Meant to mention that my prices are a bit higher than your area. I am in Washington state which has a pretty high liquor tax. Fortunately I live just across the river from Oregon which does not. Again, Cheers

Try Eagle Rare if you can find it, very nice over ice

While EW BIB is there, EW 1783 is a great choice too.

I want to try Colonel EH Taylor Barrel Proof that price tag blew my mind tho..i think i may have to think on that 1 maybe for Christmas lol so expensive i wonder if it's worth it no bs tho i heard the bourbon comes from Buffalo trace's favorite reserve barrels aka pappy van winkle Barrels the guy i talked to said it's the same bourbon poured from the pappy van winkle barrels i don't know how much i believe that but it may be true no telling i mean the EH Taylor barrel proof is $800 bucks.

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I don't get the problem that some areas have such a problem finding Buffalo Trace. Where I am, it's all over the place for $25, including the local Rite-Aid pharmacy. It's almost at unicorn level in some regions. Of course, here, any Old Forester is $60+. One that I might suggest for this list is good old Early Times. It's good, cheap and solid, plus you won't lose your mind if someone dumps coke or water in it.

Try Chestnut Farms.

Garrison Brothers, a long tall Texan. Not for everyone, it’s spicy, leathery, oaky and more. A bit pricy due to several factors, probably mostly because the Texas heat causes a high loss to the angels share. All Texas ingredients. A little pricy at 80 bucks and up but good for a special occasion.

A little more expensive but I’d add Basil Haydens to your list

Good video except for the hate on coke. Buffalo trace and coke is phenomenal

I do not know, but on EW BIB, I get a lot of bitterness and none of sweetness.

1792,

Bruhhhhhhh Buffy is the perfect mixer assuming you can get it. Good quality and flavor for a cheap price.

sagamore rye

Early Times Bottled In Bond

Rare breed doesn't belong in that list. Early times, Bulliet or Jim Beam would have been better choices. Rarebreed imo is not for noobs. Evan Williams 1783 would have been good too or 1792 small batch.

This is my opinion so don't hate lol....Evan Williams tastes and smells like Jack Daniels,and I HATE JD.I am talking about Original JD,haven"t tried the others.

My friends are beer drinking, fart throwing, meat eating neanderthals. I'm not taking a bottle of Rare Breed to their house.

Rare Breed for beginners??? Nah

i like the Elijah Craig much as i like the Buffalo Trace but i think personally the EC is more spicy but is a sweet bourbon it just isn't as sweet as Buffalo Trace i think Buffalo Trace might be a better start for beginners because it has almost zero spice! just more Sweeter and drinkable in my opinion! not saying EC isn't an easy sipper because it's an absolutely delicious bourbon it's just might be a little too spicy for beginners lol. Buffalo Trace Bourbon Palate: Fruity sweet tones with oak spice, chocolate, and coffee Nose: Mild nose of fruit sweetness with fine spice and cinnamon Color: Deep copper Finish: Medium-length finish with fruity, oak, and wood spice notes with vanilla and baking spice Elijah Craig Small Batch Bourbon Palate: Chocolate flavors with hints of citrus, caramel, butterscotch, and wood Nose: Chocolate aroma with clove, oak, wood, and cinnamon notes on the nose Color: Reddish brown Finish: Warm finish with subtle wood spice notes, butterscotch, vanilla, spicy black pepper, and cinnamon FAQs Is Elijah Craig small batch sweeter than Buffalo Trace bourbon? No, Buffalo Trace bourbon has a sweeter taste than Elijah Craig’s small batch, which is spicy and warm. Buffalo Trace is more beginner-friendly than Elijah Craig, as it’s a well-rounded, easy sipper with a medium to full body. It’s an excellent start for those who's not accustomed to complex and warm whiskeys. Which is better drunk straight, Elijah Craig or Buffalo Trace? Buffalo Trace is better drunk straight than Elijah Craig small batch, as it doesn’t need the addition of water or ice

Well first of all. People that are starting to drink bourbon do not drink neat.. So your opinions on how it taste neat is unless... And no beginner is gonna be able to pick out tasting notes 🤣🤣