The 1783 Hero edition absolutely delicious. Especially for the price. Great pick!

Calumet 16 is crazy underated. Where else do you get 16 year kentucky from an actually small batch at 106 proof and available almost everywhere.

In our experience, small liquor stores always have hidden gems. We've found some dusties and allocated bottles at MSRP or well below the average price. Great video, Hunter! Your videos never disappoint.

Old Overholt 114 would have been an instant grab for me, good stuff!!

Just went to the liquor library in Myrtle beach off of your video recommendation. And the same guy was in there that you interviewed and we talked bourbon for 20 mins or so. Ended up getting the tumble and dice barrel proof and it’s pretty great. 7 year Barrell proof mgp for 64$ hard to beat. Love the videos man

Great video and love the editing, bro! I’ve got a buddy that swears by Calumet, but I don’t think I’ve ever had it. Cheers 🥃

Old Overholt 114 is the way to go 🥃. I Love it more than the 10 year!!!! Cheers

Alot of selection, good review 👍🥃😉

Nice finds and cool store!

I would say yes. Found a JD10 and OF1924 in a visit to a hole in the wall. Decent price as well.

Some great finds !! Keep up the hunting 🍻🥃

Go to Bottle's in Beverages on Sullivan's island, solid selection of Bourbon and other cool liquors!! Also stopped at Tupacz in Georgetown... Great store I learned about from you!!! And I went to the wrong palmetto wine and spirits!!!

I agree on the OF 100. Opened one up last night and it was really good!

FYI....I like your content, also like that you do most of your hunting in SC. I spend a lot of time in Columbia and recently tried the Firefly Live single barrel. Tried my first, went back and bought 6 more bottles for my reserves. 110 and 120 proof. Wow!

Small liquor stores are absolutely worth checking out. In the last few months I found 3 Stagg/Jrs at $79, 3 ETLs at $129, 5 Michters 10 Ryes at $199 and a bunch of other less allocated but still hard to find or older bottles for great prices. When I found those Staggs, ETLs and M10s I called all of my bourbon friends and ended up grabbing them all and spreading the love.

I'm in Iowa and my guess would be Cedar Ridge. It's weird to see a distiller that I've been seeing on the shelves for years and felt was no big deal, now getting some attention from outside the area. I've been wanting to try Rebel 10 but haven't been able to find it. $150 seems like it's pretty steep for that one though.

I had a partial bottle of a Calumet 16 and it was very good. Traditional bourbon notes but a good balance between oak and sweet. Those sample packs are great for trying new brands. I usually jump at those when I don't know anything about a brand I want to get into. Fistful of Bourbon is a good sip for someone just getting into bourbon. For the price it isn't a huge waste and the flavor is very light basic bourbon.

I got my first Evan Williams Black 7-year a couple days ago in a liquor store in a very small town. I hadn’t seen it yet anywhere else.

The Evan Williams American heroes edition for 25 bucks or less is very good for the money. Looking forward to trying the 24 batch. Cheers 🥃

Great MTP store. Lots of great bottles there. Might get the Davidson sampler.

Got my dad Calumet 16 for Christmas, of course I had to try it after I gave it to him, maybe one of my favorite pours I’ve had. Extremely underrated

Haha the Jim beam black is the same Jim beam black… they just caught on that all us bourbon snobs care about age statements, so they started throwing an age statement on there

Don't sleep on that Calumet 16. That bottle is absolutely amazing and I'm surprised it's not allocated. The small batch isn't anywhere near that despite being an 8 and 15 year blend.

I enjoy rebel 10 for sure

I’m heading over her there tomorrow!! Thanks bourbon hunter.

That was a really cool store , I'am in south louisiana, we have Liquor stores but every Supermarket, Mom and Pop, and Convience store has liquor in it, I have more luck in Grocery stores that I have relationships with the owner or manager.... Thanks

Checked out the store I love it! Gonna got those stickers for the car and a glen soon!

Crown Blackberry is really good. I’ve been looking for the Starlight Blackberry in my hometown. Should have one by Tuesday on special order. Heard really good things.

i am watching from Ames, IA. Enjoy your channel, I hope I can find your pick from Iowa. I love Charleston, keep trying to convince family to move down there,

I've had both the 15 and 16 Calumet. The 15 in my opinion had a medicinal cherry note. The 16 none at all... Tobacco, dark cherry, oak... I've purchased 3 the last 2 years. You gotta try the 16...

The Calumet 16 is fantastic. I let mine breathe for a few weeks tho, some (as did I) found it a bit harsh at opening. Massively underrated is the Calumet Small Batch (Green label) very good. I was not impressed with the 10yr, if you can find a bottle of Calumet 14yr, you should buy it, it has been discontinued. Crown Blackberry is awesome, if you mix with lemonade, mix with fresh squeezed, really brings out the flavor in the Blackberry. Cheers

Was drinking the 1783 Hero watching this. Excellent bottle for the price!!!

I would say you were either at Cat's Eye Distillery in Betterndorf, or Cedar Ridge Distillery where I live in Cedar Rapids or Templeton near Des Moines. All have interesting bourbons and ryes.

Calumet 16 is my favorite bottle I’ve owned. Got a backup for half price at an auction. 16 year Barton at a good proof!

If you can find it the A. Overholt Monongahela is amazing and supposed to be 40 bucks. I like it more than my 10yr CS

That HW finished series go for $50 in Massachusetts usually.

That Yellow Spot is excellent. Clalumet 16 is fantastic but I saw a Calumet 15 for $110 last week out of state. Blew my mind as never seen so inexpensive. The 16 I bought was $150. The extra age started out being a 8 year age statement bottle. Nice they brought the age back up some. Agree with the JDSBBP Rye as drinking it now but that Cooper’s 100 is junk as far as I am concerned. Glad others like it but I can’t stand it. Damn that Rebel 10 is priced way too high. Love Woodfords Batch Proof but wish they were $85. They always come in last in blinds.

Was in a small town in Idaho recently and found Blantons for 69.95!

Cal 16 is a very oak forward bourbon really good though worth the price

I walked into Kramerica Wine and Spirits in Goose Creek and they had some decent allocated bottles, but prices were all over the place. Some bottles were close to MSRP and others were outrageously overpriced. They did have some 1L Buffalo Trace for like $40-$50 and a FP 1792 for $60, but the Eagle Rare and Blanton's were too high.

Ive got a Calumet 16 you can try! It's pretty good, a bit oak forward. Bottles in Mt P had the 1.75L 2024 EW 1783 Heroes release for 22.99 if you are looking for it.

Iowa is pretty small when it comes to distilleries. The one that does the most picks is Cedar Ridge. They have decent stuff, and they are the #1 bourbon in their state (they actually beat out Basil Hayden, and Jack Daniels as being the go-to well bourbon). They have a pretty basic rye bourbon, a very young wheated bourbon, and some single malts. Their best bottle's are their maple finished (Sir Maple) and the Double Barreled. Probably unlikely to sell those as single barrels but I highly recommend both. Their Sir Maple is like $30 and is better than Widow Jane Decadence. The only other option, in my opinion, is Cat's Eye. Cat's Eye is mostly sourced so that would be lower on my list of places to do a pick. Their Nassif Family Reserve is pretty decent but the price per bottle and lack of name recognition makes it hard to move. There is also Iowa Legendary but their product is pretty unusual and doing that as a barrel pick would be very risky because rye is harder to sell.

DANG BRO, you look like a young Scott Mitchell 😂

do yourself a favor and mix that crown blackberry with some mikes hard lemonade. so good

Fistful of Bourbon is about what you'd expect for a 2 year product. I might pay $10 for it.

Prices are a little high. New Riff Single Barrel should be $57 and the High West Barbados Rum Barrel should be in the $68-$69. I would assume due to Mt P location things tend to be higher than the surrounding areas like Goose Creek. Great video Hunter!

Here in Longmont Colorado, the prices on even regular bourbon are astronomical! That Clyde Mays 10 year for $69 you showed, is $199 here. Man oh man, I can't wait to travel so I can escape the stupidity around here. EHT Small batch, ya know, the bottom end....$55 MSRP, $149 here in town. Disgusting.

Occasionally. I went into a random store that had a small selection. Walking out and looked behind the register and snagged a JD10 for $85

We were at New Riff today and the bottle in bond rye was very tasty!

Hope to find the Davidson Reserve and Wilderness Trail sample packs next time I'm in Myrtle

Cedar Ridge is my guess for Iowa stop!

Highly recommend A Overholt if you want to try something new. That 10 year cask strength is going to be hard to find again. Hopefully they start doing more special release. Jim Beam seems to be trying to overhaul the brand.

Old Overholt is a great Rye which is a good mixer too.

Those sample packs are good

Cedar Ridge, was there last September 😊💖🐶🐶

Calumet 16 is the most slept on 12+ year bottle

Russell's 10 is $28 where I live. How do y'all pay $50 and up? But I can't get a bottle of ANY buffalo trace products at all 😂😂....oh and I'll take the Russell's over the BT, although it'd be nice to have both as an option. DANG and Rare breed rye for $70? We pay $43!! JD private select is the same, $49. But our barrel proof is $60 not $70.

one thing is for sure, if you dont look you will not find it.

We need to hook up for the LSU game in September. Rebel 10 is great but not at that price. $100 is a fair price.

I'd have gave that Rebecca Creek 10 yr a try for $70. I've heard the 16 yr is outstanding.

That Clyde Mays black label is a very good bottle

That's 30 bucks cheaper than I've seen calumet 16 anywhere else. Its better than it has any right to be for the price.

Just scooped one of those Woodford 121.2 batch so good I I couldn't let it pass for the price

For old overholt if you ain’t gonna get/find 10 year 114 is pretty nice $40 is steep tho. Also the A. Overholt is getting solid reviews

The Calumet 16 is really good. But the prices on that and the 15 are a little high. You can get the 15 at Costco for like 119

Hey Bourbon Hunter, can you recommend any butterscotch bombs? Dig the videos, keep em coming, cheers !

New Riff rye is amazing.

Small liquor stores and grocery store chains usually do good for me.

YAY!!! A hunter who buys chit !!!

Calumet 16 is phenomenal

If you can ever find the jim beam single barrels they are an amazing product for under 30 dollars also

BTW... its times for B523 to hit shelves. I live in a big city and A124 sells pretty quick here (but i've seen it sit on shelves for up to week) but when you move a half hour outside the metro area it just SITS on shelf. ECBP A124 has still moves fast but is pretty findable. I think the supply on ECBP A124 is far lower because they knew the sub12 age statement would not be popular and they need to get back to 12+. Guessing B524 ends up being 12 years and is a bigger batch. The best A124 HH product was actually the Bernheim BP. I've been lucky enough to find every batch of the Bernheim BP and they keep getting better. I've actually found the Bernheim A124 more often than either batch of 2023. Most stores only get 1-3 bottles when they get it but people still sleep on them.

The Calumet 16 is exceptional 10. Look for rack starting with 4008 or 4009.

I’d like to know about Revivals Rye finished in Tawny Port barrels. High Wire is doing great things.

I get knob creek 9yr for 27 flat up here in WA, but almost everything else is about 30-35% more for what you see. Wa taxes suck total ass.

At smaller stores I usually find amazing bourbon but it’s usually dusties at full secondary. You shouldn’t have passed on that rebel 10 tho. VERY hard to find. I have an easier time finding pappy than I do rebel 10 in the wild

That old Makers 46 cask would have been a good buy in the first store.

Try the old overholt 114 all day. Stay away from that davidson reserve

1783 Heroes edition is a great bottle. I think you went to Cedar Ridge Distillery

Calumet 16 is awesome

Old Overholt is Willett if I recall, so I’m guessing you’ll like it.

For the money broken barrel is very good , hersey rye and there 115 is very good .

The old overholt is pretty good in my opinion and 20 bucks in Ohio

The calumet 16 is the best of their offerings

They weren't talking about it before they added the 7 year label. Rumor is that black label was a 6 year before they added the age statement.

I spy an Early Times BiB that you didn't mention. Hard to tell what cap it was though

I’ve enjoyed the Broken Barrel bottles I opened

“They don’t miss at heaven hill” may be a bit generous 😂😂

I've scored 3 bottles of Calumet 16yr for $110. It's a delicious cherry bomb.

What brand of ginger ale does everyone use for mixing with bourbon? Vernons , Canada Dry , ale 8 1 , Schweppes , Seagrams or 365 by whole foods ?

That red label Clyde Mays is a hitter

Get the A. Overholt Monongahela rye.

Fistful of Bourbon is decent for the price, I don’t find it good enough to call it a rebuy but it’s all right. And I found that Dickel Barrel Pick absolute garbage for the 55 bucks I paid, not great

Hmmmm, Cats Eye is up that way too…

Cedar ridge?… or Cats Eye Distillery (Obtanium)

Old Over Holt 114 is excellent. Ha

picked me up one of the century Vodkas by Harlen Wheatley 100 time distilled, not huge vodka drinker but couldn’t pass it up

Old Overholt 114 is a FAR better value than the 10 year, IMO. $40 for the 114 is pretty bad though - that bottle should be closer to $30. The BIB should be closer to $25 (but I'd pass on it if I had the option to buy 114). I consider Old Overholt 114 like OGD114 - it's extremely good for the price but has sharp edges that need more time to be great. That's why I expected the 10 year to be incredible but was left slightly disappointed. Old Overholt 114 can be sipped neat but is really just an ACE for making strong cocktails. It has a ton of rye whiskey flavor for 114 proof but the flavors are "spikey" and not cohesive. Oddly enough, the 10 year still had most of those spikes. The 10 year is something I'm glad I own but it pales in comparison to JD SBBP Rye and OF SBBP Rye... and it's more expensive.

Beluga is really really good. rare here.

That guy is on some stuff if he thinks the New Riff ryes are "just ok"