I would love to see a no holds barred list!

I randomly found a bottle of buffalo trace about 4 months ago and it was my first bottle I purchased to make my own drinks. I was somewhat curious about bourbon after that so I went looking and found you guys. Now I’m up to 6 bottles from your recommendations and I’ve never been steered wrong. You guys are the best, please never stop!

I work in the spirits department at a Total Wine in the Indy area. I can always tell who your viewers are when they are asking about a certain bottle that you have recently discussed. It was amazing how many Sagamore Spirits Sherry Cask Finished we sold after Trenton propped it up. Cheers 🥃

Another great episode by you guys! These are hands-down my favorite types of episodes because I have discovered over time that a lot of your favorites tend to be very agreeable with me and I've learned a lot as a relatively new collector from your channel. Besides wanting to tell you that this is a great episode I want to thank you for those bits of advice especially about cultivating relationships because today one of mine paid off! I live in PA where liquor is heavily regulated and it's hard to find good allocated bottles, but I have developed a regular relationship with the manager of my local state store. Today that relationship developed fruit when he called me to tell me that they had just gotten four cases of Blanton's in. I was able to get two bottles at MSRP and paid a grand total of $121 and change. Thank you guys both once again for lighting the way for those of us just trying to start to figure this all out!

Im 2 months into my whiskey adventure at 47yrs old. Your info, research, and pallets has REALLY been a life line to my enjoyment and appreciation of the drink. Thank you for the dedication of keeping your reviews honest and the chemistry you 2 have together. God bless wild tutkey 101.

Top 5 bourbons 1) Jack Daniels barrel proof,2)rare breed,3) Elijah Craig small batch,4) 1792 small batch,5)Knob creek 9 cheers Andrew

You guys are spot on. I have been trying most of your picks and have never been disappointed. I’m new to bourbon and have enjoyed the journey with you both, even so much that several of my friends are stating a bourbon tasting club. Thanks again. 👍👍👍

Love seeing the lists that you guys put together, almost as much as watching a blind tasting. Those are some great bottles and I have had about half of them myself. I would have bet $100 that Kurt would have Wild Turkey 101 or Russell's Single barrel on his list, but the Rare Breed is great too. I would really enjoy seeing you put out a list of your favorite whiskeys to see what would be on those lists. (Scotches for Kurt and Ryes for Trenton.....). Great show guys!!

Just wanted to say thank you Curt & Trenton, I have never drank bourbon before other than Jack on occasion. I was intrigued and enjoyed your channel so much I decided to purchase a bottle of Buffalo Trace since I walked by a pallet of it at Costco. I liked it enough to realize I want to start a journey learning to enjoy and appreciate more out of these spirits.. for what it’s worth as a beginner Buffalo Trace was a perfect entry point for me to realize there’s a lot to experience here. Thanks guys for being so forthright and keep up the great content.

The two of you are great to watch. My son has recently shown a huge interest in bourbon and it has been great to come home and see his thoughts on what I have purchased and even what he has purchased. We don't have the same great selection here in Canada unfortunately but we have put together some decent bottles and many of them are from your recommendations. Awesome to watch the two of you

Yes! Old Forester 1920 is a restock for me thanks to you guys. Every time I drain one it gets replaced. Just a solid pour well worth reflection.

I so enjoy watching your reviews. You two have, in my opinion, the best Bourbon channel going! I’m fairly new to the bourbon scene, and I value your opinions. You guys make my day!!!

One of my favorite everyday drinkers is the 1792 BIB. I got a store pick single barrel BIB that easily punched up there with $100 bottles. In my opinion, the Kentucky Tea was the best 2022 Booker's offering. And the candy Kurt was talking about is Caramel Creams. The original brand is a company called Goetze.

SLB has really gotten me into the rabbit hole. 2 months ago the only whiskey I’d ever had was jack and crown and the only bourbon I had ever drank was Buffalo Trace at a friends house but now after much research and recommendations my cabinet has grown (some allocated, some Im waiting to open, and some I might not ever sip again 😂). Love the videos gents!

You guys are my go to for opinions on bourbons. I have not been disappointed on any of your recommendations. I even visited Harry’s store in Hobart, and got to meet and talk with him. What a great guy! Love your choices on favorites of all time. My favorites include OF 1910, Rare Breed, any EC BP. I also would pick Calumet 16 like Kurt. I keep going back to the always faithful Early Times BIB, OGD 114, and Buffalo Trace.

Great lineup guys! Trenton just got a bottle of Old Elk a couple of months ago and loved it… happy to see it showed up on your list! Love y’alls show… I’ve learned so much. Thank you! 🥃

Great video as always guys! I think an all out bottle list would be very interesting to see

Love your picks. It would be great to see a comparison or blind taste test between several port/sherry/wine cask finished bourbons like Angels Envy, Rabbit Hole Dareringer, Breckenridge Port Cask Finished, Penelope Rose Cask Finish, Old Elk Armagnac, Jefferson's, Barrica PX, etc. Thanks for the videos!

Recently started drinking some bourbons from Oppidan Spirits that i have really been enjoying. Lots of different styles of bourbons and casks finishes that are nice to include a French oak and Islay Scotch finished bourbon, a French oak and sherry cask finished bourbon, and a few other ones I'm curious about trying.

Yes, I'd love to see that! Most of my collection is pretty modest and I'd love to get an idea of what's really worth pursuing VS what is over-hyped.

Was surprised to see so many of my choices aligning with yours since I live in an area that does not get any of the newer or really popular stuff ie Bardstown , Smoke Wagon. I find so many good bottles watching you normally, thank you very much. Would love to see an anything goes favorite bottle list with Trenton drinking scotch of course 😂

There are many reasons I love your channel, but one of them is that my palate seems to align with both of you. So when you recommend a bottle, and I've gone out and gotten it, it's been a winner every time. You just added a few more bottles to my wish list with this video. Cheers guys.

Always makes me chuckle that Kurt and I must have the same preferences because my top 3 of 2022 were Discovery Series (8), Elijah Craig (C922), and Calumet 16. His Disco and EC picks weren’t the same but that’s bc I didn’t get into bourbon until those were long gone. Great vid 👍

Big fan of the Calumet. Would love to see a segment from you two comparing the different Calumet offerings. You guys are a great watch.

I just added a Discovery series #9 to my bar and tried it last night. Very complex experience to the palate. Sweet to the nose, surprises the pallet with its pepper forwardness but mellows out and finishes sweet on the back end.

One of my favorite sippers as of late is smooth ambler contradiction bourbon 92 proof. I pay 35-40 bucks in my area and it's a pretty solid every day kind of pour in my opinion.

This is a great list. I haven’t tried all of them, but I look forward to trying some more

Isn’t it so interesting how everyone’s taste and preference is so different? Makes the whisky tasting that much more delightful! Thanks, again, good fellas!

Just found this channel last month. Bought my first bottle Old Grandads Bonded on a recommendation. Made a great old fashion for this long rough week I had. Thanks.

I truly look forward to your videos. They are so interesting. Today’s was great for any of us no matter how long we have been into Bourbon. Thank you both so very much.

I've enjoyed your list. I've been fortunate enough to enjoy the Rare Breed, Old Foster 1910, Old Foster 1920 (Medicinal Liquids), 1792 Single Barrel (closest I've found), and the Elijah Craig Barrel Proof C922 (closest I've found). All were fantastic as was Russell's Reserve Single Barrel! The only problem that I have found was that they all seem to leak out fairly quickly. I've checked all the bottles but, the only hole that I could find was right under the cork! I just can't figure it out! I'll be keeping my eyes open for some of the other offerings as I shop for my Easter collection. On February 22nd, I will no longer be drinking until Easter Sunday. This is what makes the Easter collection so important! Cheers!

Great video as always boys! I’m not at all surprised to see Old Foresters and Rare Breed here…this had to be so difficult for you guys to do. Thought I’d see a Russell’s or Woodford Double Oaked on there as well. But please bring on the “Best Of” series for ryes, scotches, allocated etc. Cheers!

Happy to see the Old Elk make the list. I have a store pick of Old Elk wheated that I've stocked up because I enjoy it so much. I was surprised that Trenton didn't have Widow Jane Decadence up there.

I love watching you guys and now I've started doing tastings with my brother. I am a bourbon guy and I love sweet bourbons. I would love to see you guys do a sweet bourbon tasting so that I can get some recommendations. My current go to is Woodford Reserve Double Oaked and I'd like to find other comparable options. Love what you guys are doing and looking forward to the vids to come!

Love your picks! Great show. Thanks for sharing your picks but wild turkey 101 is my favorite 🦃❤

Great list. I loved Calumet 16, ECBP B520 and Discovery #4 and still have a couple backups of both. But at least in Ohio and Kentucky Disco 4 was around $130.

I love the Old Forrester pics. I have most of the hyper allocated stuff in my bar, but I reach for my OF bottle 9/10 times. Bookers is my next buy!

I would definitely be interested in hearing your favorites with no holds barred. Really enjoyed hearing why you love the bottles you chose.

Because of you guys doing old forester reviews, I have gotten into them and 1910 is just so good like Trent said. It’s turned into my favorite. Thanks to you guys!

Great episode. I've got 5 out of the 10 with the Calumet 16 being the only one unopened. Picked it up 2 weeks ago in CA for $130. Just found a bottle of Widow Jane Decadence for under a hundred and scooped it up. That that might be on Trenton's list.

I have a lot of respect for you guys so consequently I feel happy that I have 7 of the 10 bottles on your bar top (in some form or other). My Elijah Craigs are a complete set of 22's and I only have the 1792 Full Proof but otherwise I'm up to speed with your picks. And why is this so? Because you guys have been my favorite whiskey tubers of all time (followed closely by Jason C). Thanks guys!!

You guys are great. Keep up the good work. Happy to now have 4 of these 10 bottles and they are all great!

Excellent selections. I have to say that Trenton's preferences are really in line with mine. 1792 BiB is a fantastic bourbon, I love the Old Elk (that I bought because of a Curt recommendation) and I prefer the OF 1910 to the 1920 as well. Don't think I'll find an Old Kirk but going to keep my eye out for the Booker Bardstown batch. Curt's selections are great too. I haven't had the Bardstown (and doubt I could find that one). Have had the Calumet 15, which I think is great, and might have to spring for the 16. Pretty available here for about $140. Nicely done.

Im pretty new to the Boubon/Whiskey world, but out of the 10 or so bottles I have tried, the Old Forester 1920 is easily my #1 right now. Its so good

Great video, I've only just started on bourbon and I'm 51yrs old, love your channel and information, im from northern ireland and I can only get buffalo trace, maker's mark, WT101, old forester 86 and rare Eagle, im steadily making my way through them 😀

Have all of them except the Old Kirk. I will be on the look out for it as im not sure its available here in Kansas. Great show guys glad to see the the 1910 and old elk in there Trenton they are very nice…. Such a solid line up on them all. Kurt im not sure you could get a #4 Discovery any longer and it would be expensive. Enjoyed this one guys! Fun stuff 🥃

love this list. would love to see all time whiskey favs. a few I have not tried. gonna have to get some. thanks for sharing. cheers. 🥃

Hey guys, thanks for another great video. Great picks on both lists. Kurt I'm with you that Rare Breed is very tough to beat--I love that stuff. I've been eyeing the Old Elk and Calumet 16 during my last few trips to my local liquor store, and after hearing your thoughts on both, y'all may have pushed me over the line on them! Looking forward to more awesome content!

Loved your guys’ content as usual! Bring on the Scotch and let’s see where it lands!!

Great lists. Just had Old Forester 1910 for the first time about a month or so ago. I am a huge 1920 fan, so I has this preconceived notion that there was now way 1910 would be close. It was.

Yes! Please do a no holds barred video on the allocated whiskeys. Very curious to see what you guys would pick.

Scotch and Irish are always welcomed. Also great list!! Bookers Bardstown is very underrated. It provides the berry/fruit note the other releases miss on. ECBP B520 is my fav I own.

I’ve had the first six and agree they’re great! Never had a chance to try the last four!

Here in northern Iowa, the shelves are full of the Calumet 16. And I'm currently drinking one of my favorites, 1910. Great choices!! 👍

ECBP B520 was my first ECBP experience and I was blown away! I’ve been lucky enough to get 2 more of them (still unopened). I thought the 22 releases were all great but still not up to that one. Love me some Rare Breed and OF 1920, too.

Loved the list and I think it was spot on from both of you guys

What a solid showing, thanks for the new ideas guys. Keep these coming!

Hands down my favorite off the shelf is Old Forester 1910 and Rare Breed. Really enjoy watching you videos and feel that you have the best bourbon channel on KZfaq. Thanks for the honest reviews and keep up the good work!

That Discovery 4 supposedly had some WT in it! It's also my favorite Discovery so far.

Love watching you guys! Hey Kurt, I think the name of the candy you were thinking of was Goetze's. My grandma always had them at her house. So good!

Well this is an awesome list. Thanks for your inspirational tutilage gentlemen! Keep up the awesome work!

Would love to see the rye list. Also starlight double oaked is on par with 1910 imo but everyone has different taste buds.

Great show guys! Without tons of thought…mine with non-allocated: 1792, Woodford Double Oaked (surprised not on your list), Russell’s Reserve Single Barrell, Smooth Ambler Contradiction, Heaven Hill B&B, Fiddler GA Heartwood.

Great selections as always! I noticed on your collection tour video the Caribou Crossing in your office supply. If you haven’t reviewed that yet would love to see that at some point!

I think a full blown whiskey favorites would be a top 10 two parter. One from each of you.

Thank you for the great Bourbon education! Based on your advice I have purchased 1792, and Old Forester 115. I would have purchased more but they are not available in my area. THANKS!

Great video as always. I still need to try Wild Turkey Rare Breed and OF 1910 but they are hard to find out here in Utah.

Yes, let's see the "no holds barred" all time list as mentioned at the top of the video!

Those picks are awesome. I would have added one more, which is my favorite rights now, Luca Mariano single barrel pick.

I personally want to thank you both for opening up the world of bourbon to me. I've gotten a big kick out of this video because I've purchased most of my collection based on your tastings. I own most of your favorites and my top 5 (in order) are: 1792 BIB, Old Forrester 2010, Old Forrester 2020, Old Elk wheated (over ice) and Wild Turkey Rare Breed. Looks like I'm on the right track. Leaving now to see if I can find a bottle of Elijah Craig Barrel Proof. Hope a bottle of the Blue Note pic will be available at 2:00! Thanks guys, your the best.

Cheers guys great lists! 🥃

Great list. Kurt, you and I must have similar tastes as your list is right there with mine, except I have not had the EC you have, but love, love, love the 2022 series. I have not pulled the trigger on Bardstown or Calumet but they are on my list.

1920/1910/WT would be my top 3. I need to try that Old Elk, keep hearing its very good

Would love to see a version of this video with allocated bottles so we know what to look for when hunting!

I would like to see you guys do a 'favorites' for rye whiskey. 😃😃

Thanks guys. I got a few gift ideas for my own son. I got him started on Bourbon 20ish years ago and his collection now exceeds my own.

I guessed right on the 1920 and rare breed for Kurt but other than that all the rest were not what I thought might be up there! That Discovery 4 sounds like an absolute banger, might have to pay the high price now to find one. Also going to look into that Old Kirk, had not heard of it yet but probably because I don't travel very much outside IN.

Just recently tried Wild Turkey Rare Breed based on your videos and loved it. Went and bought a bottle today!

Hello, Kurt I have 4 of your 5 I need to try the Alija Craig barrel proof. The calumet and bardstown are the two favorites in my collection.

Would love to see a separate top 5 or top 10 bourbon, scotch, and rye with all inclusiveness. Love seeing the rare bottles and what rare bottles are good for each whiskey wether they cost a fortune or not. Or what $200 bottles beat $1000 bottles etc. I know others agree. If I’m going to spend $1000, I want to know what others think of the bottle before purchasing it. Awesome video btw!

Great video! I see the calumet every time I go into my local store and I haven’t been able to pull the trigger because I didn’t know enough about it. I may have to next time.

Yes…a Top 5 No Holds Barred! That would be awesome! There is nothing wrong with having a bucket list of certain bourbons!

I'm here for the Old Forester love. Can't go wrong with Rare Breed, either. I have the 1792 Small Batch (not the BiB) and I'm not sold on it. Need to taste it again. I've never had the others.

Would love to see that! Have no issue if you pick highly allocated stuff

Love the video. You included three of my top five… Rare Bread Old Forester 1910 Bookers Barrel Vantage Makers Mark BRT-01

I think it would be interesting to see a list of favorites no matter the price or availability. The candy you were referring to is called Caramel Creams and the Cow Tales Trenton mentioned are just an elongated skinny version of them, both made by Goetze's Candy.

Great List thought one of you may have selected Widow Jane Decadence . Great show and appreciate all the content. Thanks

Also bought a backup of Calumet 16. Great stuff

I can find about half of these in new england. Thanks for the great review

Hey guys, thank you again for all of the knowledge and entertainment your videos give me/us! For an idea on an upcoming video, I think a twist on the "5 Bottles for under $200" has been overdone, but due to the costs of hunting down great bourbons/scotches/whiskies, I think we have to look at our hobby as even more of an investment than ever before. Perhaps you both could come up with a 5 Bottles for under $400, which would definitely put an exciting twist on the idea, and I am certain will give me 5 more bottles I will have to go hunt down and buy! ;o) Thank you again for all of your videos, guys!

Thank you again for sharing this list. And thank you to Mrs. SLB for your patience with these two - don't know your last name so I'll just use the SLB if you don't mind - I'm a fairly new follower of yours but haven't missed a video since. Your reviews and recommendations have really helped me grow my list of whiskies... such that I'm running out of space... hehehe Hey, I haven't seen any Texas Whiskey in your reviews... I know you tend to stick with the more conventional Kentucky whiskies, but can you include a couple of Texas whiskies just to know what you think about them? Cheer and SALUD,

I wish I could find 1792 BiB more often. I've only seen it a couple times. I've been nursing the bottle I have now for a few months, hoping to find more. It is so dang good.

So I hid my knob creek sbs and 12 yr from myself past few months... bought a few new things... this week I took everything out again and did a top to bottom blind again... a couple bottles (of 30) moved a spot or two, but real shock was so little changed... but it did really solidify what I knew before... there is everything below rare breed, then rare breed, then a few bottles that are slightly better than rare breed... then the really good stuff... and that is alberta premium cask str, jdbp rye, and the knob creek premiums. Man those select barrel picks are so good.

Great show and content! Top 5 Rye, Top 5 American Whiskey, Top 5 All-time, Top 5 Irish Whisky, Top 5 Japanese Whiskey, and Kurt’s Top 5 Scotch’s! That should keep you guys busy for a night or two:)!!!

I'm new to the Bourbon craze. One thing that struck me was when someone mentioned how Bourbon talk can bring people together. Random strangers all wanting to share a love and discovery of Bourbon. Sharing experiences and memories. Still in the cocktail phase, neat is coming. The feeling of having a good drink with friends is equal to the "Toes in the sand" feeling.

Great video, I have seen a few of your videos. I am still learning about bourbon. I would have thought Four Roses single barrel would have made the list.

Great list!

Yes, do a show with your top 10 favorite bottles, no holds barred!

I'd love to see you're top barrel proofers of all time, along with your top allocated! Great Stuff as always guys

Just got Old Elk last week for the first time and it’s great! I think for the money tho I’d much rather keep buying Rare Breed. VERY interested in that Bardstown Discovery 4. I’ve been seeing them in Binnys but for around $149