# Running low on bourbon - recommend my next tipple. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** liquor-alcohol\ **Created:** [October 7, 2017, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/running-low-on-bourbon-recommend-my-next-tipple/798259 "2017-10-07T21:17:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2017, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/running-low-on-bourbon-recommend-my-next-tipple/798259/61 "2017-11-07T14:16:39Z")
I notice no one mentioned Maker’s Mark, an old favorite of mine. Have the cool kids stopped drinking that for some reason? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2017, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/running-low-on-bourbon-recommend-my-next-tipple/798259/62 "2017-11-07T15:28:08Z")
The cool kids have moved on to Maker’s 46. ---
**Author:** ![NAF1138](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naf1138/32/3245_2.png) [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2017, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/running-low-on-bourbon-recommend-my-next-tipple/798259/63 "2017-11-07T16:41:29Z")
I had some makers 46 the other day. Bought it for my Brother I Law who is a Maker’s Fan. It was ok. I’m not sure it was better than a lot of less expensive bourbon, which is how I always end up feeling about Makers. It has no teeth. ---
**Author:** ![Gordon\_Urquhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/db5fbb/32.png) [@Gordon\_Urquhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gordon_Urquhart)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2017, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/running-low-on-bourbon-recommend-my-next-tipple/798259/64 "2017-11-07T17:01:03Z")
Great thread, with a lot of good recommendations. I’ll suggest a couple that haven’t come up yet: Elijah Craig’s small batch and single barrels are both outstanding values – they’re from Heaven Hill – and a Colorado whiskey (it’s not bourbon, but boy it’s good), Stranahan’s. ---
**Author:** ![SykoSkotty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@SykoSkotty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SykoSkotty)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2017, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/running-low-on-bourbon-recommend-my-next-tipple/798259/65 "2017-11-07T17:10:41Z")
Wife and I were out to dinner last weekend at our favorite restaurant, sitting at the bar and notice a new bourbon on the rack : ANGEL’S ENVY. My favorite barkeep allowed me a small sample - smoothest bourbon I’ve ever tried. > **[Angel's Envy Bourbons | Kentucky Bourbons | Angel’s Envy US](https://www.angelsenvy.com/us/en/)** > > Angel's Envy creates artisan, award-winning premium whiskey, finishing our Kentucky Straight bourbon in port wine casks & blending it in small batches of 8 to 12 barrels at a time. ---
**Author:** ![Sassy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@Sassy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sassy)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2017, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/running-low-on-bourbon-recommend-my-next-tipple/798259/66 "2017-11-07T21:21:25Z")
I can recommend B&E Bourbon (Breaking and Entering) from St. George Spirits here in California. I gave my sister a bottle & she called a few days later to ask for another: she’d made a drink for a friend & now needed to get a bottle for the friend. May not be easy to find, but I thought I would mention it in case someone comes across it. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2017, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/running-low-on-bourbon-recommend-my-next-tipple/798259/67 "2017-11-08T00:09:40Z")
I’ve decided that my default advice in any future bourbon thread is going to be: Bonded. Buy bonded. I just finished off a bottle of Jim Beam Bonded. Much more character than regular Beam. Old Grand-Dad Bonded is cheap and delicious. Regular OGD is paint thinner. Lather, rinse, repeat. I have yet to encounter a bonded bourbon that I haven’t liked. ---
**Author:** ![NAF1138](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naf1138/32/3245_2.png) [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2017, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/running-low-on-bourbon-recommend-my-next-tipple/798259/68 "2017-11-08T02:38:44Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > I’ve decided that my default advice in any future bourbon thread is going to be: > > Bonded. Buy bonded. > I just finished off a bottle of Jim Beam Bonded. Much more character than regular Beam. Old Grand-Dad Bonded is cheap and delicious. Regular OGD is paint thinner. Lather, rinse, repeat. I have yet to encounter a bonded bourbon that I haven’t liked. Sage advice. ---
**Author:** ![usar\_jag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f0a364/32.png) [@usar\_jag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usar_jag)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2017, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/running-low-on-bourbon-recommend-my-next-tipple/798259/69 "2017-11-08T04:17:12Z")
Some of my favorites have already been mentioned, but if you can find Willett’s Pot Still Reserve, it’s well worth your time. Even though you didn’t mention it–Willett’s Four Year Old Rye is some of the best I’ve ever had… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/running-low-on-bourbon-recommend-my-next-tipple/798259.md?page=3)