[jdm61]

Best "reasonably" priced bourbons are Makers Mark, Weller Centennial and Woodford. The Beam small batch stuff is WAY overpriced, but the Basil Hayden is probably the best of the bunch. Blantons and a few other of the small batch bourbons are crap. You may have figured out that I like the "wheated" bourbons what with me picking the two majors, Makers and Weller. The best I have EVER had was 19 yr old Weller. I heard that they found a batch of barrels that had been left in the warehouse and bottled it about 3 years ago. Haven't seen any more, but rumour has it that it was so good that they are going to age some up on purpose. Weller's current premium hooch is the Centennial, whihc replaced the Old Weller 107 that used to come in a red velvet bag. i figure that we will see some the 19 yr old in about 4-6 years. Weller normally doesn't age anything more than 10-12 years.