My top ten bottles I own. 10: Bardstown Disco 11 9: Russel’s Private Selection CNF 8: Four Roses OBSF 7: Jack Daniels SBBS Hazmat 6: Blantons Gold 5: Old Forester SBBS Rye 4: Stagg 23C 3: Jack 12 B2 2: Thomas Handy 2023 1: EH Taylor BP B12
This is a great list! Wish we could get our hands on some of the more allocated JD products, but we're happy to see that people enjoy them. Cheers, guys!
My top right now is ECBP C923, Eagle Rare, Widow Jane Decadence, Hard Truth Sweet Mash Rye and Angel's Envy Rye. Everything else is pretty much just shelfers.
Great list! Love your honest takes on the secondary market as well. I used to get fired up about 2-3x MSRP markups, but realized that I should consider the value of all the time I was putting into chasing bottles through drops and lotteries.
The most recent two were selected as part of our annual event in Nashville this past weekend, so bottles were sold on site at Nashville Barrel Co. Remaining stock (122 bottles) will go online in the next few weeks to be released to Patreon supporters in tiered order. Any remaining bottles will be made available to folks who sign up for the free tier on Patreon. www.patreon.com/stuffandwhiskey
I finally picked up a bottle of the JD Single Barrel Barrel Proof Rye. Cracked it open last night which was probably wasted as my allergies are cranking currently. I didn't get anything on the nose or pallette that stood out. It was tasty but all I got was a big ol hug from the 133 proof. I went back and smelled my glass this morning and it was full of vanilla but I couldn't get anything other than that. Looking forward to going back to it when I can breathe better.
You guys are "making" me buy things I don't normally buy. I say that in a good way. (For example, bourbon brands I wouldn't do until I hear your take on them. Now I just went and bought a Rye. You recently had Hard Truth Sweet Mash Rye and Sagamore Spirit (Hard Truth also in today's video). I could not find Hard Truth Sweet Mash Rye but did buy Sagamore Spirit. I'm getting ready to try it. Will be a first purely Rye for me. Thanks.
@@stuffandwhiskey Yeah, I think the blend is what works for me. I usually like bourbons with low rye in the mash bill so I'm surprised at liking this rye. I trusted you guys!
I do have a question, your last year whiskey of the year Elijah Craig c923 beat out the 13 colony bourbon. Did you guess change your mind on it or I’m I mixing it up with an another whiskey? Also where do you rank it as well?
Great question. That was my (Josh) blind taste ranking, whereas this was a blend of bottles we both love, and this list took into account the “special bottle” wow factor as well. In a blind tasting, C923 would easily be in the Top 10 and maybe the Top 5.
I started writing when Hard Truth came up…if you are sitting in the fence thinking about supporting this channel on Patreon, take the leap and gain access to Josh & Erin’s picks. Excellent channel quality, obviously, but their picks are so, so solid. Great whiskey community as well, live streams are fun, and…did I mention access to their picks? 🙂 Cheers 🥃
In no particular order, they're within my budget which is smaller than everyone else's, and I don't necessarily own all of them at any given time: Balcones Texas Pot Still Bourbon Jack Daniel's Single Barrel Barrel Proof Old Grand-Dad 114 Old Forester 100 Wild Turkey 101 Sagamore Spirit Cask Strength Knob Creek 9 year Woodford Reserve Double Oaked Larceny Four Roses Small Batch
Top 10 I own: Eagle Rare Balcones pot still bourbon Redwood Empire lost monarch Knob creek 9 single barrel reserve 1792 single barrel Willet 4 year reserve rye Knob creek rye High west double rye Green River wheated Green River single barrel Californication
We've done a similar video but are probably due for a refresh. Sometimes the available lists can start to feel a bit repetitive since all the value superstars on the shelf haven't changed much over the years. Still, we'll add a refresh of that list to the content calendar!
Wow. My top 10 1792FP. Woodford sherry cask distillery only. Rare breed. Early times blue bottle. Still Austin CS. Still Austin straight rye whiskey BIB. Saints alley Nobleman best rye ever. Barrel pick Frey Ranch you and SLB. RUSSELLS 10
Got a pretty decent look around 5:05, looks like a Submariner, couldn’t give you a reference, I’m not a Rolex guy. Wearing an Orient Ray II as I write this. :) I am however sipping a Coopers which I learned about from this lovely, stylish couple.
@BoozewithNick good eye, and good selection on the Orient Ray II. I'm a Seiko fanboy but have had my fair share of Orients in the past. @Ken-uu3fc it's a 14060M Submariner (circa 2008) and Erin has a 16013 Datejust from my birthyear (1983).
Big Omega fan here as well! A hesalite sandwich Speedy was my first "big boy" mechanical watch, and I still want another Speedmaster badly. My issue is that I've learned that I'm a bracelet guy through and through, and the bracelets on Speedmasters when I was buying weren't great. They've much improved them now with the modern Speedmaster release (love the new bracelet taper and adjustability), and they've also slimmed down the midcase which is also important to me for comfort on the wrist. I just gotta pinch pennies, stop spending so much on whiskey, and go get one.
Most are not in order 10. Whistlepig 6yr bourbon 9. JD rye 8. Buffalo Trace 7. Eagle Rare 6. Old Tub 5. Knob Creek cask strength rye 4. Dickel 13yr bib 3. Dickel Three Chamber Rye 2. New Riff Rye 1. Chattanooga Whiskey Scotch Cask I stick by my number. Chattanooga whiskey scotch cask is fantastic and reminds me of an Islay Scotch. The Dickel Three Chamber is expensive and I like it. Somehow, I think I like New riff a little more.
Haha! Well I wrote down all the whiskeys shown in this video and decided that if I ever win the MegaMillion or Powerball Lottery, I'll hunt down these whiskeys and try them.
Top 10- in order Factors are - Availability, ability to elevate an experience, flavor. 1 Rock Hill Farms SiB 2 antique 107 3 peerless double oak bourbon 4 eagle rare 10 5 1792 FP pick 6 ECBP 7 OF 1920 8 1792 BiB pick 9 eht small batch 10 LARCENY Craig Barrel proof
I'll bite. My top 10, in no particular order. Price and availability do factor in my choices. 10. Bunnahabhain 12 year cask strength 9. Balblair 15 8.Dewars 21 double double 7.Ardbeg Uigeadail 6. Glenallachie 10 cask strength 5. Michters Rye Cask Strength 4. Angels Envy Rye (tastes like Christmas all year) 3. Old Forester Barrel Proof Rye 2. Ben Holladay bib 1. Russels Reserve Store Picks
I'm very unhappy with wild turkey, for only letting out of the country travelers buy the Rare Breed non chill filtered. I have a friend who flew from here to Miami, and duty free wouldn't sell it because he was traveling in country. So, they don't need my money. Anyone would find this unbelievable, but a friend here picked up a Stag in a liquor store around here for $50. They clearly didn't know what they had. Nice video.
Josh here. What about my hair, John!? Haha, j/k, I definitely know I lucked out. We work pretty well together because we both feel lucky to have found the other one. Thanks for the kind words!
Not a lot of awesome whiskey... while Old Fitz, King of Kentucky, and some Kentucky Owl sit on the table behind Erin. Then they go on to wheel out 4 bottles that are pretty much unobtanium. Sure, they don't have Emmer Wheat or Buffalo Trace Prohibition Old Stagg but King of Kentucky and 13th Colony DO are pretty much the most exclusive whiskey a collector could reasonably hope to own.
This video was basically the whole of our “collection” viewers might actually be interested in. Most everything else is either 1) single barrel picks as that’s what we love and buy, or 2) standard shelf bottles that we bought for the channel that would have viewers snoozing halfway through the video. 😆
This video was basically the whole of our “collection” viewers might actually be interested in. Most everything else is either 1) single barrel picks as that’s what we love and buy, or 2) standard shelf bottles that we bought for the channel that would have viewers snoozing halfway through the video. 😆
"This little squatty boi outta JOEJAH" and then Erin's reaction 🤣I gotta say, you speaka my langUAJ 😄Thought I was the only one that got a little playful with pronunciation
Depends on how you look at it. All at secondary value? Haven’t done the math but maybe. Probably. That said, we’ve spent more than that in one year trying to “build a relationship” with a local store on shelf products and store picks only to get a Stagg Jr at year end for $100. Secondary would’ve been a lot cheaper than that relationship.
Corny? That’s hilarious. We picked the 10 best bottles we own. That was the premise of the video. Not sure if you’re familiar with the channel or not but we’d be doing bourbon hunting videos instead of completely blind tastings if we cared about likes and subscribers. We value honesty and community over here. If either of those bother you, that’s fine, but you’re probably going to hate our content.
My top 10: 10th - Larceny B523, 9th - Russell's Reserve Rickhouse CNC, 8th - Larceny C923, 7th - Jack Daniels Barrel Proof, 6th - Jack Daniels Rye Barrel Proof, 5th - Russell's Reserve Private Barrel, 4th - Nashville Barrel Co Small Batch, 3rd - Elijah Craig C923, 2nd - Four Roses OESO, 1st - Larceny A124
My top ten bottles I own.
10: Bardstown Disco 11
9: Russel’s Private Selection CNF
8: Four Roses OBSF
7: Jack Daniels SBBS Hazmat
6: Blantons Gold
5: Old Forester SBBS Rye
4: Stagg 23C
3: Jack 12 B2
2: Thomas Handy 2023
1: EH Taylor BP B12
Agree the EHT BP batch 12 is among the best bourbons ever! Paid up for a backup bottle 🥃
Ryes:
1. Old Carter
2. Rare Character Rye (pick)
3. JD SB Rye
4. Hard Truth Rye (pick)
5. Michter’s BS Rye
6. Nashville BC Rye (pick)
7. Driftless Glen Rye (picks)
8. Sagamore Sherry
9. Old Forrster SBBS rye
10. Senator
Bourbon:
1- Joseph Magnus Cigar Blend
2- Eagle Rare 17
3- Stagg
4- JD 12
5- Elijah Craig
6- Duke Founders Reserve
7- ASW Georgia Heartwood
8- Lucky Seven The Proprietor
9- NBC bourbon picks
10- Russell 13
Well done...and awesome that you dont drink these often, unless sharing with company.....perfect way to make memories with amazing drams....
Great list! I’m 63 and you never know about tomorrow so for me I’m a drink them if you got them and remember how great they were:) Cheers!
I agree...I have a selection not a collection nor a museum. We only get 1 pass at this life. CHEERS!
The distilleries make whisky for people to drink, and I buy whisky to drink it. If I wasn't going to drink it, I wouldn't buy it. 🙂
Preach. I’m bad to look at some of them but am getting better.
This is a great list! Wish we could get our hands on some of the more allocated JD products, but we're happy to see that people enjoy them. Cheers, guys!
KOK and WLW are 1a/1b depending on my mood
My top right now is ECBP C923, Eagle Rare, Widow Jane Decadence, Hard Truth Sweet Mash Rye and Angel's Envy Rye. Everything else is pretty much just shelfers.
Great list! Love your honest takes on the secondary market as well. I used to get fired up about 2-3x MSRP markups, but realized that I should consider the value of all the time I was putting into chasing bottles through drops and lotteries.
My Top 11 are:
11) Michter's Toasted Rye (2023)
10) Knob Creek 15 Batch 2
9) Nashville Barrel Company- Whiskey Row Pick
8) Taconic Mizunara Finished
7) Baker's 7 (7y,10 mos)
6) Striped Pig Single Barrel- Bourbon together pick
5) Blue Bolt 248 Double Oaked (Crittenden's DO) - Bourbon together Pick
4) JJ Bowman Single Barrel
3) Old Forester 1910
2) Elijah Craig Barrel Proof C923
1) Dettling 1867 Cask Strength - Framily "The Collaboration" pick
Honorable Mentions: Doc Swinson's Alter Ego Bourbon and Rye.
Love the #9 selection. SUCH a great pour, especially at "Castle Strength."
Ditto on Nashville Barrel. Amazing bourbons and ryes. Love their tasting room too!
Great video. Fantastic channel. Just curious, what is the painting that is hanging over Josh’s left shoulder? Love your set. Cheers!!
Thanks so much! It’s an abstract piece from Vybe Interior.
@@stuffandwhiskey Very cool!
@stuffandwhiskey 8:20 where can i purchase your Nashville Barrel Company picks? I'm in north Alabama.
The most recent two were selected as part of our annual event in Nashville this past weekend, so bottles were sold on site at Nashville Barrel Co. Remaining stock (122 bottles) will go online in the next few weeks to be released to Patreon supporters in tiered order. Any remaining bottles will be made available to folks who sign up for the free tier on Patreon. www.patreon.com/stuffandwhiskey
I finally picked up a bottle of the JD Single Barrel Barrel Proof Rye. Cracked it open last night which was probably wasted as my allergies are cranking currently. I didn't get anything on the nose or pallette that stood out. It was tasty but all I got was a big ol hug from the 133 proof. I went back and smelled my glass this morning and it was full of vanilla but I couldn't get anything other than that. Looking forward to going back to it when I can breathe better.
I’ve given King of Kentucky and Coy Hill to people blind that were battling allergies and they got nothing as well. Allergies are no joke.
It’s like a mid season ‘best of.’ agnostic of year. What a treat!
Thanks for the chuckles, I needed that today. Many wows!
You guys are "making" me buy things I don't normally buy. I say that in a good way. (For example, bourbon brands I wouldn't do until I hear your take on them. Now I just went and bought a Rye. You recently had Hard Truth Sweet Mash Rye and Sagamore Spirit (Hard Truth also in today's video). I could not find Hard Truth Sweet Mash Rye but did buy Sagamore Spirit. I'm getting ready to try it. Will be a first purely Rye for me. Thanks.
Rye is a different profile for sure and that’s a great one to start with!
@@stuffandwhiskey Yeah, I think the blend is what works for me. I usually like bourbons with low rye in the mash bill so I'm surprised at liking this rye. I trusted you guys!
I do have a question, your last year whiskey of the year Elijah Craig c923 beat out the 13 colony bourbon. Did you guess change your mind on it or I’m I mixing it up with an another whiskey? Also where do you rank it as well?
Great question. That was my (Josh) blind taste ranking, whereas this was a blend of bottles we both love, and this list took into account the “special bottle” wow factor as well. In a blind tasting, C923 would easily be in the Top 10 and maybe the Top 5.
@@stuffandwhiskey ok that makes sense. Thanks 🙏🏾
Is Rare Breed NCF easy for you guys to find?
I think they said before on their channel that it is an airport only release and they got it from somebody who bought there.
@@whiteandnerdybubba yeah but I wasn’t sure if it’s like Wild Turkey 12 and some place in the US have been selling it.
Definitely not. We’ve had to have a lot of help in getting the few bottles that we do have.
I found the non-chill filtered WT Rare Breed in Oregon 2 years ago!
Great top ten, wish I had a few of those!
Great list! 100% All-Stars.
Happy birthday Josh!! Cheers
Thanks so much!
I started writing when Hard Truth came up…if you are sitting in the fence thinking about supporting this channel on Patreon, take the leap and gain access to Josh & Erin’s picks. Excellent channel quality, obviously, but their picks are so, so solid. Great whiskey community as well, live streams are fun, and…did I mention access to their picks? 🙂 Cheers 🥃
Josh's pronunciation of Georgia checks out. Cheers!
In no particular order, they're within my budget which is smaller than everyone else's, and I don't necessarily own all of them at any given time:
Balcones Texas Pot Still Bourbon
Jack Daniel's Single Barrel Barrel Proof
Old Grand-Dad 114
Old Forester 100
Wild Turkey 101
Sagamore Spirit Cask Strength
Knob Creek 9 year
Woodford Reserve Double Oaked
Larceny
Four Roses Small Batch
Top 10 I own:
Eagle Rare
Balcones pot still bourbon
Redwood Empire lost monarch
Knob creek 9 single barrel reserve
1792 single barrel
Willet 4 year reserve rye
Knob creek rye
High west double rye
Green River wheated
Green River single barrel Californication
Nothing wrong with this list. Wish I could find a few of these. Enjoy!!
Love Erin's outfit!
Thanks! The kimono is too good!
Cheers, guys!
would be more interesting to see a top 10 list of readily available whiskies at MSRP.
We've done a similar video but are probably due for a refresh. Sometimes the available lists can start to feel a bit repetitive since all the value superstars on the shelf haven't changed much over the years. Still, we'll add a refresh of that list to the content calendar!
Wow. My top 10
1792FP. Woodford sherry cask distillery only. Rare breed. Early times blue bottle. Still Austin CS. Still Austin straight rye whiskey BIB. Saints alley Nobleman best rye ever. Barrel pick Frey Ranch you and SLB. RUSSELLS 10
What watch is Josh wearing ?
That’s what I was trying to figure out. Looks like Erin had a 36mm Datejust. Thoughts?
Got a pretty decent look around 5:05, looks like a Submariner, couldn’t give you a reference, I’m not a Rolex guy. Wearing an Orient Ray II as I write this. :) I am however sipping a Coopers which I learned about from this lovely, stylish couple.
@BoozewithNick good eye, and good selection on the Orient Ray II. I'm a Seiko fanboy but have had my fair share of Orients in the past. @Ken-uu3fc it's a 14060M Submariner (circa 2008) and Erin has a 16013 Datejust from my birthyear (1983).
@@stuffandwhiskey nice choice..I am an Omega fan boy myself. I have heard from your previous youtube videos that you are a watch collector as well.
Big Omega fan here as well! A hesalite sandwich Speedy was my first "big boy" mechanical watch, and I still want another Speedmaster badly. My issue is that I've learned that I'm a bracelet guy through and through, and the bracelets on Speedmasters when I was buying weren't great. They've much improved them now with the modern Speedmaster release (love the new bracelet taper and adjustability), and they've also slimmed down the midcase which is also important to me for comfort on the wrist. I just gotta pinch pennies, stop spending so much on whiskey, and go get one.
Most are not in order
10. Whistlepig 6yr bourbon
9. JD rye
8. Buffalo Trace
7. Eagle Rare
6. Old Tub
5. Knob Creek cask strength rye
4. Dickel 13yr bib
3. Dickel Three Chamber Rye
2. New Riff Rye
1. Chattanooga Whiskey Scotch Cask
I stick by my number. Chattanooga whiskey scotch cask is fantastic and reminds me of an Islay Scotch. The Dickel Three Chamber is expensive and I like it. Somehow, I think I like New riff a little more.
Haha! Well I wrote down all the whiskeys shown in this video and decided that if I ever win the MegaMillion or Powerball Lottery, I'll hunt down these whiskeys and try them.
Is this a rare breed channel?
Forever and always.
Top 10- in order
Factors are -
Availability, ability to elevate an experience, flavor.
1 Rock Hill Farms SiB
2 antique 107
3 peerless double oak bourbon
4 eagle rare 10
5 1792 FP pick
6 ECBP
7 OF 1920
8 1792 BiB pick
9 eht small batch
10 LARCENY Craig Barrel proof
I'll bite. My top 10, in no particular order. Price and availability do factor in my choices.
10. Bunnahabhain 12 year cask strength
9. Balblair 15
8.Dewars 21 double double
7.Ardbeg Uigeadail
6. Glenallachie 10 cask strength
5. Michters Rye Cask Strength
4. Angels Envy Rye (tastes like Christmas all year)
3. Old Forester Barrel Proof Rye
2. Ben Holladay bib
1. Russels Reserve Store Picks
Love seeing Uigeadail and Dewars Double Double in there!
@@stuffandwhiskey That Dewars is no joke. Love that stuff.
Old Soul TinType 1
What's the proof on the Hard Truth pick? 👀👀👀
127.9 proof. At the time it was the highest proof single barrel they’d released hence the Castle Strength name. Not sure if that’s still true or not.
@@stuffandwhiskey wow! Great video.
Great video
I'm very unhappy with wild turkey, for only letting out of the country travelers buy the Rare Breed non chill filtered.
I have a friend who flew from here to Miami, and duty free wouldn't sell it because he was traveling in country. So, they don't need my money.
Anyone would find this unbelievable, but a friend here picked up a Stag in a liquor store around here for $50.
They clearly didn't know what they had.
Nice video.
Erin, does your hair EVER look bad? I hope Josh knows how lucky he is to have such a lovely young wife...
Josh here. What about my hair, John!? Haha, j/k, I definitely know I lucked out. We work pretty well together because we both feel lucky to have found the other one. Thanks for the kind words!
Careful saying “this has that extract thing” about 13th Colony DO. You’ll start a war in the comments 😂
😂😂
Not a lot of awesome whiskey... while Old Fitz, King of Kentucky, and some Kentucky Owl sit on the table behind Erin. Then they go on to wheel out 4 bottles that are pretty much unobtanium. Sure, they don't have Emmer Wheat or Buffalo Trace Prohibition Old Stagg but King of Kentucky and 13th Colony DO are pretty much the most exclusive whiskey a collector could reasonably hope to own.
This video was basically the whole of our “collection” viewers might actually be interested in. Most everything else is either 1) single barrel picks as that’s what we love and buy, or 2) standard shelf bottles that we bought for the channel that would have viewers snoozing halfway through the video. 😆
This video was basically the whole of our “collection” viewers might actually be interested in. Most everything else is either 1) single barrel picks as that’s what we love and buy, or 2) standard shelf bottles that we bought for the channel that would have viewers snoozing halfway through the video. 😆
"This little squatty boi outta JOEJAH" and then Erin's reaction 🤣I gotta say, you speaka my langUAJ 😄Thought I was the only one that got a little playful with pronunciation
So only about $5,200 worth of whiskey.
Depends on how you look at it. All at secondary value? Haven’t done the math but maybe. Probably. That said, we’ve spent more than that in one year trying to “build a relationship” with a local store on shelf products and store picks only to get a Stagg Jr at year end for $100. Secondary would’ve been a lot cheaper than that relationship.
For once can someone not pick the obvious bottles that are hard to find as their top 10? So corny. Do it just for likes and free bourbon
Corny? That’s hilarious. We picked the 10 best bottles we own. That was the premise of the video. Not sure if you’re familiar with the channel or not but we’d be doing bourbon hunting videos instead of completely blind tastings if we cared about likes and subscribers. We value honesty and community over here. If either of those bother you, that’s fine, but you’re probably going to hate our content.
Get it girl. I thought I was listening to Cher.
Words are hard in the right order.