Top 10 Bourbons of 2024. Best Bourbons of 2024
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- Опубликовано: 11 фев 2025
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Tonight we review the Top 10 Bourbons of 2024. What Bourbons are the best this year stay tuned to find out!
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Great video! Did you try Little Book Infinite this year? Thoughts?
Yes I really enjoyed it but I was torn between it and the little book chapter 8
Great vid BB. The Truth Shall Set Us Free! Thanks for all the entertainment, humor and honesty. Best Bourbon channel on the Tube!
Thanks that means a lot sir
Knob creek 18yr is so freaking good. I’m happy it’s sitting on shelves. It’s one I continually come back to all the time. Cheers from LVbourbondrinkers
Cheers love that group! And yea it is I’ve always enjoyed it but shocked how well it did
Ah the one time of year where Bourbon Bill's intro music actually makes sense.
Haha right but I do usually change it back to the breaking news intro most of the year but we always play Christmas music over B roll footage no matter the time of year
Lol this channel is so good Idc what anyone says. Bill knows his stuff but also makes me laugh every time.
Haha thanks for joining in on the fun
What a great list and we'll done video one of the best top 10 videos done this year
Wow thanks appreciate it
What a video! Rita, lucky deer and ten amazing bottles! Glorious work Bill!!
Haha thank you I’m proud of it lol
Buddy you are one of my favs.. you crack me up- flintstone vitamins brilliant!😂
Haha that’s what everyone says about the Dickel profile but it’s still good to me
@@bourbonbill I saw the 15 year the other day at my local B and M. I was blown away by the proof though it was like 40 proof… No thanks.
Amazing list Bill.
Also, team Sir-up.
Thanks sir!
Great list! Great video!!
Thank you, glad you enjoyed it!
That Hardin's Creek 211 month is one of the best kept secrets of 2024. $135 here with a coupon for a 17 year 7 month bourbon that is sublime! Great pick Bill!
Absolutely agree one of the best bourbons of the last couple years but certainly king of 2024. People slept on it and that’s a great price for sure
Y’all are funny! I look forward to trying all 10.
Let me know your order!
This is a great list. I haven’t tried most of these, but the few I have are fan. I didn’t consider the 211 as a this year. My second place was the 2024 Coy Hill. My personal first place is a secret as you have a blind sample of it .
Was it sample you sent me already haha
@ it was in the Advent Calendar samples. I’ve temporarily lost my list though and can’t immediately give you a sample number
hmm was it that old fitz VVS13 that was killer
@ that was my number 3 , You never got to the sample I’m talking about. Unfortunately, someone moved my notepad with the samples I sentyou
@@jamesstreet1144hmm what was the bottle my brother in law and I drank thru most of them already warming up for bourbon of the year and details are now fuzzy lol
Russell’s 15! Best of 2024🔥🔥🔥
It’s a great pour and depending on what people got during the year I can see how it’s atop some people’s lists
@@bourbonbill I got all the bottles you did except from the coy hill but I did try it at a local bar. RR15 is still top dog on my list by far. Its super smooth and complex, the finish is long, and the dark notes of cherry tobacco give me a nostalgic feeling from the past. It also doesnt taste like everything else (vanilla, maple, brown sugar, etc. etc.)
Dickel 15 is one of my favorite bottles. Nice to see it make the list!
Yeah it’s good stuff and especially at that higher proof bottle I have. People often overlook it but it did super well and was a surprise to me
@@bourbonbill It can be hard to find 100+ proof bottles, but I got lucky and found one at 100.8 proof sitting on the shelf of a small store in NJ for under $50.
@@Defx10yeah for sure a lot are under 100 proof but you gotta hold out for the 100 + ones those are where the magic is lol
Awesome vid I can tell Rita has been reading the comments!
She has been trying to keep up with all of you, I know she’s been checking in!
I love that hardins creek, i have 2 bottles. No one seems to even consider it! i know where theirs still a bottle for 200, i got both of mine for 150
It is definitely slept on for sure!
have u tried Hard Truth double oaked cask strength rye? The BIB wheated is also great.
I have not I wanted to but hard truth doesn’t come to Pa and I never saw that bottle anywhere
Awesome list and fun video!
Thanks!
Great list!
For bottles I acquired in 2024 my tops were
RR15, HC JW 211 mo, RR Single Rick CNF, JD Coy Hill, A Smith Bowman CS B3, WT 12yr, JD10 B3
Honorable mention for an experimental mashbill single barrel from the distillery at bardstown bourbon co and a 10 yr CN-E Russell’s pick.
Heck of a list sir! All great bottles can’t complain with any of those
Nice job....I have most of what you received. Minus the 13th colony. I look forward to opening my Harden Creek.
Thanks for watching and yeah for sure crack that open it’s amazing stuff
I was lucky enough to get both of your top 2's for the year. Haven't tasted RR15, but I love the HCJW 211 and Coy Hill.
Awesome man yeah both of those are absolutely hitters. RR15 is great too but it’s at least $100 more msrp wise than either of the top 2
Great list. #1 was no surprise. 😉
But Disco 12 completely off the list? Wow. Then again, you said something that is the absolute truth: Some whiskeys don't blind well. And it isn't as if Disco 12 is some low proof delicate flower of a pour. It has great oak, good mix of flavors, and a nice mouthfeel. So...who knows. 🤷♂️
Real ones knew what was going to be number 1 almost all year nothing came along to really challenge it. And yeah my brother in law and I were shocked going through them disco 12 was in the middle of what we drank through and we both looked at each other and were instantly like that ain’t making top 10 shocked when we found out what it was it ended up too spikey and honestly the 6yr in it hurt it
Profezor,
Junkies did a blind Top 20 of 2024 and Disco 12 came in at #19!
Nice list! I'm with you on RR15. It's so good, but since we got it we've been waiting for something to knock it from the top because there is just something missing.....
Yes exactly it’s fantastic but not the pinnacle
I've been keeping track of all the whiskeytube "Best Of 2024" blinds and RR15 is averaging #3. It's had some #1s but it's also had #5s and #6.
Excellent list. I love stuff off of the beaten path. Will have to keep an eye out for bull run and old Bones. I've seen old Bones in my area but haven't picked it up
For sure those two stood out one bottle that didn’t make top 10 but was excellent was the 11.5yr copper sky mgp bourbon just barley missed it
Nice! I have many of these bottles and very happy about that. Nit chasing RR15 though. I will just drink WT12, 70th, or rare breed. I think I prefer the 184 over the 211, but now I need to revisit.
The JW184 was excellent to me more on par with the Frankfort, Boston and clermont release but none hold up to the special sauce of the JW211
@ you are right Bill, I will never doubt you again.
@@timfishback6137haha that’s what I like to hear
Great list!
Thank you glad you enjoyed it
Thanks for the episode.
That’s a bunch of great bottles!
It’s hard for me to spend more than about $100 on a bottle, I just don’t see a ROI.
Well if they can be found at MSRP a lot of the top 10 was under 100 haha
Great list, I would only change 2 things, 13th colony is number 1. Chattanooga white port would of been somewhere is my top 10
13th colony is solid an absolutely a top hitter but I just can’t get over the extra oak presence on the JW211 and I should have put Chattanooga white port in as an honorable mention it did good in the blinds it was in the top 20 but didn’t quite make top 10 although still maintain it’s one of the best finished bourbons under 100 proof
I'm Team Sir-up.
Ahh the winning team
Well Bourbon Bill - you and I are the only ones that have the massive love for Jacob's Well 211 month - well done.
Haha just a league of extraordinary gentleman we are
count me in!
Great list! There must be something special about the 130+ proof JD Coy hills, because my 126 proof just couldn't match RR15. That said, my number one non-finished bourbon of 2024 was Bookers the Reserves. Blinded it against a bunch of LE's and it just had that special something that pushed it out on top. Also, it was only $130! I haven't side-by-sided it against 211 month Hardin's Creek, so don't know which I'd prefer. BtR was attainable on local release (in MD). That said, nothing this year matched that Rive Roots Port finished Bourbon hazmat Seelbachs pick #1 that came out in December 2023. But that bottle was a fluke and is now long gone, replaced by a far inferior pick.
Anyways, looking forward to more reviews in the new year.
I do think the coy hills vary I had sampled a lower proof one and it was oakier but less complex so I can see how that might differ. And sadly Pa sold out quick of bookers reserves and didn’t get a bottle and haven’t tried it either. I heard that river roots port bottle was a monster but haven’t tried it
I've been keeping track of where RR15 has been winding up in the end-of-the-year rankings. Mostly I've focused on blinds because I have more trust in those. Chad and Sara Night just came out with their Best Of blind. They said that -- prior to doing the blind -- Chad had expected his #1 would be either RR15 or Heaven Hill 18 and Sara had expected her #1 would be either RR15 or Eagle Rare 17. You know where RR15 finished in their Top 10? At *#6* !
Mine was blind as well and haha if I had BTAC bottles I agree it would end up lower on the list as well
Guessed all the top 3, just had RR15 in 2nd place..
Got the RR10 ME17 & it tastes similar to my RR SiB Pick if it were at a lower proof & filtered.
10yr is older than almost all of the RR private selections, but the added water & chill filtering hurt it.
For $10 more, they could bottle it at 110P & NCF & make more money per bottle sold. But they don't, because it would hurt the sales of the Private barrels at $90+ & LEs like single rickhouse, RR13 & 15yr.
Haha you are smart on the guesses! And the LL ME 20 tastes exactly like 90 proof RR15
@bourbonbill Interesesting. Yes I remember in your 1st vid review of the 10yr, you saying it was 80% of the experience of the RR15.
Have not had any of the RR13, 15 or much of any higher end WT, just the 110P SiB Picks & RR10yr ME17. Both of those are considerably better than the 2024 Rare Breed, for me.
@bourbonbill Oh. you could find out for sure, by taking a small amount of 15yr & cutting it to 90P, then blinding it with the 10yr ME20. Though, I doubt you'd want to do that, hah.
Would need some accurate measuring devices & some serious compute-compute power to get that right.
@@motohead077I heard rare breed took a big dip in quality recently but I haven’t had a new one
@@bourbonbill It seems so. If anyone has both, I believe them.
Only had a 2/2024 RB batch myself & probably not even as good as 10/2017 WT 101. Not buying another RB unless find a 2020 or older batch at $50 max or the 1L NCF version.
Know from experience that standard WT 101 took a huge dive. Don't know the exact dates, but can tell you the 10/17/2017 bottle of 101 is great & anything before it.
The 1-20-2021 batch (same old label as 2017) to present, is half as good, at best. It can have nutty notes & harshness that never get on the 2017.
Tried multiple bottles of the new/current label from 2022, '23 & '24 & all taste the same as the 2021 old label juice.
So sometime between 10/2017 & 1-2021 & before they went to the new/current label, is when they changed the juice for the worse.
WT held on longer than Knob & Elijah. They both started the lower quality in 2016 by dropping the 9 & 12yr age for core bottles.
But when I found WT 101 1.75L $29.99 in 2024, it's worth it at that price.
I need to find a Coy Hill. And I live in Tennessee and can't find one!
Nice job on the list that's cool to see the LL/ME slip in there. Hard to argue that Top 3. Some bangers for sure. Cheers to 2025 and hopefully a JD14 BP!
#surrup
Haha you should be drowning in coy hill but you are right I don’t see how any JD is going to beat what’s coming in 2025 the JD14yr!
Buck,
I know of a guy who got a 2024 Coy Hill in a raffle. He was the second to pick at the raffle. The guy who was the first to pick chose 93-proof Blanton's!
Still kicking myself for not picking up that Bull Run 10 back when you first told us about it.
Seelbach's has a Bull Run *8* that I had been considering but, when I looked at Seelbach's tasting notes, I noticed that *three times* the word "bright" was used; probably wouldn't be my cup o' tea.
Yeah that was a miss I tried to tell people lol but yeah I don’t think the 8 would be as good I don’t like bright notes myself the age here really helped
Add one to the "sir-up" column.
Haha there isn’t one vote yet for Rita’s column loving it
I agree with you BB. It's pronounced "sir".... not "sear". Get it together Rita.
Haha thank you
What a value on the Hardins Creek. 15+ yr whiskey is 300 bucks out of WT, Seelbachs, RR etcs...including the usual brook hill and watch hill rip-offs hitting 1000$ these days. A lot of jokes in whiskey post-covid.
Yeah think about that beam offering 17.5yr for 165 and RR offering 15-16yr for 250 it’s crazy
And I’ve had a sample of the Seelbachs 15yr it ain’t no where close to JW211 or even RR15 for that matter it’s worse and more expensive
I want to point out that Coy Hill is not cheaper than RR15 on secondary, which is the only place 99% of us can get them.
That’s a fair point but I still gotta give credit to JD for at least trying to keep the price reasonable in states that are controlled it sells for msrp
aaron,
I know of a guy who traded a George T Stagg for a 2024 Coy Hill!
It's a shame that people are paying no attention to the JW 211, likely due to being out too late for 2023 lists and technically being not a 2024 release. I agree with your top ranking--GTS and RR15 rounded out my top three bourbons I own this year, but JW 211 was a runaway clear first place. And I will also point out my agreement with Backbones being a sneaky top ten pick--whatever they're doing with MGP distillate must be magic.
Are you my long lost brother haha couldn’t agree more! Didn’t get a bottle of any BTAC so I couldn’t include it in my top 10 but I hear GTS 2024 is great
That 211 was a monster this year.
It absolutely crushes
At least you didn't pay $400 for Russell's 15 like me lol. I'm still not mad about it though.
Haha yeah I try not to do that but I get it they are only doing that bottle once supposedly
What is the average secondary price of Hardin's Creek 221 ?
I don’t know I would say 250 or less I’ve seen some go for
I agree 100% that Fred Minnick is paid off. I stopped watching his channel 3 years ago.
I don’t know for sure but it’s odd to me how the top whiskeys of the year always include middle of the road offerings that most whiskey drinkers would say are good but no where near great
@@bourbonbillA good example of what you just said is E-40’s Kuiper Belt bourbon coming in at #8 on his top 100 whiskeys of 2021. That’s when I became suspicious of him as a sellout. Sorry for the late reply.
All top 10 ryes will be Sagamore Ryes ranked…🥃
Haha you know it was an honest possibility it’s why besides the 9yr and the port they are getting their own video
You’re so odd, but it works! Keep doing your thing!
Haha, I'll take that as a compliment!
Syrup like stirrup
Haha thanks Rita seems to be losing this battle lol
So 225 OTD for jacobs well sounds like insane value?
Yep buy now
@bourbonbill buying today, very excite
@bourbonbill lord heavenss!!!! Compared to a GTS 23 sample and it is so close. So glad I was able to buy. I appreciate that sweet oak
@@grantashcraft4147yeah it’s amazing stuff. I did a blind of the best bourbons I have and it easily beat the GTS sample I had but I forget what year the sample was
buy that, got both of mine for 150 plus tax, considering buying the third at another store for 200
Hardin's Creek is such an odd case. Nobody hypes it up, but it still doesn't hang out on shelves and almost never shows up on secondary. It's like this secret that people don't want to admit. The most IYKYK series of bottles.
Haha for sure. I think one of the first releases they do was that stupid colonel b beam 2yr old bourbon which tanked the brand for many they didn’t realize it became a lot of ultra aged hitters for a bit
I don't understand why you make a big deal about MSRP. Coy Hill and Russell's 15 are both around $500 anywhere you can actually buy them.
I paid msrp for RR15 and I paid above retail for JD Coy hill but believe it or not a lot of people do get these at msrp especially if they live in a control state
Seer up
Boo that’s only the second vote for that way
Wish I could get my mitts on a HC bottle.
I hear they can still
Be found in the wilds of NY
Do you suppose that 2023 13th Colony is MGP?
It absolutely is all their stuff has been they just never called it out on the label it’s also finished like they are now claiming they are on the label
Sir-up
Thanks I’m making a tally sheet and putting one in the correct column lol
Would love to see the best value bourbons. Rather than just under 100 dollars. Not just 2024, but also the best value and widely available bourbons regardless of when they were released. Like, best value never-hunting bourbons.
The answer to that is KC9, KC12, KCSib, JDSBBP, JDSBBP Rye, Rare Breed and occasionally ECBP
Ritaaaaaaaaaa!
Haha I made her help lol we will see if I can convince her for rye of the year next week
Minnick "paid off" and "drinking swill"...don't hold back, tell us what you really think! 😁
p.s. sir-up
Haha I mean look with some of the bottles on his list it has to be that no other excuse lol
@bourbonbill that's what I hate about youtube and reviews in general--you don't know what it genuine or an advertisement anymore for the most part.
I see nashville barrel company gets a lot of love, but is it genuine or a lot of good marketing?
@@SigSauerSauceI’ve had a couple Nashville samples from people of various items and I can say they have all been good but for me rarely worth what’s asked for them. Usually I feel like they should be 20-30 less expensive
@@bourbonbill there is definitely a premium on them for the age statements. Unfortunately their site doesn't tell a whole lot about any nose or tasting notes.
Minnick is a tool, attended a 'whiskey tasting' in his homestate. It was 100.00 1/4 oz pours x 4 101, Bradshaw, Blantons, and I don't remember. It was advertised as michter's 10 + 20, Yamazaki...and others. Which you ACTUALLY only got if you paid an additional 500.00 for VIP.
Dude is a straight sleezebag
Come on Bill, it’s “seer up” not “sir up”
Haha that’s one vote vs like 7 for sir up
Where is the best rye??
Best rye will be Tuesday next week video release that’s a whole other video review
@@bourbonbill good because bourbon is cute and everything but we all know the real banger is rye.
@@HATFIELDBBQhaha 2024 was sure an interesting year for ryes the rye resurgence really came into full swing
Dude! Rita is a bit bossy now isn't she? lol
Haha she always is
More Rita…but if she likes to collect something expensive….may be good for the channel but not your wallet. The scream was the best!!
Haha she likes collecting spa days
You obviously are NUTZ. This is an unobtainable bottle. My 2024 Bourbon of the year is a $38 special, Town Branch Overproof.
This isn’t a top 10 value list it’s top 10 of the year meaning best produced that I obtained. While alot of these bottles are hard to get you could have gotten a Seelbachs 10yr cognac they had them for like months online and a lot of stores carry a 15yr Dickel bottle for like $70ish
Love the list. I would add King of Kentucky and George T
Both usually great bottles but since I was unable to procure a bottle couldn’t include them in my list
Rita show yourself!!
She refuses maybe next advent
Rita is hilarious 😂
Haha that she is
@@bourbonbill hope you guys had a good new year
It’s sir-up. 🥞
Another one in the correct column thank you sir