What a super impressive list. Thanks for doing all that drinking and putting it together for us. I only was able to get the ECBP A122. All the rest either don't make it to my area or if they're scooped up by the time I can get to a store.
Great list. I appreciated the authenticity with regards to your viewers and the reasonable expectations as to which we can procure these bottles. Calumet 16 has been a game changer for me. I honestly was at the point where I was about to give up on bourbons as I was finding every “it” bottle underwhelming. Calumet had me at the nose. I bought two more bottles after my first tasting and have yet to regret anything. I finally found the Remus Repeal VI and am looking forward to that opening in a few weeks for my birthday.
Love the video cause his list is all pretty obtainable stuff. Matt is the man of the people! The whiskey wizard! Looking forward to your top whiskey video…
Yes Yes Yes!!!! You had me spellbound to the end. I could not agree MORE! And you had to stay true to remember your early reviews of the year. Well done, sir!!
Thanks Matt, I have an 18 yr EC and saw some pretty bad reviews and was bummed I got it. Haven't tasted mine yet so I am relieved you like it. I think I will love it.
holy cow. I have to agree Calumet 16 is so great and I see it everywhere. I keep pouring that and barrell Vantage. both are so great. I am still hunting that Knob Creek 18. Such a great line up for top 10 bourbons. thanks for sharing. cheers.
Good choices Matt. I picked up the Wilderness Trail BIB and was glad I did. I just picked up a Lucky Seven 15 year Proprietors and hope it is as good as 14 year. Also got the Calumet 16 and love it. Can find it all over Northern Illinois in Woodman’s for $124.
Love Calumet 16! It’s great and moderately available. Realize a bit pricey but it has the age and flavor to back it up. Worth a grab. Definitely in my Top 5! I maybe drank 3 bottles already 😬
Super realistic top 10 list. Not all easy to get, nor all impossible, some sitting on shelves waiting to be bought at msrp. Thank you! Calumet 16 definitely made my top 5 but I haven’t thought much about my list.
I loved this list! I just found and purchased my first bottle of Calumet 16 and can't wait to try it. I believe you are in Colorado. I found this bottle at the Costco in Thorton for $125 if you need any back ups!
Thank you for sharing your list from 2022. I’ve seen the Knob Creek 18 years one time and it was $250.00 also. I didn’t have the funds to purchase it. But I’ve had a pour of the 12 year and I enjoyed it.
Nice list! I'm in NC and close to SC and have seen all these in stores and could have bought. Unfortunately Calumet 16 didn't hit me right but great list!
I like sweet oak and I cannot Lie! I'm on my second bottle of Calumet 16 and it hit my palate just right! i need to find some Luck Seven and give it a try! Great Video Matt Cheers!
Wow! I was able to get 3 of these (WFBP, ECBP, Cal16). Great list and awesome commentary. Calumet is probably out of the aged source and that's why they dropped down to the 8-year and the small batch.
10 most enjoyable bourbons I had the pleasure to consume this year in no particular order: Rare Breed, George Dickel Distillers Cut, Jack Daniels Bonded, Woodford Double Oaked, Knob Creek Single Barrel, Elijah Craig BP A122, OGD 114, Makers Mark 46 Cask Strength, Stagg Jr. 16 and Bakers 7. I'm sure your list is way better as there are many great bourbons I haven't tried yet, but now I've got a good idea of what to look for in my travels. Thanks Matt!
Calumet 16 is my favorite bourbon of all time! I bought 5 and have 3 left. If I see it again I’ll buy another bottle (or two). After trying the Lucky 7 six year I’m really looking forward to the 14 year. Sadly I could not get the Proprietor, but did get a Hold Up. Thanks for your great reviews.
Great list!! Although I’ll be happy when the lists are completed and you’re back in the t-shirt. The oddly-colored shirt & tie combo is freaking me out. Unless you’ve had to go to court every day this week. If that’s the case, good luck.
Great list! The next calumet age statement will either be 18 or 19, they posted a teaser months ago, showing the very top of the age label, it was a 1 and a number with a rounded top, not a “7”
I love your list because most all available. Calumet 16 is right there with the Lucky Seven 14, Remus Gatsby, BBC disco 9, BBC Goose Island colab as my top 5 for the year. Wilderness Trail 8 just missed out on my top 5
Matt- I was shocked to see Calumet 16 in the number one spot- but I totally agree with you! It is incredible and I’ve bunkered a couple of bottles of it so I’ll have it when everyone else figures out just how damn good it is 🥃🥃
Could have bought that Calumet 16 on sale at two different stores but passed because the only Calumet I'd had was lame. Now the price has gone out of my price range.
I blinded Wildneress Trail 8 yr with Old Forester 1920, Barrell Batch 33, Four Roses SiB private selection, and EH Taylor and it was my clear number 1!
Kind of incredible to see Cal 16 on this list and Cal 8 on the Worst. One of the wonderful variables of bourbon...TIME! Thanks Matt...you are indeed the Top Taster!
I totally love how you operate Brother!...problem with this is I literally would need to cross state lines to get most of the bottles on your list (not your problem. Oregon can suck that way!)...I should be happy however your number one pic is available just 20 short minutes away here in Portland. 🙂 Just need to convince the wife it's a good idea to spring for a $150.00 bottle. Hey, if I cook mac-n-cheese at home instead of going out to dinner, possibly she'll go for it!
I bought two bottles of the Cal 16 this year because I loved it so much. But the last bottle I bought in 2022 is giving it a run for its money in my mind, but it’s a store pick. Old 55 BIB- doesn’t have the age of the Calumet, but the taste is something special.
Great stuff as always matt. Honestly i was disappointed by this years woodford bp. Thought it really was nothing special. Would cap what id pay at 70. EcC922 is my fave of the year.
Great list Matt! I really loved the Woodford Reserve 118.4. I had the Lucky Seven 14 year Proprietors and it was one of my favorites of the year too. Totally agree on your order of the 2022 ECBPs. The Calumet 16 was great and a relatively available and a good value (found at Costco several times for $110!). Cheers!
Nice list. Did you have some of the other Calumet Farms this year: 10, 14, and 15. I can get my hands on them but wanted to see if they stood up to 16. Cheers.
I am shocked at the Calumet 16. We tried it blind and it didn't trip any of our triggers. KC18 and EC18 were absolute rockstars, so agree with you on those for sure.
Great list. As far as the ECBP, I think I got a bad bottle of A122 because I just did not like mine. I've tried to go back a few times and still not digging it.
Had two bottles of A122 this year. The first one was incredible, like delicious salted chocolate covered caramel and the perfect aged oak.. the second completely let me down with funky oak and that magic marker note that the Bourbon Junkies mentioned. I hate how much variation you can experience in bourbon sometimes.
I am glad to see someone else liked the Remus Repeal Reserve VI besides me. Most of the comments I have seen about it were negative and were centered around the fact that it wasn't as good as the V. I thought it was still pretty damned good.
I was able to get some really cool bottles this year, but man, I really felt like the Hardin’s Creek Jacob’s Well flew under the radar. Beam snobbery lives on. And I’m fine with it.
No top list of 2022 is complete without JD Bonded ... right.... Great List Mr Porter thank you for putting in the hours and hours of research...someone had to do it....
Knob 18 blew me away. Absolutely stunning. Not overoaked at all but definitely oak forward with additional notes of banana pudding and vanilla. So stinkin good. Calumet 16 on the other hand was straight up garbage to me. Tasted like I was making out with oak and not in a good way.
I think all but two of the bottles are MSRP north of $100. I think your $100 or less Top 10 would be interesting. Obviously ECBP A122 and Wilderness Trail 8yr would be on it since they made this list, but what are your other 8? Presumably the $100 or less category would be stuff more people could actually find. Out of this list, the only ones I ever even saw were ECBP A122 and Calumet 16 (which I didn't buy).
Matt, every year I buy a special birthday bottle. A local shop has both Calumet 15 and 16, if you had to choose 1. Which would it be ? From your brief notes, 16 sounds delicious.
I thought it was too expensive but the wife talked me into it. Tasted it... wonderful. How wonderful? Shared it with friends and would buy again. It's actually worth the price.
I had the same top 3 in a different order. Jacob Well #1, KC18 #2, Calumet 16 #3. I drink the most of Calumet because of the price though. Found a retailer selling it for $119 so I bought a case of it. So good at that price. I am a Beam fan though so maybe that’s why they beat out Calumet.
DAMMIT!!! I'm about to get a butt-kickin'.....I'm going to find and buy a Calumet and have to rewatch your "How to Hide Your Bourbon Collection" video...again.
I’ve been hearing a lot of great things about Calumet 16. It’s always been on the shelf but I never heard much about it and saw it’s expensive. Maybe I should plunk down the coin to snag a bottle before it completely goes away due to hype like other bottles. But yeah, you do pay for it!
I would not pay over $120. I have 2 different batches, and while they're good, they just didn't have that wow factor imo. They have gotten better with air, especially the second batch. But that's like 6 months after they've been open. It's just not a $140+ bottle of whiskey and people are paying that.
Thanks for taking the time to give us a well thought out list! Glad to see some obtainable bourbons on it as well! Calumet 16 still on the shelves!
Calumet 16 was my favorite this year as well. Great videos Matt, I really enjoy them.
What a super impressive list. Thanks for doing all that drinking and putting it together for us. I only was able to get the ECBP A122. All the rest either don't make it to my area or if they're scooped up by the time I can get to a store.
So happy to see the love for Calumet 16. What a fantastic, and findable bottle!
Great list Matt!! It’s awesome that I actually have a few of the bottles on this list!! Cheers
Great list. I appreciated the authenticity with regards to your viewers and the reasonable expectations as to which we can procure these bottles. Calumet 16 has been a game changer for me. I honestly was at the point where I was about to give up on bourbons as I was finding every “it” bottle underwhelming. Calumet had me at the nose. I bought two more bottles after my first tasting and have yet to regret anything. I finally found the Remus Repeal VI and am looking forward to that opening in a few weeks for my birthday.
Love the video cause his list is all pretty obtainable stuff. Matt is the man of the people! The whiskey wizard! Looking forward to your top whiskey video…
Yes Yes Yes!!!! You had me spellbound to the end. I could not agree MORE! And you had to stay true to remember your early reviews of the year. Well done, sir!!
Great video Matt - thanks for all the hard work and reviews
Wow! Calumet 16 is my first and only $100+ bourbon. I still haven't opened it up but I'm saving it for a special occasion.
Finally someone that had Calumet 16 at the top. Totally agree.
That was a lot of fun Matt, thank you very much!!
An incredible list of bourbons! I've had some of these and will be keeping an eye out for the others.
Matt, great list. I have 4 of those bottles and I regard myself as very fortunate. Appreciate you.
Great list we had some overlap. The calumet 16 and the Woodford batch proof were great delicious surprises this year
Great list. I love the Calumet 16.
Great stuff Matt!
Thanks Matt, I have an 18 yr EC and saw some pretty bad reviews and was bummed I got it. Haven't tasted mine yet so I am relieved you like it. I think I will love it.
holy cow. I have to agree Calumet 16 is so great and I see it everywhere. I keep pouring that and barrell Vantage. both are so great. I am still hunting that Knob Creek 18. Such a great line up for top 10 bourbons. thanks for sharing. cheers.
I've never had this Four Roses LE, but you nailed 1 and 2 100%. I liked the C batches the best in both 2021 and 2022. Awesome video Matt. Thank you.
Good choices Matt. I picked up the Wilderness Trail BIB and was glad I did. I just picked up a Lucky Seven 15 year Proprietors and hope it is as good as 14 year. Also got the Calumet 16 and love it. Can find it all over Northern Illinois in Woodman’s for $124.
Hey Matt! What a roller coaster! Calumet all over the map!
Haven’t watched a video in a while but good list and you look great looking like slim Matt porter 💪🏾 keep up the good work
Love Calumet 16! It’s great and moderately available. Realize a bit pricey but it has the age and flavor to back it up. Worth a grab. Definitely in my Top 5! I maybe drank 3 bottles already 😬
Super realistic top 10 list. Not all easy to get, nor all impossible, some sitting on shelves waiting to be bought at msrp. Thank you! Calumet 16 definitely made my top 5 but I haven’t thought much about my list.
Great list of Matt, have 6 of your top 10, so feel pretty fortunate 👍
I loved this list! I just found and purchased my first bottle of Calumet 16 and can't wait to try it. I believe you are in Colorado. I found this bottle at the Costco in Thorton for $125 if you need any back ups!
Great list. Thanks for all you do, and I look forward to a lot more of your video work in 2023. P.S. the Like Button is smashed.👍
I snagged that Calumet 16 when it first came out. I now have 3 backups. It's a great pour
Thank you for sharing your list from 2022. I’ve seen the Knob Creek 18 years one time and it was $250.00 also. I didn’t have the funds to purchase it. But I’ve had a pour of the 12 year and I enjoyed it.
Nice list! I'm in NC and close to SC and have seen all these in stores and could have bought. Unfortunately Calumet 16 didn't hit me right but great list!
Very surprised that 2XO didn't make your top 10. Great channel. Awesome content.
Matt. I love all these bottles and have all but 1. I don’t know if I would do the same order but agree with all of these. Great choices.
that shirt/tie combo (double windsor knot...baller) is 🔥, also 🔥every bourbon on your list, you keep being you Matt! cheers!
I like sweet oak and I cannot Lie! I'm on my second bottle of Calumet 16 and it hit my palate just right! i need to find some Luck Seven and give it a try! Great Video Matt Cheers!
I have six Cal 16s bunkered....and I still look at it every time I see it in the wild! Love the stuff.
Thanks for the hard work Matt! I enjoyed your list video and very much enjoy my Calument 16! Did you get to try Larceny BP C922 that Fred liked?
Nice list! So glad to see a list for those of us who aren’t insanely rich or have all the time in the world to camp out at liquor stores. 😂😂
Wow! I was able to get 3 of these (WFBP, ECBP, Cal16). Great list and awesome commentary.
Calumet is probably out of the aged source and that's why they dropped down to the 8-year and the small batch.
10 most enjoyable bourbons I had the pleasure to consume this year in no particular order: Rare Breed, George Dickel Distillers Cut, Jack Daniels Bonded, Woodford Double Oaked, Knob Creek Single Barrel, Elijah Craig BP A122, OGD 114, Makers Mark 46 Cask Strength, Stagg Jr. 16 and Bakers 7. I'm sure your list is way better as there are many great bourbons I haven't tried yet, but now I've got a good idea of what to look for in my travels. Thanks Matt!
I bought two $100+ bottles this year, Cal 16 and Knob 18. Based on your rankings...nailed it!
Calumet 16 is my favorite bourbon of all time! I bought 5 and have 3 left. If I see it again I’ll buy another bottle (or two).
After trying the Lucky 7 six year I’m really looking forward to the 14 year. Sadly I could not get the Proprietor, but did get a Hold Up.
Thanks for your great reviews.
Great list!! Although I’ll be happy when the lists are completed and you’re back in the t-shirt. The oddly-colored shirt & tie combo is freaking me out. Unless you’ve had to go to court every day this week. If that’s the case, good luck.
Great list! The next calumet age statement will either be 18 or 19, they posted a teaser months ago, showing the very top of the age label, it was a 1 and a number with a rounded top, not a “7”
Picked the 16 up a few days ago and must say I think its like a cherry cordial thats been sitting in a lightly smoked barrel of love 🖤
Very nice. Thank you.
I love your list because most all available. Calumet 16 is right there with the Lucky Seven 14, Remus Gatsby, BBC disco 9, BBC Goose Island colab as my top 5 for the year. Wilderness Trail 8 just missed out on my top 5
I have such a hard time choosing between Disco 8 and 9. The 9 is super unique, but the 8 has all of that oaky goodness.
Matt- I was shocked to see Calumet 16 in the number one spot- but I totally agree with you! It is incredible and I’ve bunkered a couple of bottles of it so I’ll have it when everyone else figures out just how damn good it is 🥃🥃
Could have bought that Calumet 16 on sale at two different stores but passed because the only Calumet I'd had was lame. Now the price has gone out of my price range.
Let's go!!! Hoping I scored a few bottles on the list.
I blinded Wildneress Trail 8 yr with Old Forester 1920, Barrell Batch 33, Four Roses SiB private selection, and EH Taylor and it was my clear number 1!
I agree with your number 1. Calumet 16 is my #1 bourbon of the year.
Kind of incredible to see Cal 16 on this list and Cal 8 on the Worst. One of the wonderful variables of bourbon...TIME! Thanks Matt...you are indeed the Top Taster!
I literally have a few of those in the list: CF16, KC18 and WTrail 8. All of them are delicious!
Love that list.
I totally love how you operate Brother!...problem with this is I literally would need to cross state lines to get most of the bottles on your list (not your problem. Oregon can suck that way!)...I should be happy however your number one pic is available just 20 short minutes away here in Portland. 🙂 Just need to convince the wife it's a good idea to spring for a $150.00 bottle. Hey, if I cook mac-n-cheese at home instead of going out to dinner, possibly she'll go for it!
I bought two bottles of the Cal 16 this year because I loved it so much. But the last bottle I bought in 2022 is giving it a run for its money in my mind, but it’s a store pick. Old 55 BIB- doesn’t have the age of the Calumet, but the taste is something special.
Great stuff as always matt. Honestly i was disappointed by this years woodford bp. Thought it really was nothing special. Would cap what id pay at 70. EcC922 is my fave of the year.
C922 def G
For me, I found Calumet 16 and Jacob's Well to be very similar. Both great, but opened at different times.
Great list Matt! I really loved the Woodford Reserve 118.4. I had the Lucky Seven 14 year Proprietors and it was one of my favorites of the year too. Totally agree on your order of the 2022 ECBPs. The Calumet 16 was great and a relatively available and a good value (found at Costco several times for $110!). Cheers!
I blinded the Calumet age series, and my top was still the 14 year. They're all great, but I think 14 is the sweet spot for my palate.
Calumet 16 is very good. Most expensive bottle ever bought. So glad to see it received top spot.
Nice list. Did you have some of the other Calumet Farms this year: 10, 14, and 15. I can get my hands on them but wanted to see if they stood up to 16. Cheers.
I love Calumet 16 as well. Perfect Oak and Cherry balance.
Third sip in, I really start to get the chocolate flavor- it’s surprising how it unfolds
Such a bummer you never got a bottle of Heaven Hill 17…..glad you got to try it though!
I agree on Calumet 16 but that’s the only bottle that I was able to get off this list. Cheers!!!
Thanks Matt.cheers 🥃
Well done!
I did a blind with my BIL of ECBP and Larceny BP A122 and B522. We both had the same order LA122, LB522, ECB522, ECA122.
I am shocked at the Calumet 16. We tried it blind and it didn't trip any of our triggers. KC18 and EC18 were absolute rockstars, so agree with you on those for sure.
Have to disagree with you on EC18. Hard pass.
KC18 me likey
Agreed! Calumet 16 blind was so average. Don’t get me wrong, still tasty, but not even close to top spot for 2022.
I am really glad to see the Elijah Craig 18 get some well deserved love.
Great list. As far as the ECBP, I think I got a bad bottle of A122 because I just did not like mine. I've tried to go back a few times and still not digging it.
Had two bottles of A122 this year. The first one was incredible, like delicious salted chocolate covered caramel and the perfect aged oak.. the second completely let me down with funky oak and that magic marker note that the Bourbon Junkies mentioned. I hate how much variation you can experience in bourbon sometimes.
I can't not watch this sped up anymore 😲 too good
Dude…thanks! I love it❤
It's so weird seeing all the different opinions on the ECBP batches. I have a B522 that is just all oak and marshmallow and fckin delicious.
Love the list! Question, the JDCHSB didn’t make the list? Only because you sent the bottle to Michigan?
Interesting to see the differing opinions on a122. Blinded against others from 21-22 and it came in last. B522 and c922 were 1st and 3rd
I’ve got three of your top ten. All very good.
Great video. May I ask if you have a list of favorite Bourbons Not from Kentucky?
You should post-edit a counter for the amount of times you say "guess what?" in this video.
Great list!
I am glad to see someone else liked the Remus Repeal Reserve VI besides me. Most of the comments I have seen about it were negative and were centered around the fact that it wasn't as good as the V. I thought it was still pretty damned good.
The reception was mixed for sure. Ive seen a bunch of people say 6 was their favorite.
I was able to get some really cool bottles this year, but man, I really felt like the Hardin’s Creek Jacob’s Well flew under the radar.
Beam snobbery lives on. And I’m fine with it.
Very interesting lineup for sure. I thought you were going to go with the Proprietor 14 year as your number 1.
That’s what I thought!
Shedding tears. I’m in Canada and can’t get most of those.
No top list of 2022 is complete without JD Bonded ... right.... Great List Mr Porter thank you for putting in the hours and hours of research...someone had to do it....
Knob 18 blew me away. Absolutely stunning. Not overoaked at all but definitely oak forward with additional notes of banana pudding and vanilla. So stinkin good.
Calumet 16 on the other hand was straight up garbage to me. Tasted like I was making out with oak and not in a good way.
I prefer the KC 18 as well.
I really like how the list is fairly obtainable, with the exception of 4 🌹 LE.
calumet 16 is on my top 3 as well!
I think all but two of the bottles are MSRP north of $100. I think your $100 or less Top 10 would be interesting. Obviously ECBP A122 and Wilderness Trail 8yr would be on it since they made this list, but what are your other 8? Presumably the $100 or less category would be stuff more people could actually find. Out of this list, the only ones I ever even saw were ECBP A122 and Calumet 16 (which I didn't buy).
POTUS Peaches reference - you just never know what you're gonna get out of ADHD!
Matt, every year I buy a special birthday bottle.
A local shop has both Calumet 15 and 16, if you had to choose 1. Which would it be ?
From your brief notes, 16 sounds delicious.
I haven't had the Calumet 16, but I do have the 15 on the shelf and it's so damn good. I gotta get my hands on the 16
I thought it was too expensive but the wife talked me into it. Tasted it... wonderful. How wonderful? Shared it with friends and would buy again. It's actually worth the price.
I had the same top 3 in a different order. Jacob Well #1, KC18 #2, Calumet 16 #3. I drink the most of Calumet because of the price though. Found a retailer selling it for $119 so I bought a case of it. So good at that price. I am a Beam fan though so maybe that’s why they beat out Calumet.
Calumet 15 was so disappointing that I left the 16 on the shelf. I guess I'll have to give it a try now.
DAMMIT!!! I'm about to get a butt-kickin'.....I'm going to find and buy a Calumet and have to rewatch your "How to Hide Your Bourbon Collection" video...again.
Calumet 16 showed up in TTB Jan 10th last year. If there is going to be a 17 year, we'd probably expect to see it soon. (It's not yet, just checked)
I’ve been hearing a lot of great things about Calumet 16. It’s always been on the shelf but I never heard much about it and saw it’s expensive. Maybe I should plunk down the coin to snag a bottle before it completely goes away due to hype like other bottles. But yeah, you do pay for it!
I would not pay over $120.
I have 2 different batches, and while they're good, they just didn't have that wow factor imo. They have gotten better with air, especially the second batch. But that's like 6 months after they've been open.
It's just not a $140+ bottle of whiskey and people are paying that.
Ok, you’re #1 for 2022 isn’t something I’ve ever seen. Send me a sample‼️😳
Nice...need to crack the 1 i got...and grab a bunker bottle
I was able to get my hands on 1 bottle of Calumet 16. I can not give an opinion, yet. I am waiting for a special occasion to open it.