Best mid priced beginner bourbon

Save your money! A fantastic beginner bourbon is Weller 12 year old. Great price, pretty bottle, dead smooth, but not as boring as Maker's Mark.

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Originally Posted by squire

I was thinking the same thing, to me mid price Bourbon/Rye is under $20.

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Well, I think a tad higher, $25 or so, but still...at that price range, Buffalo Trace or Weller's Antique.

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Originally Posted by darkluna

$50 is mid-priced? I usually have to think long and hard about throwing down that much for a bottle (although I have many times).

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I'll change my statement to "moderately priced/good value for the 25-50$ range."

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Originally Posted by dmarkle

Save your money! A fantastic beginner bourbon is Weller 12 year old. Great price, pretty bottle, dead smooth, but not as boring as Maker's Mark.

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For a beginner that's a good place to start.

I still have never seen a weller 12 on the shelf. Living is north Alabama is not fun, but never saw these in all my Georgia and Tennessee stores...even on my recent trip through Kentucky up to Lexington.

As far as Binny's bottlings go I would lean towards the ETL and the BT as being their best selections that they currently have available. Seeing that he is just getting started with bourbon I would get him something that is a little sweeter and lower proof...IMO I would go with a wheater...Weller 12, Maker's 46, and VW Lot B IMO all would be very good choices in the $25-$50 range and available at Binny's. :cool:

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Originally Posted by hectic1

As far as Binny's bottlings go I would lean towards the ETL and the BT as being their best selections that they currently have available. Seeing that he is just getting started with bourbon I would get him something that is a little sweeter and lower proof...IMO I would go with a wheater...Weller 12, Maker's 46, and VW Lot B IMO all would be very good choices in the $25-$50 range and available at Binny's. :cool:

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What Bob said.:toast:

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Originally Posted by autiger23

I still have never seen a weller 12 on the shelf. Living is north Alabama is not fun, but never saw these in all my Georgia and Tennessee stores...even on my recent trip through Kentucky up to Lexington.

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Same here. We hear legends of Weller 12, but have yet to find it.

Autiger, you couldn't even find it in KY?

Trying to remember the last time I saw Weller 12 locally, it was here, of that I'm sure, but how long ago I'm not. Curious because we get Weller Reserve, Antique, most of the Van Winkle line (limited supply) and the Antique Collection (also limited), in addition to BT.

Not while I was up there, I only hit the bigger superstores though which might have been the problem.