Defining the "Everyday Pour"

[kickert]

All of these are in my notes as being $20-30. There are some dusties in this list, but they are listed at prices I would expect to pay. These are in assending order. Everything up to OGD114 is $20 and everything after Weller Cent is $30

Buffalo Trace

Virginia Gentleman (The Fox)

WL Weller Antique

Bulleit

George Dickle No 12

Old Grand-dad 114

Elijah Craig 12

Wild Turkey Rye 101

1792 Ridgemont Reserve

Wild Turkey 101

WL Weller 12

Charter 101

Old Charter 12 (Classic 90)

Four Roses Small Batch

Eagle Rare 101

Elmer T Lee (Binny's)

Evan Williams Single Barrel Vintage (98)

Sazarac

Maker's Mark

Elmer T Lee

Old Charter Proprietor's Reserve

Woodford Reserve

Knob Creek

Eagle Rare 10

Henry McKenna Single Barrel

Four Roses Single Barrel

Weller Centennial

Old Fitzgerald BIB

Basil Hayden

Old Forester BIB

[funknik]

Ok, this is interesting, I certainly did forget some key players, but most of those are not available here & some are way differently priced from what I can gather....Let's see....

Dickel No.12 . . . $13.99

Elijah Craig 12 . . . $18.99

Wild Turkey 101 . . . $19.99

Sazerac Rye (like I mentioned) . . . $24.99

Maker's Mark (missed this one completely) . . . $25.99

Bulleit . . . $27.99

Evan Williams Single Barrel . . . $27.99

Eagle Rare 10/90 . . . $27.99

1792 . . . $28.99 (I've seen this for as little as $16.99 in NH, though)

WT Russell's Reserve . . . $28.99

Knob Creek . . . $29.99

Woodford Reserve . . . $32.99

Basil Hayden . . . $36.99

I was also sort of not considering 1792, KC, etc....because they were so close to $30, but they do fall in that range. Still, I would say this is the most under-represented pricing category here and, like you, I would tend to buy the majority of my bottles from this range if they were available. (The dusties are another matter...I paid $28.99 for Centennial and $35.99 for OCPR, but those prices seem to very greatly depending on where you find 'em)

[wwilson]

Let's see....

Dickel No.12 . . . $13.99

Elijah Craig 12 . . . $18.99

Wild Turkey 101 . . . $19.99

Sazerac Rye (like I mentioned) . . . $24.99

Maker's Mark (missed this one completely) . . . $25.99

Bulleit . . . $27.99

Evan Williams Single Barrel . . . $27.99

Eagle Rare 10/90 . . . $27.99

1792 . . . $28.99 (I've seen this for as little as $16.99 in NH, though)

WT Russell's Reserve . . . $28.99

Knob Creek . . . $29.99

Woodford Reserve . . . $32.99

Basil Hayden . . . $36.99

If you add about $2-4 to these prices you will have an idea of what we pay in Alabama...

[Luna56]

I just pour whatever I have on hand. I don't really think about the price. I've never had more than five or six bottles in the cabinet at the same time, SMS included. I finish one, I go get another. If I had to pick just one for my everyday pour it'd probably be a middle of the road (pricewise) bourbon like ERSB or EC12. I've bought more ERSB than anything else at this point.

My interest in bourbon and SMS is probably a lot more casual than most SB'ers' and I'm not an avid collector or historian. I love reading about all of it though and am slowly becoming enticed. It is truly fascinating and I'm impressed by the depth of knowledge here.

Cheers!

[wskybnt]

"Everyday pour" means if this was the only bourbon available could i afford to drink bourbon everyday? For some of us that could be white label Evan Williams, for some of us it could be pappy 20.... I got about 30 open bottles that I go to on any given day. But about 3 or 4 of them amount to about 70% of my bourbon drinking.

WT 101

OG BIB

OF Signature

Weller Ant 107

I would say 101 and OG BIB are the standard for everything I drink. How does it compare to those with price and taste....

[Blitz]

..... It's also the bourbon I reach for when I want to drink something, but I can't decide what.

This is exactly how I would define it for me.

Right now it's Knob Creek. I've mentioned in before, for some reason I can get it around here for $21-$22. If I lived in one of many other places and had to pay $30, I doubt it would qualify.

[sotnsipper]

WT 101

OG BIB

OF Signature

Weller Ant 107

That about sums my list up as well.

[DowntownD]

some interesting and varied replies, speaks to individuality for sure.

I only have four categories (for Bourbon, Rye, and all spirits really):

----

- haven't tried it (there are still quite a few in this group)

- don't like it (MM, KC, JB, WT, WT101, EW, Blantons, Woodford Reserve, etc)

- am ambivalent about it (EW SB, 4R anything, WT RB, ER SB, Weller SR, Bakers, etc)

- love it (ETL, Pappy 15, ORVW 10/107, VWFRR, Baby Saz, BTAC, Weller 12, Bookers, etc)

----

I avoid the first category entirely; I'd rather not drink at all.

I'll happily drink from the second category when offered one by a friend or I'm in a restaurant and have no other choices available.

And nowadays I only buy/stock ones I love (the two exceptions being when I'm trying something new or giving something another chance).

So when I reach for a drink from my bar, whether it be literally daily or whenever else (usually 100ml 3 days a week on average), I drink whatever strikes my mood with no regard to cost or ease of acquisition.

[funknik]

Weller NAS

Maybe I'm missing something obvious, but which Weller doesn't have an age statement?

[DowntownD]

Maybe I'm missing something obvious, but which Weller doesn't have an age statement?

I may be calling it the wrong thing, but it's the $14 / 750ml squat bottom bottles (like the ORVW 10/107 bottle).

[kickert]

I may be calling it the wrong thing, but it's the $14 / 750ml squat bottom bottles (like the ORVW 10/107 bottle).

That is the Weller SR - it is 7 yo.

The Weller Antique is also 7 yo but is 107 proof. They are both in the same squat bottle.

[DowntownD]

That is the Weller SR - it is 7 yo.

The Weller Antique is also 7 yo but is 107 proof. They are both in the same squat bottle.

ah, right. thanks.

[Attila]

Well, these days, my everyday pours are:

Wild Turkey 12 CGF

Lot B

Weller Centennial

[wskybnt]

Well, these days, my everyday pours are:

Wild Turkey 12 CGF

Lot B

Weller Centennial

Thats what I'm talking bout!! Man that must be nice to have those a couple of times a week each...:bowdown:

[Attila]

Thats what I'm talking bout!! Man that must be nice to have those a couple of times a week each...:bowdown:

All I can say is that I am humbled by the generousity of several members on this board.

[DeanSheen]

All I can say is that I am humbled by the generousity of several members on this board.

I'll second that.

[squire]

Barton products suit me fine. The younger sibling, Ten High, is available locally for $7.69 a liter and that's about as every day as you can get.

[p_elliott]

I'll second that.

[CygnusX-1]

I define it as something thats easily avalible and usually $20 or less. Some of my fav everydays are EC12, OF 86, EW BIB, and OGD BIB.

[docbible]

An everyday pour for me is easy to obtain and one that I enjoy. This currently includes MM,VSOF 12, weller 12,weller sr, or ETL. After a really stressful day I reach for PVW or lot B. I have been known to over state my stress at least twice a week. tim

[Eggman]

Howdy,

For me, "Daily pour" refers to affordability and drinkability-in that order. With that out of the way, these are my two most common in order of use:

1. Jim Beam Black-great for my nightcap. I'll often reduce my Diet Coke to enjoy the char.

2. Jim Beam White: Bring on the Diet Coke! I'm not ashamed to admit that I'll get white label if money's tight. My "git er done" Bourbon.

Eggman

PS: I drink my Bourbon with Diet Coke; usually mixed in equal amounts of 2. oz. Less Diet Coke with JBB.

[independant]

OGD

I don't have a daily pour and I have favorites but I could go weeks and never sample from the same bottle. That being said OGD has always been there. You can always find it its cheap and best of all its good. So if I have to stockpile for some crazy reason all I would have for a daily pour would be OGD.

[scopenut]

My everyday pour has been Weller 12 for quite awhile. It's $22 around here, and to me, far exceeds its price point.

-Kevin

[Isoflex]

Daily pours?

Fighting Cock 103º

OGD 114º

WT Rye 101º

WLW SR

Daily pour is under $25, easily obtained, and full flavored. Basically a bottling I can have 3 or 4 pours from and not fell like I've wasted my money by being too buzzed to enjoy the bourbon.