What is your favorite bourbon worth?

[TunnelTiger]

All of my favorite bourbons and ryes are less than $50 and there are too many to name. I guess that's why I always have so many open because I really enjoy different pours.

[Flyfish]

Seems to me that $12 OHH BIB and EW BIB are "worth" about $25. Booker's, one of my favorite bourbons, goes for $60ish in OH but $40ish in other states. So I never buy it in OH. I guess that means it isn't worth $60 to me but I am willing to buy multiple bottles at the $40 price. ETL, like many bourbons, has been creeping up in price and now sells, theoretically for north of $30. I say "theoretically" because my local merchant has been out for more than a year. I keep telling him that when he doesn't have it he should sell it for ten cents.

[amg]

I have so many favorites that I don't really tolerate a price increase on any one of them very well. To put it another way, my "favorite" bourbon tends to switch to a different bourbon when prices change.

[Spade]

I have so many favorites that I don't really tolerate a price increase on any one of them very well. To put it another way, my "favorite" bourbon tends to switch to a different bourbon when prices change.

I couldn't agree more. There's a few favorites that I'll tolerate increases for. But, for most whiskies, I'll start looking elsewhere if the price increases much faster than inflation.

[squire]

They'll never get ahead of me, good gin is cheap and I like martinis.

[fishnbowljoe]

I do have a favorite bourbon, but, I won't go there. :skep:

I have kiddingly said a number of times in the past, that my favorite bourbon is the one in my glass. What's it worth?????

It's kinda like those older Master Card commercials to me. "Baseball-$5.99. Baseball glove-$35.99. Playing catch with you son-priceless."

That's kinda the way I feel about bourbon. "HH 6 yr old BIB-$11.99. 2012 WLW-$79.99. Having a pour in the comfort of your home while listening to some good jazz, or sharing a pour with some friends-priceless."

[jonhalter]

It always tastes better with some good tunes and great friends/family. Right on Joe

I do have a favorite bourbon, but, I won't go there. :skep:

I have kiddingly said a number of times in the past, that my favorite bourbon is the one in my glass. What's it worth?????

It's kinda like those older Master Card commercials to me. "Baseball-$5.99. Baseball glove-$35.99. Playing catch with you son-priceless."

That's kinda the way I feel about bourbon. "HH 6 yr old BIB-$11.99. 2012 WLW-$79.99. Having a pour in the comfort of your home while listening to some good jazz, or sharing a pour with some friends-priceless."

[Harry in WashDC]

I do have a favorite bourbon, but, I won't go there. :skep: . . .

Yeah, well, if it isn't the one in my glass, it's the one I'm going to pour next.

Honestly for me, in spite of rolling shortages, fluctuating prices (KC for $22? I've been loading up for a month and I don't drink it much), and mixed reviews on the Orphans, I can always find a favorite on the shelf. Weather hot? Find a wheated. Rich food? Grab a rye. Breakfast? Pour some hated brand of bourbon in the coffee and add sugar to taste - think coffee Old Fashioned. As Joe said, it is all priceless.

[ThirstyinOhio]

My favorite bourbon is GTS and I'd happily pay $150 for it all day long. I know some (maybe most) won't agree that its worth 2x msrp, but with what other bourbons are getting priced at in todays market, its a steal.....if you can find it.

[dSculptor]

GTS is also my fav. but I don't think I'd pay $150 for it , if it came to that, usually I can get it for MSRP.. and I'm ahead of the game with a few in the bunker and 1 on the shelf, and I intend on keeping it that way. Otherwise I'll take a handle of KC SmB all day long @ $59.99.

[RWBadley]

I recently revisited a GTS 2002 I had stashed away. Wow, what an eye opener. My all time favorite for sure. Or at least in the top two. A price? I think it was $75 when I bought it years ago. Based on recent events, I'd guess a full sealed bottle today at auction would go for $1500.00.... If I were offered a bottle of it now I'd pay $250 without thinking twice.

Of current offerings, the last ECBP 140 proof I picked up was pretty darn good. $55

2013 OFBB at $35 another top tier

[Renegator]

Late to the party on this one...

Most bourbons I drink are in the $30-$40 dollar range per 750. That said - I would gladly pay up to $100 for a known favorite (ORVW 10/107, FRLESmB, etc) even if that is more than MSRP. Once it gets over $100 - I start to lose interest.

[drunkenjayhawk]

I still think for top shelf pours the companies are trying to package and price like scotch. I have stopped buying scotch single malt all together because of price. Which means I have a lot more to spend on bourbon. Been stocking up on ETL , 4 Roses and Beams "small batch" . But for the price to me its either OGD 114 or BIB OR Four Roses yellow or small batch - that's going by price alone.

[Darwin]

FRSB, $39.99 :cool: