Alan's Favorite Bourbons

10. Redbreast 10yr Irish Whiskey 80pf $57 ($64)

Smooth. Easy drink. Not too complex

10. Balcones Single Malt Single Barrel 110-120pf $70-$85

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9.5 Eh Taylor Small Batch BIB $56

Very sweet. Cane sugar. No Spice

9.5 Eh Taylor Single Barrel BIB $74

Very sweet & light. Very smooth.

9.4 Willet Small Batch Rye 107.4pf $74

Fruity (pear?). Little spice.

9. Penelope Toasted Barrel Strength 100pf $77

Flavorful. Slightly spicy but sweet

8.5 Widown Jane 10yr 91pf $68

Very smooth

8.0 Omar Single Malt (Taiwanese) 92pf $60

Smooth, not too spicey, easy to drink

8.0 WhistlePig Snout to Tail 88pf 10yr $78

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9.8 Heaven Hill 7yr BIB ($49)

Delicious. Sweet with many notes and quite smooth.

9.7 Four Roses (OBSV)

Smooth & Sweet

9.6. Eagle Rare

Very smooth but not as sweet or depth of flavors. Taste banana

9.4 Elijah Craig Small Batch 94pf $27 ($29)

Sweet & Smooth. Not spicey

9.2 Woodford Reserve Distillers Select

Consistent sweet flavor, brown sugar, low spice

9.1 Michter's Small Batch

Delicious. Not too spicy. Leathery, sweet, sugary

9.0 Basil Hayden

Smooth. Light, not heavily sweet

9.0 Bulliet 10yr 91.2pf ($42)

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9.0 Chicken Cock 80pf ($49)

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9.0 Maker's Mark 46

Light spice. Misture of sweet/leather notes. Brown sugar

9.0 Whistle Pig Piggback SingleBarrel Alfa Romeo F1 96.77pf ($50)

Strong cherry notes

8.9 Wild Turkey Rare Breed 115pf ($50)

A bit spicy but not too much. Lots of sweet notes

8.4 Russel's Reserve 10yr 90pf ($34)

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8.3 Bib & Tucker Double Char 88pf $46.99

Sweet

8.2 Whistlepig Piggyback 6yr Rye 96.56pf ($41)

Sweet brown sugar blends into a mildly sicy finish. The 100% rye is unexpectedly smooth with just a moderate earthy finish

7.9 Traveler's

Smooth & Sweeet. Not very complex

9.8. Old Grand-Dad 114

Delicious with a capital D. So sweet, you feel a little spice so you know you are drinking bourbon but not too much

9.5 1792 Small Batch

Light with depth. Smooth. Cherry, Brown sugar notes

9.4 Nine Banded Straight

Smooth and light

9.3 Old Grand-Dad Bonded

Delicious. Complex, light sweet notes with low spicy finish

9.0 Buffalo Trace 90pf ($25)

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9.0 Evan Williams BIB

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8.9 Sazerac rye 90pf ($28)

Light sweetness. Threatens to get spicy but doesn't. Light leathery taste (in a good way). Bought 2nd bottle (1/28/2026) and still love it

8 Evan Williams Black 86pf $20 ($13)

Sweet without a big burn

8.0 Knob Creek Rye 100pf $29 ($33)

Not too sweet. A little spicy

8.0 Old Forester 100pf $28 ($25)

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7.8 1876 (Dripping Springs Distillary) 3-5yr 84pf $33

Nutty barn flavor. Cobbler, pecan. not spicy. Very different profile

7.7 Tincup 80pf ($26)

Lighter than others in this category. Smoother however with little to no spice.

7.6 Jim Beam Black

TA bit spicy but has some nice sweet notes

7.5 Maker's Mark Straight $24

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7.4 Redemption 88pf $25

Not bad for the price