10 Incredible Bottles of Whiskey That Are Sitting On Shelves!

[@DavidBalgaard]

I was recently in my local liquor store in Fenton Michigan and they had a store pick, Mammoth Northern Rye. He let me try an open bottle in the back and I was TOTALLY sold! It's a single barrel, 132 proof and aged 16 years for $95. I don't have many good bottles to compare it with, but it sure blows the socks off bottles like Jack Daniels single barrel BP and Elijah Craig A123. It's nothing like any other ryes I've tried, sweeter and less spicy, hard to explain just hands down the best whiskey I've ever had and everyone I've let try it agrees. If anyone is ever in Fenton, stop into Merchant's Gourmet Wine and grab a bottle while they last.

[@stuffandwhiskey]

Cannot wait to see y’all do this Early Times blind we’re sending. Will get that sent soon.

[@BourbonJunkies]

Very interested as well

[@gregmuir4001]

Ohh I’m dying to try it now after everything I have got to see and hear about it in the last 6 days!! Lol apparently it’s just like a top shelfer?!! I hope so because the price is amazing and it really looks good to I like nice bottles lol .I’m making my next bottle I buy, next Monday! I’m getting this early times if I can get it! Sounds like a good one I’ve honestly never heard a bad word about it

[@Seanjohn300]

Regarding the WM Tarr 12, it says on RD One’s website that there are a total of 1,800 bottles produced. Good luck finding one. Glad Dan got 3.

[@BourbonJunkies]

Didn't know he was that bougie

[@jebsingleton]

Rebel Yell 10 is the banger. Rebel 10 isn’t on the same level. New drinking game each time the boys say phenomenal.

[@rob0tic931]

Agree with most except ECTB. They really toasted the bed on that one. And I love me some Elijers Craigers.

[@BourbonJunkies]

I think the reason we like it so much is it's off profile for Elijah Craig. That seems to be the reason others don't like it 😂

[@jeffreyrollins3915]

Good list guys! I love all of these picks! Just need to pull the trigger on a Kentucky owl rye

[@Hellboy700]

There are small stores that have Rebel 10 and High West Bourye on their shelves in Texas. I would love to find a small cache of plastic top Early Times BIB in a small shop in Texas. We know. We all know that the black plastic top is the better of the two. I can't bring myself to buy another blue metal cap bottle. The blind was so obvious and a painful realization that Saz can't reproduce the magic. And now I need to go find a bottle of Tarr.

[@Slo-Mode]

Rebel 100 is my favorite budget whiskey, would love to see the 10 sitting on the shelf some time

[@phobbes4-zero]

I loved High West's Barrel Pick Program. Sad to hear that they're changing it. It was so cool that you could compare so many different finishes to the base product.

[@teofilstevenson]

Guys, you’ve become my fav reviewers, even over Matt (who I still love). When I first started watching Dans non stop bottle flips were too silly for me so the adjustment down really makes a huge difference. Other review teams just don’t have the likability and chemistry that you have. I just wanted to give you a big kudos. Well done.

[@ryandudrow3275]

Double Rye - Sherry finish still sitting at a store by me. Excellent bottle and may need an extra to bunker.

[@OldFashionedWays]

love the list. I have not seen the black cap Early Times. few of your picks are new to me. will keep looking for some. thanks and cheers.

[@kylejett9606]

That Fable and Folly definitely changed my mind on high age low proof whiskey for sure, it’s amazing

[@bobbrown6430]

love the interaction and humor

[@yourhuckleberry7480]

Dig the list. Have a few you mentioned, but now I clearly have some more bottles to buy.

[@dM-xz8fu]

Definitely agree on the HW double ryes!! All good!

[@BrentsterStevens]

Nice episode Gents! Thank you-

[@hulkslayer626]

Uh oh! Did not know High West is stopping the barrel picks! 😮 Gonna have to grab a couple extras that I liked. Particularly the Peated Scotch barrel finish and the Aquviate finish from a Buy Rite in my area.

[@dougbotkin8553]

Fable and Folly is one of the best whiskeys I've purchased in the last two years. Good pick and great list!

[@mikenihsen4136]

Snagged 3 bottles of High West Double Rye pick finished in the Barreled Manhattan barrels. So good! Only $62/bottle!

[@jasono.1629]

Great video topic guys. Under the radar bottles that are well aged are fantastic buys.

[@matthewslaughter7693]

Over my years of collecting whiskey, I’ve had some really good wins and some really bad misses, but two of my better wins were Calumet 16 for $129 (bought three of them), and Kentucky Owl Rye batch 3 for $165. Cheers!

[@waffleandchicken]

Amazing find. I recently picked up a Calumet 16 for $175 and it was still very well worth it at that price IMO.

[@brysongrimes9256]

Come up to New York, we have cases and cases of those double ryes at my store! Very good stuff, but they don't sell well just because they're a rye

[@bt4760]

Solid list gents, thanks!

[@keaton6823]

calumet 16 is one of my go-to's!

[@ThaPABproductions]

Thanks 😊

[@donishita]

Now I'm pleased that I purchased that WM Tarr 12 Inheritance release! I was visiting RD1 last year and after a few pours I grabbed that WM Tarr 12 for $250 out of impulse and had slight buyers remorse the morning after. Looks like I made a good choice!

[@Joel_Unbound]

I keep Rebel 10 in my larder always. No one really seems to jump on it. Maybe it's the price, dunno but dang good juice!

[@Abby_Normal_1969]

Just had Early Times Bottled in Bond for the very first time this morning. Sazerac version. $26 for a liter. It's a must buy.

[@Chris-de2qc]

You should have tried the previous version to compare

[@Abby_Normal_1969]

@@Chris-de2qc - that is fair. I have heard that the black cap version was even better. Unfortunately, that wasn't even available in Seattle until after Sazerac purchased the brand.

[@Jason-nt5gr]

Dan’s shirt is badass!

[@davevogelsang6791]

Rebel Cask Strength store picks are good. I have a bottle of Rebel YELL 10 Year Single Barrel. I have 7 bottles of Early Times with the black cap bunkered. 🥃

[@jacksmith2315]

Yes rebal cask strength store picks are great. Especially for only 50-$55. Ive tried 2 dif ones and both were bangers. Better than the rebel 10 yr single barrel i have thats double the price

[@joshualevering7458]

I haven't seen the plastic top early times in Grand Rapids lately. I need to find some.

[@connormakosky9687]

Dan you always reference your bunker can you guys do a bunker tour???

[@teofilstevenson]

NEVER heard of Old WM Tarr, I learned something today!

[@anthonykaiser974]

It's actually Wm. Tarr (William)

[@teofilstevenson]

@@anthonykaiser974 Thanks but the label doesn’t read that way.

[@anthonykaiser974]

@@teofilstevenson look again. It says "OLD WM. TARR" in all caps. Note there's no period after the "W."

[@anthonykaiser974]

@@teofilstevenson plus the first registered distillery in Lexington, KY was the William Tarr distillery.

[@GallagherKeith]

Tampa area has been getting Early Times metal cap everywhere for $10.99 a bottle. Some stores are running it limit 1.

[@davidatac9738]

Went and grabbed a high west double rye port finish store pick right after this video . Store has a lot of them still !

[@c.j.miller2665]

Where do you get the plastic caps in MI because I want one!?

[@josephdanko7451]

Never had a Double Barrel Private Barrel until the last two weeks, when I scored a Rum and Cognac finished. Would like to find the peated scotch finish while they still exist.

[@kobaltics]

I refuse to believe you guys just stumbled upon a HW BouRye and an AE Cask Strength, but you're spot on with the HW Double Rye. So, so damn good!

[@wiscowhiskeyreview]

Good stuff as always, fellas!

[@noahcamp439]

Killer video. Love the idea of showcasing semi-hard to find bottles. Not impossible, but still super exciting when you come across them!

[@Iceman-xe7jo]

I can’t get Rebel Yell 10yr in my area. The local state store said they will attempt to order it. I would love to try it.

[@BourbonJunkies]

I was shocked it was just sitting on the bottom shelf at total wine

[@Iceman-xe7jo]

@@BourbonJunkies I would love to have a total wine in my area.

[@LeatherDaddy97]

Rebel 10 yr isnt in every state

[@FakingANerve]

​@@BourbonJunkiesI've only come across it two times. The first was two bottles on the bottle shelf, dust covering the boxes. The second time it was a single bottle at $185. Needless to say, I'm happy I bought both of the dust collectors. As I told the store owner "it looks like these are just taking up space, so..." 😏

[@patrickrodriguez3095]

How about $55 for that High West double rye? I got one today but they had three more on the shelf, should I get more?

[@francisrizzo1529]

"findable" is very relative to demand/secondary market pricing. A buddy called me today from Buffalo NY because he found a Jack 12 ($500) and a Jack double barreled ($600) and was surprised when I said "not a chance." I really wish there was a way the tiered system had a limit in place, like they can't charge more than like 2x msrp...

[@yourdrinkingbuddy]

It really depends on where you are. I have a friends who's twin brother lives in upstate New York and he gets bottles at retail at a rate of 4× what I do, with almost no hunting.

[@MattDiroff]

Would love to know where you can find those Early Times...only seen 1 Sazerac version in Michigan ever and bought it about 6 months ago. Never since.

[@TheUMIA]

I've passed on EC Toasted @45 several times. It's just ok IMO.

[@johngarnett1791]

Where did you hear High West is changing their barrel picks?? I love their Double Rye picks!

[@BigShaneGillis]

I wish I could find that Bourye in my area, high west is noice

[@MichaelJohnson-cf1jh]

Was just in Fort Lauderdale and found Rebel 10 year on the shelf at Total Wine as well.

[@WorldMoneyWins]

I haven't seen ET BIB black cap in stores in about a year here in West Michigan.

[@piperjon]

Almost all of those are beyond my budget, but good to know in case I have the opportunity to sample a pour somewhere. Early Times BiB not available here. EJ Toasted under $100 but EJ's I have tried have not been a good fit for my palate.. High West DBL Rye only see the 92 proof around here. Bourye when you can find it is $105 or above. Rebel 10 have only seen @ $140-150. The rest of them so expensive I'll probably never sample. But hey, still plenty of good whiskey on my shelf so Cheers!!!!

[@ps138vs2cavi]

Yeah 😂 who's got $200 for a bottle of bourbon? How much money do they make on these videos? All the power to em, they do a good job

[@jacksmith2315]

I agree. Ive tried several EJ's and havent been much a fan of them. Even a couple of the barrel proofs. A123 and b523, didnt care much for them. My brother also has a few others, and its just not my jam.

[@OakvilleKGB]

What was the whole 1k thing during talk out?

[@Kevin_OKeefe]

Just picked up a Tawny Port finished double rye, the other day. Didn’t know they were done with finished ryes.

[@BourbonJunkies]

Yea it's all going to bourbon picks now

[@buckeyemoosehunter]

Calumet is good whiskey. So is Belle Meade!!!! Delicious!

[@kylecolty-qj2vg]

Elijah Craig Toasted Barrel is wicked good!

[@joebutler1207]

Im on the east side of the state, I can't find the black top ET anywhere. I would love to get another bottle or two. The recent releases aren't bad but aren't the same

[@DirtyHairy01]

I want all of those! 👀😋

[@radiofish]

Ton of those Double Rye picks left at some Meijer stores up here in Northern Michigan

[@waddell7354]

High west barrel finish is gone? Oof, im buying the rest of my stores Malbec finished american prairie. It is phenomenal!

[@Dafoodmaster]

They don't have secondary inflation because they're findable - and sometimes they're findable because they're expensive. Sounds like the Kentucky Owl model to me.

[@rockinpranch8173]

In the not so great state of Alabama, Early times BIB is allocated. Mind blowing.

[@BigBadJerryRogers]

It's a limited release regionally. There's zero distribution in plenty of places, I don't know why these channels haven't gotten this by now.

[@nationwidemac]

The state of Alabama is great

[@rockinpranch8173]

@@nationwidemac not when it comes to bourbon distribution

[@jimoneill7657]

First bottle of bourbon I bought$4.99 clear bottle white label one word Beam I was about 16 years old back then you could alter the driver's license pretty easily, true rot gut.

[@BourbonondaBayou]

Did you guys go to my local grocery store where i get most of my bottles and go thru their glass case for this ep?

[@BourbonJawnt]

Can anyone provide a source that high west is ending the double rye?

[@robd8167]

Bunker Rebel 10. I would add WB Saffell to this.

[@thecheeseatwork]

Have you guys ever tried anything from Southern Distillery?

[@mikestadulis263]

I must have missed something. Bought high west double rye (thought you guys said it was amazing). I couldn’t get through even 1 pour.

[@Mwakajumba]

Commenting to help.

[@Stuffandthings22508]

Still stand by that the old bouryes are better than the new one. Let's see the blind!

[@95bowies60]

“The shops where people don’t hunt whiskey”. 😂😂😂😂😂😂lololllolololol. Where are those silly.

[@BourbonJunkies]

Generally hole in the wall, not great neighborhood liquor stores aren't big whiskey hunting spots. Have found old jack limited and old high West in them more than once

[@jeffnuzz]

​@@BourbonJunkiesIMO, those are the stores real hunters check out. But in my experience those are the stores that don't really get the good stuff I'm looking for ...but yeah, once in a blue moon I get lucky.

[@jzadski]

I looked across 4 counties around Detroit and none had High West Burye 😮

[@Florida_Man_Film]

Just bought a bottle of Fable and Folly Wednesday for $150 even after Sean said it wasn't worth it in your original review... then I see it on this list lol

[@CharleyCarey]

I think those price tags are probably the reason they sit on shelves. I know those whiskies are really good but I just cannot afford much over $100 a bottle. I wish I could find that Early Times in Illinois. Literally never seen it on a shelf here.

[@viatorvoice]

I agree 2 minutes in and the most of the bottles are north of $120-150. Calumet 16 is $160+ in Indiana

[@danieldillingham1523]

I can go right now and get you a bourye. 2023 for 125 plus tax. Let me know

[@PWNAGIZER]

I mean they used to sit. Once Saz announced the buy people bought em all up.

[@jacksmith2315]

Ya the early times BiB has never been available here in Boston. The regular early times can find at most places, but never the blue label BiB. Sucks cause i really want to try one of the older releases

[@rfish3556]

KO B3 was so good, I found a backup at retail.

[@nickwinton]

Just finished my malbec monster.. sad to see it go 😢

[@GamerNxUSN]

The sherry finished sagamore is on the shelf here often by me

[@dakotasevy]

i find really good bottles in my local liquor store in ohio all the time, and they dont charge above msrp because they're state controlled, you guys should come hunt southern ohio sometime.

[@Animal_Pack]

Was in Louisville last weekend and was told by a liquor store manager that the difference in the ET BIB is the water used to cut it. Not sure how accurate that is but he said the info came from his distributor.

[@BigBadJerryRogers]

🙄 So wtf is the deal with thier water supply? This whole thing is nonsense over this brand. It's all the same. Blind at least 3 pours of the older one and three of the newer ones all in a row and I bet plenty of people can't line them up accurately.

[@tommyrq180]

My understanding is that all distilleries do a full reverse osmosis (RO) filtration and then reintroduce minerals that interact well with the product. Different additives for different products. Same for beer, soft drinks, and bottled water. It’s why Dasani tastes different than Poland Springs or Fiji. Just my two cents! 😊

[@TheTiltdJ]

Jack Daniels Single Barrel Bareel Proof. Hands down. Some absolute bangers

[@jeffnuzz]

The JD SBBP Rye too ...a beast of a hitter.

[@farmmusic521]

Hey guys, Great idea for these reviews! I also recently watched you honey whisky review, but have you ever done a review of the Heritage Hills Honey Bourbon -your thoughts if you have. Cant seem to find it in Missouri or surrounding states anymore. Any ideas of how to pick some up? Can find online, but cant ship it to Missouri :(

[@BourbonJunkies]

Can't say that we've had an opportunity to try that

[@greircrabtree6940]

Both ET are very good for the price

[@jakedobbs9962]

The plastic caps early times are way different… I used to drink em all the time… then I went and they were replaced with a metal cap and so different in a bad way, I’ve not bought another bottle. They are trash. I’m always on the look out for plastic caps. I got prolly 30 stock piled lol

[@cdmak1]

I got my Angel's Envy Cask Strength Store Picks for $89

[@anthonykaiser974]

Note the lack of a period after the W in Old WM. TARR. It's Old William Tarr, not Old W. M. Tarr. If you were writing it out using the abbreviation, and not in the all caps as labeled, it would just be "Old Wm. Tarr" or "Old Wm Tarr."

[@Toolate2024]

Correct, these are on shelves because they're a$$ higher in price and we're in a MSRP state control market. Great suggestions but again really higher price i.e $60 + bottles.

[@ASerfling36]

Angels Envy Cask Strength sits on shelves here too…because they’re all $400-600.

[@cspill99]

Are whiskeys/bourbons really aged as long as the bottle says or is it some sort of speedy age process? Can you talk about it on a show?

[@BourbonJunkies]

Legally yes they have to report correct ages of whiskey

[@cspill99]

@@BourbonJunkies but can't you age up to 10x faster in smaller barrels?

[@PeteQuad]

@@cspill99 Only if the larger barrels go close to the speed of light.

[@grndhog66]

Picked up a Calumet 16 for a good price ($129), it's unopened at this point, although I will crack it soon. Been wanting to try an Orphan Barrel, but the price hasn't been right.

[@FriarPop]

isnt the 15 $129? 16 is usually $150+

[@LeatherDaddy97]

​@@FriarPopi got mine for 128. It was 150, dropped to 128 for some reason so i bought it, week later it was back to 150

[@FriarPop]

@@LeatherDaddy97 128 is good, 150-160 is rough.

[@LeatherDaddy97]

@@FriarPop yeah i share the same opinion. For 150 would be the second most id spent on a bottle, and i just couldnt justify it. 128 i could swallow.

[@robertwain7471]

I love a high west pick sad to see they changed it up

[@alanslavik3599]

Honestly for the angels CS, I've tried it and have some picks and I'd rather save 100$+ and sacrifice a couple proof points and just get picks when i see them

[@pumpedupdart6859]

I haven't had a bad finished American Prairie. I prefer them to the finished rye and so does everyone I've had try them. Everyone I've had compare them, prefers them over MWND. I buy at least one of everyone I find. Rebel 10s are $100-$200 around here and they sit on the shelf at that price. I have no idea what retailers are thinking. If you found a spot with Sam Houston 15 why haven't you bought it all?

[@BourbonJunkies]

I think we have 7 or 8 sam Houston 15s right now from the different state batches. Rebel 10 retails at 80 so 100 is really close.

[@troybornhorst9173]

Had a poor Double Rye Store pick (Ohio: Spanish Brandy finish). Just muted and grapey. Love High West, love Double Rye… but this bottle was bad enough that I would take the standard double rye, or certainly New Riff standard rye, or especially New New Riff 6 year malted rye over that store pick any day.

[@BourbonJunkies]

I feel like the store picks being bad is few and far between honestly

[@troybornhorst9173]

@@BourbonJunkies I can’t argue with that, I like High West stuff overall. And it could be just my personal taste with this particular barrel finish.

[@adrianb1655]

Man someone needs to send me a black top Early Times. I can find the blue top around my area for 21 bucks but I need that black top to compare the two lol

[@BigJRock10]

Sazerac ET BiB is Barton. Cooper's Craft 100 is BF ET BiB. That's my theory.

[@rmac52]

What happened to Pour Guesses?

[@cleverhonky7186]

Rebel 100 is nothing to sleep on I can’t imagine Rebel 10.

[@amytg777]

obligatory comment because dan told me to

[@BiffStrongo]

The spot for Buchanan's Pineapple has been empty at my liquor store for months. The anticipation is killing me.

[@davidvoth7218]

About to view this now. Going to guess beforehand the bottles. OF1910, OF1920, Calumet 16, WT Rare Breed, WT Rare Breed Rye, Sagamore 8 Year, Four Roses Single Barrel, Bardstown Origins (all of them)

[@jjl4063]

Close…

[@jeffnuzz]

Bardstown Origin Series are all great IMO, especially at that price point. WT Rare Breed is a given too. Can't wait to open my Calumet (14, 15 & 16) ...just too many bottles open right now. LOL.

[@dennismonk9559]

I think almost any whiskey that is MSRP in the 150-250 range is not going to hard to find, lol. Its the whiskeys that msrp in 60-100 range but get marked up on secondary market that are hard to find.

[@tonys4039]

Brewzle agrees with the difference in plastic to metal tops