BTAC 2023: Ranking & Reviewing Buffalo Trace's Best Bourbons & Ryes!

[@nateduncan9182]

That opening is pure gold

[@CPGumby]

Brilliant opening! Sara is such a good sport! I know I won't ever get my hands on any of these at any price, but I can live vicariously and be entertained by you all. Cheers!

[@markvasko]

1. Love the extra effort. Y'all always do great stuff with those, and I appreciate the extra for whiskey that's a little 'extra' 2. Appreciate your insights on these so that if / when I do have a chance to have them, I know which one I might want to experience. Thanks for your notes and impressions as always!

[@WhisperEve]

That opening was Awesome!! And love how you fit Sara into the crowd.

[@billcaffrey2672]

Another incredible opening. Love it. I tasted the BTAC lime in 2022 at a tasting dinner in Lexington. My ranking was: 1. WLW 2. Thomas Handy 3. GTS 4. Eagle Rare 5. Sazerac I think Handy is way underrated. You guys nailed it when you said an explosion of flavor on the Handy. I thought you were gonna put it #1. Cheers

[@mikemiller30]

Love the opening! Look forward to this episode every year!

[@mikenewhouse4787]

Have always enjoyed your creativity and originality with the yearly BTAC Collection reviews. Keep up the good work!

[@ItsBourbonNight]

Thanks so much!

[@ejbsee6081]

A birthday celebration in a mythical land, a perfect gift for the fans. Happy Birthday Chad🎉 I was inspired to create a better tasting bourbon from home stick - I combined Weller Special reserve with a Rebel store pick (120 proof) for a home grown BTACyish pour

[@erllar2980]

Wow, that was the best opening! Great job.

[@malmeyer]

Always look forward to this episode. Can't believe Sara went with the ER after her initial reaction to it! Great opening as usual Chad. Cheers!

[@The_Whiskey_Cart]

You guys are the best review channel on the internet.

[@ItsBourbonNight]

🥺Thank you!

[@RJR2222]

Loved the opening. Appreciate the review even though I will probably never get close to any of these.

[@jimidawalt3081]

The opening scenes to the BTAC collection are always pure gold! Bravo Chad as always 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Btw, it’s not everyday you get an 18 year old!

[@-RONNIE]

Chad in the beginning you were a cross between Bilbo & Sméagol 🤣🤣🤣 thank you both for the video 🥃

[@Carlos_slim89]

Dude that intro was friggin amazing! I really felt like I was watching a movie!

[@ItsBourbonNight]

Thanks!!

[@877-MASH-NOW]

Fantastic! WHISKEY CHEERS 😎

[@mrt2124]

Just tried that GTS last week.. liquid gold

[@callmecue]

Literally LOL'd at "pause for a cork-pop".

[@ItsBourbonNight]

😂

[@fireandfat]

Great episode! So which ones are making the best of the year list?

[@ikiruyamamoto1050]

Great video! Wow, I guess this is NOT the year to trade my GTS for a WLW. The 2019 WLW I tried at a bar was liquid gold, and I'd easily trade my liquor lottery wins for it! I appreciate you kickin' out the knowledge!

[@iamgeek246]

Pause for cork pop 😂😂😂😂 pure gold

[@gregs7375]

The ER17 nose is spot on. But the palate was lacking the same intensity. Let’s try 111 on the proof next!

[@kyletaylor13]

this is the kind of energy i love to see from birthday chad

[@cowpattycreek]

thats frickin funny .. good job guys 🤣

[@the_whiskeyshaman]

Love the intro. I wish on all of these

[@josephbrazeau5411]

Just... just... fantastic.

[@ItsBourbonNight]

😎Thank you, sir!

[@benfrihauf3825]

That was great!! Well done

[@Joseph-fr1rs]

Love the honest opinions rather than giving the crown by default to the WLW You guys are the best

[@Santiagotc13]

Absolutely amazing!!!

[@RedSoxFanatic4Life]

Sazerac 18 is one of those dream bottles for me. I’d definitely pay above retail (to a point) if I found one.

[@christopherryan7654]

The cameo form blonde Sara was the "L E" moment of the opening.

[@TheWhiskeyChannel]

EPIC! Friggin Epic!!

[@ItsBourbonNight]

😎thank ya!

[@user-oh7ve4bb3p]

It looks like y'all agree with Fred on the WLW. I am most likely to land the ER17 this year, so that is great news (maybe)!

[@christopherryan7654]

That was awesome!!!

[@irewlwatts5443]

Great opening!

[@hatchetjackphillips]

I’m doing the Hard Hat Tour Valentines weekend. Hoping I can get another bottle of E.H. Taylor.

[@OldManJeff]

Sassafras and Sarsaparilla both contain safrole and have been used to make root beer.

[@AnAbortiveRomance]

I have a raffle coming up this week, which is why I'm here. Think I have a good chance at something. It would be pretty hard for me to choose between the GTS and ER17, if I'm lucky enough to get drawn early. Fortunately,, I looks like I have a good chance of getting the Thomas Handy from a local bar owner, who said he'd sell me one for 2x retail, assuming he gets the bottles he's supposed to.

[@davidlittle6621]

Well done!!! Frodo.

[@thebourbonginger]

This needs a KZbin Emmy

[@ItsBourbonNight]

Thank you!

[@johnmusumeci1299]

Love the skit in the beginning!

[@saa15353]

One Bourbon to rule them all.......lmao nice work

[@justinjenkins598]

👏 well done. Cheers 🥃

[@thomasmichael6509]

I got this years Thomas H Handy, I thought it was exceptionally good. I’d rather pay secondary for Handy than wild turkey generations at MSRP…

[@LP23D6]

You outdid yourself on that Intro.

[@shaineg6]

If y’all aren’t using the bottles I would love to have them for bigger samples to friends! Great video

[@ItsBourbonNight]

We'll be savoring these so it will be a while before they're empty! If you're looking for larger sample bottles though, you should look at Liquid Ministry.

[@shaineg6]

@@ItsBourbonNight no rush at all! And thank you for the recommendation.

[@donjohnson605]

Great vid❤

[@ChrisDominey]

Glad to see you've made a hobbit of doing these cinematic intros

[@ItsBourbonNight]

😂

[@100puremustard5]

When Sara says "be faster" 😂😂😂

[@josephloibissio4818]

Awesome!!

[@wmgemmell2833]

I no longer look forward to your thoughts on the BTAC releases. I look forward to your intro videos for the BTAC tastings. Well done yet again. Cheers.

[@brentons857]

That was frikkin hilarious 😂

[@robertharper2158]

Great intro!

[@MichaelS_MathanDearg]

Oh Chad, you scamp! You need more rasp in your Golam voice, start puffin' on the Marlboro Reds to help 😂And I'm impressed you convinced Sara to put on a wig and "act"...again. Great job all around!

[@billscott6819]

Guys how do the Handy and Saz18 compare to KO ryes? I assume the Saz 18 is more like the KO with the mint?

[@kevinbroering8896]

Also…the er17 is delicious…it never beats the depth of gts or wlw

[@michaelfrock2473]

You forgot 3: You have a lucky friend who will share with you.

[@kylewipert1976]

This is why I love you all lmao.

[@jeffwinbush5039]

As regards the opening sequence, I'd say, "Don't quit yer day job" but bourbon IS your day jobs, so carry on you lucky duckies. 🐦🐦

[@psaunders300]

Love the intro!

[@newmennium]

That intro was fire!! Cringed at the WLW cork pop foul 😬

[@timfishback6137]

You mentioned KC18 when sipping the ER17, is this a good comp for ER? I can get the KC but no chance on the ER.

[@ItsBourbonNight]

Not really similar in taste, I just brought it up to Sara because she feels the KC18 is too oak heavy for her, so it was interesting she didn’t have that same issue with the 19 year ER17. But there’s lots of factors that can contribute to the oak influence of a whiskey.

[@KillCoWhiskeyMusings]

You tell Buffalo Trace that I will HAPPILY accept any bourbon they want to send me. 🖖😈🥃

[@brennanfrawley1140]

Elite introduction

[@hellomcflyish]

Epic opening 😂

[@user-jl9wn4pk7v]

That was…Fantastic

[@jimsaxe5441]

Best...intro....ever! Lol

[@ItsBourbonNight]

😁

[@kevinbroering8896]

Alway go for the handy over the saz

[@coryherrman3314]

Killer opening scene

[@FlipandTheBlueMule]

🤣🤣🤣👋👋 HAPPY BIRFDAY !!!😊

[@BRBNWolf]

“Be faster” with a LetterKenny🇨🇦 response ehhhddd!

[@ryanschroeder560]

Dorks!❤

[@tylercarter2445]

THE INTRO! ❤️

[@ItsBourbonNight]

😄thank you

[@MrBoostin18]

I will never get to buy btac so i don’t even try to look for it. Sticking to my shelfies.

[@boverhof3]

Dumb Question....was the $129 price tag for a full bottle of each or for the 5 small bottles?

[@ItsBourbonNight]

Full bottle. What we have are just media tasters.

[@boverhof3]

Gotcha, Thanks!@@ItsBourbonNight

[@markntexas8265]

I am a firm believer in never including price and availability in reviewing wine and now whiskey. Then you don't get into the trap of over rating products because their main attribute is $ and availability making it hard for people to truly understand what's great. Value and availability are personalized and easily evaluated by the beholder. Domaine Rominee Conti is 100pts no matter how rare or expensive.😊

[@themann713281]

Did you buy that set or you poured them in small bottles yourslef

[@denman2991]

neither they are media samples Buffalo Trace sends it to them

[@Vortex1988]

Idk, you hold these up for the LEs you should actually buy without question, but I think Four Roses and Parker's Heritage could give them a run for their money.

[@ItsBourbonNight]

Oh, absolutely! And nothing in the bourbon world is a buy without question. Sorry if it came across that way, BTAC just has the hype of all hypes around it. We’ll see how these shake out when tasted blind in our best of the year video.

[@LordSteven00]

I have never tasted mint in a rye. What's with this mint note? I get the pine but never mint, weird...

[@austinnevitt7922]

Usually is the same mouth feel of mint. Like when you get that hit refreshing feel of mouthwash and you feel your pallet tingle. Thats the mint. For me at least

[@BetterYouThanMe77]

🎉🎉🎉🎉❤😂😂 Awesome Intro!

[@austinmartin2927]

Spoiler Warning! I love how Sarah, when first tasting the ER19.25, says it's well over her oak threshold and she's not into it, but then later she ranks it as #1!!

[@ItsBourbonNight]

Hahaha yep! In “Another Round”, the show we do for our Patreon audience, you can see her come around to it more and it’s less jarring than in the episode.

[@kamahhl]

Fred Minnick also gave WLW a lower review this year

[@apeekintime]

that splash out during the cork pop has to be a bit painful

[@alexanderrivera4890]

Lol love it ❤❤😂🎉

[@crahn1980]

Respect

[@jflix84]

Oh no, I clicked the Like button before I saw that intro. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@christopherpate7204]

Btac held for lottery, raffles, and hostage haha

[@flyingirish31]

She said the ER was too oaky but it’s on her top spot???? So basically, none of these are very good I guess. That’s what I’m taking from this review. Luckily I will get to decide for myself shortly.

[@zanewilliams6725]

Well you can think something is oaky and still like it. In the end it is a comparison of them all so one has to rank higher then the other. I can taste test 10 bourbons I don't love and still rank one of them as #1, and I can taste 10 I love and one will come up #10. Doesn't mean they are bad or the best in the world. It's a comparison between those specific ones.

[@flyingirish31]

Except she clearly said it was “way past my oak threshold” which is not thinking it’s good. And yet it was 1. So basically, these are not great at all in her mind. That’s the only logical conclusion.

[@zanewilliams6725]

She never said she didn't like it. She never said she liked or didn't like ER17. Actually if we are jumping to conclusions I could say since she said she loved the Handy and it ranked lower then the ER17 she loved the ER17 except it's oaky. One of them will rank #1 and one #5 which is fine....it's a comparison. @@flyingirish31

[@flyingirish31]

@@zanewilliams6725lol. No. She definitely initially did say she didn’t like it. Way too oaky. It’s right there man. Not sure if you just want to argue or you are too taterific to not abide anyone not likely BTAC, but it’s pretty easy to see from comments and then the rankings that this largely fell flat. Particularly in comparison to the hype. They just can’t say it outright and keep getting their complimentary sampler set every year. 😅

[@bobconstantine2775]

Wyoming Whiskey is the best!,,

[@iseedumbppol]

Can't tell if Gandalf or Daenerys...

[@ItsBourbonNight]

Maybe both!

[@shinylunchbox61]

45th second … 😏

[@MrCoreyRobert]

Would prefer if you blinded these.

[@LeatherDaddy97]

Its btac, im sure they are pretty good bottles overall. None of the btacs ive had are top 5 whiskies for me yet, so if im offered one at 125 or less ill bite, otherwise meh. Last yrs gts was very disappointing for me as well. Edit, sounds like they arent anything great this year anyway.

[@FakingANerve]

I hope this sentiment spreads, because the BTAC and BT Distillery hype is absolutely ridiculous. Hell, as long as people will walk away from an ECBP because they couldn't score a Stagg or EHT at a drop though... I guess the hype is still useful. 😏

[@LeatherDaddy97]

@@FakingANerve i doubt it will but we can hope

[@gregponder8332]

Hypocrites...

[@Wild_Danimal]

Lord of the rings. 🫡

[@clemonsjoey]

Love the intro!