There’s a lot of bourbon out there, folks. There’s so much that while compiling this list I kept thinking of new bottles that I had to add to the point that I had to cut bourbons from this list to keep it at 100 freaking entries. Barrel proof, special oak finishes, bottled in bonds, small batched, single barrels, limited editions, Jack Daniel’s, Jim Beam, Wild Turkey, Maker’s Mark … they’re all here. But there’s just so much more on the shelf that I don’t blame you for a second if you’re baffled about where to start.

I guarantee that within ten minutes of posting this, someone will point out something I missed. Here’s the crazy thing — even with all my tastings and access to the industry and judging titles, they may very well be right.

So what’s on this list exactly? I think I clearly established “not everything.” Also, I’ve added the parameter of under $100. For the passive, passionate, or new bourbon drinker, that’s a good place to start in that almost all of these bourbons are relatively easy to find and priced below that right now. Yes, some of these bottles are going to go up in price but that doesn’t change the fact that you can find and buy, say, the new 2023 Booker’s for $97 today (by Christmas, it’ll be $250). By the same token, just because something is $99, it doesn’t mean it’s better than something that costs $50, as this list will prove.

As you scroll down, you’ll see that there’s a true bourbon sweet spot between $30 and $70. A lot of bottles land there.

Big disclaimer here. I’m not listing bottles of bourbon that have an MSRP of, say, $40 or $99 that you’ll never, ever be able to find for that price. That means that an Old Rip Van Winkle 10-Year-Old that is supposed to cost $69 but costs $1,000 in the real world is not listed below. Trust me, I’ve heard all the arguments and recriminations about the retail price hikes on what should be affordable booze. But they’re almost always based on fantasy. Bourbon expressions — like cars, art, watches, and shoes — are part of a winner take all economy and the best of the best is going to cost you. That means that amazing bottles of Pappy, E.H. Taylor, Jack Daniel’s, and many others with reasonable MSRPs but massively inflated retail prices are not listed below.

Okay, let’s dive in and find you a great Whiskey under $100 to add to your bar cart right now. Read those tasting notes, find the bottle(s) that speak to you, and hit those price links to see if you can find them in your neck of the woods!

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100. Old Grand-Dad 114 Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey

ABV: 57%

Average Price: $27

The Whiskey:

Hailing from the Jim Beam stills and warehouses, this “Old” whiskey is a fan favorite. The whiskey is from Jim Beam’s high rye mash bill. The hot juice is then matured until it’s just right. The barrels are blended, the whiskey is just touched with water to bring the proof down, and it’s bottled.

Tasting Notes:

Nose: Vanilla tobacco meets hints of rye spiciness with a dose of caramel and old oak on the nose.

Palate: The palate holds onto that rye spice as notes of cherry and oak dominate the vanilla and toffee sweetness.

Finish: The end returns to the spice with a chewy tobacco edge that lingers for a short time but leaves you wanting more.

Bottom Line:

This has a nice warmth to it that’s lightly spicy, which makes it a fun “beer and a shot” whiskey. It also works really well in a highball application with some bitters, ginger ale, and orange. Overall, it’s just a quality bourbon at a great price (which is going to be a theme on this list).

99. Evan Williams Bottled-In-Bond Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey

ABV: 50%

Average Price: $16

The Whiskey:

Look, Heaven Hill makes great whiskey, especially inexpensive bottled in bonds. This “b-i-b” is tailored for the Evan Williams flavor profile. Still, this is Heaven Hill, so we’re talking about the same mash bill, same warehouses, and same blending team as beloved bourbons like Elijah Craig and Heaven Hill releases. This is simply built to match a higher-end Evan Williams vibe.

Tasting Notes:

Nose: There’s a lovely nose at play with soft taco mix spice next to creamy vanilla, caramel-dipped cherries, a hint of pear skins, and plenty of nutmeg.

Palate: The palate has a minor note of cornbread muffins next to cherry-vanilla tobacco with a dash of leather and toffee.

Finish: The end leans into some fresh gingerbread with a vanilla frosting next to hints of pear candy cut with cinnamon and nutmeg.

Bottom Line:

This is classic, cheap bourbon that actually tastes good. You’re not going to have your socks blown off by this one, but it will be very satisfying. This is a bourbon lover’s bourbon at an amazing price point.

98. Filmland Spirits Moonlight Mayhem! Small Batch Straight Bourbon Whiskey

ABV: 47%

Average Price: $63

The Whiskey:

This new brand blends the worlds of Hollywood B-movies and Ohio Valley whiskey-making in one brand. The Indiana whiskey is made from a mash bill of 75% corn, 21% rye, and 4% malted barley. Those whiskeys aged four to five years before they’re sent to Kentucky for batching and bottling with a touch of that limestone water.

Tasting Notes:

Nose: Orange oils and cherry pie dominate the nose with mild hints of Saigon cinnamon, nutmeg, and clove next to a rush of caramel and maple syrup sweetness next to a hint of oak.

Palate: The taste opens sweet with more of that caramel leading to a lush vanilla base accented by cherry tobacco and cinnamon bark — in short, a classic bourbon palate.

Finish: The end gets creamy and soft with a sense of salted toffee and chocolate-covered espresso beans next to toasted tobacco and old oak.

Bottom Line:

This is a really cool bottle with a really good bourbon inside. Sometimes that’s enough.

97. Clyde May’s Special Reserve Straight Bourbon Whiskey

ABV: 55%

Average Price: $80

The Whiskey:

This whiskey is sourced from an “undisclosed” distillery in Indiana (cough, cough, MGP, cough, cough). It’s aged for about three years and proofed a tad before bottling.

Tasting Notes:

Nose: Spice and wet brown sugar mix on the nose with a sense of apple crumble with plenty of butter and maybe a little too much clove and allspice.

Palate: The palate has a sense of savory fruit (think cantaloupe) with black peppercorns, pancake syrup, and woodiness.

Finish: The whole sip is very “general” and ends with cornbread meets brown butter cut with dark sugar, vanilla, and tobacco vibe.

Bottom Line:

This is pretty damn good overall, especially if you’re looking for something that leans classic and easy. It’s a little sweet for me but that’s not a knock. That’s just my palate.

96. Kentucky Owl The Wiseman Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey

ABV: 45.4%

Average Price: $50

The Whiskey:

This new-ish release from Kentucky Owl is meant to be an affordable and accessible Kentucky Owl from the otherwise elite brand. The whiskey is a blend of contract distilled whiskey from Bardstown Bourbon Company and sourced barrels from around Kentucky that are four to eight years old.

Tasting Notes:

Nose: This is very interesting on the nose with a mix of circus peanut, garam masala, sweet grass, and pine resin next to a hint of rich buttery toffee sauce with a flake of salt.

Palate: The palate leans into that toffee and then layers in raspberry sorbet, vanilla beans, masa azul, and wet cedar planks.

Finish: A leathery tobacco pouch rounds out the sip near the end with more of that cedar, dry sweet grass, and a hint more of the spice.

Bottom Line:

If you’re a Kentucky Owl fan but feel priced out by the high-end products from that brand, this is the play since it’s the affordable expression of Kentucky Owl that you can actually get.

95. Silverbelly Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey

ABV: 45.5%

Average Price: $40

The Whiskey:

This whiskey is a sourced Kentucky Bourbon that’s built for country music legend Alan Jackson. The juice is named after the color of Jackson’s iconic “silverbelly” hat. That juice is made in Owensboro, Kentucky, and then built from barrels that Jackson hand-selected with his daughter Mattie Jackson Selecman, who’s a certified sommelier by day.

Tasting Notes:

Nose: The nose greets you with an old boot leather vibe next to salted caramel, ripe tart apples, sour cherry, and corn muffins with a hint of butter and salt.

Palate: The palate has a light graininess that leans into soft oatmeal raisin cookies with a hint of walnut and nutmeg and a drizzle of caramel sauce with clear vanilla tying it all together.

Finish: The end wraps those cookies in a soft leather sheet and adds in some cinnamon-apple tobacco with a very slightly thin finish.

Bottom Line:

This is a bourbon that works. It also has a bit more depth than your average $40 bottle on the shelf, making it a very easy sipper over some ice or a quality cocktail base.

94. High West Bourbon

ABV: 46%

Average Price: $32

The Whiskey:

High West Bourbon is quickly becoming one of the most sought-after sourced whiskeys. The whiskey in the bottle is a blend of two to 13-year-old barrels rendered from high-rye and low-rye mashes alongside undisclosed whiskeys, some of which are sourced from MGP of Indiana.

Tasting Notes:

Nose: There’s a hint of funk on the nose that leads to raw leather, vanilla pudding, and buttered sweetcorn.

Palate: The taste is soft and velvety with a touch of nougat next to quickbread biscuits with plenty of butter and vanilla-laced honey.

Finish: The finish dries out toward vanilla pods and cedar bark with a hint of apple chips with a flake of Kosher salt.

Bottom Line:

This is just a solid bourbon. There’s a nice balance of creamy and classic bourbon notes that feel nostalgic to the senses. While there are some amazing High West expressions over $100, this is the one to focus on below that price point.

93. Smooth Ambler Old Scout Straight Bourbon Whiskey

ABV: 49.5%

Average Price: $32

The Whiskey:

Old Scout is MGP of Indiana’s classic high rye bourbon — 60% corn, 36% rye, and 4% malt barley — that’s aged for five years. The whiskey is batched in small quantities and proofed down with West Virginia’s Appalachian water.

Tasting Notes:

Nose: The nose draws you in with a soft masa vibe with a mix of Tex-Mex spices (think chili powder and a hint of cumin and garlic powder) that’s countered by cedar park and chocolate-laced tobacco leaves (the nose takes me straight back to my favorite childhood Tex-Mex joint).

Palate: The taste veers more towards a classic bourbon with cherry tobacco and bales of damp straw next to a smooth vanilla foundation cinnamon-infused dark chocolate and a touch of dry oak.

Finish: The finish lingers for a bit as vanilla toffees, a smidge of marshmallow, and spicy cherry tobacco round everything out.

Bottom Line:

This is another winner that highlights the superb bourbon barrels coming out of Indiana’s MGP right now, and the folks creating great whiskey with those barrels.

92. J.T.S. Brown Bottled In Bond Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey

ABV: 50%

Average Price: $13

The Whiskey:

This is a quality whiskey from Heaven Hill’s expansive bourbon mash bill (78% corn, 12% malted barley, and 10% rye). That means this is the same base juice as Elijah Craig, Evan Williams, several Parker’s Heritages, and Henry McKenna. It’s a bottled-in-bond, meaning it’s from similar stocks to their iconic Heaven Hill Bottled-in-Bond and a few other whiskeys on this list.

Tasting Notes:

Nose: Cream soda with a dash of cherry opens the nose next to dry leather patches, caramel sauce, and a light touch of floral honey.

Palate: The palate brings forward dry and woody spices with a hint of eggnog creaminess leading toward Graham Crackers and a sweet tobacco chew.

Finish: The end turns the woody spice into old oak with more vanilla, honey, and leather lingering the longest.

Bottom Line:

You probably don’t believe me but this is good bourbon. I’m not at all joking when I say that I’d rather have this than a slew of $50 or $60 crafty bourbons or sourced ones. It’s really just damn good classic stuff.

91. Bardstown Bourbon Company Origin Series Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey

ABV: 48%

Average Price: $44

The Whiskey:

This new expression from Bardstown Bourbon Company is the team shining a light on their own barrels. The juice for this one is made from a mash bill of 36% rye, making this a classic “high-rye” bourbon. The blend is then built for perfect cocktail mixing.

Tasting Notes:

Nose: There’s a nice sense of toffee, corn husks, and apricot jam on the nose with a hint of eggnog just kissed with spearmint.

Palate: The creamy eggnog — vanilla and nutmeg heavy — drives the palate toward a whisper of cedar and mint chocolate chip with a touch of cedar bark.

Finish: The end is short and dry with a hint of vanilla pod, old cherry syrup, and dank tobacco in a cedar box with a touch of red chili and dry black tea leaves.

Bottom Line:

This is built as a cocktail whiskey and it truly shines as one.

90. Smoke Wagon Uncut Unfiltered Straight Bourbon Whiskey

ABV: 57.1%

Average Price: $75

The Whiskey:

Smoke Wagon is everywhere these days. That’s thanks, in part, to co-founder Aaron Chepenik killing it on IG. The other part of the brand’s meteoric rise is that Smoke Wagon’s crew is masterfully blending some of the best barrels from MGP of Indiana that were made available. Case in point, the latest batch from the company was a high-rye bourbon (60% corn, 36% rye, and 4% malted barley) that was an instant hit.

Tasting Notes:

Nose: Expect a nose full of classic bourbon notes of orange oils, cinnamon-stewed apples, caramel with a touch of salt, and peachy wood chips.

Palate: The palate really embraces the fruit and moves from that peach vibe towards a blackberry crumble that’s just kissed with nutmeg and clove that leads towards a hint of old leather, singed cedar planks, and a late hint of cherry-touched tobacco.

Finish: That leather, berry tobacco, and cedar drive the finish towards a dry end.

Bottom Line:

These are flashy but deliver on the palate. The feeling you’re left with here is “Ah, okay, I get it.” Pour this over some rocks and you’ll get it too.

89. Wilderness Trail High Rye Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey

ABV: 56%

Average Price: $86

The Whiskey:

Wilderness Trail is the whiskey nerd’s whiskey. Their High Rye Bourbon is a mash of 64% corn, 24% rye, and 12% barley grains that are fermented with a proprietary Wildness Trail yeast using the sweet mash process. The whiskey then spends four years and nine months aging before it’s bottled without any filtration and barely proofed.

Tasting Notes:

Nose: There’s a mild holiday cake vibe with brown spice, nuts, and dried fruit mingling with touches of oak, chocolate-covered berries, and biscuits.

Palate: The taste becomes a sort of buttered-biscuit-smothered-with-berry-jam that’s been touched with spice as a note of sweetened vanilla lurks in the background.

Finish: The end is long and leans back into the fruit as the vanilla and spice create a silken mouthfeel.

Bottom Line:

Every home bar cart should have at least one Wilderness Trail on it. And I really got into mixing Manhattans and Sazeracs with this. It’s a great bold whiskey that truly shines when mixed.

88. Traverse City Whiskey Co. Straight Bourbon Whiskey Finished in Seasoned Sherry Casks

ABV: 47.5%

Average Price: $59

The Whiskey:

This is classic award-winning Traverse City high-rye bourbon that’s re-barrelled in sherry casks for a final rest. Those sherry casks were then blended, proofed with local Michigan water, and bottled.

Tasting Notes:

Nose: The nose is lighter but leans into rum raisin and caramel with a hint of Cherry Dr. Pepper and cinnamon toast.

Palate: There’s a good amount of cinnamon and vanilla on the palate with a touch of walnut bread with plenty of butteriness, clove, and anise.

Finish: The end hints at apple cinnamon tobacco and vanilla beans but ends very lightly.

Bottom Line:

This is very nice and above average (hence it’s on this list). Still, this feels more like a whiskey that you build a killer cocktail with than sip neat.

87. Deadwood Tumblin Dice Barrel Proof Single Barrel Bourbon

ABV: 55%

Average Price: $57

The Whiskey:

This whiskey is made from a five-year-old MGP of Indiana barrel. The mash is MGP’s very high-rye bourbon with 60% corn, 36% rye, and 4% malted barley. Each barrel is picked for its distinct flavor profile and bottled as-is.

Tasting Notes:

Nose: Fancy cream soda greets you with a mix of nutmeg, soft leather, spicy oak, and a touch of toffee.

Palate: The palate largely follows that path and builds in creamy vanilla pie, caramel sauce, black cherry, and a good mix of winter spices.

Finish: The end is slightly woody with cherry tobacco touched with vanilla and toffee on the very end.

Bottom Line:

This is a pretty damn good all-around. It’s definitely in the “classic” realm but delivers an easy-sipping whiskey for everyday pours.

86. Breckenridge Bourbon Whiskey A Blend High Proof

ABV: 52.5%

Average Price: $56

The Whiskey:

This is Breckenridge’s classic blended bourbon amped up a tad. The whiskey is aged for over three years before batching a kiss of proofing with local Rocky Mountain water.

Tasting Notes:

Nose: The nose runs deep with burnt orange, marzipan, and woody winter spices next to a hint of toffee dipped in dark chocolate.

Palate: The palate largely follows the nose with buttery toffee leading to marzipan and eventually a mix of cedar and cinnamon bark with a whisper of tobacco.

Finish: The end leans into the woodiness of the spices and tobacco with a nice counterbalance of rich and sweet toffee with a nutty edge.

Bottom Line:

This is just nice, easy, and smooth. It makes a hell of a cocktail too.

85. Leopold Bros. Bottled-In-Bond Straight Bourbon Whiskey

ABV: 50%

Average Price: $60

The Whiskey:

This Colorado crafty whiskey gets a lot of attention from bourbon drinkers in the know. The mash is made from 64% corn, 21% malted barley, and 15% Abruzzi Heritage Rye, which Master Distiller Todd Leopold malted at his malting house at the distillery in Denver. That mash ran through a classic pot still before it was barreled and left to rest for five years.

Tasting Notes:

Nose: The floral and spicy nature of that Abruzzi rye really comes out on the nose with a touch of candied apples, sweet porridge, Quik chocolate milk powder, and the faintest hint of sourdough rye with a light smear of salted butter.

Palate: The taste leans into stewed pears with nutmeg and clove spices leading the way as Almond Roca and green peppercorns jostle for space on your palate.

Finish: The end mellows out as that spice fades towards an eggnog vibe with a creamy vanilla underbelly and a final touch of that floral rye and a hint of pear.

Bottom Line:

This is a nice and funky craft bourbon (can’t mistake those sourdough and sweet porridge notes). I dig this as an everyday sipper on the rocks, especially when I’m looking for something different from a pour of “classic” bourbon.

84. Benchmark Small Batch Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey

ABV: 45%

Average Price: $19

The Whiskey:

The bourbon in this bottle is a standard “small batch” though there’s not a whole lot of information on what that entails, exactly. What we do know is that the base juice comes from Buffalo Trace’s Mash Bill #1, which is the same base as Eagle Rare, E.H. Taylor, Stagg, and Buffalo Trace Bourbon.

Tasting Notes:

Nose: Soft leather and old vanilla pods mix with old lawn furniture sitting in green grass with a hint of floral honey and apple pie on the nose.

Palate: The palate has a rich toffee vibe next to sweet cinnamon and plenty of eggnog creamy/spicy vibes that leads to a nutmeg-heavy mocha latte.

Finish: There’s a sense of dried corn husks on the finish with a mix of rum-raisin, vanilla pound cake, and cherry bark-infused tobacco layered into an old cedar box.

Bottom Line:

This is a classic utility bourbon that can work however you want to use it while delivering a real-deal flavor profile that’s a notch above its price class.

83. Elijah Craig Small Batch Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey

ABV: 47%

Average Price: $25

The Whiskey:

This is Elijah Craig’s entry-point bottle. The mash is corn-focused, with more malted barley than rye. The whiskey is then rendered from “small batches” of barrels to create this proofed-down version of the iconic brand.

Tasting Notes:

Nose: There’s a light sense of rickhouse wood beams next to that mild taco seasoning on the nose with caramel apples, vanilla ice cream scoops, and a hint of fresh mint with a sweet/spicy edge.

Palate: The palate opens with a seriously smooth vanilla base with some winter spice (especially cinnamon and allspice) next to a hint of grain and apple pie filling.

Finish: The end leans towards the woodiness with a hint of broom bristle and minty tobacco lead undercut by that smooth vanilla.

Bottom Line:

Classic Elijah Craig is hard to beat. It’s a great cocktail base that you can actually find for a great price. It should be on your bar cart right now.

82. Maker’s Mark Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whisky

ABV: 45%

Average Price: $24

The Whisky:

This is Maker’s signature expression made with Red winter wheat and aged seasoned Ozark oak for six to seven years. This expression’s whiskey is sourced from only 150 barrels (making this a “small batch”). Those barrels are then blended and proofed with Kentucky limestone water before bottling and dipping in their iconic red wax.

Tasting Notes:

Nose: The nose has classic hints of caramel and vanilla with a grassy underbelly next to soft cherry, hints of oak, and a touch of apple orchard.

Palate: That grassiness becomes vaguely floral as slightly spiced caramel apples arrive, along with a chewy mouthfeel that leads towards a soft mineral vibe — kind of like wet granite.

Finish: The end holds onto the fruit and sweetness as the oak and dried grass stay in your senses.

Bottom Line:

Get this if you’re making cocktails. It’ll shine.

81. Wild Turkey 101 Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey

ABV: 50.5%

Average Price: $19

The Whiskey:

A lot of Wild Turkey’s character comes from the hard and deep char they use on their oak barrels. 101 starts with a high-rye mash bill that leans into the wood and aging, having spent six years in the cask. A little of that soft Kentucky limestone water is added to cool it down a bit before bottling.

Tasting Notes:

Nose: Sweet and buttery toffee is countered by burnt orange, old oak, and a hint of cumin and red chili pepper flakes.

Palate: The palate leans into soft vanilla pudding cups with a touch of butterscotch swirled in next to orange oils, nougat, and a hint of menthol tobacco.

Finish: The midpalate tobacco warmth gives way to a finish that’s full of woody winter spices and a whisper of Cherry Coke next to orange/clove by way of a dark chocolate bar flaked with salt.

Bottom Line:

This is so classic. It’s that wonderful balance of spicy and sweet Kentucky bourbon that just delivers. Get this if you’re looking for a great workhorse whiskey for mixing, shooting, or everyday sipping.

80. Pursuit United A Blend Of Straight Bourbons

ABV: 54%

Average Price: $65

The Whiskey:

This is batched from 40 total barrels from three different states, making it a “blended” Straight Bourbon Whiskey. While the team at Pursuit United doesn’t release the Tennessee distillery name, we know the whiskeys from Kentucky and New York are from Bardstown Bourbon Company and Finger Lakes Distilling, respectively.

Tasting Notes:

Nose: The nose opens with a rush of cedar next to Christmas spices steeped in sweet red wine.

Palate: That sweetness tends to lean into fresh honey with a touch of caramel and maybe a little dark chocolate on the end. The taste holds onto the honeyed sweetness with burnt sugars, light cedar, chocolate tobacco leaves, and a hint of orange oils.

Finish: That orange is what builds and powers the finish to its silken end, concluding with an orange-choco vibe and a very soft landing.

Bottom Line:

This is a really solid bourbon from a team who deeply cares about bourbon. That love of the craft shines through in every sip.

79. Woodinville Straight Bourbon Whiskey

ABV: 45%

Average Price: $36

The Whiskey:

This much-lauded bourbon is Woodinville’s touchstone expression. The Washington whiskey is made with those same family farm grains. The hot juice spends years in the toasted and heavily charred barrels maturing until it’s just right (around five years in total). The results are batched and proofed down with local water to a very welcoming 90 proof.

Tasting Notes:

Nose: You’re greeted with a thick vanilla pudding with caramel candy and a cedar box full of dark spices.

Palate: The caramel thickens to a buttery and rich toffee with notes of dark chocolate peeking in next to more of those woody spices and a vanilla oil velvetiness.

Finish: The end is long and really embraces the sweeter edges of the vanilla pudding while allowing the spice to warm the senses.

Bottom Line:

Woodinville is finally getting wider, nationwide releases and we’re all better for it. The whiskey from Washington is a true gem, even at this entry-point level. This makes a hell of a cocktail and an essential backyard everyday sipper on some ice.

78. WhistlePig PiggyBack 100 Proof Bourbon Whiskey Aged 6 Years

ABV: 50%

Average Price: $49

The Whiskey:

This newer whiskey from WhistlePig mixes locally made Vermont whiskey with Indiana whiskey to create a bespoke bourbon. The mash bill leans into the corn with a good measure of rye in the mix. The whiskey barrels are left alone for six years before batching, proofing, and bottling on the farm in Vermont.

Tasting Notes:

Nose: There’s a soft leathery nose that leads to caramel corn and a nutty spiciness with a hint of old oak.

Palate: The nuttiness drives the palate toward fresh maple syrup that turns creamy with an almond vibe, plenty of winter spice, and a hint of black tea.

Finish: That tea calms down toward a wet chamomile with a dollop of honey, a twist of orange, and a pinch of sweet cinnamon with a lingering sense of oak in the background.

Bottom Line:

If you’re a fan of WhistlePig, you’re going to dig this. If you like classic bourbon vibes, you’ll be a fan too. I’d sip this over some ice or in a simple cocktail.

77. Fern Creek Small Batch Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey