Now, where are all the villagers with the pitchforks and torches? Oh yeah, they’re camping out waiting for the Blanton’s raffle to start.Īlternative: Four Roses Single Barrel (MSRP: $40 at 100 proof) – Honestly there are a half dozen single barrel products I prefer over Blanton’s, but this guy is always around, aged a couple years longer than Blanton’s, and almost always overlooked. I am sure mash bill #2 was handed to the marketing team as an experiment that worked as well as Frankenstein’s monster. I’m also a huge Buffalo Trace mash bill #1 fan. My preference? Buffalo Trace flagship has the same age as Blanton’s, and the single barrel store picks are less than half the cost.
That was only five years ago, and I gave away most of those bottles in the past couple of years. After the boxes sat much longer than anticipated, I went back and bought another case from him just to help him get it moved.
In 2016, I assisted a retail store in selecting a barrel of Blanton’s. But the Sazerac marketing wizards put that unique shaped bottle and set of horse stoppers spelling out B-L-A-N-T-O-N-S to work frothing a tater frenzy that has no end in sight. It’s certainly not the best single-barrel bourbon on the market anymore. Y’all know you can purchase the set of horse toppers for less than the MSRP of a single bottle, right? Or maybe you’re collecting just for the hell of it, like this guy, who doesn’t even drink or like the flavor of Blanton’s bourbon.įor those of you new to the world of bourbon, Blanton’s was the first commercially available single barrel product on the market.
Nowadays, I find as many stores with posted notices about Blanton’s as Pappy. The sheer magnitude of verbal requests that I have heard in stores makes my skin crawl. Speaking of Blanton’s, this could arguably be the most overrated bourbon of the new millennium.
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