10 Bourbons BETTER Than Blantons! - Bourbon Real Talk 137

Let's start with what this episode is not. It is NOT a slam on Blanton's. In fact, we love Blanton's. This IS an episode that provides our top 10 alternatives to Blanton's that we feel taste just as good if not better. PLUS, these alternatives are affordable and easy to find at most liquor stores. So, if you're tired of not finding any Blanton's and want to try some solid pours that give Blanton's a run for it's money, take a look!

UPDATE: For the hundred or so of you who commented that these bottles can not be compared to Blanton's because the proof point is so different have figured out the exact point of the video. I was trying to explain that when blanton's was released as one of the first ever premium bourbons it laid waste to the competition. Once the whiskey world figured out that there was a market for premium, what came after were even better versions of premium with higher and higher proofs. In some cases the industry started going after premium buyers with a higher proof bottom shelf products (many of the whiskeys in this episode are in that category)

Imagine someone suddenly has money and they want to collect sports cars. They drive some super cars from 2015-2022 era. Then they go drive a 1984 (first year for blanton's) porsche and evaluate it not based on how technologically advanced it was compared to its contemporaries in 1984, but how well it drives compared to the 2015-2022 supercars. They are going to think it is a piece of shit. That is what happens to Blanton's. What cracks me up is Blanton's saw that other brands were beating them in the premium space with fuller flavored whiskey, and the released blanton's gold and SFTB...which competes well in ANY category.

So when whiskey trolls make fun of blanton's they sound like idiots to me that refuse to compare the 2022 porsche to the other supercars, and insist that porsche sucks because they drove an 1984 model once and it didn't perform as well on the track.

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0:00 Intro
0:21 Disclaimer
3:03 Blantons
5:09 1792 Full Proof
6:29 Elijah Craig Barrel Proof
7:28 Benchmark Full Proof
9:12 Russells Reserve Single Barrel
10:11 Four Roses Single Barrel
11:18 Shameless Merch Plug
12:06 Knob Creek
13:04 Old Forrester 1920
14:31Makers Mark Cask Strength
16:10 Still Austin Cask Strength
17:23 New Riff Bourbon
18:39 Bonus Bottle: Jack Daniels SiB BP
20:04 Show Philosophy/Sign Off
22:10 Outtakes
22:26 BRTC Invitation

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