Best Bourbon Under €100

Best Bourbon Under €100

When talking about Bourbon, the all-American Spirit, all eyes are usually on Pappy or Blanton’s, but truth be told, you can get incredible Bourbony treasures for less than a hundred bucks.

The Bourbons on this list sound like bottled desserts (vanilla, caramel, and toffee flavours, anyone?), and they will wow your palate without you having to sell the family jewelry.

Craft Bourbon or one of the big brands? Yes. Both. All of them: Jefferson’s, Four Roses, Rabbit Hole, Noble Oak, FEW, Balcones, Bulleit, Woodford Reserve, Kings County, Smooth Ambler, Old Forester, 1792, Knob Creek, Buffalo Trace, Breckenridge, OOLA, and others are here.

The first five bottles are Flaviar Community Favourites, so you know you’re treating yourself to something splendid, and they’re followed by other breathtaking Bourbons that will take you on a road trip across the United States.

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Top 5 Best Bourbon UNDER €100

Below, we take you through our top choices for the best Bourbon.



· 700ml · 50% ABV

About Four Roses Single Barrel Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey

The winner of the Flaviar Community Awards 2019 in its respective category! They say it all began when the founder became smitten by the beauty of a Southern belle. She said "Yes" to a proposal by wearing a corsage of four red roses. Ahhh....

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Regular
€50,74
Flaviar black
€45,67 (−10%)
Four Roses Single Barrel Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey Tasting Notes
Appearance / Color
Medium copper with golden hues.
 
Nose / Aroma / Smell 
Fresh, lightly nutty and winey. Notes of malt-rye sweetness.
 
Flavor / Taste / Palate
Denser and mouth-filling on the palate. Notes of caramel, vanilla, raisins, a hint of a charred oak and coffee.
 
Finish
Sweet. Fairly long, nice and lingering.

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Basil Hayden's Bourbon

Basil Hayden's

· 700ml · 40% ABV

About Basil Hayden's Bourbon

An experiment gone awesome.   Back in the days when George Washington was the first U.S. President and Kentucky State only but 4 years old, Basil Hayden was hard at work experimenting with the inner workings of Bourbon.    "You can take the boy out of Maryland, but not Maryland out of the boy?"...

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Regular
€75,62
Flaviar black
€68,06 (−10%)
Basil Hayden's Bourbon Tasting Notes
Appearance / Color 
Golden amber
 
Nose / Aroma / Smell 
Spices, more spices with some herbal and tea fragrances.
 
Flavor / Taste / Palate
Flavors of white pepper, orange peel, lemon and corn notes are offset by gentle cinnamon, rye spice and sweet caramel.
 
Finish
Dry and rather brief finish with a big bang of refreshing nice cinnamon pepperiness and light vanilla oakiness.


· 700ml · 45% ABV

About Bulleit Straight Bourbon Whiskey (45%)

Bulleit Straight Bourbon Whiskey is THE original family recipe that built the Bulleit name.  Tom Bulleit comes from a family steeped in distilling fine Spirits. He set out to make his own mark in 1987 when he launched Bulleit Frontier Whiskey by reviving the old family recipe — Bulleit Bourbon — with a high-rye mash bill...

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€53,18
Bulleit Straight Bourbon Whiskey (45%) Tasting Notes

Appearance / Color
Medium Amber

Nose / Aroma / Smell 
The nose is rich and thick with warm spices, toasted oak, and toffee.

Flavor / Taste / Palate 
The palate is smooth and assertive at the same time with notes of vanilla, baking spices, english toffee, and a dash of pepper.

Finish
The finish is smooth and drying with lingering toffee notes.



· 700ml · 50.5% ABV

About Wild Turkey 101 Bourbon Whiskey

Wild Turkey 101 is all about the power and the flavour. In 1869, the Ripy Brothers started distilling on Wild Turkey Hill near Lawrenceburg, Kentucky. The namesake product became their number one seller and the name of the distillery was changed to reflect that success. The Ripy Family...

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€35,26
Wild Turkey 101 Bourbon Whiskey Tasting Notes

Appearance / Color
Dark Amber

Nose / Aroma / Smell
Fresh cream, pecan pie, warm buttered toast, and clove

Flavour / Taste / Palate
Powerful with nutmeg, cinnamon, milk chocolate truffle, more pecans, and creamy toffee

Finish
Smooth with a light burn and brilliant spice



· 700ml · 40% ABV

About Buffalo Trace 80 Proof Bourbon

This flagship Bourbon has history in every sip. There has been Whiskey made on the site of the Buffalo Trace Distillery in Frankfort, Kentucky, for more than two hundred years. The first distillery operation that can be continuously traced to Buffalo Trace was started in 1812 by Harrison Blanton (yes, that Blanton). He...

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€26,84
Buffalo Trace 80 Proof Bourbon Tasting Notes
Appearance / Color
Medium amber

Nose / Aroma / Smell 
Caramel, plenty of butter, warm mixed nuts, pumpkin spices.

Flavor / Taste / Palate
Butter toffee, mint, fruit cake.

Finish 
Medium length with lingering sweet and spice.