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[QUOTE="HuskyHawk, post: 5118695, member: 1414"]
Some thoughts. One is to go over to r/bourbon on Reddit and look at the recommended bourbons and ryes. There’s a list by price point.

Peg Leg Porker is sourced from George Dickel. If you like it (it has a very mineral focused profile) then you can easily find George Dickel on shelves. I think the 8 year is very inexpensive.  Barrel makes excellent blends and mostly uses Dickel.

Aside from the big Kentucky brands of you see a brand that is distilled in Indiana, that is probably MGP and there’s a good chance it will be good stuff. Starlight is an example. Buzzards Roost is a pretty solid sourced brand.

Good Craft that distills their own: New Riff, Wilderness Trail, High West, Chattanooga, Woodinville, Bardstown, Breckenridge.

Avoid - Cleveland, Few, Garrison Brothers, Hudson, Mad River.

Unfortunately grabbing and unknown bourbon is a crap shoot. There’s a lot of meh stuff being priced like it’s great. Lots of good stuff like 8 year old Dickel that is $30. Mostly what you get with craft, assuming it isn’t terrible, is a little bit more unique profile. Like that Jimmy Red, it’s quite interesting.
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