In this article, we are going to discuss the 10 best whiskeys under $30. If you want to check out our detailed analysis of the global whiskey market, a new entrant in the whiskey business, and a recent acquisition in the whiskey industry, head to 30 Best Whiskeys Under $30.
10. Redemption High Rye Bourbon
Insider Monkey Score: 6
Price: $27.99
At 36% rye content, it’s significantly higher than comparable Bourbons, resulting in a unique combination of flavors – subtly sweet but punctuated by rich notes of rye spice. If you’re looking for a bold Bourbon, you’ve found it.
Owned by Deutsch Family Wine and Spirits since 2015, Redemption is one of the many brands produced at the MGP Distillery in Lawrenceburg, Indiana.
9. Old Grand Dad Bonded 100 Proof Bourbon
Insider Monkey Score: 6
Price: $24
Old Grand-Dad is one of the oldest and most storied brands, yet it receives little attention from Bourbon enthusiasts or marketing effort from the brand’s current owner, Beam Suntory. This might be simply due to the fact that it is a legacy brand offered at a head-scratching low price point that likely has little room for anything other than simply fulfilling the existing supply chain and keeping existing consumers happy, and potentially drawing them deeper into Beam’s other brands.
8. Old Forester Signature Bourbon
Insider Monkey Score: 7
Price: $27
A truly rare and distinctive occasion took place in Louisville, Kentucky in 1870. When George Garvin Brown sealed Bourbon in a bottle for the very first time, he did so knowing it would guarantee quality and consistency for Bourbon lovers everywhere. And nearly 150 Years later, the Brown-Forman Corporation (NYSE:BF-B) still watches over the production of every drop of Old Forester with that same care.
The Old Forester Signature Bourbon sits among the Top 10 Whiskeys Under $30.
7. Jack Daniel’s Old No. 7
Insider Monkey Score: 7
Price: $27
This is a whiskey that needs no introduction. With only the finest grains, pristine water from the Cave Spring Hollow, and mellowed drop-by-drop through sugar maple charcoal, Jack Daniel’s is a premium Tennessee whiskey owned by the Brown-Forman Corporation.
6. Larceny Small Batch Bourbon
Insider Monkey Score: 8
Price: $27
Discover a taste worth stealing. Made with wheat instead of rye as the secondary grain, this wheated Bourbon delivers a smoother taste that’s hard to resist.
Larceny is the heir to the wheated Bourbons that make up the historic Old Fitzgerald franchise that Heaven Hill acquired in 1999. In fact, it is the somewhat controversial history of John E. Fitzgerald and his eponymous Bourbon brand that provides the story, and name, to Larceny Bourbon.
5. George Dickel Rye Whisky
Insider Monkey Score: 8
Price: $25
Together, George Dickel and Jack Daniel’s have made it their mission to educate whiskey drinkers that Tennessee whiskey and Bourbon are not the same thing.
Now owned by Diageo plc, and officially called ‘George Dickel Tennessee Whisky’, George Dickel Rye is a decent introduction to high-rye whisky, one that’s both available and affordable. The brand accounts for 7% of all Tennessee whiskey produced and sold in the world.
4. Evan Williams Single Barrel
Insider Monkey Score: 10
Price: $25.99
Evan Williams Single Barrel is the only vintage dated single barrel Bourbon on the market. Similar to the way vintage wines are selected, the company’s distillers hand-select individual barrels that meet the specifications they’ve established. Then each bottle is marked with the vintage date it was put into oak, along with the year it was bottled, and the exact barrel number of the single barrel that the Bourbon was drawn from.
Evan Williams Single Barrel ranks among the Highest Quality Bourbon Whiskeys you can buy.
3. Wild Turkey 101
Insider Monkey Score: 13
Price: $27
For over 60 years, Wild Turkey has been making 101 the same way, the right way! Aged in American White Oak barrels coated in the deepest alligator char, Wild Turkey 101 has an impossible-to-miss character. The whiskey is also a great cheap Bourbon for an old fashioned.
In 1980, Wild Turkey’s original owner, Austin Nichols & Co., was sold to the French spirits conglomerate Pernod Ricard for a reported $100 million. In 2009, the distillery changed hands again, when Italy’s Gruppo Campari acquired it for a staggering $575 million.
2. Four Roses Bourbon
Insider Monkey Score: 13
Price: $21
Four Roses is a good reasonable Bourbon that blends up to 10 of its distinct Bourbon recipes, resulting in a versatile, easy-drinking whiskey that appeals to casual fans and enthusiasts alike.
Four Roses was acquired by the Japanese Kirin Holdings Company in 2002. For around $21 a bottle, Four Roses is among the best inexpensive whiskeys in the market.
1. Buffalo Trace Bourbon
Insider Monkey Score: 14
Price: $21.99
Ancient buffalo carved paths through the wilderness that led American pioneers and explorers to new frontiers. One such trail led to the banks of the Kentucky River where Buffalo Trace Distillery has been making Bourbon whiskey the same way for more than 200 years.
The Buffalo Trace Distillery was acquired by the Sazerac Company in 1992.
Buffalo Trace Bourbon is the Number One Whiskey in our list of Best Cheap Whiskeys.
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