


So this discounts many craft distilleries, limited releases and probably anything over 100 proof. To all of that.įirst, apologies to New York’s Cooperstown Distillery, which literally makes an Everyday Bourbon - we haven’t tried it, so it won’t make our list.Īs for the criteria: An everyday bourbon should be affordable, versatile, good on its own and actually available for the majority of drinkers. Is it the whiskey you associate with the “lower-middle shelf”? Should these bottles be “interesting enough to sip neat, versatile enough to mix in cocktails, and cheap enough to splash in a pan of caramelized onions”? Or, is it what noted whiskey guru Fred Minnick suggests, that “these are bourbons you can actually buy in your local liquor store.”
