Originally Posted by
corky
I want to buy a bottle of bourbon for a friend as a thank you...maybe $40 max. What do you all recommend? It seems that maybe Woodford is a favorite here.
BTW...I had an interesting cocktail that sounds weird but was really good. It was basically an old fashioned but with a small amount of banana puree added. As odd as it sounds, the banana really smoothed it out and didn't make it taste like bananas.
You might be able to pick up Basil Hayden’s or Woodford Reserve for $30-35. Read the labels carefully as Woodford makes other products. Those are my go to every day bourbons. Good middle shelf drinks that everyone should feel comfortable with whether drinking neat or mixing.