Bulleit is good in an old fashioned and is really available.

Russell's Reserve 10 year.

Fully mature, complex bourbon. Good in cocktails and good neat. Readily available for $30.

Knob Creek 9 Year is around $26 and 100 proof.

Bulleit Rye has become my go-to

dmart90 said:

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Bulleit is good in an old fashioned and is really available.

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Bulleit Rye makes an even better one
Buffalo Trace works well

This is my go to cocktail

I have found that a good bourbon makes a great old fashioned and a great bourbon makes a good old fashioned. Don't use your expensive whiskey and definitely don't use rot gut.

My other advice:
- Drop the orange peel and use good cherries, either luxardo or homemade (amaretto cherries are pretty good in an old fashioned and over vanilla ice cream).
- Use a splash of club soda instead of regular water
- Vary your bitters to vary up the drink
- Infused whiskeys (i.e. 1 earl gray teabag in 1 cup of whiskey for a couple days) can make for an interesting variation

This is a great cocktail that can be fussed with easily and can teach you a lot about flavor profiles and mixology

Rittenhouse Rye is very inexpensive, but works great in most cocktails. The 100 proof stands up well when mixed.

Old Forester Rye

Don't sleep on Old Forester Rye (100 proof).

Absolutely amazing in the various cocktails I've made this year... especially in an Old Fashioned.

Enough of this, let's talk personal preference on their Old Fashioned recipes, my go to lately has been:

2 oz Bulleit Rye
3 dashes Black Walnut Bitter
0.25 oz simple syrup (I keep my own on hand, cup of water and cup of Demerara sugar)

Stirred with ice and strained over large rock, sometimes I'll add Luxardo cherry and orange slice, but mostly just straight up.

OG 114 holds up well to a melting ice cube ... high proof and affordable.

Dr. Horrible said:

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Wasn't the point of an old fashioned to hide the taste of bad bourbon? Why would you waste good bourbon you could drink neat on an old fashioned?

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no one is making pvw old fashioneds here.

'Good' bourbon is quite subjective.

Dr. Horrible said:

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Wasn't the point of an old fashioned to hide the taste of bad bourbon? Why would you waste good bourbon you could drink neat on an old fashioned?

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Because sometimes a good bourbon makes a great old fashioned.

Sometimes I drink my bourbon neat, sometimes I drink it on a giant ice cube, sometimes I add a splash of water, sometimes more.

I like variety and experimentation and a whiskey has a lot of maneuver room, so get off the high horse

Life is too short to drink cheap booze in your own home.