5 Bottles of Whiskey You NEED! My Pick for Each Occasion!

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I'm Clifton, and these are the only five whiskeys you need. So if you're unaware of the only five whiskeys challenge, it basically started on Reddit and

it's made its way across WhiskeyTube, finally landing on me. David and Kira from The Shelf

Turds tagged me in this challenge. Go check out their video. They had some very peculiar selections. Fireball

But seriously, check them out. They are an awesome new channel. I really love their content and I am so glad that they tagged me

So in this challenge, you pick five different whiskeys for five different occasions

and I got some pretty cool selections. Some of these you may have seen in other videos

Some of them may be new. So I'm excited for you guys to hear my five choices for the only whiskeys you need

So the first whiskey you need is, of course, a daily drinker

So we keep ours in a decanter like this just to kind of up the pizzazz a little bit here in our home

But my choice for Daily Drinker has to go to Rebel Yell 100

This is actually only like a $15 bourbon. It's pretty available across most of the country

It's kind of harder to find out here in Southern California, but I've seen it all over the place when I travel

It is a step up from standard Rebel Yell. It's still made by Luxco, which at the moment they are sourcing from Heaven Hill

So if you like Larceny, I recommend giving this a try. It's cheaper and it's higher proof

And what's one of these videos without tasting the bourbon? so we're going to go ahead and give some quick tasting notes. On the nose, there is a lot more

oak than you would expect from a $15 bourbon, especially with a weeded bourbon, but it's still

got that sweet vanilla carameliness that is typical of a weeder. On the palate, the proof

really doesn't hit you, but I think in a daily drinker, that is a great thing because this may

be your go-to, you know, end of the workday, you know, on the couch about to go to bed, just have

one little sip. I think this hits the spot, but it doesn't overwhelm your palate and it doesn't

take a lot of investigating to get what you like from it. Overall, a really solid bourbon and

absolutely gets my recommendation. Next, we have our mixer. Now, mixer can mean both mixing with

Coke, mixing with lemonade, or for fancier whiskey cocktails like a Manhattan or an Old Fashioned

And my choice for best mixer goes to good old faithful Rittenhouse Rye This bottled and bond And 100 Proof Rye from Heaven Hill was one of the first whiskeys I actually bought but I still keep a bottle on hand every time I want to make a Manhattan or an old fashioned It holds up well with that 100 proof and it won offend people that may be a little averse to rye

because I know a lot of my cocktail people, they typically go, you know, with a bourbon or a rye

This is right down the middle of the road. It's technically a rye, but what we call a barely

legal rye. So it's about 51% rye as opposed to corn content. So let's go ahead and give it a

taste. On the palate, it's a lot more like a bourbon. It's got those sweet caramel notes that

you can appreciate on a good budget bourbon, but it has a little bit of like a rye spice that makes

it interesting and actually a pretty decent sipper too. This bottle comes in at about $22 in my area

which makes it a perfect price for a mixer, whether you're making nicer cocktails or just a good old

whiskey and Coke. So cheers, you guys. So next up is a whiskey that will impress your guests. Now

I know this is kind of a controversial one, but my choice for impress my guest whiskey has to go to

good old Blanton's. So I interpreted this selection as impress your guests that may not be whiskey

drinkers. You don't want to give your guests some barrel-proof, extremely expensive whiskey when they

may be the type that's just going to pour shots of it and chug it. So I think Blanton's is a really

good choice. It's only 93 proof. It comes in this sexy-ass bottle, and it's not that expensive

depending on your area, disclaimer. But in my area, I was able to get a pack of six of these

for about $55 each because it was like a package deal. But I really, really think it's a fantastic

bourbon for impressing guests that may not like whiskey, but I guarantee you they're going to say

this is one smooth whiskey because that's pretty much the extent of a lot of people's whiskey

tasting notes. But just not upset those of you that may have interpreted this as impress your

whiskey friends, because let's be honest, a lot of my friends around here are whiskey friends

So my Impress Your Whiskey Friends selection is Red Breast 14-Year-Old Small Batch

Now, this was a limited release that a few different stores got picks of. This is Batch B for K&L Wine and Spirits

I guarantee you most whiskey drinkers probably have not had this. And even if they're someone that doesn't typically like an Irish whiskey

I think this is hands down best Irish whiskey I've ever had

And most whiskey drinkers, it will be completely new to them. And I think you're going to impress a few people with this if you can get it

If not of course Red Breast 12 Cast Strength is another option but I think this is my Impressed Whiskey Friend selection So a little bonus Technically you still only need five whiskeys It just depends who you hang around Do you hang around most people that don drink whiskey or people that appreciate a really good whiskey

So, whiskey number four on the list is your Friday Night Pour. This is somewhat nice

It's something that you go to to kind of get your weekend started or something just to take a load off after a long week

And those of you that know me, this will be no surprise. my Friday night bourbon is Knob Creek single barrel store picks. So this happens to be a store

pick from K&L Wine Merchants, which is almost 15 years old. Now these aren't all 15 years old

They start at nine years, but they can range up to 15. I have seen a 16 year one. These are pretty

available at least during certain times of the year. And I always stock up on them. I always have

a bottle of Knob Creek in my house. It's kind of become a staple. And I am so ready to taste this

knob. Don't quote me on that. On the nose, it is an oak bomb, but it's got a lot of those dark wood

caramel sugars that come on a really well-aged bourbon. Let's go ahead and give it a taste

At 120 proof, it is the perfect bourbon to kick off your weekend. It is hot. Can use a little

water sometimes to help. It depends on your week. If you have a hard week, you know, 120 proof doesn't

affect you at all. But if you have a pretty chill week, add a little bit of water to it, ease into

it, but overall for $50 to $60, depending on your area, I think a Knob Creek store pick is the

perfect Friday night bourbon. So the final bourbon on our list is our special occasion bourbon. Now

interpret special occasion as you will, but for me, special occasion is, can range anywhere from

being a promotion at work, having friends over that really, really appreciate bourbon for the

first time in a while, maybe the first meetup you have since quarantine. I think my special occasion

bourbon at the moment, because this one always changes, has to go to Wild Turkey Master's Keep

Bottle and Bond. First of all, it comes in a sexy ass box, not gonna lie. Just look at it

it's beautiful. So first of all, this is the most expensive whiskey I've ever bought, and I really

don't regret it one bit. I seriously think this 17-year release from Wild Turkey is one of the

best products I've ever tasted, let alone buy. It is 100 proof, of course, which is the Bottle and

bond requirement, but this whiskey packs a punch in so many more ways than the proof

would let on. So I normally wouldn consider this a special occasion just sitting here recording a YouTube video but when the occasion comes am I right Don spill the whiskey Oh yeah this is wild turkey through and through on the nose

It's got the similar notes to a Russell's Reserve, but amped up to 17. So a special occasion calls

for a cheers. So this cheers goes out to, first of all, David and Kira at Shelf Turds for tagging

me, but also to all of my Bourbon Bites patrons over on Patreon. You guys make this possible. You

make me able to grab a $160 to $107 bottle of bourbon, but most of all, you guys make me happy

and you guys inspire me every single day. So cheers to you guys, and here's to my choice for

special occasion whiskey. Even at 100 proof, this drinks just as elaborate and exciting as a cast

strength whiskey. It travels from the sweetness when it hits your tongue to like a deep, dark

rich spice that carries through the palate and goes into an oakiness from that 17 years

on the finish. This is a fabulous whiskey. I hope to hold on to this bottle for a long time

and I look forward to so many more Wild Turkey Masters Keep releases, because if they're anywhere

as good as this one, I'm probably going to buy them all. So there you guys go, the only five

whiskeys you need. You can have more, but if you have these five, you are set. So thank you again

David and Kira at the Shelf Turds for tagging me, but now comes my turn to tag someone else

So I am so thrilled to throw it over to Ed and Erica at Rock Gut Review

Bill Coney's! They are one of my favorite WhiskeyTube channels. Their comedy style is hilarious

Great couple with a very different palette. So I'm very excited to see each of their selections

I know they're going to be a bit different, but go check out their channel and hopefully see their video here soon

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