Hello.
I am looking for a nice bourbon as part of a Christmas Present for my husband.
We live in Northern CA near KL wine in Redwood City (easiest place for me to go to).
My husband generally does spend a huge amount on bourbon, he'll spring for more for Scotch (which he also likes very much but I'm trying to avoid spending 150 bucks or more).
I'd like get him a nice bottle of Bourbon, but under $100, please.
He likes the following:
Jefferson's Reserve Small Batch. He says that with one ice cube it opens up nicely. This is the least expensive (though KL its very affordable).
Faultline (KL exclusive). He says you add a little water to it's sweeter than the others like caramel and oak.
Blanton's. He says he tends to drink it neat, it's more peppery than the other two.
He also says WL Weller is decent, especially for the price, but hard to find locally. He has a bottle of unopened Buffalo Trace that he bought because of the WL Weller though.
Just okay (nothing he would buy a bottle of again):
Four Roses Single Barrel
Angel's Envy (but he'll drink this when we are out though, often) he says this is very mellow.
(I'm pretending I'm giving gift advice to a friend who is buying for her husband, which is how I got all this information, BTW).
He'd give his right arm for a bottle of Jefferson's Presidential, which he hasn't tried. But at over $250 bucks since it's so rare online, and not available locally, that's a bust all around.
If it helps at all, he mostly drinks with a cigar. I'm probably buying him a box of Toro's My Father Fleur de Las Antillas as well: http://www.cigarsinternational.com/ciga ... my-father/
So if you can recommend some Bourbon for me to buy him, I'd be very appreciative.
This is my first post on this board and if I am posting this in the wrong place, I'm sorry.