Welcome to Blind 01 of our search for the best everyday bourbon in Kentucky. In this new double blind series, we taste and rank some of the biggest Kentucky distilleries to find the best daily drinker bourbon on the shelf.

We blinded some of the best bourbons you can actually find and everything went sideways. From solid favorites to everyday shelf staples, we put them head-to-head to find the real winner. The results caught us off guard.

Featuring heavy hitters like Joseph Magnus Cigar Blend, Barrell Cigar Blend, and Still Austin Tanager, this blind tasting puts some of the most talked-about cigar blend releases head-to-head. No bias. No hype. Just what’s in the glass.

We put each other to the test and confidence was high. Two bottles. Blind pours. No labels. Featuring pours like Old Forester President’s Choice and Blanton’s, this should’ve been easy but it wasn’t.

In this blind tasting, we put high proof wheated bourbons head-to-head, including Weller Antique 107, Maker’s Mark Cask Strength, Holladay Rickhouse Proof, and a surprise mystery bottle, to find out what really deserves your money.

In this episode of Artfully Bourbon, we blind taste a couple go-to bourbons (or ryes) to see which ones actually hold up without labels, hype, or price bias.

Sazerac Rye just went full proof and that begs a question: does it actually compete with today’s best ryes, or is it just a stronger version of a familiar name?