Money & frugal livingWade CooperDistiller Reveals 7 BUDGET Whiskeys That Are WAY Better Than Woodford Reserve
Distiller Reveals 7 BUDGET Whiskeys That Are WAY Better Than Woodford Reserve
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Published Oct 1, 2026, 10:01 PM · 1w ago
Wade Cooper
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You are standing on your brother-in-law's porch with a bottle of Woodford Reserve in a paper gift bag. 41 dollars and 99 cents. You did not overpay because you do not know bourbon. You paid for being sure.
I spent 34 years on the making side of labels like that one, and a lot of those years I filled barrels that went out under names that were not mine. In this video I count down seven bottles under 30 dollars that I would put up against the bottle in your bag, from a square bottle built as a copy to a name that lost a fight in court.
One of the seven sits right beside a bottle with the exact same name, and only one of the two is bourbon. And the one at number one is closer to the bottle in your bag than anybody at that party would believe. Price is not recipe. Price is name.
Most of these prices come off the Pennsylvania state store list, so you can check them yourself. Nobody paid me to make this.
Your homework: buy the Old Forester 100, borrow a Woodford, pour an inch of each side by side, put a teaspoon of water in the Old Forester, and do not read either label for the first five minutes. Then tell me in the comments what town you are in and what Old Forester 100 costs at your store this week.
CHAPTERS:
00:00 – A Woodford in a gift bag on the porch
01:14 – Seven bottles under 30 dollars
01:57 – Same name on the front, and only one is bourbon
02:28 – Who I am: 34 years and barrels under other names
02:58 – Every bottle is priced by what is in it and by its name
03:28 – Number seven: Ezra Brooks 99, built as a copy
05:13 – Number six: Jim Beam Black and the number that came back
06:43 – The gift bag is still in your hand
07:49 – Number five: two bottles called Early Times
09:40 – Number four: George Dickel 8 and the cold charcoal
11:10 – Number three: Larceny, the soft one with wheat
12:13 – Two keys on every warehouse door
13:05 – Number two: 1792, the name that lost in court
14:15 – The sentence I am not supposed to say
15:03 – What I take back: two kinds of stills in the Woodford
16:28 – Number one: Old Forester 100 from the same plant
17:37 – Price is not recipe: the poster and the cup at the Derby
18:34 – How to buy it, and the teaspoon of water
19:49 – How to find the cousin on any shelf
21:45 – Nobody paid me
22:11 – 16.1 million barrels, and the man with the six-pack
23:19 – Three things to remember
23:35 – Your homework: two glasses side by side
24:02 – Tell me your town and your price
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Details
- Published
- Oct 1, 2026, 10:01 PM
- Length
- 24:30 (1,470 s)
- Format
- Long-form
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- Entertainment
- Audio language
- EN-US
- Quality
- HD
- Captions
- No
- Made for kids
- No
- Licensed content
- Yes
- Video ID
- LfH7gvhhOM8
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