Best Whisk(e)y Bottles Under $500

Best Whisk(e)y Bottles Under $500

Explore our top picks for the best whiskey bottles under $500. Each selection promises exceptional quality and craftsmanship. Perfect for expanding your collection or upgrading your home bar, these premium whiskeys are sure to impress. Dive in and discover your new favorite bottle today.

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Top 5 Best Whisk(e)y UNDER $500


1.

Blanton's

Blanton's Gold Edition Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey


The first thing people point out is how beautiful this bottle is, but when they try the juice within, that’s all they talk about. It’s complex, sweet, and quite superb with its rich notes of oak and fruit. Now, it’s pretty tough getting one of these as everyone, and their...

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$372.99

2.

Blanton's

Blanton's Single Barrel Red Takara Japanese Edition


Imagine a deeper and richer version of the Blanton’s Single Barrel and add on a dash of exclusivity and panache. In the winter of 1881, Albert Bacon Blanton was born into one of the first families of Bourbon. At the age of sixteen, he started work in the distillery as...

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$286.99

Appearance / Color
Warm Maple

Nose / Aroma / Smell
The aroma is deep and powerful with vanilla, chocolate fudge, and cherry pipe tobacco.

Flavor / Taste / Palate
The palate is a deeper and richer version of the core Blanton’s with creamy notes of brown butter and clove that open up to marmalade, toffee, and wild honey.

Finish
The finish is long with peaches and cream.


3.

Yamazaki

Yamazaki 12 Year Old Single Malt Whisky


For relaxing times, make it Suntory time. Shinjiro Torii, the father of Japanese Whisky founded Suntory in 1923 by opening the first distillery in Japan, called Yamazaki. Shinjiro, who started out as a pharmaceutical wholesaler and later Wine importer had found his passion for Whisky after discovering...

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Regular
$210.99
Flaviar black
$200.44 (−5%)
Appearance / Color
Dark gold with gold highlights.
 
Nose / Aroma / Smell
Floral character, jasmine, cinnamon, candied orange, peach and red apple. Plenty of nut oils and tropical fruits.
 
Flavor / Taste / Palate
Full-bodied and smooth. Sweet with vanilla, citrus notes with an undercurrent of spice just underneath all the candied notes balancing dusty cigarette ash and cedarwood dryness.
 
Finish
Lingering with fruit and spice notes. Woody and sweet - dried apricots, peaches, pineapple.

4.

W.L. Weller

W.L. Weller 12 Year Old Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey


A rich and sweet Wheated Bourbon at an exceptional value with specs to die for. The name "Weller" has been around the horn a few times. It all started with the Stitzel-Weller Distilling Company — founded in 1935 and closed in 1972 during the famous "Whiskey...

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$286.99

Appearance / Color
Warm Amber

Nose / Aroma / Smell
The aromas are remarkable and rich delivering notes of cinnamon, vanilla, caramel/ butterscotch, and wood.

Flavor / Taste / Palate
The flavors come in distinct waves in notes of spice cake, leather, mint, vanilla, and exotic fruits.

Finish
When sipped neat, the finish is long and downright elegant with a nice warmth of heavy oak and sweetness.


5.

W.L. Weller

Weller Full Proof Wheated Bourbon


A flavor rockstar… a Bourbon bomb… a perfect dram. The name "Weller" has been around the horn a few times. It all started with the Stitzel-Weller Distilling Company — founded in 1935 and closed in 1972 during the famous "Whiskey Recession." The had a bunch of great brands...

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$286.99

Appearance / Color
Warm Amber

Nose / Aroma / Smell
The aromas are powerful and complex — you get everything from stone fruits to leather and baking spices with plenty of oak.

Flavor / Taste / Palate
If you can take it neat — and many men cannot — the mouth waters with intense notes of english toffee and apricot with a rich mouth feel. With ice, the flavors open up in delectable waves of pecan praline and dark chocolate.

Finish
The finish is long and lingering — making a full glass a seamless and continual experience from first sip to the last.