The Best Bourbon Under $100 in 2025

Noah's Mill is one of the brands under the Willett Distillery portfolio (formerly Kentucky Bourbon Distillers). It's a small batch, Kentucky straight bourbon bottled at 114.3 proof. Note: Want something similar with a bit lower proof? Try Rowan's Creek.

Knob Creek 12 Year Small Batch Bourbon was originally released as a limited edition in the fall of 2019, but the brand announced it a permanent addition to its portfolio in April 2020. It is aged for 12 years and bottled at 100 proof.

Four Roses Single Barrel is bottled at 50% ABV and is comprised of their OBSV recipe (Four Roses has 10 different recipes). It's a Kentucky straight bourbon made using a high-rye mash bill (60% corn, 35% rye, and 5% malted barley) and uses their delicate fruit yeast strain. Each batch will vary slightly as is to be expected from single-barrel bottlings.

Through a government permit allowing the production of whiskey for "medicinal purposes," Old Forester was one of ten legal distilleries operating during US Prohibition. Now, you won't have wear your best flapper dress or don a fancy top hat and travel back in time to try any whiskeys from such a dark and sober (legally speaking) era in the nation's past. Launched in 2016, this third release in the "Whiskey Row" series was created in resemblance to what Old Forester would have tasted like during Prohibition. It is bottled at 57.5% ABV.

Part of the core lineup at Bardstown Bourbon Co. in Bardstown, Kentucky, this estate-distilled bourbon is made from locally sourced grains with a mash bill of 68% corn, 20% wheat, and 12% malted barley. Aged six years and bottled at 100 proof in accordance with bottled-in-bond regulations. Previously released under the Origin Series name, it was rebranded with updated packaging beginning spring 2026. (SRP $49.99)

Eagle Rare 10 Year Bourbon is one of the flagship products from Buffalo Trace Distillery. It is made from a low-rye mash bill and is aged for at least 10 years at the Kentucky distillery. The barrels are hand selected for quality and consistency before bottling. While the bottling proof was originally 101 when the brand was first released in 1974, it has been bottled at 90 proof since 2005.

Produced at Rabbit Hole Distillery in Louisville, Kentucky, Dareringer is a wheated straight bourbon with a mash bill of 65% corn, 25% malted wheat, and 10% malted barley. It is aged in char #4 new American oak barrels before being finished in Pedro Ximénez sherry casks. Produced in batches of no more than 15 barrels and bottled without chill-filtration at 93 proof, it is part of Rabbit Hole's core lineup of whiskeys.

Announced in June 2025, this is the new signature expression from the Old Fitzgerald brand. A wheated bourbon produced at Heaven Hill Distillery in Bardstown, Kentucky, it is made from a mash bill of 68% corn, 20% wheat, and 12% malted barley and aged seven years in Level 3 charred new American oak barrels. Each bottle displays the distillation season and year on the neck wrap, with this first release distilled in spring 2018. Available nationwide beginning early summer 2025. (SRP $59.99)

Wild Turkey Rare Breed is made with a blend of 6, 8, and 12 year-old Kentucky straight bourbon whiskeys. This is bottled at barrel proof so each batch will vary slightly in proof from batch to batch.

Produced at Woodford Reserve Distillery in Versailles, Kentucky, Double Oaked is a bourbon that undergoes a second maturation in custom barrels that have been toasted for more than twice as long as the original barrel, then very lightly charred. The first barrel is seasoned outdoors for nine months before being fully toasted and charred in the traditional manner. Bottled at 90.4 proof, it is a permanent expression in the Woodford Reserve lineup.

Released for the first time in the March 2013, each batch is a an uncut, unfiltered selection of Elijah Craig 12 Year. Each batch will vary both in flavor and in proof as is the nature of such releases. The "code" for the batches is as follows: The first letter of each batch indicates the order of the release for that year beginning with the letter "A" for the first batch, "B" for the second, and so on. Next is a number which reflects the month of the release, so "1" for January for example. The third and fourth digits reflect the year of the release. This batch number is printed on the front of each bottle along with the proof.

This limited-edition bourbon marks the ninth annual offering in the distillery’s Remus Repeal Reserve Bourbon line. Series IX is comprised of bourbon barrels aged between 10-18 years including: 7% 18 year-old (21% rye), 26% 11 year-old (36% rye), 23% 10 year-old (36% rye) and 44% 10 year-old (21% rye). It's bottled without chill-filtration at 104 proof. Available in limited quantities beginning September 2025. (SRP $99.99)