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November 2023 - Best Buy Bar®

November 2023 - Best Buy Bar<sup>®</sup>
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Meili Vodka Batch 01
93 points
$24
Best Buy
Meili
Vodka Batch 01
A neutral and easy sipper that will yield a lovely velvety texture to cocktails.
Awards: 2024 Best Buy Bar - Best Value Vodka
93 points $24 Best Buy
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Woody’s Fairly Reliable Totally Mixable Gin
92 points
$19
Best Buy
Woody’s Fairly Reliable
Totally Mixable Gin
A solid and versatile Gin to do a bit of everything in the back bar.
Awards: 2024 Best Buy Bar - Best Value Gin
92 points $19 Best Buy
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Woody’s Fairly Reliable Am-Can Blended Rye Whiskey
92 points
$23
Best Buy
Woody’s Fairly Reliable
Am-Can Blended Rye Whiskey
Great aromas and flavors of vanilla and grain make this a very, very good blended Rye.
Awards: 2024 Best Buy Bar - Best Value Blended Whiskey
92 points $23 Best Buy
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Summum Vodka
91 points
$17
Best Buy
Summum
Vodka
Beautifully clean and neutral with a light, crisp body and almost no alcohol burn.
91 points $17 Best Buy
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Deadwood Straight Bourbon Whiskey
91 points
$19
Best Buy
Deadwood
Straight Bourbon Whiskey
Good, cleanly made and youthful; a barrel forward Bourbon to make your everyday dram.
Awards: 2024 Best Buy Bar - Best Value Bourbon Whiskey
91 points $19 Best Buy
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Bridge & Main American Wheated Bourbon Whiskey
91 points
$24
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Bridge & Main
American Wheated Bourbon Whiskey
A really fun and easy going Bourbon for mixing or sipping.
91 points $24 Best Buy
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Union Forge Vodka
90 points
$19
Best Buy
Union Forge
Vodka
Very delicate and clean on the nose and palate with a nice rounded mouth feel.
90 points $19 Best Buy
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Cleveland Whiskey Magic Rabbit Chocolate And Peanut Butter Flavored Whiskey
90 points
$24
Cleveland Whiskey
Magic Rabbit Chocolate And Peanut Butter Flavored Whiskey
An incredibly well executed chocolate peanut treat that still retains some Whiskey flavor.
Awards: 2024 Best Buy Bar - Best Value Flavored Whiskey
90 points $24
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Puerto De Indias Strawberry Flavored Gin
90 points
$24
Puerto De Indias
Strawberry Flavored Gin
A pleasant strawberry Gin for making fruit forward cocktails.
Awards: 2024 Best Buy Bar - Best Value Flavored Gin
90 points $24
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IRISH MANOR Irish Cream Liqueur
88 points
$16
Best Buy
IRISH MANOR
Irish Cream Liqueur
A tasty vanilla cream digestif that still let's you know there is a touch of Whiskey in it.
88 points $16 Best Buy
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Nv36 Small Batch No. 8 American Whiskey
88 points
$24
Nv36
Small Batch No. 8 American Whiskey
A highly likable, young, and grain forward Whiskey.
88 points $24
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ALB Vodka
87 points
$19
ALB
Vodka
Creamy texture with pops of citrus and green herbs make this Vodka very approachable.
87 points $19
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VoHio Vodka
86 points
$9
Best Buy
VoHio
Vodka
A good neutral Vodka that will work well in a well.
86 points $9 Best Buy
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RonDiaz Gold Rum
84 points
$11
RonDiaz
Gold Rum
A solid Rum for the back bar that will be serviceable in basic cocktails and shots, but specifically best in a Rum & Coke.
84 points $11
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RonDiaz White Rum
84 points
$11
RonDiaz
White Rum
A very light and clean spirit with a bit of sweetness and green herb but without the majority of typicity markers in Rum.
84 points $11
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RonDiaz Spiced Rum
83 points
$12
RonDiaz
Spiced Rum
Mix with Coke and consider adding to an ice cream shake.
83 points $12
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