I'm a Wild Turkey 101 fan but discovered Ezra Brooks when I went looking for something a little out of the ordinary. When I saw the price I was sold.

Don't get me wrong. I'm all for spending money to get top-shelf liquor and never waste time on the cheap stuff. But somehow E.B. got the cajones to buck the trend of the big conglomerate manufacturers and charge a fair price so a working man can have a sip of something decent at the end of the day. Everyone knows that bourbon is just corn squeezins, clean water, and a little bit of love. Despite this, it is usually overpriced, overtaxed, disrespected, and given no bit of the esteemed place on the trophy wall of American history it deserves.

My stomach lining may be thin as the wing of a chickfly in mating season, but Ezra Brooks is about as good a tonic as a body could wish for. I can already hear the squeak of the cork callin my name...

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