Opinion

The Priciest Bourbons And Ryes In 2018

American Whiskeys At Over $3,000 A Bottle

By Richard Thomas

Although the prices commanded by ultra aged, rare American Whiskeys have not quite caught up with what a similar bottle of single malt Scotch might fetch, much has changed since the last time The Whiskey Reviewer looked at this subject, in the middle of 2015. Prices for prized expressions have risen sharply in that time, changing the landscape for rare bottles of bourbon and rye.

Two differences between this updated review of costly whiskeys and the one made 2