Four Roses

Four Roses works unlike any other bourbon house: two mashbills crossed with five yeast strains give ten distinct recipes, blended with a watchmaker's care or bottled solo in its single-barrel releases. Exiled to export markets for decades while its name sold cheap blends at home, it returned to American shelves in 2002 and rebuilt a devoted following. High-rye spice, pear fruit and florals make it the bourbon lover's bourbon.