We Tested Bourbon From Costco, Walmart, Total Wine & More US Stores | These FAILED
You trust these stores with your paycheck because the shelf tag never lies to you. The bourbon aisle is where that trust goes to get tested. Some of the proudest labels at Costco, Walmart, Total Wine and Trader Joe’s were never built by distillers. So seven store-shelf bourbons went through the same wringer. Real prices, real specs, real provenance. Four of them failed. The most expensive failure costs $24.99 and spent part of its short life being processed by a machine in North Charleston, South Carolina. But three bottles survived, and the survivors share one secret that will change how you read every liquor shelf in America. Number one costs $23.99, holds a full liter instead of a fifth, and outclasses a bottle that costs up to fifteen dollars more for a smaller pour. Its name stays sealed until the end. By then, you will know exactly where your money goes in the store-brand aisle. And which four bottles it should never touch again.
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