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Elmer T. Lee Bourbon

Physical Product · Bourbon & American whiskey · 28 mentions · 1 subreddit · discussed in r/bourbon

Reddit take

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Pros

  • Parent context: Elmer T. Lee is a hard find, but it is one of my personal favorites. Smooth and easy to drink. I don’t know why it gets some much hate. Reply: I agree. The overpricing of it on the secondary market is the problem. It’s no...
  • Elmer T. Lee is a hard find, but it is one of my personal favorites. Smooth and easy to drink. I don’t know why it gets some much hate.
  • It had some classic Buffalo Trace sweet-fruit notes and a minimum of rye spice... ETL isn’t a world beater by any means, but it was plenty good in this blind, and its positive features helped highlight some elements of Single Oak Rye Bou...
  • I liked ETL about the same amount that I always do (maybe a touch more, given its comparative lack of sharpness here). ETL isn’t a world beater by any means, but it was plenty good in this blind, and its positive features helped highligh...
  • 6.5 | Very Good | A cut above Elmer T. Lee (6.5)

Cons

  • Parent context: Elmer T. Lee is a hard find, but it is one of my personal favorites. Smooth and easy to drink. Reply: It's just not that good compared to so many other bottles that cost less than half its price plus carry way more comple...
  • Elmer taste like cherry syrup to me very over rated hype bottle for its price is my opinion
  • These two are probably BT's two most overpriced/overrated products
  • I would never buy another bottle of ETL even at MSRP. For my palet, it's absolute trash.
  • Personally, I don’t mind Blanton’s, but I’m not a fan of of Elmer T Lee.

Sentiment

14 positive (50%) · 4 mixed (14%) · 10 negative (36%)

Trust + time weighted score: +15% · raw score 14%

What redditors said (10 of 28)

Parent context: Elmer T. Lee is a hard find, but it is one of my personal favorites. Smooth and easy to drink. Reply: It's just not that good compared to so many other bottles that cost less than half its price plus carry way more complex layers of flavors
negative · u/N****8 · r/bourbon · comment · Sep 11, 2026 · open on Reddit ↗
Elmer taste like cherry syrup to me very over rated hype bottle for its price is my opinion
negative · u/N****8 · r/bourbon · comment · Sep 11, 2026 · open on Reddit ↗
Parent context: Elmer T. Lee is a hard find, but it is one of my personal favorites. Smooth and easy to drink. Reply: I think it’s just thin and smooth and easy and boring. I don’t think it’s bad, I just don’t get the hype. I’d be happy to buy it at $40 to keep for cocktails.
mixed · u/s****e · r/bourbon · comment · Sep 9, 2026 · open on Reddit ↗
Parent context: Elmer T. Lee is a hard find, but it is one of my personal favorites. Smooth and easy to drink. I don’t know why it gets some much hate. Reply: I agree. The overpricing of it on the secondary market is the problem. It’s not a $300 bottle. Most aren’t. But this is a solid bourbon.
positive · u/n****s · r/bourbon · comment · Sep 9, 2026 · open on Reddit ↗
Elmer T. Lee is a hard find, but it is one of my personal favorites. Smooth and easy to drink. I don’t know why it gets some much hate.
positive · u/D****4 · r/bourbon · comment · Sep 9, 2026 · open on Reddit ↗
Elmer T. Lee is a hard find, but it is one of my personal favorites. Smooth and easy to drink.
positive · u/D****4 · r/bourbon · comment · Sep 9, 2026 · open on Reddit ↗
These two are probably BT's two most overpriced/overrated products
negative · u/N****0 · r/bourbon · comment · Sep 8, 2026 · open on Reddit ↗
It had some classic Buffalo Trace sweet-fruit notes and a minimum of rye spice... ETL isn’t a world beater by any means, but it was plenty good in this blind, and its positive features helped highlight some elements of Single Oak Rye Bourbon that I didn’t really enjoy all that much.
positive · u/A****g · r/bourbon · Sep 8, 2026 · open on Reddit ↗
I liked ETL about the same amount that I always do (maybe a touch more, given its comparative lack of sharpness here). ETL isn’t a world beater by any means, but it was plenty good in this blind, and its positive features helped highlight some elements of Single Oak Rye Bourbon that I didn’t really enjoy all that much.
positive · u/A****g · r/bourbon · Sep 8, 2026 · open on Reddit ↗
I would never buy another bottle of ETL even at MSRP. For my palet, it's absolute trash.
negative · u/T****8 · r/bourbon · comment · Aug 30, 2026 · open on Reddit ↗

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