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Men’s Journal aims to feature only the best products and services. If you buy something via one of our links, we may earn a commission. About 15 years ago, whenever I traveled outside of the United States, I looked for Blanton’s Bourbon in duty-free stores. The brand produced different versions for various markets around the world. I’d done a tasting of some of these special releases with the brand’s master distiller Harlen Wheatley and was blown away by how much of an impact raising or lowering the proof had on the whiskey ’s flavor. Frustratingly, I never found one of these special Blanton’s expressions. I eventually stopped foraging in foreign airports. Even if I located a nearly impossible-to-find Blanton’s, it would be exorbitantly priced due to the rarity. It seemed as if everyone had discovered the joys of drinking this single barrel bourbon from Buffalo Trace Distillery in Frankfort, KY—the same place that produces the similarly hard-to-find Weller, E.H. Tay...