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Meet your next favorite bourbon.

Three or four full-size bottles from small-batch and independent distilleries, picked by our team and sent to you every three months.

  • Pause, skip or cancel anytime
  • Tasting notes with every bottle
  • Guaranteed retail value
  • Small-batch and independent bottles
  • $350+ retail value, every box
  • Ships in 48 hours
  • Pause, skip or cancel anytime
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What a box is worth

October’s members saved $107.97.

Four full-size bottles, priced at what they sell for on our site. Members paid less.

Retail value
$407.96
Members paid
$299.99
Minimum, every box
$350
Choose your box

Retail prices from thebourboncentral.com. Every box is different.

Receipt for October's Classic Mystery Box: four bottles worth $407.96 at retail, member price $299.99, you saved $107.97
Three boxes

Pick the box that fits your shelf.

Every box is 3 to 4 full-size bottles with a tasting sheet for each. The higher tiers add allocated bottles.

The Reserve Mystery Box with allocated bourbon bottles

The Reserve

$499.99
$575+retail value, guaranteed
  • 3 to 4full-size bottles
  • At least 1allocated bottles
  • Allocated and premium bourbonLike Russell’s Reserve 13 or Weller Antique 107
  • Every 6 monthsor a single box
Choose The Reserve
For collectorsThe Vault Mystery Box with allocated bourbon bottles

The Vault

$799.99
$850+retail value, guaranteed
  • 3 to 4full-size bottles
  • At least 2allocated bottles
  • The hardest-to-find bottlesLike E.H. Taylor Barrel Proof or Michter’s 10 Year
  • Every 6 monthsor a single box
Choose The Vault
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Not sure which box is yours?

Tell us what you like to drink and we’ll match you to a box. Your answers go to the team that packs it.

The Classic Guaranteed value$350+

“The tasting card alone is worth the price. My wife and I do a Friday pour and read the notes together.”

Priya S., verified buyer

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The Bourbon Mystery Box

Three or four full-size bottles from small-batch and independent distilleries, picked by our team.

  • At least $350 in retail valuePriced at what the bottles sell for on our site
  • Bottles most stores don’t carrySmall-batch and independent distilleries
  • A tasting sheet for every bottleNotes, pairings and the distillery story
Choose your box

How you want it
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Unhappy with a box? We replace it or refund you, no questions asked.

  • Ships in 48 hrsTracked and insured
  • Adult signature21+ ID on delivery
  • GuaranteedReplace or refund
What’s actually inside?

Three or four full-size bottles of bourbon or rye from small-batch and independent distilleries, picked by our tasting team. The Classic always carries at least $350 in retail value, and every bottle comes with a tasting card: notes, pairings, proof and the distillery’s story.

How does the subscription work?

The Classic ships every three months, the Reserve and the Vault every six. Pause, skip or cancel from your account at any time, no phone calls.

Can I send it as a gift?

Yes. Pick the one-time box and add the recipient’s address at checkout. It ships with adult signature required, so the recipient must be 21 or older.

Where do you ship?

We ship to 42 US states with adult signature required on delivery. Enter your zip at checkout and we will confirm right away.

Why craft

Most of the good stuff never makes it to a shelf.

Small distilleries put out a few barrels at a time, and those bottles rarely travel far from home. Finding them is what we do.

  • Small distilleriesLimited runs, a few barrels at a time
  • Picked by our teamEvery bottle is tasted before it goes in a box
  • Hard to findRarely stocked by a regular liquor store
Barrels in a small distillery rickhouse
What arrives: the box, three bottles, tasting cards and a glass
Inside

What arrives at your door

  1. 1
    The boxOur Mystery Box. You find out what’s inside when you open it.
  2. 2
    The bottlesThree or four full-size bottles. Expect a name or two you know and a few you’ve never heard of.
  3. 3
    The notesA tasting sheet for every bottle, with food pairings, so you know what you’re pouring.
  4. 4
    The timingEvery three months for the Classic, or a single box if you’d rather try one first.

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Let our cellar pick your next great pour.

We’ve been hand-picking bourbon since 1998. Every Mystery Box is built by hand from the same shelves.

  • Tasting sheet with every bottle
  • Ships in 48 hours
  • Pause, skip or cancel anytime
Choose your box
What to expect

From your first box to your next one

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    Today

    Pick your box

    Choose a single box or a subscription. The Classic renews every three months, and you can pause, skip or cancel anytime.

  2. Unpacking the first bottle from the box at the kitchen counter2
    When it arrives

    Open it and find out

    Three or four full-size bottles, each with a tasting sheet covering the notes, the pairings and the distillery behind it.

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    Three months later

    The next one is different

    Your next box brings new bottles. If we have already sent you one of them, we swap it for another.

Members

A Friday pour, at home.

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“With the mystery selections, I’m introduced to some whiskeys I wouldn’t think to buy or even know about. I haven’t been disappointed.”
William K.Verified buyer
“The tasting card alone is worth the price. My wife and I do a Friday pour and read the notes together. Best date night of the month.”
Priya S.Verified buyer
“Got a bottle I never heard of before that I was shocked to find out costs $300 everywhere I looked, and is sublime.”
James S.Verified buyer
“I have been able to sample bourbons from areas I am not familiar with and haven’t even seen on shelves where I live.”
Anthony V.Verified buyer

Questions

Is it really worth $299.99?

In October, the Classic box was four bottles that sell for $407.96 on our site. Every Classic box carries at least $350 in retail value, and you never pay more than $299.99 for it.

What do you mean by craft?

Bourbon and rye from small-batch and independent distilleries. These are producers making limited runs and trying things with barrels and finishes, and their bottles rarely get space at a regular liquor store. We look for ones that are genuinely good and that you probably haven’t had.

Will I get allocated bottles?

It depends on the box. The Classic sometimes includes an allocated bottle, but it isn’t guaranteed. The Reserve includes at least one in every box, and The Vault at least two.

Every box meets or beats its published minimum value.

What if I already have one of the bottles?

If we have already sent you a bottle, we swap it for a different one in your next box.

Your next favorite bourbon is probably one you haven’t heard of.