Four Roses Bourbon Small Batch

Four Roses Small Batch ($37.99) is a Kentucky straight bourbon whiskey blended from four of the ten recipes Four Roses produces — combinations of two mash bills and five proprietary yeast strains. The blend is selected by master distiller Brent Elliott in small batches and bottled at 90 proof. Four Roses is distilled in Lawrenceburg, Kentucky in a Spanish-style mission building that dates to 1910 and is on the National Register of Historic Places. The Small Batch delivers an unusually balanced profile for an under-$40 bottle: ripe fruit, soft spice, a touch of honey, and a clean oak finish. Browse the broader bourbon collection for adjacent picks.

The standard Four Roses Bourbon (yellow label) blends all ten Four Roses recipes for a sweeter, lighter, more cocktail-oriented bourbon at 80 proof. Four Roses Small Batch blends only four selected recipes and is bottled at 90 proof — more concentrated, more complex, and noticeably more sippable. The Small Batch is the step-up bottle in the lineup before you get to the Small Batch Select or Single Barrel tier. Our single barrel vs small batch guide walks through exactly what "small batch" means in practice.

Yes — Four Roses Small Batch is a near-default pick for an Old Fashioned at the under-$40 price point. The 90 proof carries through the bitters and the dilution; the balanced fruit-and-spice profile complements (rather than fights) the orange peel and the demerara syrup; the clean finish doesn't leave the cocktail muddied. For batched Old Fashioneds for Memorial Day or any cookout weekend, see our Old Fashioned batch guide — Four Roses Small Batch is in the recommended bench.

Yes — Four Roses Small Batch is an exceptional under-$40 Father's Day pick for the dad who actually drinks his bourbon (rather than the collector dad). The label tells a real story (ten recipes, Spanish mission distillery, blended by the master distiller), it's a workhorse he'll pour again and again, and the price point doesn't read as cheap because the bottle and the story carry the gift. Pair with a handwritten note explaining the ten-recipe blending system — most Four Roses drinkers don't actually know that detail. We featured it in the daily-pour-dad section of our Father's Day Bourbon Gift Guide Preview; browse purpose-built sets in our /collections/fathers-day-bourbon-bundle collection.

Three different styles at the workhorse-tier price point. Buffalo Trace ($78.99) is 90 proof, low-rye mash bill — vanilla-forward, rounded, sweeter. Wild Turkey 101 ($32.99) is 101 proof, high-rye mash bill — assertive, spicy, oak-forward. Four Roses Small Batch sits between them: 90 proof, blended from two mash bills (one high-rye, one standard), with a fruit-and-honey balance that neither of the other two delivers. If you like Buffalo Trace's sweetness but want more complexity, Four Roses Small Batch is the move. Our best-bourbons-under-$50 guide covers the head-to-head comparison in detail.

Yes. For Father's Day Sunday June 21, 2026, the full UPS Ground window is open — orders placed by Tuesday June 16 will arrive in time for most metros. West Coast addresses should order by Thursday June 18. Adult signature 21+ required at delivery; the package will not be left on the porch. For Memorial Day Monday May 25, the UPS Air window has already closed; Saturday and Sunday orders will land Tuesday at the earliest. See our Friday Final Call for the remaining shipping math.