My good friend just gave me a blantons and honestly, I prefer my $10 Old Taylor over it. (It got better after resting but not good enough to justify the price). What whiskeys in the sub $30 range would make him question things in a blind tasting? I'm in Oregon, so everything is MSRP but we can't get your costco deals. What bourbons can I buy and screw with his perception of value?

Aside note, I much prefer ryes and he can't handle them. So I'm looking for a cheaper bottle that would make HIM question things.

EDIT: Perhaps joke was the wrong word choice for the title. The point was more of what might he like that he wouldn't have considered buying before for a blind tasting that's easily found and affordable. We are good friends and seemed like another reason to sit down together and try new whiskeys in a different way. My word choice was simply just poor.