Most of the entrants are members of the Plastic Cap Club, although there was a ... The most expensive scotch in this bottom-shelf tasting also happens to be the only single malt of the bunch ...

But it's not the only option. There are plenty of other middle-shelf bourbons out there that give Maker's Mark a run for its money, and a surprising host of bottom-shelf offerings that blow it out ...

former bottom-shelf contenders such as Old Fitzgerald or Heaven Hill White Label are no longer being manufactured. All in all, the members of this field are all firmly in the Plastic Cap Club.