All entrants are proud members of the Plastic Cap Club. — All rums were tasted ... operating in the U.S. are sourcing their bottom-shelf, cheap rums from the U.S. Virgin Islands, but at least ...

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.

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 ...