The best way to buy single barrel bourbon online is to shop where the barrel was actually picked: a single barrel bottling is one specific cask, chosen by a store or group, and no blend ever smooths it out. Del Mesa Liquor, a family-owned liquor store in San Diego, California, picks its own barrels — including two Buffalo Trace Distillery barrels bottled exclusively for this store. Every bottle below is in stock and available to order online at Del Mesa Liquor today, from our own $29.99 barrel to a 103-proof Blanton's Gold.
Del Mesa's own barrel picks
- Buffalo Trace Del Mesa Liquor Single Barrel Select Bourbon Whiskey #057 — $29.99 (175 in stock). Our own private barrel: one hand-selected barrel of Buffalo Trace's low-rye Mash Bill #1, bottled at 90 proof (45% ABV), non-chill filtered, in a 750mL bottle. Barrel #057 exists only here — when this barrel is gone, this exact bourbon is gone. It anchors our bourbon whiskey collection and it is the easiest way to taste what a store pick actually means.
- Eagle Rare Del Mesa Liquor Private Select Single Barrel Bourbon Whiskey — $69.99 (9 in stock). The second Del Mesa exclusive: a single hand-selected cask of Eagle Rare, aged a full decade and bottled at the brand-standard 90 proof (45% ABV) in 750mL. Same distillery, same mash bill family as Barrel #057 — ten years in oak makes it the deeper, more leathery pour of the two store picks.
- Three Chord Single Barrel Blended Bourbon Whiskey Honey Cask Finish 'San Diego Barrel Boys' Select — $49.99 (7 in stock). A San Diego pick with a twist: a single barrel of Three Chord's blended bourbon (distilled in Kentucky, Indiana and Tennessee) bottled at cask strength, 116.6 proof (58.3% ABV), finished half in honey casks and half in toasted oak. Selected by the San Diego Barrel Boys, it is the highest-proof bottle in this guide and the only finished one.
The allocated single barrels
- Colonel EH Taylor Jr Single Barrel Bourbon Whiskey — $149.99 (5 in stock). The bottled-in-bond single barrel: each bottle drawn from one hand-selected barrel rested in Warehouse C, the 1881 rickhouse Colonel Taylor built himself, and bottled at 100 proof (50% ABV) with no blending and no age statement. The purest expression of the Taylor line — compare it with the antique-collection bottles on our Rare & Top Shelf shelf.
- Blanton's Gold Edition Single Barrel Select Bourbon Whiskey — $179.99 (27 in stock). The proof hound's Blanton's: 103 proof (51.5% ABV), ten points above the standard bottling, from Buffalo Trace's high-rye Mash Bill #2 and the metal-clad Warehouse H. Blanton's created the single barrel bourbon category in 1984; the Gold Edition is that original idea with the volume turned up, gold horse-and-jockey stopper included.
New to store picks? Start with Barrel #057 and the Eagle Rare pick side by side — same distillery, two different barrels, two clearly different bourbons. If you prefer rye spice at barrel proof, our rye whiskey guide covers the other side of the mash bill, and the flagship rare bourbon shelf lists the allocated bottles above these. Orders ship under our shipping and return policy.
Frequently asked questions
What is single barrel bourbon?
Bourbon bottled from one individual barrel instead of a blend of many. Because nothing is blended to a house profile, each barrel tastes slightly different — which is why stores and groups pick specific barrels, and why a barrel number like #057 identifies a bourbon that exists nowhere else.
What is a store pick?
A store pick (or private select) is a single barrel a retailer tasted and chose to have bottled under its own selection. Del Mesa Liquor's Buffalo Trace Barrel #057 and Eagle Rare Private Select were both chosen by the Del Mesa team at Buffalo Trace Distillery and are sold only here.
Is Blanton's Gold stronger than regular Blanton's?
Yes. Blanton's Gold Edition is bottled at 103 proof (51.5% ABV) versus 93 proof for the Original Single Barrel — both come from single barrels of Buffalo Trace's high-rye Mash Bill #2 aged in Warehouse H, so the Gold pours fuller and more concentrated.
Can I buy these single barrel bourbons online?
Yes — all five bottles in this guide are in stock and available to order online at Del Mesa Liquor, with shipping explained on our shipping and return policy page. Store-pick barrels are finite: once Barrel #057 sells through, that bourbon cannot be reordered.