I can understand preferring Templeton (though a 'Rye' and purchased elsewhere to be sold as an "Iowa" product), but no way does any educated pallet register Cody Road as being a better Whisky than Cedar Ridge.
I, too, am a bit of a whisk(e)y connoisseur.
Some general rules:
1. Drink what you like, how you like it
2. Don't be a Richard
*Special Rule* If a website (that you use for free) partners with a product to help out with ad revenue, definitely don't be a Richard about said product.
Sláinte