What is on your list of bad bourbon?

[c2walker]

The rebel yell was in a bottle and I believe it was a screw cap. I'd say early 80's maybe.

I quite like the 80's bottlings of Rebel Yell that I've tried. Not the most complex pour out there, but I certainly don't find it offensive.

[squire]

I agree, the 80s era Rebel Yell was a 6 year old 90 proof expression made by Stitzel-Weller and was as good as any other SW product. Actually preferable to the 86 proof Cabin Still or 80 proof Old Fitz Prime.

[393foureyedfox]

tried some Evan Williams SB tonight and would have to add it to the list. We gave it as a gift to some friends and it had been opened about a month ago....there was about two shots left and i had one tonight. I didnt go back for the other....

surely it wouldnt go bad after a month, but I wouldnt waste my money on that again. HH BIB is better and less than half the cost. Lots of people like the EWSB, maybe this barrel just sucked....

[smknjoe]

tried some Evan Williams SB tonight and would have to add it to the list. We gave it as a gift to some friends and it had been opened about a month ago....there was about two shots left and i had one tonight. I didnt go back for the other....

surely it wouldnt go bad after a month, but I wouldnt waste my money on that again. HH BIB is better and less than half the cost. Lots of people like the EWSB, maybe this barrel just sucked....

Which year was it? I can understand if someone doesn't like it, but it was actually bad? Sorry to hear that.

[squire]

I would check the cork on that one.

[393foureyedfox]

i didnt think to check the year, and id imagine you could leave a HH BIB uncorked for the month and it would still taste better than this. I'm gonna chalk it up to a fluke or a bad barrel (since I like so many other things from HH), but still, I'm not gonna take a $25 chance on another one of these

[squire]

Whisky that's gone bad is usually corked and the merchant will replace or refund.

[mbroo5880i]

The worst bourbon that I have ever had was Ten High. However, I should caveat that by saying that 1.) it was served at a hotel as a complimentary drink and 2.) and this is something that I have never seen before, it was dispensed through a dispenser like soda! The bartender apologized when I ordered it and before I even tasted it. I drank it neat with a few cubes of ice. I couldn't finish it. My guess is that it must have been watered down. I am not sure that I have ever ran across a bourbon that was bottled that I couldn't drink.

[squire]

Have to wonder what was run through that dispenser previously.

[MauiSon]

Pappy 23, prolly.

[393foureyedfox]

Whisky that's gone bad is usually corked and the merchant will replace or refund.

[squire]

Nothing wrong with that, Early Times is a mixer and performs that job admirably.

[393foureyedfox]

for mixers, if you like mixers, yeah. i tend to look over anything under 100 proof too, so that may have something to do with it. we had this same bottle in a blind tasting the night it was opened a month ago, come to think of it, and I dont remember it standing out as a bad bourbon like it did yesterday. again, i'll give it the benefit of the doubt and count it a fluke or what-not

[Eggman]

Howdy, Jim Beam Devil's Cut; it's borderline nasty. And I like JB black label and find JB white to be adequate. Go figure.

[ethangsmith]

Once again, this guy is going to be in the minority here, but I also understand that.

-Wheated bourbon. Yuck. This stuff is just plain foul to me. I've dumped out bottles of Weller as I couldn't even choke it down! I think this pretty much just comes down to an issue of "It's not my style." I can appreciate it as a defined style of bourbon, but I am more than pleased to let the bottles on the shelf for those that appreciate it.

[ethangsmith]

Oh yea, those that don't like the Ezra Brooks, send it my way! It's actually a favorite inexpensive pour of mine.

---PS- This should give you an idea of how different my tastes in bourbon and rye are!

[mbroo5880i]

Once again, this guy is going to be in the minority here, but I also understand that.

-Wheated bourbon. Yuck. This stuff is just plain foul to me. I've dumped out bottles of Weller as I couldn't even choke it down! I think this pretty much just comes down to an issue of "It's not my style." I can appreciate it as a defined style of bourbon, but I am more than pleased to let the bottles on the shelf for those that appreciate it.

That's fair. There are more than enough different bourbons to meet every one's tastes.

[sutton]

An Old Fitz BiB by HH - bought two, one was enjoyable the other had a very weird musty/funky odor that I can only describe as "old garbage can". The palate wasn't too bad but no where near the first, quite vegetal, but that garbage can came back in the finish. Perhaps corked, who knows. Couldn't believe the variation between the two bottles. Two tablespoons of grade A medium amber and two bottles of Maker's Mark made it not just drinkable but actually quite enjoyable.

I'm still working on it ... when I've gotten it half way consumed I've dumped in more Maker's ... pretty soon I guess it will just be Maker's, and that's quite a good thing compared to where it started from. Too stubborn to throw it down the drain I guess.

[bonneamie]

Pappy 23, prolly.

[tigerlam92]

Once again, this guy is going to be in the minority here, but I also understand that.

-Wheated bourbon. Yuck. This stuff is just plain foul to me. I've dumped out bottles of Weller as I couldn't even choke it down! I think this pretty much just comes down to an issue of "It's not my style." I can appreciate it as a defined style of bourbon, but I am more than pleased to let the bottles on the shelf for those that appreciate it.

[theglobalguy]

Fighting Cock, not sure why but just upsets my stomach. Been a couple years and maybe just a bad batch of production, but no going to take the chance. I only trust their BBQ sauce in the HH gift shop now!