What bourbon do you think is bad quality? Gut rot bourbon? WT101 story

[bad_scientist]

I love WT 101 when it's first opened. It takes on this stale peanut shell note after a while in the bottle, so I just buy 200ml bottles and finish them in a weekend.

[PaulO]

I have an open bottle of WT 101 in my cabinet. I picked it up on sale, under $20. After trying some recently, I'd call it a decent mid shelf bourbon. I think it's maybe the best of the brands you can basically find anywhere.

[T Comp]

I love WT 101 when it's first opened. It takes on this stale peanut shell note after a while in the bottle, so I just buy 200ml bottles and finish them in a weekend.

That's a great description of what I too pick up in bar pours of WT bad sci.

[393foureyedfox]

for the most part we were done talking I'm the gm of a new car dealership and basically the professional part of our conversation was done we were bsing at this point. I guess maybe I read into it too much but yeah he made it clear WT101 is not a quality product

I imagine its the 'that's beneath me' attitude of many 'professionals'. Same reason you dont see many lawyers in Hyundais, Doctors in Kias, or Wall Street guys in Escorts....one of a certain caliber must keep his image up, ya know?

[mbroo5880i]

This stuff is crap. I hate it so much that I decided to mix WT101 and old WTR101 together tonight just to see if it might taste better. It is such an odd concoction that I see no future in it.

This stuff is better left to drunks and hard liquor aficionados. I would suggest that the general public stay far, far away.

[BourbonJoe]

I don't like Beam made since 1975. Anything made by Beam. I get a funky yeast taste that I do not like. I have many hundreds of bottles of bourbon but you won't find any Beam (unless it's special stuff to flip). Wild Turkey suits me just fine.

Joe

Edited June 23, 2014 by BourbonJoe

[jvd99]

I really enjoy the WT 101. I ordered a bunch of it at my hotel in South Dakota last week. As far as opinions go, who cares? I drink everything. I've got a bunker full of BTAC, FRLE's etc., but my everyday drinkers are bottles that are always on the store shelf. Additionally, when I hear someone rave about a product, I like to try it or revisit it because palates can always change and something you thought was rock-gut 5 or 10 years ago may have whole different meaning after time.

[AaronWF]

Sometimes bsing about bourbon can come down to being esoteric, so it could be just negative name recognition on his part.

Honestly, if someone told me their favorite bourbon was WT101, I'd tell them to try more bourbon or assume they weren't interested in pursuing it enthusiastically. Nothing wrong with it, but what's in the bottle has certainly changed dramatically since your Army days. If you were still drinking what they were bottling in the early '00s I'd understand, but I haven't had anything recently made by WT that comes anywhere close to what I've tasted of theirs from the past. And compared to what else is out there these days, WT101 is over-priced.

[Guest]

WT101 is the 'house' bourbon round at my place, I always have a bottle (which I nerdily decant into an old WT101 8 year bottle) out within easy reach, with a bar grade pourer/jigger on top and placed in the lounge room next to a couple tumblers, kinda in a way which makes it seem available and ready for anyone who wants a pour.

I dont judge anyone for what they drink, lifes too short to be that type of a dickhead, I have more important things to judge people by, such as their driving ability and way they treat their pets.

[MauiSon]

Kinda moot to say it's overpriced without quoting the price at which it's overpriced or better choices at the same/lower price.

Edited June 23, 2014 by MauiSon

[393foureyedfox]

lifes too short to be that type of a dickhead, I have more important things to judge people by, such as their driving ability and way they treat their pets.

[zillah]

If it wasn't for WT101, I wouldn't be here. That stuff is delicious and still one of my favorites. It even helped open my eyes to the bottle shelf gems.

[ModernThirst]

If WT put it in a fancier bottle, and called it "Distiller's Reserve 101" it would sell for $40, those same people would line up to buy it.

Sooooo much of a bourbon's perception is marketing and pricing these days.

[HighInTheMtns]

If WT put it in a fancier bottle, and called it "Distiller's Reserve 101" it would sell for $40, those same people would line up to buy it.

Sooooo much of a bourbon's perception is marketing and pricing these days.

It would still suck. Nothing more than a shadow of its former self.

[jmj_203]

I mix WT101 into my rotation at least one pour every week or two. Its great for what it is...a readily available (as in the entire US), excellently priced for what you get bourbon. Great for beginners or old-timers alike. While it may not win any outstanding medals for most elite snobbish bourbon, its value is in its consistent good flavor, price, and for me return on investment (how much enjoyment I get out of a few evening pours.

[Josh]

Buy him a bottle of Corner Creek for a present and tell him you bought it for him because you know he likes the good stuff.

[Richnimrod]

Buy him a bottle of Corner Creek for a present and tell him you bought it for him because you know he likes the good stuff.

EEEEWWWWW! :bigeyes: Corner Creek???? Puhleeeeeeeze.

[Josh]

Exactly!

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[squire]

Better Collins Creek because he would then have the only one and seems the sort of chap who likes exclusivity.

[393foureyedfox]

It would still suck. Nothing more than a shadow of its former self.

[HighInTheMtns]

but for those of us who have no memory of what it was like 15 years ago, it still seems a pretty decent bourbon for $20.

[Harry in WashDC]

Hhhmm. Different strokes for different folks. I can't handle OF Sig although I do like OF Birthday (go figure), and I do keep an open WT 101 in rotation for when I can't decide what to drink. But that's why there are so many bourbons out there - we don't always like the same things, and some of us don't even know what we like.

Edited June 24, 2014 by Harry in WashDC

[393foureyedfox]

yip, I dont care for any BF products (medicinal-metallic taste or something...), but I do keep WT101 on hand. Never had the bday version though

[smknjoe]

That's just a problem that needs to be fixed

I concur. I'll gladly pitch in if need be.

[PaulO]

... I think I choose OF Sig over current Turkey. I know I choose HH6 BIB ...

Me too, I definitely like OF Sig better. I will choose WT 101 when the alternatives are Jim Beam, Jack Daniels, or 80 proof blended whiskey (from any country).