Bottles You Regret Buying?

[squire]

I'm surprised at the number of you chaps pouring your regrettable purchase down the drain which act I believe you may regret later when discovering you're out of charcoal lighter.

[KyleCBreese]

I'm surprised at the number of you chaps pouring your regrettable purchase down the drain which act I believe you may regret later when discovering you're out of charcoal lighter.

Exactly, I used Beam Eight Star both to help start the grill and soak wood chips.

[Kalessin]

My only regrettable bottle in the last decade or so...

A GD 9yr Barrel Select for Julio's Liquors that's a vitamin-flavor bomb. I will drink it, probably in manhattans, and finish it someday. I should have tried GD's recent "regular" offerings first.

At my wedding five years ago, I could have specified a bourbon other than Jim Beam white, but it would have had to be something that the guests would recognize, and also something that wouldn't have blown out the budget. As it was, I had plenty of the JB white that day, and don't regret getting married in the least.

Edited October 21, 2014 by Kalessin

[The Black Tot]

I'm surprised at the number of you chaps pouring your regrettable purchase down the drain which act I believe you may regret later when discovering you're out of charcoal lighter.

This is very interesting, Squire, and I admit I hadn't thought of this. Isn't there a minimum proof involved in this? I thought I remembered reading that it had to be crazy overproof stuff to burn well. I just duckduckgo'd it, but there seems little concensus on what proof this starts to get most effective.

There are folks that say that at lower proofs, the water might outweigh the benefits of the ethanol. But you've got experience! Have you tried this with bottles as low as 80 proof, Squire?

There IS general agreement that anything BIB or higher should burn sustainably.

Amusingly, one poster signed off with "Signed, A bartender who used to serve flaming drinks to flaming assholes."

[squire]

Sure it burns, have you ever seen a tableside waiter flambe' a dish with 80 proof brandy?

My point though was twofold:

a) I was comparing the whisky to lighter fluid, and,

suggesting there may be a use other than outright disposal.

But mostly I was joking.

Edited October 21, 2014 by squire

[Flyfish]

I'm surprised at the number of you chaps pouring your regrettable purchase down the drain which act I believe you may regret later when discovering you're out of charcoal lighter.

I always thought "pouring it down the drain" was just hyperbole or metaphor. I have never poured any whisk(e)y down the drain. Have given some away like a "Free Kitten." Sometimes a bottle is just not a good fit. For me. But other people must like it or the distiller couldn't sell any of it.

[Harry in WashDC]

I always thought "pouring it down the drain" was just hyperbole or metaphor. I have never poured any whisk(e)y down the drain. Have given some away like a "Free Kitten." Sometimes a bottle is just not a good fit. For me. But other people must like it or the distiller couldn't sell any of it.

Never poured it out. BUT, I've sometimes offered tastes to people who don't know any better or who have different palates OR I have vatted it with other nonfavorites then mixed them with fruit juices (and even apple sauce) to make punches for large crowds. As I posted on another thread dimly remembered from some months ago, the only bourbon pour I refused to drink was a BMH at "Bourbon" here in Wash DC. Although the bartender wanted to "comp" it, I told him I'd pay for it if only to remember not to order it again. BUT, that wasn't a bottle so doesn't count on this thread. RE: adding to wood chips or charcoal - the alcohol will still burn even at 80 proof; you are looking for flavoring, not for sustained fire. Newspaper provides the latter really well although it doesn't add much of a flavor.:cool:

[ramblinman]

(and even apple sauce)

Betting that was a helluva day around the old folks home

[The Black Tot]

Sure it burns, have you ever seen a tableside waiter flambe' a dish with 80 proof brandy?

I love how you think this is in the everyman's experience log, but no, I haven't seen that

Yes, you were joking, but it's a damned good idea! As ideas go, one man's trash is another man's treasure.

I've given a lot of whiskey to the in-laws (who will drink anything), but I like this idea better for the future, since I like to cook as well. Bourbon soaked charcoal might even impart something mildly delicious. One never knows until one tries.

[jbowl]

Well, if we are including scotch I've had a few. Most recently is the HP Dark Origins.

When I saw Bruce wasn't interested...

[TunnelTiger]

I'm surprised at the number of you chaps pouring your regrettable purchase down the drain which act I believe you may regret later when discovering you're out of charcoal lighter.

Not I, switched to propane years ago.

[393foureyedfox]

Bourbon soaked charcoal might even impart something mildly delicious. One never knows until one tries.

ive done it, though not technically with bourbon. back in the spring, we were at a friends lakehouse and I went to start the charcoal while the others were at the dock down the hill, only to discover there was no lighter fluid. So, I found a use for his Canadian Club. It burns off quickly, there is no bourbony taste imparted to the food....but it does work in a pinch!

[Guest]

This was more than 2 years ago when we brought it in. A rep from the brand relayed the info to me. It has long been discontinued in our store.

I can understand why

[VT Mike]

Georgia Moon Corn Whiskey. At least I only wasted $10.

[Guest]

Sure it burns, have you ever seen a tableside waiter flambe' a dish with 80 proof brandy?

My point though was twofold:

a) I was comparing the whisky to lighter fluid, and,

suggesting there may be a use other than outright disposal.

But mostly I was joking.

Unfortunately REAL table service is a dying art form.

That being said, I have always wanted to see a genuine Blue Blazer served to me.

[dmarkle]

Walthen's. When I picked up the bottle, I didn't read carefully enough. When I got it home, I noticed that it was "Eight Generations" instead of 8 years old. I felt like I had been fooled. Then I tasted the whiskey and it was, "meh." So I regretted that. Feeling like an idiot and getting only "OK" whiskey for a premium price means "regret" in my book.

[The Black Tot]

ive done it, though not technically with bourbon. back in the spring, we were at a friends lakehouse and I went to start the charcoal while the others were at the dock down the hill, only to discover there was no lighter fluid. So, I found a use for his Canadian Club. It burns off quickly, there is no bourbony taste imparted to the food....but it does work in a pinch!

[dementedavenger]

OGD 80, 86 and 100. I love 114 but I found the other three foul and never bought them again.

Few Rye is one of the worst craft whiskeys I've had. Well, not worst, but least hospitable to my pallet.

New WT 101 Rye. Had to try it, wish I hadn't. Garbage.

Yellowstone. I was young, I was stupid. Is this even a bourbon? One of the worst liquors I've ever tasted.

[bmajazz]

Oh, yes.. Yellowstone. I mean current Yellowstone, not the great older stuff.. Chuck's review in Bourbon, Straight was right on the money. Why do they sell this stuff? Fortunately it was around a campfire straight from the bottle, perhaps the only way to stomach this stuff.

[393foureyedfox]

OGD 80, 86 and 100. I love 114 but I found the other three foul and never bought them again.

i often wondered if I were the only one who thought that, with the popularity of OGDBIB around here....

[flahute]

Old Medley 12yr. I was a noob and thought this was a special hard to find bottle. For the price, it does not even begin to deliver. I finished the bottle, but I sure didn't enjoy it. This was the beginning of opening my eyes to NDP's.

[squire]

i often wondered if I were the only one who thought that, with the popularity of OGDBIB around here....

[squire]

Old Medley 12yr. I was a noob and thought this was a special hard to find bottle. For the price, it does not even begin to deliver. I finished the bottle, but I sure didn't enjoy it. This was the beginning of opening my eyes to NDP's.

[jvd99]

Old Medley 12yr. I was a noob and thought this was a special hard to find bottle. For the price, it does not even begin to deliver. I finished the bottle, but I sure didn't enjoy it. This was the beginning of opening my eyes to NDP's.

[theglobalguy]

Old Overholt. Turned me off Rye for a few months. Mint explosion!