b1gcountry Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 I can't quote posts using my phone, but this is why I mentioned mwnd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
O'DubhGhaill Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 On 2/3/2016 15:29:11, weller_tex said: Old Charter 8 year old...just awful. I thought it was just me or that I got a bad bottle! I was very tempted to just dump this out - I used it for cooking burgers and such. "...aged for eight seasons...." For some reason W.L. Weller Special Reserve is coming in second albeit a far second for my worst bourbon, which is strange because I do like the 12 year and the 107 just fine. I'm just not a wheater I guess... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theDon Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 On 2/4/2016 7:12:51, Enoch said: If you count dusties, I can list a bunch (such as 6 half gallons of 1970s Kentucky Tavern I poured down the drain because they tasted like turpentine had been added) Not all dusties are great. Modern would have to be Zackariah Harris or Jessie James. Funny I've bought about 3 cases of the Zackariah Harris over the past couple of years. I found it to be decent for $15 a handle. With the store's discount on case purchases and being part of their bottle club, I was getting 6 handles for $75 out the door. Basically a free bottle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ethangsmith Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 If anyone posts up saying that Old Grand Dad is the worst, you can contact me directly and I will be happy to take it off your hands. MORE than happy. Worst? For some reason I can't tolerate any of the Buffalo Trace "low rye" bourbons (BT bourbon, Eagle Rare, etc.). There's some odd flavor in it that makes me feel sick to my stomach. It's like a moldy wood flavor or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanShafer Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 On 1/26/2016, 9:31:26, bjhowell said: Bib and Tucker. First bottle I was not able to finish. Terrible. As soon as I started reading this post I thought the same thing. Bib and tucker is absolute garbage. I keep forgetting to dump it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulO Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 On 2/14/2016, 6:43:32, ethangsmith said: ...Worst? For some reason I can't tolerate any of the Buffalo Trace "low rye" bourbons (BT bourbon, Eagle Rare, etc.). There's some odd flavor in it that makes me feel sick to my stomach. It's like a moldy wood flavor or something. Ethan, I feel the same way. It's mash bill #1. Moldy wood is a good description. Well water from a farm is how it tastes to me, maybe a little metalic too. It may not be "the worst", but I usually detect at least a bit of that funny off taste. What's so frustrating is BT makes some great whiskey as the various expressions of mash bill #2 and Weller. We can hardly get any of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ethangsmith Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 13 minutes ago, PaulO said: Ethan, I feel the same way. It's mash bill #1. Moldy wood is a good description. Well water from a farm is how it tastes to me, maybe a little metalic too. It may not be "the worst", but I usually detect at least a bit of that funny off taste. What's so frustrating is BT makes some great whiskey as the various expressions of mash bill #2 and Weller. We can hardly get any of that. So I wonder if our palates are the same. Do you like Old Grand Dad? Or Wild Turkey? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulO Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 I like OGD and WT. I haven't had much WT lately. I got a couple bottles of WT 101 that tasted real young, so I've stayed away. More HH bonds than anything else lately for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radsman13 Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 Stranahan's Diamond Peak. As soon as I opened the bottle I was like "what is that smell, is that the bottle". Could not even finish the first pour. Had to get rid of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverc Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 On 2/21/2016, 1:26:57, IanShafer said: As soon as I started reading this post I thought the same thing. Bib and tucker is absolute garbage. I keep forgetting to dump it out. Virginia has just started carrying Bib and Tucker recently. I've seen it in other states and passed on it for about $55, but it's $88 in Virginia. Glad to didn't take a chance on a bottle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kepler Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 (edited) Who knows what the absolutely worst bourbon I've had was. But I can think of some that were among the most disappointing. Many of these were pours I ordered at bars so perhaps they were served from the bottom of the bottle. Elmer T. Lee 90th Birthday (I assume there was something wrong with this bottle) Basil Hayden Noah's Mill (not terrible but disappointing and a notch below the cheaper Rowan's Creek). On the other hand, I've also sampled excellent Noah's Mill. My first pour of Stagg Jr. (but I'm a huge fan of some subsequent releases) Very Old Barton NAS sampled during the distillery tour. Like gasoline. 2 years in a row on 2 separate distillery tours, so at least it is consistently bad. Any cheap Beam whiskey. (but I like their top shelf stuff). Edited July 19, 2016 by Kepler typo error Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenderbender4 Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 Jim Beam, Bib and Tucker, Weller SP 90, Russell's Reserve Small Batch Single Barrel, Evan Williams 1783, NAS Very Old Barton, and Old Forester 100. Other than the Bib and Tucker, I do like other offerings each brand has. But the others I couldn't/didn't want to finish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Masset1982 Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 James E Pepper 1776, i was not able to finish the bottle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccleve23 Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 Cleveland Whiskey. Their magical accelerated aging process does not do wonders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golferpimp1 Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 Was not a big fan of the Welles special reserve......love the OWA though....can't find the 12 yr. to try. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whiskey buyer Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 On 1/26/2016 at 6:10 PM, Grain Belt said: Rebel Yell. I didn't cry "More, More, More!" The only time I got truly drunk on whiskey, it was Rebel Yell. I haven't had it since, and that was over forty years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PappyStagg Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 Old Crow. Old Crow. Old Crow. If I can stray for a moment from bourbon, I recently was somewhere with a bar that wasn't exactly top shelf. I was expecting the usual Beam, Jack Daniel's like what you may get at a wedding reception but that would have been fabulous compared to the "Kentucky Deluxe" they had on hand as the only "whiskey" (I use that term loosely). I did my best to choke it down after the first sip but just couldn't do it. I poured it out while no one was looking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whiskey buyer Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 On 1/31/2016 at 9:46 PM, pellidon said: Early Times back in college long long ago when I think it was considered bourbon. At least I think it was. The whole experience is still kinda hazy. More recently I had a bottle of Old Whiskey River. Reminded me of wet musty cardboard. There is an Early Times bourbon, but what you generally see on the shelves is a whiskey, because it is aged in used cooperage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squire Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 6 hours ago, PappyStagg said: . . . . I was expecting the usual Beam, Jack Daniel's like what you may get at a wedding reception but that would have been fabulous compared to the "Kentucky Deluxe" they had on hand as the only "whiskey" (I use that term loosely). . . . Kentucky Deluxe, yes, I've come across that one. It's a deluxe blend of 20% whisky and 80% finest once filtered grain neutral spirits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vismatt Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 On 1/27/2016 at 0:15 AM, Fort Knox said: Woodford Reserve Classic Malt. A friend from work was going home to Louisville and asked me for my top 10 list of bourbons that I'd like him to look for while he was in Kentucky, and I think my #10 at the time was WRMC Sonoma-Cutrer, because my wife likes it. So he brought me back the Classic Malt. I felt obligated to pay him for it, because he dropped $110 on the bottle, and I know he doesn't make a whole lot of money (since I do payroll for our company), and I thanked him for it, but it's terrible. Tastes like really, really young Scotch. I still have 2/3 of the bottle left in my liquor cabinet after almost 2 years. I agree 100%. Bought it because I generally like Woodford, but this turned out to be terrible. I couldn't even stand it as a mixer, and it is the only bottle I have ever poured out. I just couldn't drink it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prof_Stack Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 Copper Pony Rye from TotalWine. Wretched. Might be one of those artificially aged things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hop Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 I guess not technically a bourbon but anything "special" from Woodford Reserve.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
p2min Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 Evan Williams White Label. I couldn't finish a 2-finger pour. Worst I ever had hands down. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b1gcountry Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 Evan Williams White Label. I couldn't finish a 2-finger pour. Worst I ever had hands down. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Surprising. I rather like it most nights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Flyer Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 From a soda gun. I celebrate April 15th (Tax Day) by going to a bar with friends, ordering the cheapest whiskey they have, and sitting on the floor to enjoy "tales of tax woe" and the scar-producing burn of cheap whiskey. Several years ago I happened to have been in Vegas for Tax Day, and we ended up at the lowest-rent Casino we dared go into for the "ceremony". We asked for the cheapest whiskey straight, and he poured shots from what looked like a soda gun? Oh my Lord. We were bound by the Tax Payers' Creed to finish it, but I must say that there's better Windex-n-Lysol martinis out there than that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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