It's the last bourbon on earth, but you'd still pass it up

[Lenient]

Just a fun idea I had.

 

Perhaps there are some bourbons you don't like, but if worse came to worse it'd be better than nothing. Is there a bourbon you might still reject even if it was the last in the world? Assume it's pristine unopened bottle stored perfectly. Perfect water is at your disposal for dropping or for ice cubes/spheres. But despite this, you'd rather have nothing, than this bourbon! 

[TheNovaMan]

Old Crow

[Richnimrod]

2 minutes ago, TheNovaMan said:

Old Crow

Absolutely!    The 'modern' version of Old Crow is absolutely awful!    If it isn't undrinkable, it's as close as I care to experience. 

That is such a shame, too; Dr. Crow's name being so important in the history of Bourbon, not to mention a once very well regarded brand to have fallen so low.    Tsk, Tsk....

[bourbon4all]

chirp chirp chirp

[TheNovaMan]

49 minutes ago, Richnimrod said:

Absolutely!    The 'modern' version of Old Crow is absolutely awful!    If it isn't undrinkable, it's as close as I care to experience. 

That is such a shame, too; Dr. Crow's name being so important in the history of Bourbon, not to mention a once very well regarded brand to have fallen so low.    Tsk, Tsk....

I agree, it's shameful.  I only ever bought the one handle of it (750 was not an option).  It was bad, but I manned up and drank it in mixers... good grief, it was even hard to drink in mixed drinks!  But when you're young and dumb and think you're invincible, sometimes things like that seem like a good idea.

[Lenient]

1 hour ago, TheNovaMan said:

Old Crow

 

55 minutes ago, Richnimrod said:

Absolutely!    The 'modern' version of Old Crow is absolutely awful!    If it isn't undrinkable, it's as close as I care to experience. 

That is such a shame, too; Dr. Crow's name being so important in the history of Bourbon, not to mention a once very well regarded brand to have fallen so low.    Tsk, Tsk....

Ha, I actually bought a 1.75 liter of Old Crow for the first time last week. I'm just a sucker for history--besides Dr. Crow, "Old Crow" was also the name of WW2 ace "Bud" Anderson's P-51 Mustang, and I met him in 2009 at the Reno Air Races and got his autograph. By no means is it going to be a favorite whiskey of mine.  But it scares me that I've been able to drink down most of the bottle without throwing it out, gagging, etc. 

[NDN98]

TX Bourbon

[kevinbrink]

Well if other spirits still exist then there are lots Makers, most of Brown Forman's portfolio 99% of the craft stuff I have had. 

Edited April 24, 2018 by kevinbrink

[TheNovaMan]

41 minutes ago, Lenient said:

 

Ha, I actually bought a 1.75 liter of Old Crow for the first time last week. I'm just a sucker for history--besides Dr. Crow, "Old Crow" was also the name of WW2 ace "Bud" Anderson's P-51 Mustang, and I met him in 2009 at the Reno Air Races and got his autograph. By no means is it going to be a favorite whiskey of mine.  But it scares me that I've been able to drink down most of the bottle without throwing it out, gagging, etc. 

Sounds to me like you want to like it, so it's probably just all in your head.

[flahute]

Any of the vitamin Dickels.

[lcpfratn]

Any of the vitamin Dickels.

Ahh...you know you really love it...or at least the older ones! [emoji6]


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[bayouredd]

4 hours ago, NDN98 said:

TX Bourbon

My Daughter living in Dallas gave us a Herman Marshall. It is sinfully bad...

[dcbt]

7 hours ago, bayouredd said:

My Daughter living in Dallas gave us a Herman Marshall. It is sinfully bad...

I'll second that.  Worst bourbon I've ever had.  Tastes like pure scotch.  They don't use a 'flavoring' grain (rye or wheat) so it's only corn and barley.

[Harry in WashDC]

13 hours ago, TheNovaMan said:

I agree, it's shameful.  I only ever bought the one handle of it (750 was not an option).  It was bad, but I manned up and drank it in mixers... good grief, it was even hard to drink in mixed drinks!  But when you're young and dumb and think you're invincible, sometimes things like that seem like a good idea.

I featured Old Crow as VBT # 565 last August.  I bought a 750 for the VBT, knowing I'd never buy it otherwise, and drank the whole thing over a week (had to deny myself drinking anything else, even beer, wine, and sodas, or I'd have never gone back to it).  My Dad drank it with Tab (precurser to Diet Pepsi) back in the 1960s-1970s, and it was undrinkable, for me, then.

[rjg1701]

I can't remember, does Ten High still say bourbon on it or is it just blended whiskey now?

[Harry in WashDC]

9 minutes ago, rjg1701 said:

I can't remember, does Ten High still say bourbon on it or is it just blended whiskey now?

A quick look at Wiki (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten_High#cite_ref-NoLonger_1-2) suggests it is a bourbon blend and that a straight bourbon is no longer sold.  Sazerac's website does list a "Ten High" and a "Ten High Bourbon" in its product portfolio, but a comparison of UPCs shows that the single entry for the latter is also listed under the former.  I was unable to find any other helpful information about TH on that website.  I do have a vague sense that there was a discussion about TH and TH Straight on this site some months ago that MAY have included a post stating that it is still available as a Straight in Kentucky.  I dunno.  If you go to Wiki, be sure to read the footnotes as one of them links to Chuck Cowdery's blog, and he has some additional information.

[BDanner]

Ancient Age. But, I've never had Old Crow...

 

[Cranecreek]

16 minutes ago, BDanner said:

Ancient Age. But, I've never had Old Crow...

 

You can replace your pick of AA by picking up a bottle of Johnny Drum "Black Label"  Horrid stuff !

Edited April 24, 2018 by Cranecreek

[RWBadley]

Hmmm... I'd have to walk by Colonel Lee.

Just Ick

[TheNovaMan]

4 hours ago, rjg1701 said:

I can't remember, does Ten High still say bourbon on it or is it just blended whiskey now?

In Michigan, it's been NOT straight bourbon for several years now.  The label I saw yesterday said 'bourbon with natural flavors added' or something like that.  I heard rumors a couple years ago that in one or two states it's straight, but I doubt that's the case any more.

[rjg1701]

I have never tried Ten High, but apparently it was my grandpa's swill of choice.  Dad likes to tell a story about when one of his uncles would come visit they would have to go to town and get some Beam because he wouldn't touch that Ten High.

[FasterHorses]

4 hours ago, Cranecreek said:

You can replace your pick of AA by picking up a bottle of Johnny Drum "Black Label"  Horrid stuff !

The only Johnny Drum i ever bought i gave away after one pour...and it was the private stock..theres some common taste in the Willetts that turned me off.

[TheNovaMan]

5 hours ago, rjg1701 said:

I have never tried Ten High, but apparently it was my grandpa's swill of choice.  Dad likes to tell a story about when one of his uncles would come visit they would have to go to town and get some Beam because he wouldn't touch that Ten High.

When it was straight, it was decent for the price: $17.48 for a handle in MI.  Other than being a bit harsh, there was nothing wrong with it.  Not complex, not a flavor bomb of this or that, but OK when you're in college and all you use it for is mixed drinks.

[Jfletchgu]

Bottom shelf Rebel Yell I find pretty undrinkable.

[Canarse]

Ten High.  I can still remember the taste (and hangovers) from college.