Clueby Posted November 5, 2020 Share Posted November 5, 2020 A lot of people have mentioned Big Level. While I wouldn't buy it again I didn't think it was THAT bad to be the worst thing I've had. It did have a bit of a "shortbread cookie" thing that wasn't terrible. I preferred it over the Old Bardstown 90 proof distilled by Willett by a large margin. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IowaJeff Posted November 5, 2020 Share Posted November 5, 2020 I don't have anything truly bad. I have a bottle of Weller SR that's been open and 3/4 full forever. It's not bad, it's just kind of flavorless. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob_Loblaw Posted November 5, 2020 Share Posted November 5, 2020 I am also in the camp of not having any bad bunker bottles. Even before doing some extensive bunker clearing in anticipation of moving I have always been pretty good about quickly killing off the bad bottles. MB Roland Cask Strength was pretty bad and I mixed that one with both fruit popsicles and/or lemon Italian ice and made a boozy slushy that was awesome. Last Christmas my business partner gave a bottle of Heritage Brown Sugar "Bourbon" That one tasted like watered down vodka mixed with brown sugar and was like 70 proof. Pretty bad, but I finished it off so I could in good faith report back that I did indeed drink it all when asked! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishnbowljoe Posted November 5, 2020 Share Posted November 5, 2020 8 hours ago, CardsandBourbon said: If you're looking for some bottom shelf value bourbons take a look at J.T.S. Brown BIB, EW BIB, Fighting Cock 103, OGD BIB & J. W. Dant BIB are all under $20 and . . . no you're not going to think your drinking 18 y.o. Elijah Craig, but they are all solid. I pretty much agree with Kevin on this. I actually have all three of those HH BIB’s open currently. The OGD and FC aren’t in my wheelhouse, but given all the love for them by a number of members here, I’d have to give a thumbs up to them too. Enjoy! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcbt Posted November 5, 2020 Share Posted November 5, 2020 1 hour ago, Bob_Loblaw said: I am also in the camp of not having any bad bunker bottles. I have always been pretty good about quickly killing off the bad bottles. This pretty much describes me as well. Everything I have I actually want at this point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miller542 Posted November 5, 2020 Share Posted November 5, 2020 Great idea for a thread! I also don’t have any real stinkers after reducing the bunker ahead of moving. My worst is probably a bottle of standard Jack Daniels from around 2011 and bunkered to archive the older label/bottle and to drink at some point in the future to compare how the future product may or may not have changed. Unfortunately it is the 80 proof version, I didn’t bunker back before it switched. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CardsandBourbon Posted November 5, 2020 Share Posted November 5, 2020 1 hour ago, fishnbowljoe said: I pretty much agree with Kevin on this. I actually have all three of those HH BIB’s open currently. The OGD and FC aren’t in my wheelhouse, but given all the love for them by a number of members here, I’d have to give a thumbs up to them too. Enjoy! OGD not in your wheelhouse? Them thars fightin words. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishnbowljoe Posted November 5, 2020 Share Posted November 5, 2020 10 minutes ago, CardsandBourbon said: OGD not in your wheelhouse? Them thars fightin words. So Kevin, you’d hit a whore? Biba! Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CardsandBourbon Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 48 minutes ago, fishnbowljoe said: So Kevin, you’d hit a whore? Biba! Joe If that whore talks bad about my OGD then this slut would jerk a knot on that whores head in a minute. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clay34 Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 10 hours ago, CardsandBourbon said: If you're looking for some bottom shelf value bourbons take a look at J.T.S. Brown BIB, EW BIB, Fighting Cock 103, OGD BIB & J. W. Dant BIB are all under $20 and . . . no you're not going to think your drinking 18 y.o. Elijah Craig, but they are all solid. Thanks for the suggestions. I've changed my regular value pour several times this years. I love to try new bourbons, but there is somewhat of a safe, comforting feeling while pouring a taste of what you think as a reasonably priced and reasonably good taste bourbon in your glass. For a while, I loved EW BIB, moved to OF 100 as the value winner, then WT101 and now with a Costco membership Knob Creek 9 year is a great pour at a great price. While, I've had most of those, I'll have to try the JTS Brown and the JW Dant BIB, but when you can find KC 9 year 1.75 for about $40, that's been very hard to beat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche03 Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 The Duke...terrible nose, smells like musty socks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clay34 Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 18 minutes ago, bouche03 said: The Duke...terrible nose, smells like musty socks I've seen that label lately. Thanks for the alert. Welcome to the board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche03 Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 6 minutes ago, Clay34 said: I've seen that label lately. Thanks for the alert. Welcome to the board. Thank you! Happy to be here! I agree with everyone else on Smooth Ambler Big Level. I won a bottle of it and had to struggle through it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddy Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 There is no such thing as ‘bad’ whiskey. Some may be poorly made or bottled too soon, but it’s not the whiskies fault. Having said that, the worst things in my bunker are probably some ‘too young’ ryes. I don’t really quite know who to blame for this situation. The distiller, for bringing inferior product to the market, or myself, for believing in him (or her) when I should have known better. My worst example is a $60 bottle of Five Father’s rye... absolute swill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick_OKC Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 I have had only two drain pours in my time. One was a plain old BT, which I figured was an anomaly. I have purchased a number of BTs since then. The other was a bottle of Tom Moore BIB that I bought, and drain-poured, in 2011. For some reason, in 2015 I bought another bottle of Tom Moore, and it seems to be okay. Pat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomLamb Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 13 hours ago, Patrick_OKC said: I have had only two drain pours in my time. One was a plain old BT, which I figured was an anomaly. I have purchased a number of BTs since then. The other was a bottle of Tom Moore BIB that I bought, and drain-poured, in 2011. For some reason, in 2015 I bought another bottle of Tom Moore, and it seems to be okay. Pat That's a real shame, most BIB bourbons are usually a safe bet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRich Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 14 hours ago, bouche03 said: The Duke...terrible nose, smells like musty socks They also make a rye that smokinjoe and I got into at a festival a couple of years back. It was pretty good. Although, it's us, we'd been day drinking, eating bbq, and ......it's us so it probably sucked. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marekv8 Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 I've got enough weird stuff to populate this thread for weeks-- but I'll start with this lovely array of laboratory-matured spirits. I was doing some research for a project and ended up with these gnarly beauties. The Cleveland expressions take the prize for the bottom of the beaker. Next up-- Brooklyn-based craft spirits. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRich Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 1 hour ago, Marekv8 said: I've got enough weird stuff to populate this thread for weeks-- but I'll start with this lovely array of laboratory-matured spirits. I was doing some research for a project and ended up with these gnarly beauties. The Cleveland expressions take the prize for the bottom of the beaker. Next up-- Brooklyn-based craft spirits. I guess "abomination" was appropriate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzhead Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 What a fun idea for a thread! There seems to be a consensus forming about Smooth Ambler Big Level. I will join it. That stuff's owlpiss. The big stinker among my current crop of open bottles is Baller, a single malt creation from California's St. George Spirts. It's supposed to be an American recreation of a Japanese whisky suitable for highballs, complete with the patron saint of England dressed as a samurai on the label. It's stone -cold beautiful. Trouble is, it tastes like linoleum. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flahute Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 13 hours ago, Marekv8 said: I've got enough weird stuff to populate this thread for weeks-- but I'll start with this lovely array of laboratory-matured spirits. I was doing some research for a project and ended up with these gnarly beauties. The Cleveland expressions take the prize for the bottom of the beaker. Next up-- Brooklyn-based craft spirits. Ha! We once did a project for the founder of Cleveland Whiskey called Bulldozer Camp. Alas it never got built. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazz June Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 21 hours ago, BigRich said: I guess "abomination" was appropriate. Seriously, can't say they didn't warn you. Guess it could have been called Cleveland Steamer. For me, an old label bottle of WSR. I have a bottle of JW Red for cocktails that I wouldn't enjoy drinking neat. Moving away from actual whiskey, I have a few flavored whiskey liqueurs that I received as gifts that I do not enjoy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bourbon-n00b Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 Limiting to bourbon, it's one of these but I have no inclination to sbs in order to rank them. Neither are drain pours for me, just unenjoyable vs other options. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mal00768 Posted November 9, 2020 Share Posted November 9, 2020 Right now I don’t have any bourbon clunkers. But I do have an unfortunate bottle of Glenmo 18 that tastes like I’m chewing on a pencil. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarSurfer55 Posted November 10, 2020 Author Share Posted November 10, 2020 Among those of you spelunking in your bunkers for the losers, I was a bit surprised that no one has mentioned Larceny. I guess that for all it’s flaws, it isn’t the worst. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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