Bourbon That I HATED When I TRIED Them

[@lordofthedram]

Your pallet is your pallet, I respect it 🥃

[@andrettski8686]

Weller Antique 107 is phenomenal IMO

[@Ona1000]

Agreed. Would be my daily drinker if it were more available at MSRP.

[@BourbonandaBaby]

I couldn't agree with you more on the Old Elk and Penelope. Cheers Dude!

[@ceottolino]

Bardstown Discovery #11 is very good dont sleep

[@bigdog1150]

Life is too short ... drink and enjoy what you like.

[@SigSauerSauce]

Turkey, Beam, and HH stuff--I get a sour note on turkey, and I don't care for the nuttiness of beam and HH. I can see how others like them, but they aren't for me. I'd also add a lot of finished stuff, especially wine stuff, just overpowers the bourbon flavor. I tried Rabbit Hole Derringer, and I may as well have bought a cheap bottle of sherry.

[@mywhiskeyden-davidelliott]

Figured off the bat I would have a little Very Old Barton 100 proof and watch... Got a Ben Holladay 2 years ago and haven't opened it yet. Got an Old Elk wheat whiskey and it's ok, but not spectacular. Liked my first try of it, but I don't reach for it EVER I DO enjoy the Weller 107 and Special Reserve, but it's overhyped. Still enjoying my Very Old Barton right now. Super solid and let everyone poo poo it. More for me

[@geland1]

There’s very few product lines or distillery where I like almost everything they have to offer, maybe Knob Creek or Russell’s/Wild Turkey….I thought that Old Forester just wasn’t for me until I bought a barrel strength pick. There’s a lot of brands where I’ll probably only buy 1 or 2 bottles they have to offer. Four Roses, I’ll probably only buy Small batch select from their shelf stable stuff, but love the barrel strength picks. Buffalo Trace….I’m just caring less & less about anything they have to offer. I have realized lately looking at what I have stocked at home, I really like Heaven Hill!

[@thatbourbondude]

Heaven Hill puts out some amazing stuff. I love the larceny BP and the Elijah Craig Bp

[@teddyballgame25]

Very spot on! Old Elk, 4 roses, and Penelope especially IMO aren’t enjoyable for me. Some I can see some quality just isn’t for me.

[@markbrooks6788]

I respect your opinion and agree with most. I really love the Penelope 9yr bs as well as the 4R single barrel. Cheers!

[@thatbourbondude]

I really wanted to love 4R. So many people speak so highly of it. I even try to we visit it every few months and still cant do it....Cheers and thank you for your support

[@marks6489]

Buffalo Trace for me. Just gave away my bottle.

[@thatbourbondude]

Don't feel bad about it.Buffalo trace is not everyone's cup of tea. We all have different taste profiles that we enjoy.

[@STASDOLINSKY]

Well said bro! Everyone has diff palette, sense of smell, etc Don’t ever go by someone’s opinion Try for yourself and see what is up your alley! My humble opinion

[@thatbourbondude]

You are 100% correct

[@JuanLagos]

Penelope is the Virginia Slims of bourbon. Planned, designed, executed and marketed for women.

[@thatbourbondude]

I 💯% agree

[@BrothersBarrel]

Great vid! That’s the beauty of a palate. Love getting the hate for not having the same opinion as someone😂

[@ehtater]

I am fully with you on VOB 100, one of my favorite bargain pours. Bardstown Discovery 1-4 amazing, 10, 11 Fantastic, the rest, skip. For my 20 bucks Wild Turkey 101 can seriously kick rocks, can't stand how thin it is. Give me VOB, Give me Early Times, give me some Dant, but 101, I can't.

[@MagicTalkingTaco]

Damn can't believe it but I agree with about 90% of what you said.

[@thatbourbondude]

So close to 100%. I'll do better next time. Thanks for the comment and support, my friend . Cheers

[@jmalen123]

Mine is a BIB Wilderness Trail I bought 4 years ago. It is still 2/3 full.

[@Juannavarrolagos]

We must have the same pallet. Except the old elk cigar blend. I really enjoyed. I don’t like everything else you mentioned. Don’t think disco 11 is good. None of the Penelope’s. You nailed it

[@ShaunShearman]

taste is such a controversial thing, some people like something, other people don't ! It's such a personally subjective thing that everyone is right, just because I like something doesn't mean that everyone will and obviously if everyone likes something sure as hell doesn't mean that I will. Good on you for posting this in a video but most of us all know that we all have different tastes so it's really no surprise to me that you dislike some things that I actually like/love, hey ! we're all different buddy and the world would be a lot less fun if we all liked the same thing. But it's nice to see someone spitting some truth about some of these overpriced, overrated and over marketed big name brands !

[@thatbourbondude]

Thanks, I appreciate your support and comment. Cheers 🍻

[@Hellofreak]

This video should just be an admission that you have a beginner palate

[@stevesteve7272]

I don't agree with everything you said but Hey you like what you like and don't like what you don't. Everyone's taste is different. Great video cheers!

[@thatbourbondude]

You are 100% correct.. Cheers 🍻

[@Birds-EyeBourbon]

Nice channel, brother!! I'm on that quest for the magical 1K!!! Keep up the good work 💪🏼

[@thatbourbondude]

Thanks... I check out your channel

[@Birds-EyeBourbon]

@@thatbourbondude appreciate that🥃

[@thatjuiceman1-np2uw]

VOB 100 is a banger for cheeeaaappp

[@thatbourbondude]

100%

[@ScottW4631]

My list: Woodford Reserve (all of them), anything with Dickel, Bullitt, Still Austin, and Balcones.

[@durzagon88]

1792 FP, Makers 46 cask strength, and Woodford Reserve double oaked all disappointed me.

[@thatbourbondude]

You're killing me....I love 1792 fp....Cheers

[@amvilla12]

I agree with some of these 😂. Not the biggest fan of Penelope, but I do like 4 roses and disco 11 is my favorite out of the series

[@abliss]

Smoke wagon and high west for me is a no go. Not a fan at all.

[@mattschmitt9924]

Ben Holladay sits well with me. I have a single barrel store pick that has that wet rock to it. The rest have been great. Not a huge Penelope fan, but haven't tried them all. For me, the one I cant bring myself to drink is a 15 yr Dickel that was a gift.

[@thatbourbondude]

That 15 yr Dickel is a pass for me too.

[@alexanderlai9160]

Great video and spot on! You should treat Bardstown discovery like Booker's - only buy if you try or well reviewed - no gambling. Bardstown 11 was great and has done well in my blinds. I agree, not good value, though. Origin is mediocre and Fusion was bad. I didn't get the bad notes on the Ben Holladay, but I didn't find it particularly impressive. Four Roses, a lot of the recipes I get a chapstick note, but it doesn't bother me. You should try the 10 sample set Four Roses to find out which recipes you like and don't like. Then you know which barrel proofs you should go after and worth trying. Weller Full Proof may not be worth secondary, but it is great. Others are just ok.

[@michaeledwards4107]

I hate Charles Goodnight. The one and only time I spit out a whiskey. Went to friend’s house for a bottle share and he poured me that instead of ECBP C923 he led me to believe I’d get. Still didn’t taste the C923 but I sipped on the Weller 107 I brought.

[@thatbourbondude]

Damn my guy. That would hurt my feelings if I knew you meant it. Love you too bro and tell your mom I said hi 👋. Cheer

[@WhiskeyBank]

Nice insightful video. I would include Blue Run on the list. Thanks for the video ✌

[@thatbourbondude]

Blue Run is one I can't get behind either

[@Chris-de2qc]

Disco 11 is supposed to be RR13

[@G-Major]

I actually like Four Roses' cheapest bottle more than their midrange ones, which I agree can be pretty disappointing.

[@thatbourbondude]

I agree

[@jeffclamp5803]

Got a 1.75L of VOB 86 for $25 here in Texas. Wasn’t bad for the price.

[@thatbourbondude]

For what it is,it great

[@mikem4432]

you had me worried as you started off pouring the Old Barton... good thing that was one you liked.. it is good juice at a great price. I totaly agree with the rest.. mostly the Ben Holladay was like a slap in the face every time.. and people literally rave about it.. worst 70$ I ever spent.

[@thatbourbondude]

I really tried to like ben holladay, but I couldn't

[@umami0247]

I have never tried Old Elk not because I don’t like them they are just to expensive. Ben Holladay soft red wheat is very good but the bib bourbon is just meh for me. Green River bourbon was a total miss for me. I will try the wheat and rye for the price why not. Angle envy rye was just not enjoyable the port I like but want it at cask strength. Bowman small batch wasn’t that great either for me. That’s pretty much it as far as my list. Enjoy!! 🥃🥃🥃

[@thatbourbondude]

Try the Green River Full Proof. Cheers 🍻

[@stevenforetich5501]

You are straight on with Ben Holladay. Middeling

[@thatbourbondude]

I watched a few youtubers talking it up, and I was like, let's give it a shot. It didn't live up to the hype for me.

[@WhiskyForBeginners]

1:36 I have a sample of a cognac barrel finished Old Elk, and the first glass just tasted weird. I had thought it was the cognac influence, but maybe I'm detecting the same thing you do 2:54 I do have to disagree with you on Holladay. Now the only thing I've had so far is the Soft Red Wheat Bottled In Bond, and it's not my favorite, but I've had worse. 6:04 I really like the Four Roses Small Batch. But then I like fruit in my whisky. 🙂 7:12 The only Weller I've had is the Special Reserve, and while it's not bad, it's not especially good. And that goes for almost everything I've tasted from Buffalo Trace. That distillery seems to excel at making tolerably good bourbon and convincing everyone it's spectacularly good. You didn't mention anything I would have, but as my remarks above demonstrate, palates differ. 🙂 Among the things I'll never buy again are the Garrison Brothers Boot Flask, Longhorn Texas corn whisky, Russell's Reserve 10 year, and Basil Hayden. And it's good to hear a Southerner talking. There don't seem to be too many of us making whisky videos. 🙂

[@thatbourbondude]

Thanks for watching and the support. ..Cheers

[@Concert-Fan]

OK, but since your tastes run counter to most folks, why would you expect anyone to subscribe? I appreciate the honesty and I'd like to hear what you do like just for curiosity and some reference, but I'm going to pass on your channel and follow ones that are more to my taste profile. Time is more valuable than money.

[@dneuens]

Mine: 1. Wild Turkey 101. I like Rare Breed & Russell's, but WT101 never hits my palate right. 2. Knob Creek. I get more ethanol taste than I do sweetness or anything else. 3. Elijah Craig Toasted. Smells like wood varnish and tastes like how I imagine it would. 4. Woodford Double Oaked. Just kind of dark without the sweet backbone I look for to make it interesting. 5. Rabbit Hole Heigold. Young, nutty, expensive, and all around terrible. I 100% agree on Weller. I love the 107 but everything else just ain't it.

[@shawn84567]

For me 1. Rare Breed 2. WT 101 3. ETL 4. Blantons 5. Ben Holliday Rickhouse Proof. 6. Bookers 7. Weller SR 8. Makers 46 CS

[@ehtater]

I like the hot takeness of this list.

[@jerrymathis8237]

I’m with you on the Old Elk. Just doesn’t do it for me.

[@thomasanderson2870]

ANYTHING MGP OR FINISHED AND FLAVORED BOURBON 🤔 , Love all 4 roses products and most other Legacy distillery brand products though 👍😉 Cheers 🥃

[@thatbourbondude]

I've just started like MGP Ryes. Redemption 10 year barrel proof. Amazing!!!!!

[@andrettski8686]

Ben Holladay BiB is ok, but it isn't worth $60, should be a $30-35 bottle. I'll never pay that again. There are a 100 better bottles at $50-65

[@JamesClouds-r7d]

Poonelopee

[@DaveVogelsang-b8v]

Not a fan of Old Elk either. I cannot stand Dickel 13 Year BIB. Big fan of Bardstown and love batches 8 and 11. The beauty is that everyone’s palate is different. To each their own. 🥃

[@thatbourbondude]

You are 100% correct... Cheers 🍻

[@siberwolf33]

Throw Wido Jane on that list. Awful

[@thatbourbondude]

I agree....all that dickle in it

[@Commish2009]

😢 4 Roses lol. The only Knob Creek I’ve had is the 9 year rye. Didn’t care for it and stay away from all knob creek. Prob dumb.

[@scottindestin]

Gunnar's wheated is pretty bad.

[@SHHDADDYSWORKN]

I don't think I'm a wheated bourbon fan at all. I've tried makers old elk and larceny, and didn't enjoy any bit of them.

[@ericfuhrman9651]

Elijah Craig and rare breed can’t stand them

[@MetaPrometheus]

>Old Elk. I haven't had any Old Elk, not sure if I've even seen any. >Penelope. I'm with you on this. It's okay stuff but the price points are in la la land. >Ben Holladay. I've tried the BiB and had a 122.5 proof store pick, this stuff is a hot unbalanced mess! Not for me at all. >Bardstown Discovery. I haven't tried any I don't think, pretty sure it's available in my area though. >Four Roses. I agree on this. Four Roses suffers from playing it safe with their main product lineup but their strength is the annual release and their barrel picks. That's not enough though, they need a stronger core product lineup. Not everybody has access to or the budget for those barrel strength store picks, they hover around $100! >Weller. 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂 hehehehehe oh boy! I can't stand Weller! I've tried the Special Reserve, Antique 107 and the 12 Year. Multiple times now. It's like the Ben Holladay, it's hot and unbalanced to me. My palate isn't for wheated bourbon I guess and that's okay. If other people want this swill, more power to them. I cannot understand the appeal to wheated bourbon, at all! They taste and feel overly hot (both ethanol burn and a hot cinnamon burn), poor structure, no balance and a complete lack of the "soft" approachable notes everybody raves about? I really don't get it myself. Sometimes I wonder if people are just making crap up to justify their purchases and they need the market to keep thinking Weller or Pappy or Old Fitz BiB are actually worth anything beyond fire starters? There it is people, I said it! I'm sure that's going to rustle some feathers! However not every bourbon that is popular is sub-par, some actually are deserving of the high marks but most are not. Give me ET BiB, OF 100, OF 1910, KC 12, OGD 114, ER 10, Stagg, EHTBP, Cooper's Craft 100, OGD BiB, ECBP (on ice), Driftless Glen, JD SBBP/Rye and/or some Scotch/Irish whiskey!

[@mattschmitt9924]

I'm a wheater fan for sure. To me, too much rye ruins a good pour. It has this minty quality to it that 100 percent turns me off. I am also a Holladay fan boy, but I am from MO so maybe it's the water. I also like Weller and Larceny. I agree with the rest in your list that I have tried. Thank you for leaving the "swill" on the shelf for us neanderthal heathens.

[@MetaPrometheus]

@@mattschmitt9924 I didn't call or refer to anybody as a Neanderthal heathen. I just think most wheated bourbon is swill. Particularly the hyped ones. Rye is not for everybody either. I really only like double oaked rye, where the second barrel takes a lot of the bite out of the distillate. Although I prefer Rye in mixed drinks as the sweet stuff being added to the cocktail balances out the heat/mint of a Rye. OF 100 proof rye, Sazerac rye and Russell's 6 year rye are good examples for mixing rye.

[@brettmchan2855]

The one I don't like that everyone else seems to love is old forester 1910! Taste like a crappy old popsicle stick! I don't really like many toasted or double oaks. Maybe that's the issue but I HATE OF1910!

[@thatbourbondude]

Old popsicle stick the best tasting note I've ever heard!!! 🤣

[@MetaPrometheus]

This is interesting bc that is exactly what OF 1920 tastes like to me! Wet popsicle sticks! Conversely I love OF 1910! Wonderful rich dessert in glass! Graham cracker, toasted marshmallow, chocolate, cherry syrup, dark burnt sugar, sweet coffee, caramel, dark tobacco, sweet oak and some oiled leather.

[@brettmchan2855]

@MetaPrometheus I do get the same wet popsicle stick note on 1920 but not as bad it's kind of in the background! Now on the 1910 that is all I taste and just cannot drink it! Again it may just be me because I get that note on almost all toasted and double oaked products so I am probably just broken!

[@osamashatat]

Elijah Craig Small Batch 🤮

[@HyBourn_IwillnotComply]

you started at the wrong point of the Bardstown discovery series... you should have skipped starting at #5 until #9....

[@thatbourbondude]

I'm open to trying more of them. Witch one do you think would a good one to pick up?

[@HyBourn_IwillnotComply]

@@thatbourbondude That "Dickle" in the blend didn't go well for #5 . Discovery #7 is pretty decent and a good pour in my opinion. Discovery # 11 seems to be a good rebound expression.

[@c.thomasszanto1497]

MM101. Yuck

[@javariashford7491]

What are you a fanboy of?

[@thatbourbondude]

Video comings soon.

[@Jack-kt8bs]

Elijah Craig🤢

[@thatbourbondude]

You are so brave!!!!! Cheers 🍻

[@richardsveum8452]

Ezra Brooks 99. Horrible stuff