Celebrity Whiskeys Ranked Worst to Best

[@roscoepcoltrane23]

Neil is a killer guitar player who has played on a lot of peoples music. Never had his bourbon but I might try it.

[@twontonamo]

Trying Blackened for the first time right now. Really impressed actually! Nice blend of rye and bourbon together. Would recommend. 👍

[@fredsmith3001]

I'm generally suspicious of celebrity whiskey so I haven't had any of the bottles in your video. But I have had barrel proof store picks of Heaven's Door and Three Chord. The Heaven's door picks were from BevMo and K&L in San Francisco. The Three Chord was a K&L pick. I bought the two K&L picks because they were on sale for $44 for the HD and $35 for the TC. The BevMo pick was a gift. All were excellent. Some of the best bourbon I've had all year. The HD was 6yr MGP and the TC was 4.5 yr MGP. If you can find any of these MGP barrel proof store picks, don't hesitate.

[@THEPHYSICALSPIRIT]

Your reviews keep getting better and better and somehow more uplifting.

[@ItsBourbonNight]

Thanks!

[@chadrushforth3812]

Love the merch!! I bring a new bottle of bourbon to my friend’s house for poker night once a month. This month it was Four Roses 🌹 Small Batch. An added bonus was wearing my “O bourbon where art Thou!” t-shirt for good luck. Keep up the good work 🔥🥃‼️

[@kyleslusher4642]

I have Heavens Door Cask strength and I absolutely love it. It’s 124.6 proof but doesn’t have a strong burn. It comes on slowly and I get a lot of toasted vanilla and caramel notes. Probably one of the best bourbons I own.

[@jeremyhuff6626]

I had a bottle of Heavens Door Cask Strength for Xmas at 122.8 proof and I loved it as well. It was pretty smooth at that caliber yet still hit me pretty hard. Smoked a pair of Camacho cigars with it. Made for a great combo.

[@jbussa]

Just want to point out that Neil Gerlado is more than just Pat Benatar's husband. He wrote most of the music, wrote and played for people like Rick Derenger, Rick Springfield, Kenny Loggins and others ;)

[@jlb9074]

Yeah. I think they’re just a little too young to realize what an extremely talented and gifted person he is. The guy is amazing.

[@martyneary3501]

Jessie's Girl!

[@anthodebourbon]

That Sweeten's Cove price is crazy. A local store said they are stocking Cigar Blend and for that price I'll take the Joseph Magnus Cigar Blend.

[@scottbennett6200]

I am a BIG fan of Spyder..... I saw Pat Benatar and him at the Canyon Club in Agora Hills, California. The place is VERY small and intimate. We were 15 feet from the stage. GREATEST SHOW, except for KISS, I have ever seen. She talked about him and their marriage and that made me a LIFELONG fan... I will be trying these offerings from Three Chord...

[@Kevin_OKeefe]

Great reviews on these celebrity whiskeys. Btw, 9:10 should be looped. Haha!

[@gaylemcgee2221]

I'm glad I watched this video. I didn't realize the background of a couple of whiskeys that I own. Thanks for the information.

[@TheWhiskeyChannel]

The Heaven's Door Double Barrel is more affordable and surprisingly good. Blind it beat out a couple of solid bottles in our bar; most notably we picked HDDB over OF 1920. Great list!

[@drmuffs]

Agreed. HDDB was a surprisingly good pour!

[@NorthWestBourbon]

100%

[@irishsausage6]

I like Longbranch. You guys are crazy. But honestly, I have never drunk a bottle so quickly as it was my go-to sipper by the firepit last summer. Just bought a fresh bottle for this summer. The other thing you have to appreciate about Longbranch is that Wild Turkey makes it and you know that, unlike all these sourced brands...and the price point alone should give it some more points. I would love to try Drummer, but again, the price points on so many of these are ridiculous. People who really have no business in this industry just wanting to make money on some gimmicks IMO.

[@chrismccallus7374]

Subscribed after lurking for a few videos. Like your style.

[@TheeWardy]

Fun fact... Neil (3 Chords ) was the guitarist in Rick Springfield 's "Jesse's Girl". Chad, you like documentaries... go watch the documentary "Sound City". It explains Neil's roll in that song.

[@ChrisDominey]

Chad Kasem Always amazed at Blackened, that was my first repeat purchase. Just got the cask strength release (Batch 112) haven't cracked it yet but looking forward to it.

[@talljohn5350]

Blackened is a solid whiskey but doesn’t stand out to me as anything really special which at $45 I would really expect it to but the cask strength is incredible. $15 more and one of the best values out there.

[@Cary_Shultz]

roughly 50% subscribers and roughly 50% not? Kinda makes sense. You guys are awesome (and married! LOL) but folks won't know that, initially. But will quickly see/realize that. Love your analysis and Sara steals the show (no disrespect, Chad! You ROCK!).

[@JohnQuincy1776]

I have only had one bottle of Longbranch but I liked it.

[@City_Homesteader]

i like it also. Its a nice one to start the night with.

[@delanosantos9618]

Blackend is so good!! One of my favorites

[@drgallup]

Re-watched this after seeing your Brothers Bond video. You should def do a 2.0 version. Bradshaw has a rye now. I've had Longbranch. What a disappointment. I had to use it up in mixed drinks, probably should have dumped it. I had a Three Chord that was finished in a toasted barrel, 108.5 proof. It was quite good and only $53.

[@beerme8949]

Huge metallica fan. I was leary about getting it, assuming it wouldn't be worth much to try. But after this at #3 gonna give it a shot now!

[@timhalloran8337]

I love the Blackened Full Proof, it's great.

[@DougEFresh-mj1xf]

Dan and Julie hate it

[@jetjock015]

Former NHL goalie and Stanley Cup winner Ed Belfour is also making whiskeys these days. Haven’t sampled, but maybe include in your next round of “celebrity” whiskeys.

[@irishsausage6]

YES!!! The Texas pecan wood finish baby!

[@phychmasher]

0:33 Non subscriber, frequent watcher here. I dunno, I'm just not super committed to a bunch of different bourbon channels, you know? I'm gonna go ahead and click that subscribe button, though, because I like you guys, and your palates seem to match up pretty well with mine. Also agree that Turkey begins at 101 proof, and that Dickel ruins everything. What would Stellum have been if the Dickel was missing?

[@kevinwillson341]

I haven't watched this yet but I have the Blackened whiskey and I think it's pretty great. It tastes well balanced and I like what the brandy casks do for the flavor. I love Metallica and I'm glad they partnered with the right guy and created a pretty good whiskey.

[@jaradwhite9352]

I completely understand the thoughts on Longbranch. While not bad its overhyped and I believe overpriced.

[@Jared40]

Overpriced yes overhyped no it's a solid whiskey it's market is that of a easy sipper. Why it is almost $40 and I get WT 101 at $20 or lower is why it's way overpriced. Heck Rare Breed is $45 and that maybe the best WT product😐🥃

[@jeffreyking279]

Love Longbranch!

[@nickentros]

Blackened recently released a Cask Strength at around 55% and its also good, but honestly I think I prefer the 90 proof. Its clearly decently young and the lower proof makes it a bit more palatable with more of the brandy finish coming out

[@jasonleonard1879]

Glad to see three chord up there, just bought a 16 yr single barrel select for a store here in Tennessee that is wonderful!

[@andrewschwam1952]

What part of Tennessee and what brand? I'm from Tennessee!

[@jasonleonard1879]

@@andrewschwam1952 Knoxville area, it was also a three chord.

[@ProfBrunoLampeeni]

Thank you! I've been waiting for this. But now, I need to know all the Bourbons that have notes of SPAM.

[@donbarnes6377]

I would like to see Chad and Sara do an A-B comparison on the different Blackened playlists and if there is any noticeable differences

[@whiskeyedition]

Well I learned who backed the Virginia Black I have…. I thought the bottle would vibe well with an IW Harper 15 and vintage ice bucket, decanter and rocks glasses. Can’t find the Harper though. Cheers!

[@ievgeneugenelysenko7591]

Would like to know your opinion on Brothers Bond Bourbon. Great video guys.

[@KillCoMentalMusings]

The last thing I expected to see watching a Bourbon Night video was a GWAR mention O_O. I was surprised to see a Heavens Door at the bottom, but it does look like it made up for it later on. Of course now I need to scan my area for Three Chord, however I am well aware that celebrity whiskey prices tend to be out of my reach. Blackened has been on my wish list for a long time now, old school Metallica here. I was please it made it so high in the list, that gives me even more of a reason to give it a taste someday. 🖖😎🥃

[@ItsBourbonNight]

Fun fact, Chad has actually interviewed GWAR before :)

[@KillCoMentalMusings]

@@ItsBourbonNight Were they in full costume, or just day clothes? O_O

[@BourbonandAussies]

I purchased the first bottles of Blackened, mainly knowing that it was Dave Pickerell’s last offering. 🙏🏻 And I am definitely glad I did. I have been on the fence about Three Chord, but now I’m intrigued.

[@jasonc.5718]

Chad - "Are they all gimmicks?" Sara - tries not to shake her head yes lol

[@sulleys1929]

Have you tried The Sassenach? Sam Heughan's Whisky?

[@playadeleon1]

Have y’all tried brother bond yet? Very smooth bourbon !!

[@ItsBourbonNight]

Not yet, but would love to!

[@drgallup]

I generally avoid these but as a life long Steelers fan and someone who was going to high school and college when Bradshaw and the steel curtain won those 4 super bowls, I do have a bottle of Bradshaw. It is unopened and may stay that way for a long time.

[@BourbonHawk69]

Also a lifelong Steelers fan I bought a bottle of Bradshaw and couldn’t wait to try it. Opened it that night- wasn’t overly impressed but wasn’t bad. I vowed to revisit a couple weeks later. Then I noticed my batch number …. 0001 Dammit. Wish I had bought a few. Revisited it recently and it definitely got better after the breathe. Go Steelers !

[@TRob_1964]

Sounds like #2 is the better value vs taste winner. Thanks guys!

[@younglaw81]

Would have loved to see E-40's Kuiper Belt Bourbon. Fred Minnick seemed to like it but haven't seen many reviews on the old Whiskey Tube.

[@ItsBourbonNight]

We haven’t had it before. Would love to try it!

[@kunzilla]

daaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyymn! I was REALLY looking forward to taste the Bob Dylan's Heaven's Doors whiskeys...

[@Spigsley]

Do you think he also introduces himself as "pat benetars husband" he has to right?

[@ItsBourbonNight]

😂😂😂

[@scaryeyeball]

Hey, Pigsley, I just said this to these 2, and I'll say it to you too... Neil Giraldo is one of the two reasons Pat Benatar as a band exists at all. He co writes most of the songs since album 1. Pat has been married to him since the beginning. Yeah. Hit Me With Your Best Shot's classic guitar riff along with all the other hits, would not exist without "Pat Benatar's husband". Have a little respect. And if not, then at least a little humility. Who are you?... Pigsley I guess. Whoever the F that is. No one cares.

[@Spigsley]

@@scaryeyeball I don't even think Pat benetars husband would get as offended as you did for me calling him pat benetars husband. It's was a joke chill.

[@scaryeyeball]

@@Spigsley yeah, I guess. I had a few whiskeys. Sue me. lol But I deserve that I suppose. Damn you Pigsley. Hey, I had a little humility, right? Your mom.

[@talljohn5350]

Blackened cask strength I think would be a close second but at $60 is a steal.

[@ItsBourbonNight]

Haven’t seen it in our area yet. Would love to try

[@thewhiskeywasteland8726]

Add Brothers Bond to the list to try!!! #CheersFromTheWasteland

[@MrZanzibar123]

Interesting! I’ve been enjoying the heavens door double barrel.

[@Jared40]

I love all Wild Turkey products I love Longbranch hate the price for it though 😐🥃

[@Bobsmith-xn6mk]

What about The Good Brothers (Bourbon whiskey) from Tennessee Karl Anderson and Big LG Luke Gallows.

[@DumptruckDAV3]

Yous should've tried the Cask Strength Blackened. My favorite by far.

[@ItsBourbonNight]

Haven’t seen it in our area before. Would love to try it.

[@DumptruckDAV3]

@@ItsBourbonNight unsurprisingly it is hard to find. Its only batch 112 specifically. I live in PA so i had to have it delivered to a buddy in jersey and he bootlegged it to me. The things we do for a pour lol

[@jesusblanco810]

I was hoping to see your thoughts on Charles Woodson's bourbon and E-40s bourbon

[@ItsBourbonNight]

Yeah, we would love to have done as many as possible but we had to drawn a line at some point or this episode would have never come out haha!

[@JoeBoyles]

would have love to have seen Yelawolf's Creekwater on the list and how it ranks. (Yelawolf American rapper. found by Eminem, song y'all probably would like most would be "Let's Roll" ft. Kid Rock." Fred Minnick did a interview with him a couple months back about his Tennessee Whiskey.

[@BiffStrongo]

Blackened is fantastic. I'm kinda feeling like you gave short shrift to the Longbranch, but I can appreciate that it isn't your jam. I've tried a couple of the Heaven's Door bottles, and I found them to be very mediocre.

[@thomasredden4263]

If my career completion percentage was a hair above 50% then you can bet your ass that I wouldn’t be advertising that 😂

[@wongjefx980]

Wayne Gretzky makes a whiskey ..No.99.... he's Canadian, but lives in LA and use to play for the Kings and Rangers.. does that count?

[@ItsBourbonNight]

If it’s an American Whiskey it would. We didn’t know about this one!

[@irishsausage6]

@@ItsBourbonNight The red wine finished smells like sharpies to me and also tastes like mistakes...stay away!!!

[@lonewanderer3603]

Heaven's Door is probably Dickel. The HD rye is probably MGP. Guess which one is actually good?

[@alexmaxwell5401]

what about Woody Creek. That's William H Macy's whiskey. The Rye and Wheated Bourbon are both great.

[@josiahsterling7308]

I work at a liquor store, and wolf moon has been there for a bit. I didn't know it was celebrity but it just looked...gimmicky

[@jeffwinbush5039]

I tend to avoid celebrity backed whiskey, but as a huge Metallica fan, I don't find Blackened to be an insult or an assault on my palate. It's an easy sipper that does remind me of Maker's Mark and Four Roses and anything that Dave Pickerell was involved in creating deserves attention to be paid to it. I haven't seen Three Chord here in the 614, but maybe on my next road trip to Kentucky, I'll get lucky.

[@tjdjinn1983]

Three Cord aged in Pinot barrels, purple'ish label, is pretty damn good

[@joeappleton6849]

Motörhead whisky. Review

[@koskey06]

If I'm looking to spend five or take around $200 for a bourbon I can open for a special occasion that is not only good but has some character, ie... not just a plain Jane middle of the road bourbon flavor. I think this price is enough to make it feel special but cheap enough to where u dont mind sharing the whole bottle on a evening.

[@koskey06]

What would u recomend?

[@rusticmade]

Wild Turkey 101 is better than Longbranch to me. And as soon as they let Mathew McConaughey have a say in the taste profile it's not Turkey so I give Eddie Russell a pass lol

[@dans3294]

Thank you for not titling this video “overpriced crap”.

[@patrickpoeschl2966]

For round 2 of celebrity's whiskies I suggest Brother's Bond. I was gifted a bottle for Christmas. The associated celebrities are Ian Somerhalder and Paul Wesley from The Vampire Diaries.

[@ItsBourbonNight]

Thanks for the suggestion!

[@ronaldbaglien3457]

You chose the weakest of the Heaven's Door. The DoubleBarrel and the Rye are both much better than the Tennessee.

[@protoclown2k]

According to your palate. I prefer the Tennessee over those 2.

[@AmadeoZeller]

Alice in Chains bourbon has a pleasant taste if you can find it. It's on the secondary market now, and kinda' pricey.

[@Sodchucker]

Virginia Black is a whisky?? I just assumed it was cologne.

[@kimsills9479]

What about Brother's Bond,made by Ian somerhalder and Paul Wesley

[@benjaminromey4792]

No Duke?!? Not cool Pilgrim. I really liked the Founders Reserve offerings.

[@ItsBourbonNight]

We would have included Duke if John Wayne personally had anything to do with the whiskey :)

[@ejwiseman76]

poor Neil, He really is an amazing guitar player

[@djdragongod]

The subscriber issue, I am guessing here, is due to your vids getting viewed by users having the auto preview/auto play on. KZbin seems to count those as views, as the preview shows up on my viewed videos.

[@tim9324]

Congrats Metallica on making top 3 on IBN’s list.

[@wolfzr2]

But wait, there's more! Creekwater, Redneck Riviera, that swill from the Moonshiner's guy ( Southern Rye Reserve and Climax Wood-fired whiskey ), Mulholland, Backstage, Whiskey River... Great episode.

[@jeanlucknowles7644]

Bourbon night: come on over the waters fine! People: that’s bourbon not water Me: your point?

[@ItsBourbonNight]

😎

[@tommartin1223]

Have you tried Connor McGregors proper 12 whiskey

[@dbealby]

Swill

[@trude007]

you need to rate Brothers Bond Bourbon

[@patrickq7489]

Payton Manning using Tenn. whiskey? Ya think?

[@Dafoodmaster]

are you telling me the top four bourbons all listened to music? guess i need to put some bluetooth speakers in my liqour cabinet.

[@DougEFresh-mj1xf]

I hear if you play jazz to it, it comes out so "smooth"

[@Dafoodmaster]

@@DougEFresh-mj1xf i was gonna play it polka

[@DougEFresh-mj1xf]

@@Dafoodmaster Roll out the barrel, eh?

[@m1henry]

What a great idea for a video. Long Branch is my most disappointing Bourbon and I love all that is Wild Turkey.....except this one.

[@andrewfidel2220]

$190 for the only thing that ranks even somewhat decently? Yeah, they're all gimmicks.

[@Lawlzinator]

NO. 9 was pretty good. Much better than Heaven's door

[@carlupthegrove262]

That was fun

[@gregakablackie]

There's a fine line between a Whiskey expert and an Alcoholic.

[@jeffdickel4089]

Hilarious. We hate Dickel, we hate Dickel and Dickel juice is in both the top 2. 84/8/8 is Dickel!! hahaha. Go George!

[@ItsBourbonNight]

Right?! We’ve found some people know how to tame the “Dickel” in a Dickel blend, Bardstown Bourbon Company being another distillery that knows how to blend it right.

[@ItsBourbonNight]

Though I’m not sure the Whiskey Drummer is Dickel. There’s a lot of Beam 15 year barrels that were sold to NDPs so it might be Beam, although it’s not very nutty. But Beam does sell off barrels that aren’t in their normal profile, so that might explain it?

[@ryangill205]

Whiskey Drummer is KY, not TN

[@ItsBourbonNight]

@@ryangill205 Yeah we suspect it’s Beam.

[@jP-nw7nm]

I had no idea all these celebs had whiskeys.

[@9abuilder]

$200 for Dickle. 😲

[@donaldheine6243]

I hate my bottle of longbranch. Love wild turkey especially rare breed. WTF where they thinking. Hoping someone tries this and likes it someday. I will gift him this bottle. It's a waste of space on my shelf.

[@isaacstokes2654]

Wings of Redemption rye?

[@hunterrollins5646]

Kinda disappointed I didn't see Yelawolfs Creekwater Whiskey

[@KevinParten]

No Eric Church Jack Daniels??? SMH.

[@richflinchbaugh1271]

Surprised you ranked the regular Heaven's Door so low.

[@ItsBourbonNight]

We were too! The power of doing things blind.

[@877-MASH-NOW]

WHISKEY CHEERS

[@robweiss748]

No.Woodson's Whiskey? Charles Woodson, Heisman Trophy winner and NFL star.

[@aguy1075]

Where’s Creek Water??

[@amanofmanetheren]

Sounds like he hit it with its best shot

[@jibby135311]

Sara = hot

[@XtopherMartin]

Why man? Why? 😂😂😂

[@kaybubb3642]

What planet did this couple come from absolutly no mention of Makers Mark or Jack Daniels ( Two of the most popular whiskeys sold in EVERY LIQUOR STORE IN AMERICA ) ?????????????????????????????????????????????????

[@ItsBourbonNight]

We’ve done plenty of episodes on Maker’s and Jack, but this episode was all about whiskeys that have celebrities behind them, so that’s why they weren’t included.

[@brendanwood5243]

Did Sara look annoyed to anyone else?

[@popskull42]

Don't worry, Gwar won't make an American whisky. Their product will most certainly come from their home planet of Scumdoggia.

[@scaryeyeball]

Neil Giraldo is half of the band "Pat Benatar" as he has written the music since the first album. All the hits you know (or everyone else knows) he co wrote and came up with the riffs. He is more well known than half of the "celebrities" on this list of mostly average, overpriced whiskeys. Just sayin'. BTW, Pat and him have been married since they met basically and are probably still very much a strong couple. I mean, demeaning him because he isn't the namesake of the band and just a "husband and guitarist" is childish and ridiculous. Everyone who knows what good rock and roll is, knows who he is. Slipknot and the 3 collaborative football guys? ... third rate trash compared to Giraldo. Drink the good bourbon, listen to better music, and please for God's sake stop hitting the cowbell and triangle. I mean, what is up with that? Is that supposed to be a reward for status? I'm still a fan.

[@bill-qv3er]

80 proof!!!!!!!!!!!!! You might as well drink water !!!!!!!!!

[@cowsaresocute1012]

No, just no!! All gimmicks.