Most over-rated Bourbon?

[ODB]

Back in the day when I did such things my favorites were Elijah Craig and Bowman Brothers from Virginia. Bowman has a slight, almost cherry taste to it. Elijah was leathery and a bit bolder (to me). I didn’t ever feel the need to pay more.

 

[MntHunter]

I love Weller, but thought the single barrel was terrible. Really disappointed with that one. But 107 is probably my favorite next to EH.

Any of the old forester stuff is overrated in my opinion.

Lil Book I thought was terrible.

New Riff is not great either.

 

[100percent]

From this thread, I’ve gathered most of you guys don’t have the pallet for anything buffalo trace distillery (buffalo trace, eagle rare, Blantons, EH Taylor, and Pappy).

I do agree that pappy isn’t worth what people pay for it second hand. EH Taylor small batch is probably my favorite BT product. Eagle Rare is hard to beat for the money.


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Concur! These are “bourbons”! A lot of stuff has been marketed as bourbon to meet the pallet of those who “want” to be a part of the bourbon craze!

 

[100percent]

Basil Hayden - Over rated low proof garbage.

HA! Well… there’s always seagrams wine coolers!

 

[Riff]

Bookers is one I think didn't really meet the hype for me. A fine whiskey but price/effort here didn't match the taste. Now anything Knob Creek, that's a different story.

I agree that Buffalo Trace products are overhyped. Buff Trace itself is fine for what it is, a <$30 whiskey but that doesn't mean it needs to be allocated or heavily overpriced.

 

[Dave_S]

Solid mentions so far. I'll add Joseph Magnus to the list.

 

[taskswap]

My go-to in that situation is Bulleit. It's tasty enough, and available in every bar in the USA.

It's a great choice but I've only seen it once or twice here in Colorado. Must be a regional thing.

 

[tdhanses]

I love Weller, but thought the single barrel was terrible. Really disappointed with that one. But 107 is probably my favorite next to EH.

Any of the old forester stuff is overrated in my opinion.

Lil Book I thought was terrible.

New Riff is not great either.

You have to note though that lil book is never the same year to year, so it can be hit and miss.

 

[MntHunter]

You have to note though that lil book is never the same year to year, so it can be hit and miss.

I left booker off for that reason, I have had a couple I really liked and a couple I was like thats just ok.

 

[tdhanses]

I left booker off for that reason, I have had a couple I really liked and a couple I was like thats just ok.

Yeah bookers more often then not the last few years hasn’t been great but just takes one release.

 

[Gwchem]

It's a great choice but I've only seen it once or twice here in Colorado. Must be a regional thing.

That's strange, I hadn't realized that. It's a $26 bottle in every single liquor store up the East Coast.

 

[voltage]

I think EH Taylor sucks.

Weller 12 is always underwhelming. I love 107 and WFP, though.

I picked up an Old Fitz 10 recently. I was very disappointed in that bottle.

 

[Sevens]

I’m also going to vote for Blanton’s as over hyped. It’s not bad, and I enjoyed it when it was $50/bottle. I even sought out all the letters to get the full set. As I’ve continued through my bourbon journey though, I’ve found Blanton’s to be just okay, but not worth sitting in line hours before a store opens in the rain to get one (I will qualify this statement too, I won’t do this for any bourbon). Lots of bourbon I can walk into a store on a Tuesday after work and get that are far better.

It was what got me into bourbon, though. Still remember sitting at the whiskey bar at the hotel venue for my sister-in-law’s wedding, when the bartender pulled down the unique rounded bottle with a horse on top to pour drinks for the wedding party - had to try it. It was good, but I had no idea what it was so had no bias thinking I was about to drink unicorn tears. It was just bourbon with a Hornady style marketing approach.