The Best Whiskey We've Ever Tasted Is This
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- Опубликовано: 8 фев 2025
- What's the best whiskey you've ever tasted? Geez, what's with the hard question?! We finally answer this question and tell the story of how we got to that conclusion.
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Just acquired a 1980 Lot 4 OGD 114, very excited 🥃
Ohhhh! Nice!
No hate from me. My dad used to drink OGD back in the 70s when I was in high school. I used to sneak sips. This vid brought back some great memories.
When I was in college (1978) I got a bottle of Ezra Brooks 15 year old while on spring break in Florida that was fantastic. I had bought a backup bottle and opened it with my college friends in the early 2000’s and it was as fantastic as I remember. I do with I had kept the empty bottle.
For those who are into opening vintage whiskey, I recommend keeping a big bag of assorted corks, several empty bottles for filtering and transferring, good sharp blades for shaping a new cork. Be prepared for cork breaks and debris.
Vintage whiskey is a special treat!
Jack Daniels old no 7 when it was bottled at 86 proof pre- 2002 still my favorite tasting whiskey
Love your passion. Sad to realize the quality is no longer where it's at with current bourbon.
Eagle Rare 17 for me.
The W. B. Saffell I'm having right now ain't bad ;-)
What would you have done if the cork separated from the cap? Pour it into a different bottle? Look for another stopper that fit?
Yep, pour it into another bottle, using a sieve if any cork got into the whiskey, and then look for another cork to replace the original after washing out the bottle to get any cork bits out of it.
I reckon it’s a Springbank 12 cask
best vintage bourbon I've had so far was an Old Granddad from the 60's.
I drank some Old Grand Dad 1984 in 1987. It was good, but I was chasing a buzz not a taste.
Have y'all tasted the bourbon in the "Sticky Fingers" bottle?
Find some Waterloo Crown royal or even VO the best
Have you ever had EH Taylor Tornado?
Yes, at a tasting. It was very good.
I hope current OGD 114 doesn't get any harder to find due to this. Mine is almost gone and I'm having a hard time replacing it.
Very well done. I’m going to fund a vintage tasting 😎
Thanks for the insight.
I have not had any vintage, but when out I always do try to taste things I have never had.
Tonight was a good example. We got to Red Robin and they have a shit selection. I ended up with a 2 shot neat of Pendleton. I am not a fan of Canadian, but this was at least better than CR which was also on the shelf.
Blackened and The Macallan. You’re welcome
90 proof or barrel proof on the Blackened?
The decent bottle I have at this time
I haven't had nearly as much experience as y'all have - I only started drinking whisky in September of 2021. But I have no trouble saying that the best whisky I've ever had is Balcones Texas Pot Still Bourbon (the second best is very nearly as good - Balcones Lineage Texas Single Malt Whisky). There may be better juice out there, but if so I've never tasted it, and probably it's out of my price range anyway (the Pot Still Bourbon is only $30 here in Albuquerque). 🙂
The old man that Old Grand Dad is 8n honor of is none other than Basil Hayden.
Question should be
What bourbon was the most memorable to taste
I hear ya, but to us memorable can swing positive or negative. I remember some of the worst tasting whiskey as strongly as the best. We also once tasted some pre-prohibition bourbon that was as black as coffee. It was SUPER memorable in how different it tasted from anything we've had post-prohibition and we were very thankful to have gotten to experience it, but it wasn't one of the best things we had ever tasted either.
@@ItsBourbonNight just saying that would love a show on that. MEMORIES Good and Bad. Thanks guys for everything. I'm still new to this world and enjoy all your shows.
@@seagr8871 Hey, we love that idea!
create your on vintage. buy a bottle of your favorite drank and keep it uncorked for 30 years
In reading through the comments I came across a few people wondering - and it's a valid question - why bourbon today isn't what it used to be. I've only been drinking whisky for a bit more than a year, so I have no experience of that, but I do know that Four Roses, which today is a right good bourbon, was a crummy blended cheap thing back in the 70s. So sometimes distilleries (or their owners - very few big distilleries are still independent) just decided to change things. They may even think they have compelling reasons to do so (e.g. Maker's Mark, some years ago, deciding to lower the proof on their main expression...though they almost immediately rescinded that idea when people rose up against it).
But I think one factor is likely to be the stills. Column stills of course go way back to the 1800s, but for a long time pot stills were the traditional way to make all whisky (and in some places they still are - Scotland, for instance, finally starting using column stills for some things, but all the major distilleries, if I'm not mistaken, use pot stills for their base spirit). And because a column still is more efficient, it produces "purer" alcohol, with fewer congeners in it - and congeners are what provide the flavor going into the barrel. The barrel provides a lot of the flavor in the final product (at least 50%, from what I gather, and some would say considerably more than that), but the more flavorful the white dog, the more flavorful the whisky when you dump the barrel. If we give numerical figures to the white dog and to the barrel, just to make things easy, we might say that the one is 3 coming off a column still and 5 from a pot still, and the barrel is also a 5. Well, 3+5=8, but 5+5=10 - meaning that the more flavorful white dog from a pot still will produce a more tasty final product.
Now I don't know when column stills became standard in bourbon, and if they came in early enough then that'll blow my hypothesis out of the water. But I suspect that is at least in part the answer to the question.
out of curiosity what did this bottle set you back?
Hi. K&L has to vintage Wild Turkey 8 yrs 1987 and 1988!
Rebel Yell 101 10yr bottled in 1985. I worked at Stizel-Weller in early 90s when United Distillers owned it. I still have 4 bottles of SW juice left. I’m a little afraid to open another bottle knowing that I’ll never have any more and the new juice just doesn’t compare.
I was gifted a Old Grand Dad bib 100 proof unopened distilled and barreled in 1972 then bottled in 1980. A 41 yr old 8 yr old bottle. I'm saving it for a special celebration but really looking forward to it.
You can live in and Japan and still pick these up.
I'm afraid to try current OGD 114 because the worst whiskey I've ever had was a bottle of old Grand dad bottled in bond and I imagine the extra extra proof (lack of dilution) is just going to create a stronger version of the flavor profile that I did not like.
When I first had OGD 114 I didn’t like it. Tried it again a couple of years later and I liked it a lot. I just wasn’t ready for it when I first had it, but tastes really change when you’re really diving into whiskey.
I introduced my sons to a range of whiskeys so they could find their preferences. My youngest son tasted OGD114 one time and said “that’s it!” That WAS it. He knew right away. My older son has different preferences (likes rye, for instance) but still loves OGD114. It’s only one bottle! Buy it, drink it, savor it, try something else. It’s easy!😊
My best and favorite is Jack Daniels green label.
Mines Lagavulin 11 Offerman edition finished in Guinness cask. Absolutely wonderful dram. And one of the only whisky I own multiple bottles of.
Don't know if you guys remember but you also had 81 ogd on the first timbp meetup that you were blown away with that I brought!
Oh yeah, we do remember that! That was great stuff, especially for a lower proof!
Very cool. I love the vintage bourbon library at BBC.
A friend of mine has two bottles
Wow as a Bourbon Beginner you two just blew my mind 👍🥃
Thanks!
Is there any new product in the market today that compares to your pick of OGD 114 1980s? What distillery profile does it closest match to?
Thanks for sharing your thoughts,
Proof Hounds rise up! 114 is the low end of high proof.
My daughter used to ask me what my favorite ___ was, such as favorite car, favorite watch, etc. I finally told her that I have to have a favorite daughter since I only have one, and a favorite wife, but anything else I can have multiple ones that I like and I don't have to pick one single favorite.
The best whiskey I've tasted is Eleanor from Crowded Barrel distillery in Texas. I pulled the trigger and bought it online and my son picked it up and brought it to me in Michigan. I love it.
Wow. Maybe a tough question, but this shot up to my favourite video on your channel. Thanks for opening that gem and sharing your thoughts. Please send ANY vintage of OGD114 to Canada! None here 😭
Thanks! Appreciate that :) And we’ll work on finding more OGD so Canada can experience it!
Nice! Now blind flight it and see if it holds up for real!
I have a bottle of Evan Williams 200th Anniversary Edition that I got from my grandfather’s home bar. Bottled in 1983. Waiting to open it when I retire.
You guys are great. Thanks for your insight.
It's official. I just watched Chad and Sarah have a POURgasm.
"Make it stop... but don't!" Lolol
My vote: Stolen
Stolen Whiskey is the best thing you’ve ever tasted? Or any whiskey, as long as it’s stolen, tastes the best?
Lol. No, that would be “Free.” Stolen is the brand name.
@@drd8251 ;) Just checking. We’ve had Stolen before, we liked it a lot.
What do you consider a substantial amount of money for a vintage bottle?
Great story and great video. Thanks for offering an answer to an impossible to answer question. 👏👏👏👏 Cheers!
You all are making my mouth water!
How much was the OGD?
Yea I’m dying to know. Gotta be large bucks, understandably so.
It was mostly all done in bottles trade.
@@ItsBourbonNight which bottles? Trying to figure out a price evaluation
@@Claire_III Maybe we’ll do an episode on it, but we would want to clear it with the establishment first, of course.
Great vid. Thoughtful response. Congratulations on that bottle! Wow!!
As I watched I started thinking there could be a wide margin between “best I ever had that one time” and “favorite that I look forward to regularly”.
quick story. my daughter was born in 1980. instead of cigars, i passed out nips of old grand dad with pink ribbons. but for myself, i bought a bottle of the og 114. after drinking, i filled it with bourbon-food-colored water and still have it on a bookshelf (with one of the unopened nips). just checked it. it says special edition on the neck (and lot 1, barrel proof on the back) but otherwise the same. thanks for letting me know what it tasted like!
Im pretty new to whiskey. Haven't tried nearly enough to say
had an ounce of 80s ogd114 at Jack Rose a few weeks ago. Insane. reminded me of cognac funnily.
I do appreciate people who give opinions as their job; you know, actually giving an opinion. Thanks for not dodging as well as telling an interesting story. I’m entertained.
Nice! My best ever is WLW but have never owned a bottle :-(
The best (ever) bourbon I've had the pleasure of drinking was... 1979 Old Weller Special 107-proof "Bottled in Bond"... So smooth, with no "burn" going down, and had strong hints of vanilla and coconut cream pie after-taste...!!! Simply Yummie
Note : This was back in 1987...
Sounds amazing!
fully off topic from this succulent looking bottle
what knife did you open it with?
It's such a good question because 1 it's all subjective 2 there is so much out there I have never tried many times due to cost or straight availability but of what I have tasted cause that's all I can go by its Stagg Jr. But I also have to say JD single barrell barrell proof might be my favorite everyday sipper
Is it bad that I knew what it was gonna be before I clicked on the video?
Thanks for walking us through your story and this bottle. I too get asked this question nearly all the time and the more I enjoy whisky the harder it is for me to answer. Also, everyone's taste is so personal that I hesitate when answering. Sure, this is what I love, but will they? Anyway, thanks again for sharing, cheers!
Wow just freaking awesome great vid and congrats on the bottle
Honestly my infinity bottle
Thanks for sharing. Sounds amazing!
Scotch has variety, bourbon has nuance. Love both, but bourbon is so strictly made you aren't gonna get huge differences between a quality aged bourbon. That said Ive only had about 10 different kinds and happy to be schooled more on bourbon.
If you don't think that bourbon has a huge amount of variety then you just don't know much about bourbon yet.
I'm coming to this a year after you wrote it, so I hope by now you've had more than 10 bourbons. 🙂 More experience will show you that there is indeed variety in bourbon. The difference between Jim Beam white and Woodford Reserve is massive, and they're both Kentucky bourbons. If you want a really huge difference, compare any Kentucky bourbon with Balcones Texas Pot Still Bourbon. Both meet the legal requirements for straight bourbon whisky - yet they're so different that people who are used to Kentucky bourbon, or at least bourbon in the Kentucky style, seem to be unable to enjoy the Balcones version.
Climate, mash bill, time in the barrel, finishing or not, even the specific type of corn or where the corn grows, can all make a difference. The differences may be subtle - for instance, it might be hard to tell the difference, especially if you're new, between Maker's Mark and Buffalo Trace (to me they taste very much alike, though not identical) - but there are differences. It takes time and experience to be able to detect some of the small differences, and some palates are just naturally better at it than others. But with practice you can tell them apart. You may not be able to name them in a blind tasting - I would never undertake to try such a thing; I know my limitations - but if you have one glass of, say, Old Forester 86 and another of, say, Four Roses Single Barrel, you could probably go back and forth and identify some differences.
Keep on a-drinkin' and enjoy yourself, and you just may discover some very interesting things about bourbon. 🙂
I need a Cigarette after this review and I don't smoke. 😅😅
As a certified geezer, you youngsters make me feel a little validated. At my age I have had the pleasure of drinking pre conglomerate Bourbon. I thought it was just nostalgia that made me think they were better. My purely subjective nomination for best is pre BT Eagle Rare 10 year old and Stitzel-Weller Pappy 15. Stitzel-Weller Old Weller 107 is a close 2nd. Old Grandad 114 was a favorite of my late father in the '80s.
The next newest unobtainium, I usually can’t predict the future but I forecast prices already being marked up 😥
Awesome video! OGD 114, yes. So much goodness out there and getting to taste an Old Dusty is a privilege and an honor
Great. Now I'm on the hunt for vintage OGD 114l Lol My best experience was also at Justin's House of Bourbon. I had the pleasure of drinking a 1984 Wild Turkey 101. Sublime...
That's like asking an eclectic what their favorite type of music is. I have a favorite whiskey for every type of whiskey there is. I have a favorite type of whiskey for every distillery there is. I have favorite whiskies for certain occasions. I think the best answer is "All of them".
Yes so true. I love my Bourbons, my Rye's, my Scotch's, my Irish Whiskeys and my Japanese.
It looked like you gave yourself 2x more. Just saying.
I got lucky enough to find nine pints of 1969 Cabin Still Stitzel Weller juice a little over a year ago at a liquor store for $6 a piece and I was amazed by the thickness and flavor compared to today's bourbon. Even though it was 86 proof , I enjoy it more than most of my allocated bottles. Modern bourbon isn't made like it used to be made.
My 1A, 1B, and 1C are OGD BIB ND 8yr from 1989 ( age stated on tax strip), Wild Turkey 12yr CGF, and Willett 24yr 94 proof Rye Bonilli barrel #446. All old whiskeys, all bottles i owned, 2 out of 3 i found in the wild back in the day. The Willett i traded a Pappy Van Winkle 15yr for it. Best trade i ever did. I miss vintage whiskey that was easily accessible. Great video!
The best whiskey is always the one shared with friends!
I can't pick favorites. Whether I prefer chocolate chip cookies or brownies depends mostly on my mood in the moment.
Such a cool videos and what a special bottle thanks you two!
I absolutely love OGD 114 (modern), and it’s now my go-to “cheap” bourbon. Just so many great flavors to be had for around $23 here in Austin when I can find it. I’d love to have a sip of the original brand. Enjoy!
This tastes nothing like the new stuff.
I agree the “what’s the best?” is very hard to answer. For me, after trying 100 +, it’s much easier for me to answer “what’s the worst? There are only 2 or 3 that I won’t drink. Defiant and Widow Jane 10 come to mind.
see - and I happen to really like Widow Jane 10 (I just think it's overpriced) so it really is just so subjective
Hay Chad just an FYI there is a product called Bloxygen that you can put in the bottle of your OGD 114 to displace the air in the neck and help preserve it for a much longer time check it out
I wonder if there would be any way to replicate/reproduce that early 80s era of vintage of Old Grandad
I usually watch all RUclips videos at 3.2X speed but this one I ran at 1X just so I could enjoy this experience with you guys. Great video and congrats on the find.
I feel a trip to Justin’s HOB this weekend. Cheers! 🥃
Have you sampled 1984 wild turkey 101? My friend at work asked me if I was interested in some old decanters and of course I said yes! Well one of them was full 😎
It is delicious and definitely has a nice subtle dry antique flavor. Makes me want to explore more antique bottles
We’ve had some 101s around that year but I don’t think we’ve had exactly an ‘84. Would love to try one, obviously! Always on the look out for dusty pours.
I have a handle of 86 proof OGD from 1979 and it is delicious, I can imagine that 114 is pretty amazing! Cheers Chad and Sara!!!
Now I have to look for one)))) I had pleasure to taste couple of vintage ones probably was impressed with wild turkey and for roses, I will definitely looking forward trying this one. Awesome knowledge great job thank you guys.
I am thinking you guys are a shield for old granddad not that I’ve ever had it and probably never will but that’s all you’ve talked about so far.
What type of shield? Like Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.? Or Captain America's shield? I don't think Old Grand-Dad needs a shield, because then it would just be harder to drink it! ;)
In 1983 I knew nothing about whiskey. I did work in a liquor store when in college and remember buying airplane size bottles of OGD 114 to mix with ginger ale. I remember it being so much better than Jack Daniels.
Great show, I watch/listen to every one. I learn a lot from you folks and Ralfy as well. Thanks, m
It's an easy question. Just answer. The best whiskey I've ever tasted was a bottle of jack Daniels SB, BP from winter of 2020 it was 135.1 proof. The second best so far was the knob Creek 2018 cask strength Rye. You have to do a little searching for it but it's still pretty well available even in the second half of 2021.
Vintage Wild Turkey for LIFE
Mouth watering! What a great review and an awesome bottle. Thanks for sharing
80’s bourbon, 80’s babies… the best!!!
Why is vintage stuff so good? What's different in the process?
That may be an episode itself. Would probably need to film a few different interviews for that one. We have our theories, but we like getting facts from the experts on the subject.
@@ItsBourbonNight Most whisky experts say that whisky doesn't change once it's in the bottle (excluding air or cork rot or something) but I really wonder if that's true. Maybe try to find a 20 year old bottle of something still made the same way today and do a comparison. Of course even if it doesn't change there will be some difference just from flavor drift (different head distiller, different growing season, etc.) but would still be interesting.
Old Carter American b3 for me. Damn that shit is insane. Have a b4 I’ll open some day. Maybe that overtakes b3.
I would like to hear “what do you think is the best you could find right now in a store”
Are you guys ever going to get those crystal glasses back in stock? Nice video!