Old Crow Kentucky Straight Bourbon

One of the better bottom shelf bourbons. While old crow will never win any awards, like a rattlesnake, you know what it is when you pick it up. If you like to save the nice stuff for friends and special occasions, you can do worse than old crow for just relaxing or as a quick nightcap. Best neat. Also, it is better in coke than jack daniels, there, I said it.

Ton of vanilla on the nose, oak, pine resin. Still good amount of vanilla at start, mild spiciness, fades away with little aftertaste.

The Ohioan whiskey lover in me wishes for a closer bond with our great alcoholic president and sipping this with a respirator would be a good start. But I just can't do it. For me, this straight is intolerable and on ice is just asking for trouble. It is just one step above trying to drink Southern Comfort and relaxing. Sweet, dirty liquor is not made for a casual night out and that's where I categorize this gem. It belongs on the shelf in a frat or a hunting camper but nowhere else.