Seagram's 7 Crown American Blended Whiskey

Not good but not bad.

Mini bottle tasting series. So I waited tables and bartended at a couple of bordertown resto bars in Idaho in the late 1970s while going to school in another state. The staff drank dry Martinis, but the clientele made it easy for us: CC & Coke, Jack and anything, and 7&7. I've avoided that until this moment. This had to be better when it was all Canadian (he said wistfully), but... probably not. 25% whiskey, 75% neutral spirits. It is what it is. Nice rich color, thin legs in the glass. Smells like whiskey. Sweet. Heat. Bon appétit! Thin, industrial chemicals, dry vanilla oak. And then it's gone...which is a blessing in this case. Cries for 7Up, ice, and two reds: a red Maraschino cherry and a Marlboro Red. At least that's how they made it work in Idaho.

Better with 7-Up... but it's really not bad. Smell is sweet. Taste vanilla. Smooth and almost no bitterness.

Not sure how this is still legally considered to be whiskey. It’s not. It’s not anything. Maybe once it had its Jeremy Lin- level surge in popularity but it’s long since been bought sold cheapened re-sold and god knows what Diageo does when it sinks it’s Dracula claws into a brand. Either way it’s trash and it’s not American and it’s not whiskey.

Out of the 1 gallon bottle!