Winchester "Extra Smooth" Bourbon

Lackluster

OMG ! This is just bad in every way. Stay away. To this date, this is the worst bourbon I've ever tasted

Charcoal, 2x4s and nail polish remover.

Sharp semi sweet aroma. Flavor isn't awful, but just tastes kinda like artificial caramel. More body than I'd have expected. Fine maybe for a well.

It smells like wet cardboard with some floral notes. Holy cow, this tastes awful. It does indeed taste like wet cardboard and gross bread with some clear floral and mineral elements. There's some spice, but otherwise I would never guess that this was a bourbon. It's really disgusting, no matter what it gets classified as. It's about as light as Hayes Parker and it tastes about the same quality. It's super weak with a really strong wet cardboard and gross bread presence. The harshness is surprisingly substantial and it's super drying. This can't have been aged very long. It smells richer than Hayes Parker and it tastes richer too. The bitterness up front helps it to pretend that it has some complexity even though none develops and the bitterness is awful. There are a lot of bad floral and bitter notes here with definite minerals and nectar, but at the end of the day, this tastes mostly like particularly bad Irish whiskey, so at least it tastes more like something than Hayes Parker does. Although their flavor profiles are different, this is close in quality to Clan MacGregor. I'd say it's about a point worse though (it loses the point in the scotch to Irish translation). Had I not tried Hayes Parker right before this, this awful Winchester Extra Smooth would be the worst bourbon I've ever tasted. What's extra ridiculous is that even though the flavor is weak, there's quite a bit of harshness and bitterness here, so it isn't smooth at all. Wow, actually, on second comparison, Clan MacGregor is noticably better. Wow, what a low bar this has fallen beneath. For clarity though, Hayes Parker is still much worse. God, I sure do believe the 6 month minimum age statement on this - and I think that's the maximum too. It's amazing how bad this is. The worst part is the price the sell this for - it makes me want to puke.