Some friends and I did a budget bourbon blind flight and this was universally picked as the worst of the flight. No one cared for it. My notes were "Almost marshmallow but a lot of hot wood covering that up. Leaves a young wood and ethanol taste at the finish."
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@cascode This was my biggest disappointment as someone who is discovering that I tend to prefer high-rye mash bills in my bourbon. I thought I'd love Bulleit, but it really was just a very blah pour. We kept our limit at under $35 and I compiled a list of bottles that consistently showed up on 'best of' lists in that price range and people picked from that list. No one knew what was going to be in the flight other than what they brought (and me since I had to make sure we didn't get doubles). We ended up with Evan Williams Black, Evan Williams Single Barrel, Buffalo Trace, Bulleit, and Four Roses Small Batch. Another guy and I decided to sneak in a bottle of Old Forester 1920 just to see if the group would pick out an expensive bottle as being objectively better (they universally did). The biggest pleasant surprise for me was thinking that the Evan Williams Black was Buffalo Trace and tasting a strong apple note in Buffalo Trace for the first time ever.
Blind tastings can be very eye-opening (sorry). Seriously, sometimes the results can make you really re-assess old prejudices and firmly held convictions about whisky brands. What were the other spirits in the tasting line-up?