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re: Crown Royal - where does it rank in bourbon universe?

Posted on 9/25/21 at 9:28 pm to
Posted by USMEagles
Member since Jan 2018
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Posted on 9/25/21 at 9:28 pm to
I find Maker's Mark off-putting, and that fact alone has kind of scared me away from higher-end bourbon. If you consider Maker's sort of the "entry level" good bourbon, then I guess I didn't like what I was entering.

If I want a nice drink of whiskey that's a little pricier I'll drink scotch.

Posted by lsut2005
Northshore
Member since Jul 2009
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Posted on 9/25/21 at 9:34 pm to
Couldn’t have said it better myself lol
Posted by UtahCajun
Member since Jul 2021
650 posts
Posted on 9/25/21 at 9:37 pm to
For a good bourbon that won't break the bank, try Widow Jane 10 year. I have had many more expensive whiskeys and Widow Jane bourbon, at $60/bottle is the best bang for the buck there is.

If you want smooth, try a wheated whiskey, not a bourbon. There are many good wheateds out there(fact is, Makers Mark is wheated).

As a side note, I went back home to visit the brother a few months back. He introduced me to Louisiana made Sugarfield bourbon. I was impressed so much that I brought a bottle back. I really wish I could find it here.
This post was edited on 9/25/21 at 9:41 pm
Posted by Darth_Vader
A galaxy far, far away
Member since Dec 2011
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Posted on 9/25/21 at 9:38 pm to
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I find Maker's Mark off-putting, and that fact alone has kind of scared me away from higher-end bourbon. If you consider Maker's sort of the "entry level" good bourbon, then I guess I didn't like what I was entering.

If I want a nice drink of whiskey that's a little pricier I'll drink scotch.


Probably 90% of those who drink the high dollar bourbons do so because they think it’s cool. If you gave them a blind taste test between Makers Mark and Evan Williams they couldn’t tell you the difference.
Posted by Pechon
unperson
Member since Oct 2011
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Posted on 9/25/21 at 9:42 pm to
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Buy it at almost any restaurant for a fair price.


I may have to look into that. Usually when I get a bottle of bourbon it's during the holidays and usually lasts me quite a while. However I've been doing pretty good about this not drinking thing for months now. But I have a close personal friend that would appreciate it as a Christmas gift rather than my usual tradition of getting a bottle to last me between Thanksgiving to New Years.

There's been a couple years I didn't make it to Festivus.
This post was edited on 9/25/21 at 9:43 pm
Posted by BluegrassBelle
RIP Hefty Lefty - 1981-2019
Member since Nov 2010
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Posted on 9/25/21 at 9:44 pm to
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Probably 90% of those who drink the high dollar bourbons do so because they think it’s cool. If you gave them a blind taste test between Makers Mark and Evan Williams they couldn’t tell you the difference.


Oh you can tell the difference.

That said, it's a lie to say that you can't find good bourbon for a reasonable price. Basil Hayden is one for instance.
Posted by Oates Mustache
Member since Oct 2011
23208 posts
Posted on 9/25/21 at 9:45 pm to
I hate Jim Beam so Crown is at least higher than that.
Posted by Darth_Vader
A galaxy far, far away
Member since Dec 2011
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Posted on 9/25/21 at 9:46 pm to
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Oh you can tell the difference.


If you’ve tasted enough bourbons, yes. Most have not. They just buy what they’re told is the trendy bourbon of the day.
Posted by BobABooey
Parts Unknown
Member since Oct 2004
14864 posts
Posted on 9/25/21 at 9:51 pm to
The Crown Royal commercial where the young urban man brings a bottle of Crown as a gift to his mom creeps me out. He toasts to “the best mom ever” She’s wearing a wedding band but it’s just the two of them.

Posted by Hopeful Doc
Member since Sep 2010
15217 posts
Posted on 9/25/21 at 9:53 pm to
quote:

may have to look into that. Usually when I get a bottle of bourbon it's during the holidays and usually lasts me quite a while. However I've been doing pretty good about this not drinking thing for months now. But I have a close personal friend that would appreciate it as a Christmas gift rather than my usual tradition of getting a bottle to last me between Thanksgiving to New Years. There's been a couple years I didn't make it to Festivus.



Allow me to rephrase/clarify:
Blanton’s is popular. It is too popular to meet the market demand. The allotment of bottles isn’t ample. The “crunch” falls on the average guy buying it. You can buy a glass of it at many restaurants- they deal in enough volume that the supply chain favors them getting enough bottles of it rather than, say, you or me. You can buy it if you’re lucky or willing to pay marked up prices, usually.
My compromise: I’ll drink it when I’m out, but I’m not going in search of it or buying it for more than it’s worth. I like it a lot, but not enough for that.
The downside? I won’t complete my collection of toppers. I can’t share a glass with a buddy over dinner/a game or give it as a gift. Hopefully it eventually becomes more available.

My first experience with it:
I wasn’t really a bourbon drinker, but I loved Scotch. On the morning of my wedding day, a groomsman and I were doing some last minute shopping for booze. I spied a bottle of Macallan 12-year, which was my “special occasion” favorite drink. There was a bottle of Blantons sitting next to it. I asked my groomsman who, at the time was more into bourbon than me, if it was any good. He said yes, so we nabbed it. I had no idea it was relatively hard to find. I wound up liking it better and wound up down the bourbon path.
Posted by tigerbutt
Deep South
Member since Jun 2006
24972 posts
Posted on 9/25/21 at 10:06 pm to
Too sweet
Posted by Zappas Stache
Utility Muffin Research Kitchen
Member since Apr 2009
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Posted on 9/25/21 at 10:11 pm to
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try Widow Jane 10 year. I have had many more expensive whiskeys and Widow Jane bourbon, at $60/bottle


Widow Jane is good stuff but it has gone up in price. It was $75 at Total Wine this week so I passed.
Posted by WhiskeyTangoFoxtrot
poolside at Cocal (UA since 2010)
Member since Dec 2009
2165 posts
Posted on 9/25/21 at 10:14 pm to
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My everyday whiskey is Wofford reserve.


It's such an "everyday" whiskey for you that you don't even know how to spell it correctly?
Posted by hottub
Member since Dec 2012
3498 posts
Posted on 9/25/21 at 10:19 pm to
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FYI - Boubon is Kentucky made whiskey made with at least 51% corn.



FYI, bourbon is from USA. Kentucky Straight Bourbon is different
This post was edited on 9/25/21 at 10:22 pm
Posted by CatfishJohn
Member since Jun 2020
15245 posts
Posted on 9/25/21 at 10:41 pm to
It is not bourbon and it’s undrinkably sweet.
Posted by TB026787
Member since Sep 2009
111 posts
Posted on 9/25/21 at 10:42 pm to
Crown reserve
Posted by hogsnbeer
Conway
Member since Aug 2018
30 posts
Posted on 9/25/21 at 10:49 pm to
Crown is pretty much just 25% whiskey and 75% vodka.
Posted by jmarto1
Houma, LA/ Las Vegas, NV
Member since Mar 2008
35248 posts
Posted on 9/25/21 at 10:50 pm to
Crown is terrible
Posted by Jim Rockford
Member since May 2011
100765 posts
Posted on 9/25/21 at 11:05 pm to
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If you gave them a blind taste test between Makers Mark and Evan Williams they couldn’t tell you the difference.


I can't tell the difference between any of that stuff.
Posted by Rize
Spring Texas
Member since Sep 2011
16581 posts
Posted on 9/26/21 at 12:02 am to
It doesn’t.

Some of my favorites are:

Peg Leg Porker 12 year
Elijah Craig Barrel Proof
Old Ezra 7
Weller 107
Woodford Double Oaked
Henry Mekenna 10 year
Jack Daniel’s Special Release Rye
Smoke Wagon Uncut
Four Rose’s Special Select
Four Rose’s single barrel
Old Forrester 1910 and 1920
Eagle Rare
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