One of my sons brought this bottle of Hill Billy bourbon home last year. I tried it once back then, which is also about the time I modified the label and made it into a bottle of “Hell Billy”.

Last night I was organizing my liquor closet, trying to make some room, and what did I find at the back of the cabinet but my old friend Hell Billy. I poured a glass over a few ice cubes and took a sip.

The year in the cabinet didn’t change anything for the better from the first time I’d tried it. Hill Billy had a faint but very unpleasant antiseptic aftertaste that overpowered hints of vanilla.

I’m going to give Hill Billy a 9/100 as I can’t really see ever getting another bottle.

Pros

• Cheap

Cons:

• Cheap
• Tastes a little bit like someone poured some antiseptic into a glass of cheap bourbon.

Bottle	Score	Price
Colonel E.H. Taylor Small Batch Bourbon	94	$45 / 750ml
Booker's "Sip Awhile" 2017-4	93	$80 / 750ml
Bib & Tucker	91	$75 / 750ml
Angels Envy	90	$65 / 750ml
Tin Cup	85	$30 / 750ml
Jameson Blender's Dog	82	$67 / 750ml
Jameson Black Barrel	81	$39 / 750ml
Old Forester 1870	80	$55 / 750ml
Michters US 1 Small Batch	79	$45 / 750ml
Old Forester 1897	79	$55 / 750ml
Yellowstone	78	$35 / 750ml
Basil Hayden's	75	$35 / 750ml
Eagle Rare 10 Year Old Bourbon	75	$35 / 750ml
Hirsch Small Batch	74	$35 / 750ml
Stillhouse Black Bourbon	73	$20 / 750ml
Legent	72	$35 / 750ml
Proper Twelve	71	$30 / 750ml
Teeling Whiskey	70	$50 / 750ml
Manhattan Knob Creek Small Batch	69	$30 / 750ml
Bird Dog Kentucky Bourbon	68	$22 / 750ml
Cruzan No. 9 Spiced Rum	67	$20 / 750ml
Four Roses Small Batch	66	$30 / 750ml
Beer Barrel Bourbon	66	$35 / 750ml
Gentleman Jack	65	$35 / 750ml
Kraken Rum	64	$25 / 750ml
Tullamore Dew	63	$25 / 750ml
Bushmills Irish Whiskey	62	$31 / 750ml
Jefferson	60	$25/ 750ml
Old Grand-Dad 114	59	$30 / 750ml
Elijah Craig	57	$27 / 750ml
Bulleit Bourbon	56	$28 / 750ml
Buffalo Trace	55	$25 / 750ml
Jack Daniels`	51	$25 / 750ml
Knob Creek Small Batch	49	$30 / 750ml
Widow Jane	45	$70 / 750ml
Dogfish Head Alternate Takes	41	$30 / 750ml
Redemption	40	$30 / 750ml
Rowan's Creek	39	$30 / 750ml
Woodford Reserve	30	$13 / 50ml
Breaker	29	$60 / 750ml
Pure Kentucky	28	$40 / 750ml
Winchester Extra Smooth	15	$23 / 750ml
Jack Daniels Tennessee Honey	10	$20 / 750ml
Hill Billy	9	$20 / 750ml
Fireball	5	$18 / 750ml
American XXX Born - Bourbon Whiskey	1	$26 / 750ml