My uncle always kept a bottle of Old Crow in the pantry. It definitely had more flavor than Old No. 7 (which I really don’t care for at all), but I recall it being fairly harsh. The recent repackaging in those flexible plastic bottles hasn’t really led me to think that it may have improved, either. I concede that I may be mistaken.
Yes, it's harsh but less so than Jack Daniels at half the price.