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Most people celebrate their birthdays with cake. Drammers celebrate with epic drams. @epstein1014 brought out the big guns last night, including this spectacular @glendronach Master Vintage 1993. Oh, and there was cake too.
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@teeling_whiskey ’s Small Batch is finished for 12 months in rum casks, lending the blend an uncommon flavor profile for Irish whiskey. The rest of the Teeling range is similar, each bringing something different to the table. My favorite of the bunch is the Single Malt with its blend of 5 wine-cask-finishes. A big thank-you to the Teeling team for hosting a great talk with master distiller Alex Chasko yesterday.
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Leading off the week with some Macallan Rare Cask. A high proportion of first-fill sherry malts from 17-21 years from 16 different sherry-cask styles gives Rare Cask its rich and spicy character. Of the releases thus far, Batch No.3 is my favorite. What’s yours?
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I find it hard to turn down Glendronach, never mind when it’s a independent bottling distilled in my birth year. This 22yo sherry bomb yielded only 167 bottles, and was bottled for The Whisky Fair 2013.
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Last night, I had the opportunity to sit down and listen to Vince Aletti discuss the history of fashion in photography with @Glenmorangie’s head nose Brendan McCarron and @harpersbazaarus editor Avril Graham. Also in attendance: Glenmorangie’s Grand Vintage Malt 1991, which won 2019 Whisky of the Year honors at the International Whisky Competition. Peachy, robust and delicate all at once, this is a gob-smacking dram.
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Today is the first day of Autumn, and though the leaves haven’t started changing their colors yet, I’m looking forward to drams in the crisp fall air, such as this @Redwood EmpireWhiskey Pipe Dream. A blend of 4 to 12 year-old bourbons, Pipe Dream packs a sweet vanilla, maple, and honey punch with a hit of black pepper right on the finish. Oh, and they’ll plant a tree for each bottle you buy with @Treesforthefuture.
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The Macallan Whisky & Color Experience is open to the public through 7pm today. I had the pleasure to go through the exhibit with @jbauerpower and have a taste of the new Macallan Edition No. 5, which did not disappoint.
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The Glenrothes Soleo 12yo is a light, easy-going dram with a silken texture, generous helping of fruit , vanilla and a little nuttiness. An excellent starter/first dram!
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Glenfiddich Age of Discovery Madeira Cask Finish started as a travel retail exclusive, meant to pay tribute to Portugese explorers of the 15th century. An enjoyable, easy-drinking dram at 40% abv, the cask finishing shifts the usual Glenfiddich flavor profile, adding in some nuttiness and earthy aromas.
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High rye bourbon, yes please. Smooth Ambler Old Scout Straight Bourbon is 60% corn, 36% rye, and 4% malted barley. Sourced from MGP, the whisky was discontinued in 2015, but is making a comeback. The big helping of rye spice plays well with the earthy bourbon it’s paired with.
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Labor Day weekend brings us to the unofficial end of summer, and the release of Aberlour’s A’bunadh Alba. The newest expression from Aberlour is aged exclusively in ex-bourbon casks, and packs a gorgeous fruit-forward nose andcitrus and nuts on the palate. A fitting bourbon oak complement to the sherry bomb A’bunadh so many of us know and love.
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Dalmore 15 is a curious whisky, with its unexpected youthful punchiness on the tongue after a deep, complex nose rounded out by medium-length finish not expected from a 80-proof bottling. To me, this is a clear step up from the 12-year expression. What’s your favorite expression from Dalmore’s core range?
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Was lucky to try this exquisite Macallan Estate a few weeks ago courtesy @macallannicolas. The Estate celebrates the one-year anniversary of the new distillery, and contains spirit made from home-grown barley from the Easter Elchies estate.
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Nikka From the Barrel isn’t rare or special, but after I learned that this blend had been slightly modified to better suit American palates in its 750ml form, I knew I had to pick up one of the smaller 500ml bottles with the original Japanese blend. Have any of you tried both variations and prefer one?
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Welsh whisky? Thanks to @drammersclub and @penderyn.distillery for the opportunity to taste through the Penderyn lineup, including this Rich Oak Cask D161.
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Jura 18 is an odd one at first glance. Aged in ex-bourbon barrels and then finished for a short period in red-wine casks. The whisky is chocolate-y and sweet with medicinal flashes coming and going. Not a everyday type of flavor profile for me, but curious enough to return to time and again.
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The whisky community’s incredible generosity was on display last night when a group got together to celebrate @macallannicolas time here in NYC before he heads back north. I started off the night with this Signatory Macallan 20-year-old from 1975, then proceeded to be blown away by the red-label Cask-Strength (swipe) brought by @scotchminisz. Thanks to @etzbis @tonightspoison and @marlontulaszewski for hosting this get-together. Fine company indeed.
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Happy National Scotch Day! Thinking back to this sumptuous dram with @scotchwhiskyauctions and @drammersclub.
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The delicate style of this Komagatake from Mars seems appropriate amidst this crazy heat wave in NYC. That I photographed it back in wintertime helps too. Stay cool and hydrated out there folks!
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Craigellachie 23 for #whiskywednesday. The 23-year is the star of Craigellachie’s core lineup for me, with its robust range of flavors from floral notes to seaside air and a dash of sour to boot.
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Summertime in New York has me thinking back to the cherry blossoms of spring. King Alexander III from @thedalmore isn’t too shabby either.
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@drammersclub New York bid our good friend @glenfiddichar farewell as he heads to the west coast last night, and this Glenfiddich 30 was a absolute stunner. Allan and the gents of @scotch_in_the_city hosted the first whisky event which was the start of my education in this space, and I want to thank him again for all the support and graciousness through the past few years.
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Haven’t had this one in a long while, but I definitely want to give the @aberlour Casg Annamh another try. I recall this expression resembling a A’bunadh-light, though calling it light at 48% is misleading.
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Time for some #compassboxsunday action. The Story of the Spaniard is made up of whisky from mostly ex-sherry and ex-Spanish red wine casks, and like other Compass Box creations, highlights what’s possible with blended whisky in a single-malt-obsessed world.
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TBT to my first @drammersclub event with the inimitable @glenfiddichar and some true unicorn pours. I have learned so much from this wonderful group of enthusiasts over the past year and am truly grateful for the great attitudes, wealth of knowledge and lack of pretension that everyone brings to each gathering.
PS: when the bottle comes with a printed white sticker label, you know it’s going to be a special one.
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Happy Monday everyone! It’s finally feeling like summertime in NYC, and I am super excited for summer drams like this Macallan Select Oak.
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Highland Park certainly knows how to dress up its special editions! The juice inside this gorgeous packaging is special too, mixing that Orkney peat smoke with unpeated malt from Simpsons.
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On National Bourbon Day, some special Wild Turkey juice from the Whisky Jewbilee 2017. Bottled at 61% abv, this one needed a fair bit of water to cool. Have a great Friday everyone!
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Had a great time at @caledoniauws tasting this 21yo @jurawhisky Tide with @jzimmerman_tx and @greggwhiskyglass which really takes off mid-palate with an explosion of flavor. Comprised of ex-bourbon and virgin American oak cask finishes and bottled at 46.7%abv, I’m really hoping for this expression to make its way to American shores.
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Tasmanian whisky. Wow. @fredsiggins showed up to @drammersclub last night with 1% of all the bottles of @sullivanscovewhisky to ever hit US shores, and my goodness was that brandy good! Brandy aside, this 12yo single cask from La Maison du Whisky was the surprise of the night for me, with a nose that was drew “if cocoa had sex with a lemon” from a fellow drammer and continued sweet/funk throughout the palate.
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Still my favorite of the Macallan Editions, the No. 2. Now looking forward to how the Edition No. 5 will be.
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Happy Ardbeg Day! Not the Drum, but a throwback to another special dram; the Lord of the Isles.
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Kavalan’s Vinho Barrique still holds a special place in my heart, hitting the scene with a bang in 2015, taking home the title of world’s best single malt at the World Whiskies Awards. Vinho is fully matured in used American oak wine barrels (red and white) that are shaved, toasted and recharred.
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