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  1. Rare Japanese Whisky, a 1960 Karuizawa, Heading to Auction by Sotheby’s

    A uniquely rare bottle of Karuizawa 1960 Cask #5627, known as “The Prototype,” will lead Sotheby’s Whisky &…
    #EuropeSays #Japan #JP #FredMinnick #Japanese #Japanesewhisky #karuizawa #Karuizawa1960Cask#5627 #Nightcapseries #OsamiUchibori #sotheby's #TheFredMinnickShow #ThePrototype #vodkasucks #Whiskey #Whisky #Whisky&Whiskeyauction
    europesays.com/japan/89093/

  2. CW: Alkohol
    Heute mal wieder eine neue Flasche aufgemacht - #Talisker #DarkStorm

    Ich mag ja ziemlich alles von denen, aber der etwas aggressivere, kantige ist nochmals besser als deren Durchschnitt. Schade dass ich beim Besuch auf der Insel damals dachte "hab schon mehrere Distillen gesehen, eine mehr muss nicht".

    #Whisky #Skye
  3. Getting near to the end of the monster auction haul, we're getting into the odds and ends.

    - Indri Single Malt Whisky Trini

    - Amrut Malt Gurus Greedy Angels 10 year Peated Rum Finish, which is intriguing

    - Cotswolds Distillery Single Cask Collection New Vibrations

    - Inchdairine Distillery RyeLaw - technically a Single Grain Scotch, but a rye, which is very unusual

    - Wild Turkey Heritage Single Barrel 101 Proof

    And, for a change of pace, a rum:

    - Hampden Estate Rum Great House Distillery Edition 2024. This was the last one I needed to have the complete run from 2019 through 2025, so I'm all caught up.

    #Whiskey #Whisky #Rum #Scotch #EnglishWhisky #IndianWhisky #Bourbon #Indri #Amrut #CotswoldsDistillery #Inchdairine #HampdenEstate

  4. These are a mixed bag.

    The Highland Park Whisky was included with admission to the tasting that kicked off this year's Go Whiskey Week at Julio's Liquors

    The Amrut Malt Gurus is one of the Greedy Angels. I already have the 10 Year, but I had not previously seen this Peated Sherry Finish, so that will be interesting to compare.

    And the Single Cask Nation Teaninich I grabbed after a recent gathering where we tried some Teaninich and really enjoyed it. Plus I get to support SCN and my friend Joshua Hatton.

    #Whiskey #Whisky #Scotch #SingleCaskNation #Amrut #HighlandPark #Teaninich

  5. "Take me to your leader!" The highly distinctive stills at Pulteney Distillery, Wick. Pulteney is one of only a few Scottish distilleries to be named after a person, Sir William Pulteney, the founder of Pulteneytown. More pics and info: undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/wic

    #Scotland #Scotch #Whisky #Wick

  6. Today I met up with a friend who kindly accepts shipments on my behalf when I can't ship directly to MA. He's been holding this for me for a while and today we were finally able to connect.

    The first part of the haul is from Compass Box Whisky. K&L Wine Merchants just did a new bespoke with CB, a sequel to their original 5th & Harrison release. This time they did two labels for the same release - one a new 5th & Harrison and the other Culver & Sepulveda.

    I picked up another bottle of the 2000 inaugural Hedonism. I like being able to have friends try this and see where Compass Box started, and how Hedonism evolved. Having a backup bottle makes you a little less reluctant to pour. There were only 690 of them.

    The last Compass Box is a UK release of Secrets of Smoke which came with a leather carrying bag, an envelope with 11 puzzles, and a padlock. See my previous post about the puzzles, which are frustrating me.

    I can solve all but one of the puzzles, but I have no idea what the numeric answers mean, and how they relate to the padlock - if at all. I feel like this was part of an event where there was a large puzzle these answers helped to solve, or that this auction was missing some item that would tie things together. And I can't find any information online.

    I also picked up Amrut Malt Gurus European Exclusive Ex-Oloroso Cask Lightly Peated, Cask 3822. Filled July 2015 and bottled August 2022.

    Last, but not least, I picked up the 2019 Hampden Estate Rum Great House Distillery Edition. This was the release that kicked off the Great House annuals. I started with the 2020, so this backfills the run.

    #Whiskey #Whisky #Scotch #IndianWhisky #Rum #CompassBox #Amrut #HampdenEstate

  7. Today's arrivals -

    Compass Box Whisky The Peat Monster 2008 bottling and the 2015 Cask Strength Magnum (57.3% ABV).

    Glenmorangie Speakeasy bottle Cask 9626 Bottle 129. Distilled 1990, bottled 10/09/04 at 60.2% ABV

    Amrut Malt Gurus Indian Single Malt Whisky

    #Whiskey #Whisky #Scotch #IndianWhisky #CompassBox #Glenmorangie #Amrut

  8. I've been sitting on bottles from Whisky Auctioneer for over six months as the shipping cost per bottle drops significantly as the number of bottles increases. I recently pulled the trigger on shipping and by last week everything had arrived - just in time for me to get sick. I finally opened it all tonight.

    I picked up a number of Glenmorangie. The Maltman's Special Reserve 18 year. MH Private Europe 21 Year Cask 9. 1993 Swamp Oak Single Cask. 1991 Mount Everest bottling. The Scotch Malt Whisky Society 125.27 & 125.75. Crom 16 year Westport Warlords & Warriors Edition Thulsa's Choice. And Wilson & Morgan 18 year Westport.

    Compass Box also got some love. I picked up Hedonism Maximus - the market release as I already have the LWDW bottling. Two additional bottlings of the standard Hedonism from 2018 & 2019. Canto Cask 17 & 124 - that brings me up to 8 of the 16. The Nectar 10th Anniversary release (I have the 15th). The "Double Single" original Craigellachie Hotel release from 2004. The Peat Monster 2008 bottling. And D is for Demi John.

    And then a smattering of others. A Clase Azul Mezcal San Luis Potosi. Amrut Single Malt Rye - the first ever Indian Single Malt Rye. Three Clan Denny Single Grain bottlings - Garnheath 43 year, Invergordon 47 year, and Dumbarton 48 year. Wild Turkey 13 year Distiller's Reserve. Ardbeg Smoketrails Manzanilla Edition - a second bottle as I've shared my first at a few tastings and it is getting low. And, last but not least, a non-auction bottle from Julio's Liquors, Knob Creek Single Barrel Select Rye "Si" for the Loch & Key Whisk(e)y Society.

    There were four other bottles, but those are for others.

    #Whiskey #Whisky #Scotch #Rye #Bourbon #Mezcal #Glenmorangie #Westport #SMWS #ScotchMaltWhiskySociety #CompassBox #ClaseAzul #Amrut #ClanDenny #Garnheath #Invergordon #Dumbarton #WildTurkey #Ardbeg #KnobCreek

  9. We had a cozy little gathering with just a handful of friends Saturday, with no theme other than to try some 'good stuff'. We whetted our appetites with a couple of small sample sets my wife gave me shortly after we met. 12 samples in total, just enough for small tasting pours.

    Friends brought Mehkong cane spirit from Thailand. My neighbors brought a 23 year Glen Rothes 1997 Cask Strength and a nice beer from Amory’s Tomb Brewing Co., which we used as a palate cleanser part way through the evening.

    I just kept pulling things, and in the end we went through 20 of my bottles over the course of the evening. It was an amazing night, so many good bottles.

    Not in the order we did them, in part because I didn't record the specific order and in part because I can't be arsed to try to remember:
    Wild Turkey Master's Keep Triumph
    High West Bottled In Bond rye & Cask Collection bourbon finished in Barbados rum barrels
    Glenmorangie 1987 Margaux Cask Finish, Distillery Manager's Choice bottled 2001, Cote De Nuits Wood Finish, 30 year Oloroso Cask Finish, Tain L'Hermitage 1975, Tain L'Hermitage 1978, Year of the Rabbit 23 year old, Grand Vintage Malt 1991, and Carn Mor "Celebration of the Cask" Westport (Glenmo in disguise)
    Amrut Greedy Angels 12 year, Spectrum 004, and Single Cask Single Grain
    Clan Denny 1991 Cameronbridge 29 year & 1978 Port Dundas 33 year single grains
    Copper & Cask "Roxie" rye & "French Kiss" bourbon from Julio's Liquors
    And, last but not least, Compass Box Great King Street Experimental Batch 00-V4

    There may have been a couple of other random silly things at the end... 😉

    #Whisky #Whiskey #Scotch #Rye #Bourbon #IndianWhisky #WildTurkey #HighWest #Glenmorangie #Amrut #ClanDenny #CopperAndCask #CompassBox #GlenRothes #Mehkong #Westport

  10. UPS Santa stopped by today with some auction treasures.

    First up is Glenmorangie 23 year old "Year of the Rabbit". The first 'Chinese Zodiac' bottle I've managed to grab. Still looking for 'Year of the Tiger' and 'Year of the Dragon'.

    I managed to pick up a few Compass Box Whisky bottles. A couple of Hedonism releases, MMXVI-A & MMXVI-B, both from 2016. An old school Orangerie release. And backup bottles of Experimental Grain Whisky and Julio's Liquors bespoke Rivals. They were going for well under value, and my open bottle of Rivals was nearly killed at the recent CB tasting, so I snagged it.

    And, for something completely different, Amrut Malt Gurus 2015 seven year Indian Single Rum released through Habitation Velier. I first learned of this from the great Rum Revival channel and I've been watching for it ever since.

    youtu.be/yZ-t-SLiggc?t=11m39s

    #Whisky #Whiskey #Scotch #Rum #Glenmorangie #CompassBox #Amrut #HabitationVelier

  11. Meine Range für meinen freien Nachmittag!

    Lieblinge, alle samt.

    Das vorgewärmte Rotweinglas steht bereit.

    🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🥃🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

    Slàinte!

    #britain #wales #scotland #whisky #penderyn #tobermory #glenfarclas

  12. The final day of #whiskyadvent/#SSAC2023 brings an Irish whiskey and a story of a prodigal son (perhaps accidentally) returned home. This is the end of the whiskey, but there is still a story to enjoy tomorrow.

    Christmas Eve is always a busy day for me, and today was no exception, so really just a quick photo and some quick impressions.

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    #whiskyadvent2023 #drinksbythedram #day24 #whisky #weedram #ShortStoryAdventCalendar #HingstonAndOlsen

  13. Day 22 of #whiskyadvent/#SSAC2023 has arrived, and I'm on vacation. Celebrating with today's dram and, surprisingly, a story by Chekov (of gun, not nuclear wessels) that I'm pretty sure I've read before to mark the occasion. Tomorrow I settle in for the annual Marathon of Holiday Baking.

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    #whiskyadvent2023 #drinksbythedram #day22 #whisky #weedram #ShortStoryAdventCalendar #HingstonAndOlsen

  14. Took advantage of being home during daylight to shoot day 15's #whiskyadvent/#SSAC2023 photo today, with a well-known Speyside whisky from one calendar and a short story from Deb Olin Unferth from the other.

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    #whiskyadvent2023 #drinksbythedram #day15 #whisky #weedram #ShortStoryAdventCalendar #HingstonAndOlsen

  15. Another late return from the office on Day 14 of #whiskyadvent/#SSAC2023. A wee dram and a short story once again help relax after the commute, this time from Eden Mill and Paul Cresey, respectively.

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    #whiskyadvent2023 #drinksbythedram #day14 #whisky #weedram #ShortStoryAdventCalendar #HingstonAndOlsen

  16. Got home ridonkulously late on Day 13 of #whiskyadvent/#SSAC2023, but a nice dram from Teeling and a brief, absurdist tale from Melissa Broder were a nice way to unwind.

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    #whiskyadvent2023 #drinksbythedram #day13 #whisky #weedram #ShortStoryAdventCalendar #HingstonAndOlsen

  17. Day 12 of #whiskyadvent was an outstanding tipple from Bushmills, and #SSAC2023's day 12 story of, I suppose, a failed break with the past, comes from Hilma Wolitzer.

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    #whiskyadvent2023 #drinksbythedram #day12 #whisky #weedram #ShortStoryAdventCalendar #HingstonAndOlsen

  18. Day 10 of #whiskyadvent/#SSAC2023 brings another solid Irish whiskey, and a sad short story of a woman paralyzed by the fallout from one bad decision.

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    #whiskyadvent2023 #drinksbythedram #day9 #whisky #weedram #ShortStoryAdventCalendar #HingstonAndOlsen

  19. #whiskyadvent/#SSAC2023 day 8: a 22-year old Highland whisky on the posh side, and a short story that paints what feels like an intensely personal vignette by Lydia Conklin.

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    #whiskyadvent #whiskyadvent2023 #drinksbythedram #day8 #whisky #highland #weedram #ShortStoryAdventCalendar #HingstonAndOlsen

  20. Day 7 of #whiskyadvent/#SSAC2023 offered up the 15-year-old expression of Redbreast single pot still Irish whiskey, and a short story by Thomas King set against the backdrop of the horrors of the Residential Schools in Canada.

    #whiskyadvent #whiskyadvent2023 #drinksbythedram #day7 #whisky #irish #weedram #ShortStoryAdventCalendar #HingstonAndOlsen