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#Obsidian Bases x #WhiskyAdvent status: works pretty well so far.
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Australian Whisky Advent Day 25: Double Cask from Hellyers Road Distillery, TAS #WhiskyAdvent #WhitePossum Merry Christmas Everyone
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Australian Whisky Advent Day 24: Triple Barrel Whisky from Tattarang Springs Distilling, WA #WhiskyAdvent #WhitePossum
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Australian Whisky Advent Day 23: Limeburners American Oak from Great Southern Distillery, WA #WhiskyAdvent #WhitePossum
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Just a quick snap of the final dram of Whisky Advent 2024, right as my Christmas Eve guests were set to arrive. Just posed things on the sideboard in my dining room, with the table of sweets I've been baking over the last few days in the background.
Merry Christmas!
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Another night of prep. This was taken as I was about to trim that big slab of Florentine bars in the background down into individual cookies. The dram's an expression I haven't had before from a distillery that's a nostalgic thing for me: Mortlach 21 Special Release 2020, cask strength at 56.9%ABV.
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Australian Whisky Advent Day 23: Limeburners American Oak from Great Southern Distillery, WA #WhiskyAdvent #WhitePossum
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Fully into Christmas Eve prep now, so here's today's dram with the apple-rye-brown butter blondies I just pulled out of the oven. It's Caol Ila 32 Year Old 1991 Old & Rare Platinum from Hunter Laing, 41%ABV, which went into a cask the year I graduated from college and is the second in a row that has spent more time maturing than my adult children.
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Australian Whisky Advent Day 22: Upshot from Whipper Snapper Distillery, WA #WhiskyAdvent #WhitePossum
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Makin' my Ten Spice syrup recipe on Day 21, now that I'm in prep-for-Christmas-Eve mode. The dram keeping me company is The Character of Islay Fiona Macleod 33 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky, from an unnamed Islay distillery. It's named for the pseudonym of Scottish writer and poet William Sharp (an interesting story in and of itself, told well recently on The Allusionist podcast).
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Australian Whisky Advent Day 21: Smoky Wedding Peated from Furneaux Distillery, TAS #WhiskyAdvent #WhitePossum
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Day 20's whisky with day 20's dinner: beef stew and biscuits. The whisky is That Boutique-y Whisky Company's bottling of Glengoyne 17, Batch 1, at 49.1%ABV. The beef stew and biscuits are homemade, and delicious.
Dried fruit, vanilla, orange, and cinnamon on the nose; vanilla, honey, figs, orange marmalade, and a whiff of leather on the palate; the finish gives way to walnuts, cocoa, and some woody tannins. Leans a bit sweet for me.
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Australian Whisky Advent Day 20: Waubs Original from Waubs Harbour, TAS #WhiskyAdvent #WhitePossum
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Australian Whisky Advent Day 19: Good(e) Whisk(e)y from Archie Rose Distilling, NSW #WhiskyAdvent #WhitePossum
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Come out to the coast, we'll get together, have a few laughs, crawl through an air duct, cause an explosion, maybe defenestrate a German guy… man, that was *not* the Christmas party I expected. Anyone know if bearer bonds are still valid with a little bit of char on them? Yippee-ki-yay. This fists-with-your-feet thing sure works better without the broken glass.
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#photography #whiskyadvent #whiskyadvent2024 #day19 #drinks #itsagooddayfordiehard
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Day 18 is my annual calendar signing night, apparently. The year before I started this whole whisky Advent calendar project, I began putting together photo calendars for my Scout camp's alumni association from my photography at the camp. I do all the work, sign and number the series, cover the printing, shipping, and credit card handling costs, and donate 100% of the price to the association.
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Australian Whisky Advent Day 18: Solera Muscat Cask from Spring Bay Distillery, TAS #WhiskyAdvent #WhitePossum
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Got home from the Jacques Pépin book signing/dinner tonight to dram 17, Seaweed & Aeons & Digging & Fire & Cask Strength 10 Year Old (Batch 04), a partly sherry-finished single malt from an unnamed Islay distillery @ 58.3%ABV.
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Australian Whisky Advent Day 17: Double Wood from Kinglake Distillery, SA #WhiskyAdvent #WhitePossum
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Day 16 of Whisky Advent is a mouthful: Douglas Laing's Old Particular Fanatical About Flavor Teaninch 12 year old 2009 (cask 15437), a single cask single malt. Lemon, hay, and something sweet on the nose; malty sweetness, cocoa, and warm spices on the palate with just a little bit of peat; the peat comes out a bit more along with clove and allspice on the finish. Very, very tasty tipple.
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Australian Whisky Advent Day 16: Iniquity Talamara from Tin Shed Distilling, SA #WhiskyAdvent #WhitePossum
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Lochlea single-cask Ex-Bourbon single malt at a healthy 60.2% ABV cask strength for Day 15.
I get some vanilla and green apple on the nose; more apples and pears on the palate, with some malt that lingers into the finish, which has some pepper-y, ginger-y heat from the alcohol. Nice and smooth, though, despite the strength. Lovely for a young whisky.
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Australian Whisky Advent Day 15: Coastal Stone Northeaster from Manly Spirits, NSW #WhiskyAdvent #WhitePossum
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Behind door 14 was That Boutique-y Whisky Company's Ardmore Batch 9 19-year-old single malt at 50.2%ABV. Dried fruit rule the day here: strong on the nose, with a bit of sea air and lemon; turning to toffee and fruitcake on the palate with a whiff of smoke; and fading to prunes and a bit of oak on the finish. I liked this one quite a bit, but a full bottle is spendy.
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Australian Whisky Advent Day 14: Macadamia Liqueur Cask from Cape Byron Distillery, NSW #WhiskyAdvent #WhitePossum
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Australian Whisky Advent Day 13: Straight Rye from Gospel Distillers, VIC #WhiskyAdvent #WhitePossum
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Day 13 is Glenfarclas' 25-year-old expression, finished in ex-Oloroso sherry, 43%ABV. This is the oldest of theirs I've tasted—I've had the 21 and the 15 before. Like the others, a big ol' sherry bomb. Right up front on the nose, along with vanilla, citrus, and leather; thick caramel, vanilla, orange peel, oak, and smoke on the palate; with a sweet finish that is oaky. 25 years in a barrel'll do that.
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#photography #whiskyadvent #whiskyadvent2024 #day13 #drinks #scanography
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Simple shot tonight. I try one along these lines almost every year; one day I'll figure out the lighting combination that gets me what I'm actually looking for. This is close.
The dram behind door 12 was the Kilchoman Sanaig, a NAS peated sherry-finished Islay single malt at 46% ABV.
#photography #whiskyadvent #whiskyadvent2024 #day12 #drinks
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Australian Whisky Advent Day 12: Symphony No. 1 from Lark Distillery, TAS #WhiskyAdvent #WhitePossum
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Another day that got away from me, between a late stay at the office and nasty weather traffic on the ride home.
Late nightcap also means quick photo; decided to grab a few of the analog cameras to frame things. I've always had a bit of a soft spot for Polaroids, mostly because my grandfather worked for them for years, driving a forklift around their facility in New Bedford.
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Day 9 got away from me, so a quick photo of what has turned into a nightcap. The dram is Benriach's “The Smokey Twelve”, a (minimally) 12-year-old Speyside single malt that combines whiskies finished in bourbon, sherry, and Marsala, 46%ABV.
#photography #whiskyadvent #whiskyadvent2024 #day9 #drinks
The quick photo just backlights the Glencairn glass on an old cranberry box. What can I say? I like the way the texture of this old wood comes across in a photo.
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Just had an amazing dram from the extra whisky advent calendar I picked up last year. It’s a 9-year Caol Ila single cask bottling. Weighs in at a whopping 57.6% but drinks way smoother than that. Chocolate, dark cherries, and smoke. Fantastic.
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Had this tonight from the peaty advent calendar, a Ledaig finished in Rioja (Spanish wine) casks. Delicious! Very fruity.
Adding water made the fruit notes more… fake? Kinda odd. Still not bad but much better without adding it.
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Whisky Advent Day 24: Tomatin 36 Year Old - Batch 5 (46.8%)
On the nose, fruit and spice and everything nice. On the palate, just a ton of wonderful fruit and a warm lingering spice.
Truly wonderful, and a fantastic way to finish this set.
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Whisky Advent Day 23: Ledaig 11 Year Old - Batch 15 (48%)
Nice smoke on the nose. On the palate, more smoke and spice, and maybe the tiniest touch of citrus.
Tastes like a delicious campfire. :)
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#CaolIla 9yo single cask #WhiskyAdvent sample, without a splash of water: eugh. what is this nasty, briny, peaty nonsense? no thank u, clearly peaty #whisky still ain't for me.
The same, with a moderate splash of water: whoa. this is completely different now? it's /almost/ good!
Likely the most stark change of character (nose and palate alike) in a dram from adding water, that I've yet experienced. Usually it is /far/ more subtle!
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Whisky Advent Day 15: Islay #1 10 Year Old - Batch 4 (47.9%)
Smoke and a little fruit on the nose. Palate is a nice smoke and a little citrus maybe? Pretty tasty.
A search says this is a Caol Ila and I can see it.
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Checked the ABV on a just-opened bottle of #Glenlivet 12 #Scotch #whisky, to see whether I want to prepare the water dropper.
It's 40%, to which I whispered to myself, "well, no need to add water, this practically IS water!"
In case you're wondering what the cask-strength #WhiskyAdvent calendar is doing to me 😂
(Last two advent nights have been let-downs though! https://airtable.com/shrPMBz10mwkHxSK8/tblzYWabFrOs6okta )
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Whisky Advent Day 13: Miltonduff 10 Year Old - Batch 7
Smells almost like a bourbon, oaky vanilla and sweetness. Sweet apple and spice on the palate.
I like this one a lot!
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Whisky Advent Day 11: North British 30 Year Old - Batch 6 (50.1%)
This one’s pretty light on the nose, having a hard time picking anything out.
I’ve seen “banana” in notes before but never really gotten it. This one, however, I taste banana more than anything else, and then a nice bit of spice underneath. Maybe a touch of a furniture polish sort of aftertaste. Water mellows it a bit but doesn’t change too much. -
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Whisky Advent Day 8: Longmorn 10 Year Old - Batch 3 (48.3%)
On the nose, a bit of citrus and pepper. On the palate more of that plus a touch of something I couldn’t place until I looked at some other reviews: mint.
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Whisky Advent Day 7: Teaninich 11 Year Old - Batch 2 (47.9%)
Another one that’s light on the nose, with a subtle sweetness. On the palate a nice burn, the sweetness becomes more pear-like. There’s plenty going on here, I’m just not good at picking out these notes apparently. :)
The long tail of flavor gives me a bit of a chocolate/dark caramel finish, it definitely gets more interesting as I let it sit on my tongue.
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Been skipping #WhiskyAdvent posts, but a reminder, you can easily check my Airtable. Here's tonight's, which is the most unique so far: https://airtable.com/shrPMBz10mwkHxSK8/tblzYWabFrOs6okta/viwZhQg3PPjc3csFT/recZBLahWEfIncOsn
It's #Penderyn, a #Welsh #whisky distilled by a team of women (I wonder how common this is? surely not very?) and often using Madeira wine casks. I think this one did too as it would account for the super bright/acidic/sweet flavor.
I've never tasted any whisky like this! I'll be keeping my eye on Penderyn.
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Whisky Advent Day 5: Cambus 27 Year Old - Batch 10 (50.7%)
Vanilla with a cool sweetness on the nose. Sweet honey, more vanilla, and an almost Irish pot still grassiness to it, with just the tiniest bit of spice at the end. Really nice oily mouthfeel.
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Third day of Whisky Advent, second 21-year-old expression in a row. This one is a blended Scotch from Berry Bros. & Rudd, "The Perspective Series" (the name apparently is in tribute to the photography on the packaging, which is, well, missing on these wee bottles.) 43% ABV.
#whiskyadvent #whiskyadvent2022 #drinksbythedram #day03 #whisky #islands #blendedscotch #scotch #whisky #weedram