Glenlivet 12 last night.

Baker's

Glenfarclas 12

Last night, Maker's cask strength

Willet

Good stuff!

Glenmorangie Original

Laphroaig 18

elijah craig small batch - what do you guys think? is this the best bang for the buck?

i wish i had some of the 12 year left to compare 😞

Jameson I got for Christmas, pretty good Irish whiskey, it was smooth as silk with a nice oak finish.

Which wun?

I had a lot of Blanton's instead of cough syrup last and over the weekend.

Big red VIP bourbon- 114pf LESV 5 Barrel small batch from MGP. I was trying to wait til my sinuses cleared up. I didn't get any of the fruit or sweet from the reviews on this one. Lots of spice and floral notes. Not sure if i should go buy 5 more or not. Going to try to revisit when feeling better.

Compared to a splash each of knob creek, Willett 15, and 2015 four roses ltd small. Four roses is clear winner haha

Had an old fashioned the other night made with wild turkey 101 rye. Went to one of the premier bars in the city. Overall it was pretty good, the bartender loaded up on angostura so it was nice and bitter. Did one of those fancy giant square ice cubes.

Also enjoyed some of the VIP tonight paired with a MF FdlA I still like it Nick ( saw your name on the label Bros. )

Elijah Craig small batch

Anvil?

Pot Still

I revisited the VIP bottle last night. Got a lot of the sweet caramel vanilla and sugar notes that I didn't get the first time. I'm thinking my senses were wrecked from my cold/sinuses earlier in the week. I ordered an extra case today as its a on off product. Still not picking up all the fruit though.

Edit:

also for you malt heads out there, are there any Glendronach fans? The guys on reddit are always raving about it. Astor wines had a 19yr single cask on sale the other day so I decided to see what all the hype is about. Definitely pricey but the booze is supposed to be phenomenal.

The 12 year standard expressions that are bottled before 2012 or maybe early 2013 are actually significantly older as the distillery was moth balled form like 1996-2001 or something. The current bottled 15yr (its on a hiatus so the last bottles were from like 2015 and the old juice) and 18yr are significantly older as the last distilling season in those age ranges would've been 95 or 96 or whatever so right now they contain mostly whiskey that is probably 20+ years old... unless they've been dumping barrels and tanking them. Regardless they get great reviews and consensus is its worth the price for sherried scotch lovers.

http://wordsofwhisky.com/glendronach-is-a-lot-older-than-the-label-says/ 

http://wordsofwhisky.com/glendronach-15-discontinued-for-3-years/ 

Four Roses Single Barrel

Balvenie doublewood 12 - ran outa beer.