Whiskey Thread • Page 8

amen, im loving this bottle of Laphroaig i got for xmas

 

Jack Daniels one love

 

Having some Knob Creek tonight

 

Celebrating the end of sober February with a glass of Snitchin Lady. Delicious stuff.

 

Got this as a gift, pretty solid stuff. Subtle but kinda bitter and sweet at the same time.

 

I need to try some wheated whisky

 

Oh I like this news

U.S. suspends tax on Scotch whisky, other U.K. products that were part of Boeing-Airbus fight

 

Awesome! I was aware Biden was being lobbied, this is huge for whiskey producers. Bourbon exports were down like 33% in 2020. This is great news for the industry.

 

Unfortunately it will take awhile for the current inventory to sell but hey, that's just an excuse to buy more whisky

 

A fellow scotch guy on Instagram offered to send me a bunch of free samples. We had a zoom call yesterday where he showed me his collection in his cellar and told me the stories behind some of the bottles. It was cool to listen to him nerd out about it. He also had a couple of "family only" bottles like the Bruichladdich Black Art and a Balvenie 21 Yr.

Here's what he's sending me:

Aberfeldy 18
Glenfarclas 21
Benriach 10
Bruichladdich Classic Laddie
Bruichladdich Bere Barley
Bruichladdich Port Charlotte 10

Bruichladdich is his favorite distillery and I've never had any of their stuff, so I'm stoked to try it.

 

Whiskey Wednesday

 

Love all the activity in here, guess I should post more too haha. I’ve done a couple barrel picks lately I’m really excited about.

Had a friend who owns a store hit me up last minute to drive down to Firefly Distillery (Charleston SC) a few weeks back. They are owned by Sazerac and have barrels sourced from Buffalo Trace. We tasted four barrels that were around 7 years old and ended up picking two.




Then, last week after well over a year of working on it, I finally got some samples for a pick of Jack Daniel’s Barrel Proof for a club I’m in. We weren’t able to go to the distillery due to Covid, but the samples were killer. It’s pretty highly allocated, but somehow they let us take two barrels. Should be bottled in a few weeks!

 

Beautiful bottle!

So cool. I've always wanted to visit a distillery. One day I'll get over to Scotland.

 

i don't know a ton about whiskey but Bully Boy is a boston local distillery and they make a very nice one

American Straight Whiskey — Bully Boy Distillers

 

Does my wife have more plants or do I have more whiskey? You decide.

(she has more)

 

Solid collection of both

 

Picked up some of the No. 9 Reserve. It’s maybe the spiciest rye I’ve ever had. I can’t wait to make cocktails with it.

 

Haven't really tried much rye tbh

 

Very late to the distillery chat, but just want to say when I did our local distillery tour the barrel warehouse was the single greatest smell I have ever experienced. I would do another tour just for that.

 

OOGUHDOLL

 

Trying this at the distillery this weekend it was very, very spicy. Adding a splash of water to this last night did the trick and makes for a great sipping cup.

 

Been really into rye lately. These are a few I've enjoyed if anyone is getting into rye or wants some (perhaps) new suggestions.
Resurgens Rye — ASW Distillery
Spirits | Wilderness Trail Distillery
Double Rye!

 

Enjoying some bulleit with my bb-8 ice

 

Hell yeah. I had some Bulleit for the first time a few weeks ago and really liked it. Also that is a sick glass!