My wife got me this for the upcoming holiday season. Waiting until December is going to be hard! A bunch of stuff in here that I’ve never tasted before, including a couple (hopefully; actual contents could vary depending on availability/supply) that have been at the top of my “must try” list: Kilchoman Loch Gorm and Ledaig 10.

Are you planning on opening a special bottle (or two, or three, or more…) for the upcoming holiday season? I’d love to hear what you have in mind!

  • @[email protected]M
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    211 months ago

    To start with, my buddy and I have a holiday tradition of sharing the Whisky Exchange’s holiday blend. I get the feeling we will find excuses for plenty of other bottles as well though - nothing beats a dram to warm you up on a cool fall night. Let us know how the advent calendar works out for you.

    • @MarrukOPM
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      211 months ago

      I’m hoping I can stay focused enough to do a brief review of my thoughts on each one. It won’t be a full review, because I find that I can focus on trying to identify tasting notes, or I can focus on enjoying the dram, but not both at the same time. Given the sample sizes I’ll be focusing on enjoying them :)

      That holiday blend sounds delightful! I can’t wait for my next trip to Europe; I feel like I completely wasted my first trip to the Whisky Exchange (except for the Laga Special Release 2021 the clerk recommended).

  • @AlchemyM
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    211 months ago

    It’s the time of the year that we allow ourselves to enjoy High West’s A Midwinter Night’s Dram. We heavily ration it.

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      11 months ago

      A limited release of High West Rendezvous Rye finished in both Tawny and Ruby Port barrels.

      They had me at “port barrels”!

      • @AlchemyM
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        211 months ago

        They released a “white port” special edition last year called “The Encore” in addition to their annual standard release. It is amazing, so much stone fruit. Only way I was able to get it was by going to the distillery release date and camping out all morning.