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What are you drinking tonight?

NurseDave said:
Whistle Pig 10 year - nose is floral, mint, sharp spices. Taste herbal, white pepper, grain. Whistle Pig has been on my want to try list for a long time. Glad I got a small bottle.
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Not entirely sure if they are still sourcing from ADL (I would venture a yes, at least on the 10 YO) but when I tried it I also found their liquid selection to be a little too herbal & minty for my taste as well.

NurseDave said:
Think I decided against making my Laphroaig video. I’m not the best at explaining Whisky notes and I’m sure I already know how I would rank them.
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Back when the whiskey swap subreddit was still in full swing, I always struggled with notes, especially when compared to the "professionals." Rather than rank them, have you thought about trying to blindly identify? Might be a little easier with your Laphroaig lineup, but that was something I always loved doing. Wasn't as much about trying to identify particular notes and ranking, but rather seeing if I could match what I was tasting in the glass to what I thought each bottle "should" taste like. My wife really enjoyed setting them up and seeing if I could guess correctly before showing me the answer sheet.
 
Fightingillini22 said:
Not entirely sure if they are still sourcing from ADL (I would venture a yes, at least on the 10 YO) but when I tried it I also found their liquid selection to be a little too herbal & minty for my taste as well.
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What do you think of Michter's or Pikesville. Those are two other ryes I wanted to try. I like the nice and spicy ones that give you something to think about.
 
NurseDave said:
What do you think of Michter's or Pikesville. Those are two other ryes I wanted to try. I like the nice and spicy ones that give you something to think about.
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Haven't had the chance to try Michter's. Pikesville is very good. At 110 proof it stands on its own both neat and as a cocktail (which is what I primarily used my last bottle for.) It's basically Rittenhouse aged a little longer and with a proof bump. Our local mega chain typically has store picks of Knob Creek Rye for $45 (which are often older than Pikesville and higher proof) though so that's generally where I steer when I'm looking for a higher proof sipping rye. If I didn't have such great luck with the Knob Creek Rye picks, I'd definitely be picking up Pikesville though.

For my well rye I have always and will always use WT 101 Rye.
 
Legent - got as a gift and I like it more than I thought I would. Guess I shouldn't be surprised as while I'm not a fan of Angel's Envy I love my wine finished scotches and this leans heavy in that direction.

Goes down a little too easy!

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NurseDave said:
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That was good Dave! 5 fer 5, pretty dang good!

When you read that last bit about adding twice as much water as whiskey...that’s like “what the flippety flop?!” That just sounds crazy. Just a few drops of water seems to really weaken the intensity as you noted, that seems like nuclear war overkill. 😮
 
NurseDave said:
Glen Scotia Victoriana. I remember not being thrilled with this on the neck pour. Getting come honey and vanilla on the nose and taste now.
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Oxidation helps it in the bottle. I left mine for a year after opening it (because it didn’t do anything for me ) and then when I tried it again, it had matured very nicely. All gone now
 
Had a dram of Midwinter’s Night Dram while relaxing with the cat with the rain a pouring outside.

Then tried Springbank 10 and 15. This was a good use of samples as I wouldn’t buy a full bottle of their, but they weren’t terrible.
 
Tonight I compared Highland 12, 18, and 21. Another good use of samples. There were differences; but for me the value just wasn’t there. But the 21 did smell like lovely syrup.
 
NurseDave said:
Tonight I compared Highland 12, 18, and 21. Another good use of samples. There were differences; but for me the value just wasn’t there. But the 21 did smell like lovely syrup.
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Holy smokes, that quite a numbers difference! Would you land on the 12 then normally or 18?
 
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