Dec 12 Advent calendar
Nose: maple candy. Lots of sawdust.
Taste: peppery like a rye. Sweet. Maple candy.
Not a fan but it was interesting.
Mackmyra Swedish single malt
Egan’s 10yr Irish
Dec 11 whiskey Advent calendar.
Egan’s 10 year old Irish whiskey.
Nose: lemon and tons of honey. A hint of cumin?
Taste: more honey and orange. Peppery bite on the tongue. Long orange/honey finish that goes on for ages.
Pepper intensifies as it continues to open up. Yummy.
Darkness 8yo single malt
December 10th entry in this year’s whiskey Advent calendar which just arrived today.
Pineapple, leather, and old books in the nose. Weirdly, smells like a used bookstore. A little dusty.
Taste: a hint of orange peel. Pepper. Salt and sea air. Something bitter and undefinable.
The color is kind of a pale gold.
It has a long finish that tastes like chewing on a stick. Possibly a pencil. There is something mineral about the finish.
With a spot of water, there’s a weird citrus and herbal aroma that emerges, which is very familiar but I can’t quite place it. Finally at the very end butterscotch and caramel emerged very prominently, but only when I only had a sip left.
Bruichladdich @ Encore
Having a Bruichladdich at Encore in Vegas. It’s less interesting than I remembered it. Salt and smoke but not much more. Disappointing.
2019 Barramundi shiraz
2019 Barramundi Shiraz. Delicious and approachable. Leather and smoke and a silky mouth. Will buy again.
29 bottles of Ring Bo Ree.
The Prisoner 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon
Mmmm. So good.
Caramel and oak and leather. Almost justifies the price. This was really amazing.
38 bottles of ringboree.
Il Poggione Rosso di montalcino 2018
Earthy, leathery, and slightly yeasty at first but opening up with flowers and grass after a few minutes. It leaves me wondering if I like it. I shall come back to this in a glass or two. …
Later…
Well it’s growing on me but it’s still not a favorite. It’s just a little thin and a bit tart. 25 bottles of ringboree I think.
Day 22: Bushmills
Bushmills is always Bushmills. And I suppose if you like consistency, that’s a very good thing.
I’ve just never been much of a fan.
Day 21: Stranahan
Stranahan’s sherry cask single malt. Details at https://flaviar.com/stranahans/stranahans-sherry-cask/
Raisin. So much raisin. And chocolate.
Day 20: George Remus Bourbon
Details at https://flaviar.com/george-remus/george-remus-straight-bourbon-whiskey/
On first opening it had that weird dill pickle aroma but this quickly gave way to a LOT of cherry and brown sugar which was kind of surprising to me.
Delicious but with a bitter/sour aftertaste that I really don’t care for.