More info at https://flaviar.com/noble-oak/noble-oak-double-oak-bourbon/

This one is an Ohio bourbon.

This was a bit weird since the most prominent aroma was dill pickle. The flavor was great – lots of oaky vanilla and leather. But the aroma was kind of off-putting. With just a touch of water it softened and bloomed with the more woody oaky aroma.

I would very much like to try this more.

Day four on the whiskey advent calendar is Starward. Two fold Australian double green whiskey.

More info at https://flaviar.com/starward/starward-two-fold-double-grain/

It tastes like a rye to me with just a little bit of the bourbon corniness. It’s got a lovely spice. And I’m smelling maybe pineapple in the nose but it’s a little hard to tell. Anyway it’s something tropical fruity.

I definitely would be interested in trying this again. Very yummy.

Heavy on the peat (it’s in the name after all) and lots of barrel flavors. I don’t think I’ve ever had an Israeli whiskey before. This was a good first one for sure.

More at https://flaviar.com/milk-honey/milk-honey-elements-peated-single-malt-whisky

More detail at https://flaviar.com/catoctin-creek/catoctin-creek-roundstone-distillers-edition-rye-whisky/

Day 2: a Catoctin Creek Rye. Very spicy/peppery in the nose. Lots of fruit in the mouth. The tasting notes suggest marmalade, and I can definitely taste that. I did *not* taste the strawberry that was suggested.

I don’t know that I’d buy it again, but it was very nice.

Day one is a Wyoming whiskey small batch bourbon. The booklet promised caramel, vanilla cream, butter, and floral.

It’s a lovely pale gold color. The nose is grassy and a touch perfumey. I do indeed smell the butter and caramel. Not so much the vanilla.

It is a bourbon, so it has a bit of the corn flavor, but not as strong as in some bourbons. So I guess that means that they were heavier on the barley.

Anyways, it is very nice, and a great start to what I’m sure will be a wonderful month.

More details and notes at https://flaviar.com/wyoming-whiskey/wyoming-whiskey-small-batch-bourbon-whiskey/

I’ve wanted one of these – a Whisk(e)y Advent calendar – for years, but this is the first year that Kentucky has permitted shipping whiskey into the state. So, I’m pretty excited about this! Hopefully I’ll post one of the bottles each day until Christmas. Stay tuned!

Bloody awful. 2 bottles of ringboree.

With steak and green beans. Delish. 30 b.o.r.b.r. at least. Mmm.

Mendoza Argentina.

Always wonderful even when I spill it because there’s a fly in it. Gah!

36 bottles of RingBoRee

@HaraszthyWinery 2017 Bearitage Lodi old vine Zinfandel.

Always a solid choice. 32 bottles of Ringboree (on our 40-bottle scale).