What Wee Dram Are You Enjoying Now - Fall 2013/Winter 2014

[Max Power]

Found a pile of these Rosebank 19 G&Ms today for $85, and decided to take a chance. 2nd fill sherry hogshead. Great nose, remarkably vibrant for being almost 20 years.

[ChainWhip]

Good one Trey! That looks and sounds great - I need to book a trip back home soon...

[Old Lamplighter]

Watching the Broncos potentially lose the #1 seed in playoffs while enjoying some Redbreast 12CS

Edited December 13, 2013 by Old Lamplighter

[Old Lamplighter]

Checking out some JW Green tonite to see if I need to bunker any before it's gone....not bad, not bad at all.

[MtnDew]

Sipping on some Yamazaki 12 tonight, quite nice!

[ChainWhip]

Bruichladdich Fino Sherry Edition 1992

Edited December 16, 2013 by ChainWhip

[devillighter]

Some Clynelish 14 OB, which I really enjoy, and cracked open a Longmorn 15 OB. Cork broke, but found a replacement. Nose is a little funky right now - may just be fruitiness, the palate is very nice, sweet fruit.

[MtnDew]

Yamazaki 12 again. I poured the last of my bottle into a smaller bottle and brought it along the trip with me so thats been my dram the last few nights. I have a few bottles I bought down here but I really don't want to open them before I get back home. Oh well, the Yamazaki is quite good.

[BigRich]

Spent a little time with my Balvenie 17 RumCask.

[MtnDew]

Spent a little time with my Balvenie 17 RumCask.

Thoughts? I have not cracked mine yet but I really like the 14 year Caribbean cask.

[ChainWhip]

Thoughts? I have not cracked mine yet but I really like the 14 year Caribbean cask.

Easy fix. Just sayin'...

[MtnDew]

Easy fix. Just sayin'...

Not as easy as you think, that bottle is currently something like a thousand miles away ;-)

[BigRich]

Thoughts? I have not cracked mine yet but I really like the 14 year Caribbean cask.

I like it. It's not my favorite 17 expression but I like it more than the Carribean Cask and Duty Free Golden Casks.

[MacinJosh]

Having my first taste of Redbreast 12 CS and... I'm not sold. I really enjoy Irish whiskey as a whole and Redbreast 12 is one of my favorites. However, this CS is just not hitting the right spot for me, I get a TON of oak/wood taste along with sweetness and then the roof of my mouth goes numb. I'm no stranger to CS whisk(e)y and any sort of numbness is very atypical, in fact I think it's only happened twice before. Don't get me wrong, the nose is simply amazing, I could just sit here with my nose in this glencarin glass for hours (breathing through my mouth of course, way too strong for just nose). So much vanilla and wood present in the nose, it combines wonderfully.

I'll give this a try again when I'm back from my trip in a couple of weeks, hopefully I'm just having an off night. After all, I did drink a Pepsi and have some steak right before trying this so that could easily be affecting my palate.

Have you had the Power's John's Lane 12y? Fantastic Irish juice! Love that one. You might give it a try over the RB CS. I don't like a ton of wood or oak either (although I don't personally get that from RB CS and enjoy it). But the Power's is all sugar cookies and icing. Vanilla wafers and just a great example of a pure pot still Irish character.

[AaronWF]

Speaking of Irish, I revisited my bottle of RB 15 that has been open for over a year now and found it fantastic! I was underwhelmed by it when I first opened it, but the sherry influence is really hitting my sweet spot now. I think I like it better than both the 12yo CS and the Powers Johns Lane, both of which I enjoy with the RBCS still edging out the PJL for me. Never had them SBS, though, so I sill consider the jury out.

[MacinJosh]

Pulled out a Springer 10y, 100p compliments of AaronWF (I believe)

Nose: Wet leaves and damp, smoldering tree bark. Sweet undertones of powdered sugar and sugar cane.

Palate: Wow, a mouth full of wet dirt and soot packed together like a mud pie slaps you across the face! Excellent! That is a bold entry. Moderate ppm phenol content here as the smoke does not dominate. Very mouth-coating and oily, one of my favorite characteristics of a good Springer. It's fat and juicy. A lasting candied, sweet note on exit as this one transitions well into the finish.

Finish: The finish is all dirt and ash. Hangs around for a considerable amount of time as you find yourself licking your palate and smacking your gums like a mouth full of peanut butter. The oily residue refuses to go away.

Rating: This is one dirty dram and I dig it! Smoke and dirt and lots of it. What else do you need? But this one brings an added, welcomed sweetness that speaks to the depth and complexity of a good Springer. Right in my wheelhouse! Thanks Aaron!

[MtnDew]

Have you had the Power's John's Lane 12y? Fantastic Irish juice! Love that one. You might give it a try over the RB CS. I don't like a ton of wood or oak either (although I don't personally get that from RB CS and enjoy it). But the Power's is all sugar cookies and icing. Vanilla wafers and just a great example of a pure pot still Irish character.

[MacinJosh]

I have had PJL and really enjoyed it but remember it feeling a little weak, though to be fair it has been a good 9 months since I tried it. I need to get a bottle of my own and try it side by side.

Once I'm back home I'm going to try that RB 12 CS again to see if it changed at all.

[MyOldKyDram]

*taps*

Godspeed soldier, Godspeed.

[Max Power]

I am doing some serious tasting tonight. I'm going to start with the K&L Chieftains Mortlach 22. I'm expecting good things...

[Max Power]

I am doing some serious tasting tonight. I'm going to start with the K&L Chieftains Mortlach 22. I'm expecting good things...

Moving on to some Talisker 25 (2004). This baby is a serious dram. I'm not usually a smoke guy, but this one gets it done nicely.

Edited December 19, 2013 by Max Power

[Wryguy]

Yamazaki 18, followed now with a Longrow 7. Good times.

[Old Lamplighter]

First time out to sea with Old Paultney 12...excellent dram for the $...cannot find a thing to complain about here. Just a very nice & slightly salty, briny malt...loving it!

[AaronWF]

Pulled out a Springer 10y, 100p compliments of AaronWF (I believe)

Nose: Wet leaves and damp, smoldering tree bark. Sweet undertones of powdered sugar and sugar cane.

Palate: Wow, a mouth full of wet dirt and soot packed together like a mud pie slaps you across the face! Excellent! That is a bold entry. Moderate ppm phenol content here as the smoke does not dominate. Very mouth-coating and oily, one of my favorite characteristics of a good Springer. It's fat and juicy. A lasting candied, sweet note on exit as this one transitions well into the finish.

Finish: The finish is all dirt and ash. Hangs around for a considerable amount of time as you find yourself licking your palate and smacking your gums like a mouth full of peanut butter. The oily residue refuses to go away.

Rating: This is one dirty dram and I dig it! Smoke and dirt and lots of it. What else do you need? But this one brings an added, welcomed sweetness that speaks to the depth and complexity of a good Springer. Right in my wheelhouse! Thanks Aaron!

Well done sir! You discussed most of what I adore about Springbank. Too bad the 10/100 is no longer produced and prices throughout the line are increasing quite a bit from year to year.

I did a SBS of Talisker 25: '04 vs. '11. I'll expound in more detail in the Talisker FWotM thread when I'm not so brain-dead tired, but I will say that the 2011 had little chance against the 2004. Definitely different styles, but the elevated proof brings out energetic nuances in the '04 that the '11 cannot equal with its heavier sherry influence acting to subdue the more bracing character of the malt expressed in the '04.

[IowaJeff]

I've been enjoying my first bottle of Lagavulin 16 and the Glenmorangie Ealanta. Like them both a lot. I like the Lag16 more than Ardbeg 10 and Laphroaig 10, but I don't know if I like it $30 more. I'll probably pick one up occasionally to get my peat fix.