Whiskey friends: SLB drinks is doing their annual charity raffle. Tickets are $5 and the prizes are amazing. 300 top-tier bottles including: • Pappy Van Winkle 20 year • George T. Stagg • Full Weller Rainbow set • Full Barrel • Russell's Reserve Every dollar goes directly to Riley Children's Hospital. I stake my reputation on the integrity of this. It's legit. https://slbcares.org/

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Compass Box Hedonism: very vanilla, great name, not much to see here Octomore 7.1: classic Octomore peaty nose, but a bit more 'mesquite' than classic scotch Laphroigy smoke, also banana laffy taffy. Great, but IDK if I would pay $200+ to buy a bottle for my shelf b/c I know you can get more flavor for less $.

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Breaking out the Blantons

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Just like wine, whiskey makers have overproduced supply. But I think the notion that prices won't come down is just non-economic, retailers have to pay for storage & shelf space, and eventually they will be forced to discount. https://vinepair.com/articles/what-whiskey-oversupply-means-for-industry/

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This one is a steal from Costco, I see this for $70 at KL Wines, $85 at another local retailer & $100 at Total Wine. I was actually at a Red Breast tasting on Wednesday and told them they should have brought the PX like they did last year. Tastes like dessert: figgy pudding, rasins, fruitcake.

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Happy Friday, everyone. Cheers! Prost! ¡Salud! Na zdrorov'ya! L'chaim! Kanpai! Cin cin! Sante!

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Yesterday, Jan 25th was Burn's Night commemorating Scotland's National Poet: Robert Burns, and the nomiker of the famous Bobby Burns cocktail (essentially a scotch manhattan, a Rob Roy, with Benedictine liqueur). But that's not what this post is about. Thanks to Highland Park for sponsoring Burn's night, but it was a great opportunity to highlight the lesson: older doesn't mean 'better' when it comes to whiskey. Consider the difference between Highland Park 15 and 18. The 15 is like a hybrid of Taiwanese Kavalan and Lagavulin 16 on the nose with a lighter body on the palate. An excellent dram and at MSRP of ~$125 for 750ml, it's something I would consider buying (not a steal, but not overpriced). OTOH, the 18 is the 15 but watered down into smooth nothingness. This reminds me of Johnnie Walker Blue which is designed for consumers who think "smooth = good." At $170 a bottle...don't buy it. It's honestly worth less than the 15.

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Tonight’s drink: The Hunter 2 parts rye (Rittenhouse tonight) 1 part Herring cherry liqueur 1 tsp maraschino liqueur Orange bitters Stir. Ice. Strain. Enjoy.

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Merry Christmas 🥃

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Not much of an experimental batch, but when the brother-in-law visits, I don’t have much of a choice. Much smoother than I remember it being

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A little bit of experimental batch Lux Row Rebel. Perfectly proofed at 123.4

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I always forget to add the channel ugh….

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Time for some more Octomore! All of these are $200+ a bottle and honestly, it's not insane, yes you can find better value at lower prices but these actually hold their own independent of the fancy brand (save for the last). 14.1 Taiwanese whiskey on nose, powerful electric explosion of peat on palate, like poprocks. Interestingly 750ml bottle while the others are 700ml 16.1 Smoked paprika on nose; honeyed smoke on palate. Very nice. 16.2. Sherry bomb on nose Candied nuts and rasins on palate with peat Reminds me of Redbreast PX+ smoke. I feel you could replicate with a 3:1 ratio of RB PX to Laphroaig Quarter Cask. 16.3 This is supposed to be the 'most premium' one but it kinda sucked, too mellow compared to the 16.{1,2}. I think this is the result of too much barrel aging mellowing it out.

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Stagg Jr. was so hard to find that I missed the memo that they dropped the Jr. Also, heard the taste profile is different now. We’ll see…

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Killed a (BP) colonel tonight with the familia. Happy Thanksgiving Farcaster fam.

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