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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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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it’s officially whiskey season at residence 41 i love the holidays happy holiday season farfam started cookin for tomorrow, in all the ways!! 🤣 here we have some elijah craig single barrel 18yr with a lil ice, overly melted cuz it’s hot in the kitchen, gotta hydrate 🤷‍♂️ i bought this bottle for like $50 (give or take) at Binnys years back , maybe the best buy i’ve ever had booze-wise. delicious. 👌

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𝗔𝗿𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗦𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗶𝘁 𝟮 Evernorth Spirits ᴅᴇᴛᴀɪʟꜱ 12 Year Bourye (MGP) • 108% • $95 ɴᴏꜱᴇ Brown sugar. Honey. Floral vanilla. Purple bag of Skittles. Red berries. Bright nose. Rudolph. ᴘᴀʟᴀᴛᴇ More brown sugar. Baking spices. Nutmeg not cinnamon. Burnt sugar - think crème brûlée, not off-putting but a pleasant bittering agent. Great viscosity. No off notes. Letting it sit brings out additional sweetness. ᴛᴇxᴛᴜʀᴇ Mouth-coating without being chewy. Syrupy. ғɪɴɪsʜ More fall spices and tons of oak. Long finish. That pleasant bitterness. Reminiscent of pecan shell (a fond memory for me). ᴠᴇʀᴅɪᴄᴛ 8.8/10 off the neck pour. Likely will open up into a monster. Stoked for this bottle.

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Big variety tasting of Asiatic /whiskey. The most impressive and differentiated to me was the Shibui 8 year Sherry cask finish: very umami / forrest mushrooms + dry sherry yeastyness & what I describe as "sweet rubber" The cab sav finished Rampur was also a great expression of a red wine finished whiskey. Reminds me of Starward Twofold. As for the others: kinda forgettable, I can find cheaper substitutes.

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Goal reached! SLB raised a total of $1.02M for Riley Children's Hospital, with 400k+ coming from the raffle. Thanks to anyone who donated/bought tickets. If you did buy raffle tickets, comment or DM with proof. I also won a bottle in the raffle with one of my tickets: a Weller 12!

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EH Taylor Barrel Proof 🥃 🤌

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