Welcome to Day 11. Today we have not strictly a whisky but a German product in the idea of whisky. They started with a smoked beer and distilled it down to make today’s product. If you with us last year we have a similar product from two brewers but they started with a stout see…
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Day 1 — Kings County Distillery – Peated Bourbon
Day 1. As those of you that have been on this journey can attest i like to have some fun in the calendar and especially with day 1 and when we encountered today’s dram we knew it needed to be first. While not strictly a whisky as we don’t know the exact age statement we…
Day 16 — Suntory Toki
Day 16 we are off to Japan for a lighter dram this time and I think this fits the bill quite well. So lets tuck in and enjoy Story On 1st February 1899, Shinjiro Torii opened a store in Osaka, he named it the Kotobukiya Liqour Shop. Shinjori had a passion for Western drinks and…
Day 14 — Cadenhead Linkwood 2006
Day 14 today we return to Cadenhead this time with a lovely number from linkwood not much to say so enjoy. HISTORY It was 1842 when George Duncan founded a vintner and distilling agency in Aberdeen. The business flourished under his ownership and a decade later, he invited his brother-in-law, William Cadenhead, to join him.…
Day 6 — BenRiach Peated Cask Strength Batch 1
Day 6 only one more day to do then you have finished a whole week but hey this is the end of the first row of your calendar. Yep 1 row down 3 more to go. Easy right? You got this. Enjoy Profile The BenRiach Distillery Co owns BenRiach, GlenDronach and Glenglassaugh distilleries, and offers…
Day 21 — Connemara
Day 21. Since we had Irish whisky yesterday why not continue with that. Today we have the biggest peatest Irish offering if you have never had it before enjoy for those of you that have had it before I am sure you will agree that its tasty stuff Story Cooley Distillery is nestled in the…
Day 4 — English Whisky Company Smoky
Welcome to day 4. We have a solid peated offering here this is a new for 2017 release of whisky from England’s St. Georges Distillery. The whisky is matured in Ex-Bourbon and produced with peated barley and is a good way to first encounter peat in this calendar About St George’s “St George’s is the…
Day 16 — Ileach Cask Strength
Welcome to day 16. We return again to the peated offerings and another cask strength one to boot. The Ileach Cask Strength is a mystery malt from Islay. In other words, the distillery of origin is a mystery but look closely at the label and you’ll see a couple of clues: the distillery has its own…
Day 14 — Kavalan Bourbon
Welcome to Day 14. Today is one of the whiskies that I am most excited for and is the second of our international offerings. Although not quite as good as Solist Ex-Bourbon it is still quite tasty. I hope you enjoy it, I know I will. History Kavalan Distillery was the vision of Mr. T.T.…
Day 11 — Benriach 10 Year Curiositas
Welcome to day 11. Curiositas is so named because relatively few Speyside malts are peated, especially to this degree. It is not exactly an attempt to imitate the Islay style, which often has more maritime flavors of seaweed, brine, and iodine. Instead, BenRiach seems to be experimenting with the earthy, woody aspects of peating. BENRIACH…