Day 18! from what we fee is a under served category we have a very nice barley wine from Howe Sound brewing and this beer is not just boozy its also quite tasty. Once you fight your way past the waxed lid we do hope you enjoy this beer as much as us
Brewery: Howe Sound
Name: Woolly Bugger 2019
Untapped: https://untappd.com/b/howe-sound-brewing-woolly-bugger-barley-wine-2020/4116085
ABV: 12.4
Type: Barleywine
Day 17 is here and we are sure you are all in that middle ground between thinking I can make it to the end of this calendar and I can not make it to the end of this calendar. Thankfully Goldilocks is here to help settle the debate a nice heavy beer with nice light and subtle notes. You got this. See you tomorrow
Brewery: Strange Fellows
Name: Goldilocks
Untapped: https://untappd.com/b/strange-fellows-brewing-goldilocks-2021/4261695
ABV: 8.5
Type: Belgian Strong Golden Ale
Today is day 17 and with it brings our second offering from the BC premium spirits release. There are few whiskys from France that make it our direction but this one promises to be nice and tasty we hope you enjoy. If you fell the need for more there might be a few bottles hiding in one of the stores
Country: France
Age: NAS
ABV: 40%
Founded by former ballerina turned whisky entrepreneur, Allison Parc, Brenne was started with Allison’s small life savings and a big dream to show terroir (a sense of place in the smell and taste) is possible when making great single malt whisky. She created Brenne from seed to spirit, with a third-generation Cognac maker at this family farm-distillery in the heart of Cognac, France. First released in New York City in 2012, the award-winning whisky embodies the elegant nature of its French terroir and brings a completely new style of French single malt whisky to the rapidly emerging world whisky segment.
Allison self-distributed the first bottles of Brenne via Citi Bike in Manhattan, placing the product on the shelves of the city’s top establishments and retailers. The flagship Brenne Estate Cask sold out within two months and Allison expanded distribution to 35 states, and France, over the next few years. Her second expression, Brenne Ten, was introduced in October 2015; only about 300 cases of the limited-edition 10-year-old single malt whisky are available each year.
On March 8, 2017, International Women’s Day, Allison signed a partnership deal to align the brand with distributor groups across the country. Today, Brenne is sold in all major markets and in top bars around the world.
Tasting NotesNose: Vanilla flowers arrive on the nose first, paired with pear drops and dried mango.
Taste: Brandied cherry and red rope liquorice. More vanilla, a hint of cinnamon spiciness and Nutella.
Finish: Chocolate raisins, pineapple and coconut ice.
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Day 16 has arrived and with it a country that has very few distilleries accessible to us of witch Milk & Honey is not only one but is the first one in Tel Aviv. A very unique and interesting whisky this a whisky that tasted one way immediately and then really quite different after it open up. Put your feet up spark a cigar if your into that and let the day pass you by while sipping on this whisky
Country: Israel
Age: NAS
ABV: 46%
The plans for the distillery began in 2012, after a group of entrepreneurs: Gal Kalkshtein, the owner of the distillery, along with Amit Dror, Simon Fried and Roee and Naama Licht decided to establish the first whisky distillery in Israel.
Since its establishment, the distillery’s operations were accompanied by Dr. James Swan, world-renowned whisky expert, until he passed away in February 2017.
Since the distillery’s founding, the Head Distiller has been Tomer Goren.
The distillery’s first products reached the shelves during the first quarter of 2016. In May 2017, the distillery unveiled Israel’s first ever single-malt whisky, made by its Head Distiller, Tomer Goren. Their whiskey, aged for more than 3 years, has been noted to be well-matured due to Israel’s warm climate affecting and accelerating the aging process.
Tasting NotesNose: vinyl toys, Rosmerry, plasticy, hints of vanilla, microwave popcorn
Taste: Ash tray, menthal cigarette buts, acrid forist fire, kissing a smoker
Finish: Sweet and Milky, stale campfire, 3am after a night at the bar
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Day 16. When we were picking out beers to add to this calendar we had a hard time with picking something from the moon so many tasty beers so many good memories. After much debate we went with Tuku witch simply means release witch seams fitting as this is the first release of a WhiskyDev beer calendar. We found it tasty what are your thoughts
Brewery: Moon
Name: Tuku 2021
Untapped: https://untappd.com/b/moon-under-water-brewery-pub-distillery-tuku-saison/4208098
ABV: 7.5
Type: Farmhouse Ale
Welcome to day 15. Amusingly this is a whisky that has tried 3 times to get into this calendar and kept getting bumped for other ones but this year is all about the finishes and what a tasty whisky it is. We hope you enjoy
Country: Scotland
Age: NAS
ABV: 60%
Glenfarclas means ‘valley of the green grass’, an indication of the richness of the pasture land which surrounds the distillery. Indeed, the distillery farm ran from the late 1790s until 1988. Like so many of the oldest sites, the farm buildings would have been pressed into service as a site for illicit distillation prior to the 1823 Excise Act. It took a further 13 years for original owner Robert Hay to take out a licence. When Hay died in 1865 his neighbour John Grant bought the distillery for £512. It has remained in his family’s hands ever since.
This continuity has allowed Glenfarclas to still reflect an older way of making whisky, but this willingness to retain tradition is not down to a romantic belief in the past. Glenfarclas is nothing if not a successful business.
As George Grant, sixth generation of the family says: “We have lived through 22 recessions. We make what we can afford to make, and never borrow money to make it.” During the 1980s, as the industry was cutting back on production, Glenfarclas’ was increasing. When an upturn in the market came eventually, it had the stock to sell. A balance between supplying stock for third-party blends and retention of a significant percentage for single malt bottlings has also resulted in Glenfarclas having more significant volumes of aged stocks than most distilleries. An aversion to independent bottlers using the distillery name on their (rare) offerings has also helped maintain a strong brand identity.
The retention of direct fire was done for quality reasons, not to please tourists or malt maniacs. Steam had in fact been tried in 1981, but the conclusion was that the guts went out of the new make spirit, and so direct fire went back in. After all, you need a rich distillate to be able to cope with the tannic structure and rich fruits of ex-Sherry casks.
Today, all the wood is sourced from Jerez cooper Miguel Martin and is a mix of butts and hogsheads, all ex-oloroso and made from European oak. The core range is aged in a mix of first-fill and refill. Tradition doesn’t mean a lack of innovation. Given the depth of stock, the most comprehensive of a single distillery in Scotland, in 2007 the firm released ‘The Family Casks’ – vintage releases from every year between 1952 and 1998. Today, the starting point of the range is 1954, which is no mean achievement.
Glenfarclas also claims to have pioneered the cask-strength bottling, when it launched its 105˚ in 1968, and was one of the first distilleries to open its doors to visitors (in 1973). This, and a long-term belief in single malt (rather than only selling fillings for blends) is now paying off.
In recent years an export-led strategy has seen it expand globally. It now sells in excess of 700,000 bottles annually – and at very keen prices. Glenfarclas, even at 30 years of age, represents some of the best value whisky around. The quality speaks for itself.
Tasting NotesNose: Sherry. Creamy and nutty. Honey on toast, touch of smoky coffee.
Taste: Silken, spicy and peppery oak. Almond, praline, hazelnut, dried peels, fruity. Touch of Armagnac
Finish:Long, peppery and nutty.
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Day 15 is here and with it we have some tasty tasty Dagerad and this one has peaches so who dose not like that?
Brewery: Dagerad
Name: Entropy Series No. 19
Untapped: https://untappd.com/b/dageraad-brewing-entropy-series-no-19-peaches-n-brett/4311478
ABV: 6.3
Type: Sour
Welcome to day 14. One of our favourite distilleries is Shelter Point and they are Canadian to boot so it is surprising they dont show up here more often but when they do they show up with force. Today is no exception we have for you a fantastic and tasty whisky for you to try. With that said we think its high time to dig in so lets do that
Country: Canada
Age: 5.5+ years
ABV: 47%
Established in 2011, Shelter Point Distillery is located on 380 acres in Oyster River, BC, about halfway up the eastern coast of Vancouver Island. Farmed for generations, Shelter Point remains one of the last seaside farms on the Island. We are naturally blessed with the key ingredients of exceptional handcrafted artisanal spirits: fertile fields to grow our barley, a large underground aquifer to provide naturally filtered water and crisp sea air compliments of the Salish Sea. Add in our skilled craftspeople, traditional Scottish distilling methods and state-of-art facility, and the result is a world-class distillery on the West Coast of Canada.
The owner of Shelter Point Distillery is Patrick Evans, a third-generation farmer whose family members were turn of the 20th century pioneers in the Comox Valley. In 2005, Patrick and his family purchased what was once a research farm from the University of British Columbia, part of which was originally owned by his grandfather. The move allowed Patrick and his family to implement their “farmpreneur” vision – one where farming could coexist with wildlife, humans, farming and commerce. Together with Operations Manager James Marinus and a hand-picked team, Patrick has created products that have already placed Shelter Point Distillery on the world stage.
Tasting NotesNose: super old bananas, light Floral, hidden buttery caramel, Bourbon, brown sugar, valilla
Taste: Sweet, fruitcake , apples
Finish: Banana Candy, dry candied fruit, caramel
Welcome to day 14. Ralph is a wild fermentation ale with white fir needles added during the boil and then again while its is aged in wine barrels for 18 months and finished with honey. If you are interested by any of those things we think this beer is for you.
Brewery: Ale Apothecary
Name: Ralph
Untapped: https://untappd.com/b/the-ale-apothecary-ralph/1068848
ABV: 7.75
Type: Wild Ale
Welcome to day 13 well if day 12 did not float your boat we have something more traditional but also super tasty for you its hard to go wrong for most with a Bunnahabhain smokey and inviting it draws you in like a lovers kiss. So thirsty see you all tomorrow
Country: Scotland
Age: 10 years
ABV: 46.3
Burn Stewart Distillers incorporated the Bunnahabhain Distillery Company as a dormant business to oversee the operation of the eponymous distillery it had recently acquired from Edrington.
The company is directly owned by Burn Stewart’s South African parent company, Distell.
Although Bunnahabhain distillery was constructed during a period of confidence in the Scotch whisky industry in the late 19th century, its current owner appeared over 120 years later.
William Robertson (of Robertson & Baxter) founded Bunnahabhain on Islay’s remote north east coast in 1881, in partnership with the Greenlees Brothers. The partnership was incorporated as the Islay Distillery Company Ltd the following year, and became a founding company of Highland Distillers (the precursor to Edrington) in 1887.
Bunnahabhain’s single malt whisky was always destined for blending, particularly for Robertson & Baxter’s The Famous Grouse, Cutty Sark and – eventually – Black Bottle blends.
In 2003, despite growing demand for single malt whiskies, particularly from Islay, Edrington sold Bunnahabhain and Black Bottle to Burn Stewart Distillers for £10 million. The distillery’s new owner incorporated the Bunnahabhain Distillery Company the same year to oversee its operation.
Burn Stewart itself was sold by the receivers of its Trinidad-based owner CL Financial – which went bust in 2009 – to South African drinks producer Distell in 2013.
Tasting NotesNose: roasted peanuts, cinnamon and red chilli flakes, blackcurrant and Port.
Taste: Sea salt and kippers, dark chocolate, sultanas, a touch of cantaloupe
Finish: Barley, dry smoke and pepper.
