Day 8 has arrived and out of the darkness with a bang this beer will help pickle that liver for you and forget all those nasty secrets that Cerberus tried to hide you from.
Brewery: Lighthouse
Name: Depthcharge 2021
Untapped: https://untappd.com/b/lighthouse-brewing-company-depth-charge-2021/4577421
ABV: 10.7
Type: Scotch Ale
Welcome to day 7. To celebrate the completion of the first week of calendarness we have for you a lovely sherry bomb as who dose not love that. This whisky is so amazing we don’t even know what more to say lets dig in
Country: Scotland
Age: 10 years
ABV: 58.8%
The Adelphi company traces its origins back to 1825 and the establishment of Adelphi distillery in the Gorbals district of Glasgow. Adelphi was founded by brothers Charles and David Gray, who changed its name to Loch Katrine Adelphi after a vast pipeline was created to carry water from Loch Katrine to the city of Glasgow. The distillery began to use this water source during the 1860s, and the change of name took place in 1870.
A decade later ownership of the operation passed to A Walker & Co, who owned large distilleries in Liverpool and the Irish city of Limerick. Distilling ceased during the first decade of the 20th century after the distillery was acquired by the Distillers Company Ltd in 1902.
The Adelphi Distillery Ltd name was revived in 1993 by Jamie Walker, the great-grandson of former distillery owner Archibald Walker. He operated Adelphi as an exclusive independent bottling operation before selling it to Keith Falconer and Donald Houston in 2004.
Tasting NotesNose: Sherry perfume, Brown sugar!, cinnamon brioc, pastries
Taste: Sweet sheery, peaches,
Finish: Short, earthy, licking a fresh stave, raw oak, browned ground beef
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Day 7 has arrived and we suppose it is time so satisfy all you hop heads with some IPAness but true to its name there some lovely dark malt hiding just under the covers of this beer protecting the gates to the underworld Cerberus will protect the memories of last week with keeping you out of snooping too far ahead to upcoming beers
Brewery: Wolf
Name: Cerberus
Untapped: https://untappd.com/b/wolf-brewing-company-cerberus/1124474
ABV: 8.8
Type: Imperial IPA
Welcome to day 6. From the wilds of this years BCL premium release party we present to you a fun and experimental whisky from Tomatin under the name of Cu Bocan. Today’s whisky was aged in Stout & Moscatel Casks witch are both tasty options so this would totally explain why its really quite tasty. So with out much more to say lets drink up
Country: Scotland
Age: NAS
ABV: 46%
Although the first manifestation of Tomatin only ran between 1897 and 1906, its reopening under new management in 1909 saw the start of a remarkable journey which would culminate in this remote Highland outpost in between Aviemore and Inverness becoming the largest malt whisky distillery in Scotland.
Its expansion (and contraction) mirrors accurately the mood of the industry: from two stills to four in 1956, four to six in ‘58, an upping to 11 in ’61 and then in 1974 the most dramatic expansion of all, with 12 stills being installed, bringing the total to 23 and overall capacity to 10m litres per annum.
It couldn’t last. Even in 1974 the first indications of a downturn in Scotch’s fortunes were being noticed. Tomatin never ran at full capacity and in 1986 went into liquidation.
The site was saved however by two of its Japanese bulk customers, Takara Shuzo and Okura & Co [Okura’s stake was taken by Marubeni in 1998], making it the first Scotch distillery to be under Japanese control.
There has been a slow but steady recalibration ever since. The company bought blending firm J&W Hardie in 1997, adding the prestigious Antiquary blend to its portfolio. Eleven of the stills were taken out of commission in 2000 and today only 2m litres are produced from six wash and four spirit stills.
The other major change has been a shift in emphasis from bulk supply to single malt (as well as Antiquary) – again Tomatin is mirroring the market’s continuing evolution. The single malt range has been widened in terms of age statements and introduced a peated variant, Cu Bocan.
Tasting NotesNose: Espresso beans, red apples, roasted barley and shortbread.
Taste: Buttered apples, walnut, cedar, dark chocolate bitterness and a hint of prune.
Finish: Summer berry tart with a drizzle of chocolate sauce. Subtle whiffs of smoke.
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Welcome to day 6. It seams appropriate to remind your self that event after the weekend is over there is another one to come and beer is a good way to remind us. Put on your best dancing boots and strut on into today’s beer
Brewery: Rare Barrel
Name: Yee-Haw Friday
Untapped: https://untappd.com/b/the-rare-barrel-yee-haw-friday-2020/3863700
ABV: 7.2
Type: Sour
Welcome to day 5. Today we have some of the limited cask strength whisky from our good friends at Okanagan Spirits. Each hear they release a little more whisky in a lottery of sorts and once again we present to you our collected offering for the year. There are not a lot of good and established distilleries in BC and as such if you make a good product we feel it is important to help spread the good word so lets all drink up then if you are feeling so inclined why not head over to there site okanaganspirits.com and pick yourself up something tasty. We have secret fun planned with them in the years to come so we do hope you do enjoy
Country: Canada
Age: 3 years
ABV: 56%
Okanagan Spirits Craft Distillery is Western Canada’s original craft distillery, dating back to 2004. The distillery sprung from the idea of using 100% locally grown fruits and grains to make premium, world-class spirits just a tractor-ride away from the orchards and fields where the base ingredients were grown. BC’s original farm-to-flask distillery now offers a selection of more than 30 internationally awarded spirits ranging from Single Malt , BRBN Bourbon-Style, BC Hopped, and BC Rye Whiskies, to Gins, Vodkas, Fruit Liqueurs and Brandies, to Aquavit and even Taboo Genuine Absinthe.
Nose: Mystery Spices, Cedar, engine grease, salty sea spray, banana
Taste: Liquorice, Like grandmas house smells, Banana bread,
Finish: Cask Strenght, Spiced Liquorice, more banana bread but with cinnamon,
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Day 5 what kind of beer selection dose not have a Quadrupel in it not not this one we tell you and with flavor abound you will forget about all that silly little percentage.
Brewery: Brasserie de l’Abbaye du Val-Dieu
Name: Grand Cru
Untapped: https://untappd.com/b/brasserie-de-l-abbaye-du-val-dieu-val-dieu-grand-cru/352
ABV: 10.5
Type: Belgian Quadrupel
Welcome to day 4 from the mean streets of Vancouver we bring you Odd Society’s Commodore batch #254 bottled exclusively for the strath and your gullet. When ever possible we try to high light “local” distilleries to help ensure that the we continue to have access to good products and Vancouver is close enough for most of us that I could simply be a day trip to help promote local businesses so if you enjoy today’s whisky we encourage you to do so.
Country: Canada
Age: 4 years
ABV: 53%
Located on Powell Street in East Vancouver’s port district, Odd Society is dedicated to combining Old World distilling traditions with New World ingredients and ingenuity to create a family of spirits including whiskey, vodka and gin.
Founder and Distiller Gordon Glanz holds an MSc in brewing and distilling from Heriot Watt University in Edinburgh, Scotland where he experimented with distilling whiskey using raw grains and commercial enzymes. After finishing his MSc, Gordon spent a week at the Whisky School at Springbank distillery in Campbeltown.
Now back in his home town, Gordon is applying his penchant for experimentation and knowledge of tradition within the Odd Society, which he operates alongside his wife, Miriam Karp.
Tasting NotesNose: Nail polish, Sherry, rubber tires, green marker, papaya, blooming evening flowers
Taste: vinyl toys, play dough, unripe apples
Finish: Dried fruit, burnt rye toast, dandelions
Day 4 straight out of Escondido, California if you like coffee and/or hot chocolate than this will be your beer as this should have plenty of both heck we would say that this is a breakfast beer and a evening beer at the same time so much tasty
Brewery: Stone
Name: Xocoveza
Untapped: https://untappd.com/b/stone-brewing-stone-xocoveza/1311232
ABV: 8.1
Type: Stout – Imperial / Double Milk
Welcome to day 3. Today we have a bottle from a undisclosed distillery by our good friends at Hunter Lang. Scarabus, meaning ‘rocky place’ in Old Norse, is named after a mystical area of Islay. Produced by an undisclosed distillery on the legendary isle of Islay, this expression is aged in a combo of refill, ex-bourbon and virgin oak casks, and bottled up after a decade of maturation and we think those are years well spent lets all enjoy it together
Country: Scotland
Age: 10 years
ABV: 46%
Hunter Laing & Co was established in 2013, when the brothers Fred and Stewart of Douglas Laing & Co decided to split the company assets and operate their own independent bottling operations. While Fred Laing was joined by his daughter Cara, Stewart Laing’s two sons Andrew and Scott were recruited to the new firm.
As a young man Stewart Laing learnt about the whisky business at Bruichladdich distillery on Islay when it was in the ownership of A&B Grant & Co, then working for Stevenson Taylor & Co, a wine and spirits company, gaining greater experience of the commercial side of the Scotch whisky industry.
He then joined the family company of Douglas Laing & Co, initially being involved in the bottling side of the operation, before accompanying his father Fred on sales trips to the firm’s key blended Scotch markets in Asia and South America. Following the death of Fred senior in 1982, Stewart and his brother Fred ran the business until 2013, moving away from the export blend market to concentrate on specialised single malt bottlings.
In 2016, Hunter Laing & Co. revealed plans to build its own single malt distillery on Islay to meet rising demand for peated Scotch whisky. Ardnahoe distillery, situated on the island’s east coast, filled its first cask of whisky on 9 November 2018, and opened to the public the following April.
Tasting NotesNose: Softly smoke, hints of new leather, toasted brioche
Taste: Golden syrup, vanilla, rumblings of peaty smoke, crushed peppercorns
Finish: Sweet peat, floral freshness.
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