So, what are you drinking now?

@RianC, wow, your second bottle of Glenfarclas 12 within, what, a few months? It took me about 6 years to finish off my first bottle of that one, and there has not been a second. I guess that's what happens when you have just a few bottles open at a time.

@RianC Spring for the 15 if you see it. Probably the best value in the 'Farclas lineup I think @Victor has knocked that one off in a lot less than 6 years. Mine never last 6 months.

@BlueNote, true dat. Hard to drink down the 12 yo...hard not to drink down the 15 yo.

@BlueNote, @Ryan, @Victor, the G'farclas 15 YO is prone to RAPID EVAPORATION. I opened a bottle not long ago and it is nearing empty.

@paddockjudge, yeah, that evapouration is killer!

@Victor Thanks for the link, I totally agree what you and many other have said and done. In my case having 15-20% Uigeadail diluted with cheap Jameson not only vastly improve the standard Jameson, it allows me to enjoy the unique Islay spice and peat/smoke instantaneously without any "build-up process" (normally I always sip through other "easy drams" first before Uigeadail or other high ABV high phenols power house). In a way I was using Jameson as filler to achieve some level of Islay style enjoyment at economical scale.

To all my fellow Ontario Connosr members: Happy repeal day!

Liquor has now been legal in Ontario for 91 years, and to celebrate that fact I'm having a pour of Canadian Club 20 YO in a Canadian Glencairn. Cheers!

@cricklewood the Dissertation is coming around. Then again, maybe it was the way I initially approached it. The nose is a deconstructed Finnish spice cake, prepared in a maple forest. Each element on the nose has a singular identity. Palate of baking spices, cardamom, crispy pear , orange rind and pepper. It has just a pinch of sugar. Long rye spice pepper drying finish. A Spiegelau whisky glass is great for nosing The Dissertation.

@fiddich1980 I'm glad you're enjoying it more,it truly is a well crafted whisky, I would love to see more of this kind of release available regularly. I'm going to wait to crack another bottle, I have Lot 40 CS in line first.

@cricklewood Lot 40 was the first whiskey that teased me back into Canadian whiskey. The Lot 40 CS is - Elegant.

@cricklewood @fiddich1980

I'm still on my first bottle of Dissertation with a couple in the bunker. I don't drink many bottles quickly. I'm surprised there are still some of these available in Ontario.

This was part of a trio of Wiser's (U52 and Legacy) that I "studied" carefully last spring, when I finally "got" Canadian whisky.

@Victor - It was the 15 I recently finished off, probably more than two years since I had the 12. As it happens I essentially got the bottle for free as it was a replacement for the last bottle I bought whose cork completely crumbled.

I quite liked the 12 last time out but it isn't a patch on the 15 though.

@paddockjudge @BlueNote - no, the 15 didn't last long at all! That evaporation is a killer, even in the midst of winter!

@fiddich1980, yeah those early lot 40 releases were a revelation, I went through a few of those and the Wiser's small batch back in the day.

@Nozinan, I hear you, the only reason I burned through that first bottle so fast, is that I shared it with everyone that would listen to me wax on about it. I too am shocked there's so much left but I think that's due to the frenzy around the NBC release and it's price point, which I consider fair but is perhaps high in comparison to a lot of other Canadian whisky.

I sat down last night with two glencairns in front of me - my plan was to compare the two different batches of Springbank 12 CS that I have: Batch 6 (Jan 2013 53.1%, and Batch 14 (Jan 2017 54.2%). I sniffed, and I tasted, and either my heart just wan't in it or my palate was disturbed by the Moroccan lamb dish I had for dinner. They were so much more alike than what I recalled when trying them separately. The 2017 has definitely taken more time in the opened bottle to really start to reveal itself. So, I'll just leave my tasting notes the same as the review I did a while ago connosr.com/springbank-12-year-old-cask-st…

@Hewie Might have been the spices. Try again another time. As Alton Brown often says: "your patience will be rewarded".

Just getting acquainted with a recently purchased and now opened bottle of 10 year peated Bunnahabhain (SMWS 10.118) "Enthralling pink and peat intensity". After spending the first 9 years in an ex-bourbon hogshead, it was finished the final year in a first-fill Port barrique cask. Wow! It is so perfectly balanced. Can’t wait to see what a little air does to this one!

@bwmccoy that looks and sounds fantastic

Those SMWS people know how to pick 'em.

@Hewie - Sounds like a (potentially) fun evening! I find that strong currys or dishes heavy on the garlic kill my tasting of whisky. Well, I may squeeze a blend or two in

A Green Spot after an organic bitter with dinner from St Peter's brewery (Norfolk). Getting better with time and air as, I think it was, @Victor said it might.

Will follow that with a Talisker 18. This one is very suspect to the effects of evaporation it seems!

I’m at my in-law’s place for dinner. I killed my bottle of Black Barrel and I’ve moved on to Four Roses Small Batch. The latter got much better with time. The rye character became much more pronounced. Yummy.

@RianC my high school librarian, an unapologetic socialist from Yorkshire, was named Peter. When he came over to our home once I bought some St. Peter's beer in a sort of Ironic honour. He was an atheist and also irreverant.

@Nozinan As an irreverent atheist myself, I still enjoy beers such as “La Maudite” (the damned), “Eau Bénite” (Holy Water) and “La fin du monde” (The end of the world, or Judgment Day, if you want a less literal translation) completely without irony. Beer and whisky are completely agnostic, insofar as I can tell.

@Nozinan - I think all Yorkshire men are unapologetic, socialist or otherwise But being a Lancastrian I would say that! lol

Yorks is a big county (for England) and, whilst it pains me to say it, won more medals at the London Olympics than many a nation all combined. Which, of course, they were very keen to point out ha ha!

@Hewie and @BlueNote - Thanks! Yes, the SMWS does a great job with their cask selection. For me, peat + port = perfection, so my expectations were pretty high. Not only was I not disappointed, I was blown away by how perfectly balanced everything in this dram was.

Yesterday, at my brother-in-law's house for Easter dinner, he opened up an 8 year (July 2008) Ardmore (SMWS 66.107) "Enjoy the ride!" from a refill barrel. Nose was sage roasted pork, lemon, rosemary and chili flakes. The palette was hot, ashy and minty. This went really well with the beef brisket that he slow cooked / smoked for 6 hours on his grill.

@OdysseusUnbound I see you are an Unibroue fan.

@Nozinan My best friend, who I rarely see these days, got me hooked on their stuff years ago.

I’m having some Redbreast Lustau Edition while making dinner. Very friendly stuff.

Having a bit of Highwood Ninety while watching Jessica Jones on Netflix. The show appears sponsored by Tincup Whiskey, as that is all Ms. Jones seems to ever drink. I've never had it myself, but I hear it's a scrappy little whisky so I'm curious.

As for my own pour... This is the second time in as many servings that I'm underwhelmed by this bottle. I loved my last one, so I'm slightly wondering if there's some batch variance at play here.

Had enough time in between supper date and work to catch the weekly on-store tasting at the SAQ.

Had the following line-up: -JW wine cask (not bad nose, a bit sour wood/fruit profile on Palate) -JW red rye cask (like a bad bourbon attempt for the $ get an actual quality bourbon) -Johnnie Walker Blue Ghost & Rare (great nose and arrival, crashes on finish, overhyped) -Highland Park Full Volume (good not mind blowing but worth a re-visit -Smokehead blended whisky Rock edition. (kippers, oysters, and ashy as f@ck..this brings the peat indeed)

A fun session. Now for some Ramen