So, what are you drinking now?

after a weekend of babysitting, i'm reaching for something cask strength tonight - amrut intermediate sherry, one of my favourites at the moment. man, this bottle is going quick....

Buffalo Trace White Dog Mash #1 - AKA bourbon new make!

Wild Turkey Rare Breed. Good value. Nice oaky bite.

@RobertH welcome to your 51st orbit! I am only a few months ahead of you. May this orbit day be your best ever!

Old Forester Signature 100 Proof, while baking a Pecan Bourban Carrot cake (which also contains about 1/2 a cup of the same).

Buffalo Trace 45% abv. in the 375ml. bottles and it's quite good! All the 750ml. are gone here in Aust.and the new shipment is 40% abv. No thanks, I'll stick with the 45% abv. 1/2 bottles and when they're finished, I don't know; maybe W/T Rye 101 which is not a bad 'drop'. It's a shame, really, the B/T 45% was a great every day east drinking Whiskey - I see some Beam products are down to 37% abv....come on!

Isn't it a legal requirement for Bourbon to be 40+ ABV?

@Sroberts86 Not in Oz. Crazy isn't it.. it's a bourbon liqueur!

@Sroberts86 It's REALLY sad. I actually double check every time I buy a bourbon over here to insure it's sitting at 40+%. I dread them ever doing it to single malts.

Last night, I had a glass of Parker's Heritage Collection 4th edition while having an enjoyable conversation with 'Victor' and 'Dramlette'. At some point soon, I will have to open the 5th edition that has been tempting me from the cabinet, since I bought it over five (!) months ago.

My current favorite over-the-counter whisky: Laphroaig Triple Wood.

I am doing lots and lots of giggling right now as I'm going to be drinking two different Rosebanks, a Talisker 57 North and whatever else yummy whiskies catch my eye tonight while at dinner with my lovely wife! mmmm new whiskies! urrrrrrh (Homer Simpson nois!)

Can't 40% ABV is the legal minimum for Scottish Whisky. Mind I was told that about bourbon too, but perhaps putting liquer or such on the label gets around this. @SquidgyAsh

@Sroberts86, 40% ABV is the minimum legal ABV for bourbon WITHIN THE US. For some reason, it is diluted more than that for sale in Australia. I don't know of anywhere else where bourbon is sold below 40% ABV other than in Australia.

@Sroberts86 The label doesn't say "liqueur" at all; @Victor is correct, it's still called Bourbon in Australia and can legally be as low as 37% ABV. And why wouldn't the (especially large) bourbon makers take advantage of that to increase their profitability? Unfortunately the average bourbon drinker here (where Jim Beam at 37% can be the "norm") doesn't know any better. The craft bourbons and most self-respecting manufacturers still bottle at 40% ABV or better nonetheless, it's only a few of the larger brands that don't adhere to that "bottom line".

@Sroberts86. @Systemdown & @Victor even worse is if you look into last years whisky bible page 285, Cougar Bourbon which sits at 95, Australia only is awarded a 95! I was so frustrated when I saw that. A friend of mine who helps run a distillery here in Western Australia just did the first batch of bourbon in Australia (WA maybe? Not sure if it's Australia wide) and the first thing I said when they offered a bottle was what is the abv? I won't buy any bourbon under 40% for principles sake.

So frustrating!

Auchentoshan Three Wood, while planning the logistics for our upcoming tasting event.

Just opened my Old pulteney 12! Lovely!

Benriach Arumaticus Fumosus. Damn I like this distillery!

Cold night in Chicagoland I think a Ardbeg 10 yr will fit the bill.

Yesterday I had my first dram in a few weeks after a health imposed whisky exile. Celebrated with a Lagavulin 12 2010...a wonderful way to break the whisky fast. Tonight I might do a side by side with some longrow cv and a sample of longrow 14 from a friend.

Amazing how much I missed whisky in only a few weeks...

Enjoying one of the last few drams of a sweet lovely smokey bottle of Sheep Dip Old Hebridean 1990....Someday soon I'll find another like it....I hope!

Old Parr. I had to try it because I have a goal of tasting every whisky in the world. Not half bad!

@Wodha Good luck with that goal. I can't say I wouldn't do the same

Having an Aberlour 10 y.o, and i must say it is going down a treat after a long day at work...

@mosis522 That one right there is a bloody good entry level malt! It is indeed a treat, have you ever tried the Abunadh? Any batch?

@SquidgyAsh I haven't, but it is well and truly on my list to try..Only problem is the list keeps getting longer and longer!

Just finishing the first bottle of whisky my wife bought me: Glenfiddich Snow Phoenix. The whisky that she fell in love with. Mind you I still have 2 more bottles of it, but it still feels like I'm saying good bye to a bitter mistreated old friend. Hopefully his brothers will be treated much better and experience much better things in life.

Spent two weeks on the vacations in Sicily. Two weeks without a wisky! Just great local wines. Kind of missed a dram or two already) On the way back I picked up 2 bottles in the Rome airport Duty Free - Highlang Park 1998 (DF only version) and Laphroaig Quarter Cask. Was sampling both tonight. HP is very good and QC is just plain yummy! Enjoyed both! God bless DF's 1 Litre bottles!

octomore 5.1, it was.... quite peaty (as expected)