What is the next bottle you purchase or open?

@NamBeist - That's the impression I get of Ben Nevis as well and I'm also a big fan of that Springbank/Benromach 'funky' old school style. The Benromach 15 was a delight!

You know, I'm off work this week and may well open the Ben 10 in a little while . . .

@RianC I wish you a lot of fun enjoying the Ben Nevis 10 yo! And good company as well!

@RianC I did rate the Ben Nevis 10. Cracking old fashioned highland whisky. I'd say it was of similar qualities to other 10s like Ardbeg, Springbank, Benromach. I've noticed it's hard yo get hold of at times and the price is creeping up. I'd say it was worth £40-45. I wouldn't pay more than that.

A cask strength Ben Nevis 10 sounds amazing but I wouldn't pay £100 for it. Not when you can get a cask strength Springbank or Benromach for £50-60

@Wierdo - Think I paid £30 for my bottle about two years (if that) ago. Very impressed with the first drams though. Makes we want to try more of their (affordable) stuff for sure!

Saying hello to an old favourite, yes, another discontinued cask strength single malt, Glenlivet Nadurra 16 YO. This particular iteration 0712U (bottled July 2012) is my favourite of the Cask Strength Nadurra 16 YO series.

@paddockjudge Well, I couldn't pass up commenting on this post. Being a devoted fan of the 16yo Nadurra, this photo rings bell, and more than once (for two main reasons). First, I have a bottle of the 0712U currently opened. Second, I have three bottles of this batch in storage. It truly is a treasure to be savered.

@ajjarrett I have never had an open bottle of Nadurra in my home. I tasted it at @Nosebleed's home when he opened his, and liked it. I found an 0410J at the LCBO back in 2011 or 12. Since that time I have found a second bottle (the fabled 0814) and one day I will open one of them.

@Nozinan

Well, I'm sure the 16yo Nadurra isn't everyone's 'favorite' or 'treasured' SMW, but for me (as many of you here know well) they are ones I want to wait for an 'occasion' to open a bottle. I look forward to hearing your impressions when you open you 0814D.

@ajjarrett, I'd be happy to hold those Nadurra 16 YO 0712U for you. I know you have a lot of Nadurra and could probably use the extra space...just trying help.

A big thank you to @cricklewood for rescuing a bottle of that juice from an isolated store in the Rockies.

@paddockjudge Everyone needs, 'a little help from their friends." Geeze, those would make good song lyrics. ^_^

Picked up these puppies at the LCBO online auction today: 1974 Canadian Club and two older bottlings of CC 12yo.

I just learned about the new Benromach Cask Strength that'll be coming out soon. The first edition was distilled in 2017 (12yrs old) and has an ABV of 58.9%....so it's definitely gonna be one of my next purchases as soon as it makes it's way here!

@KRB80 nice thanks for updating us. Where did you get the details? I wonder if it will be all ex-bourbon cask or if there will still be some sherry in there. My feeling is that it might be the former.

@cricklewood Initially, I received the info from www.whiskynotes.be It is indeed, both, first-fill sherry and bourbon cask matured but there are a couple of reviews over at whiskeybase that claim that it is more heavily sherried-influence than the 10/100.

Whiskeybase page ---> whiskybase.com/whiskies/whisky/…

This is mostly to tease @MadSingleMalt but also for anyone else interested in this release

It's coming....

The next seven or eight bottles to be opened will be a vertical flight originating from Highwood Distillers of High River, Alberta. I'm looking forward to this one!

• Century Lot 15/25
• Canadian Rockies 17 YO
• Canadian Rockies 21 YO
• Century 21 YO
• Highwood Ninety 20 YO White
• Highwood Ninety 20 YO Burgundy
• Century 25 YO Calgary Stampede100th
• Century 30 YO Rare Single Cask

@paddockjudge when ? Where?

@KRB80

"I just learned about the new Benromach Cask Strength that'll be coming out soon. The first edition was distilled in 2017 (12yrs old) and has an ABV of 58.9%....so it's definitely gonna be one of my next purchases as soon as it makes it's way here!"

I won't hold my breath for a 12 YO distilled in 2017. Who knows if I'll still be drinking whisky in 2029?

@Nozinan Haha!! Thx, Eagle Eye! ;)

@cricklewood Yep, that's on the short list as well. I notice it says "Peat In Progress." I wonder if they are working up to an age statement. Also, it appears to be in a Springbank bottle based on that picture.

@talexander what did you pay for a 1974 Canadian Club? I have an unopened bottle of 1973 Canadian Club that I bought myself back in 1973 or 1974. It was probably in 1974 since I wasn't of legal age until 1974. (other than some of my earlier college days in Milwaukee, when the age to purchase liquor, and vote in national elections, was 18.)

@paddockjudge Oh man that's a beautiful sight, I don't think many people could organize such a comprehensive flight of Canadian whisky regardless of the distillery.

So where does one obtain a ticket to this event?

@KRB80 thanks for the detective work, the specs on this new Ben CS certainly seem interesting on paper. I'll be curious to see what the MSRP will be.

I noticed the bottle style change too on the new KK Peated, perhaps it is to distinguish it from the 8 and 12. I hope they work their way up to an age statement too, I know this release isn't very old 4years or something like that

@cricklewood, The event is fully sponsored, so no ticket necessary, but the travel is not inexpensive...as you well know....one of these days.

@Nozinan, I have a hunch that you will be at the table when these are rolled out....no ticket required.

@cricklewood news of that "Heavily Peated" bottling has certainly caught my interest - and cask strength too

@cricklewood

..and they're calling it an "In Progress"??? They're killing me! (You too.)

@Victor Because it's a lot of 3 bottles, there is not single price on each bottle. But if I averaged it out, each bottle in the lot (including buyer's premium) is $CAN74.

Had a parcel arrive weds from @RianC

Parcels with whisky in are always welcome at my house! So much appreciated.

Tried the Jack Daniels Rye last. Enjoyed it. Only my second Rye. I think I prefer it to Bourbon.

@Wierdo, good man! I've preferred rye to bourbon ever since I first became acquainted with rye whisk(e)y, 12 years ago. US ryes differ from standard rye-containing bourbon (90+% of the bourbon genre) only in the percentage of the rye grain in the overall mashbill. US rye has 51% rye and up; whereas bourbon usually has between 8 and 38 % Rye content, most commonly 8 to 15% rye content (Four Roses has 20% and 35 % rye content, more than almost all but Breckenridge, at 38% rye content). This is true only for standard, rye-containing bourbon. 5-10% of bourbon, closer to 5% by total produced volume, I'd say, is made with wheat rather than rye. That is a whole different genre. That is the land of Pappy Van Winkle and William Larue Weller. Those are almost unobtainable. On the obtainable side are the Weller bourbons, the Maker's Mark bourbons, and Heaven Hill's Old Fitzgerald's and related brands. Wheat makes a very soft style of bourbon, with the wheat and oak blending together in flavour. .