With this year鈥檚 Midwinter Night鈥檚 Dram from @drinkhighwest arriving today, a side by side is in order. Left to right, 2024, 2025, 2026. Which one wins?
Looking forward to the arrival of this year鈥檚 @drinkhighwest鈥檚 Midwinter Night鈥檚 Dram on Tuesday. While we wait, revisiting last year鈥檚 release.
Thanks to @clydesidewhisky for the great tour, tasting flights, and the bottle your own whisky experience.
The original bowling pin bottle @JimBeam is one of my favorite dusty pours ever. This is the 230th anniversary distillery-only release 8 year bourbon in the bowling pin bottle. For 86.8 proof, I鈥檓 surprised at the spice I鈥檓 getting. Probably not going to win any awards but it鈥檚 a solid pour.
But wait鈥here鈥檚 more. Incredible bartender encouraging me to try more and more Swedish liquor at the Spirits Museum. Quickly falling in love with Swedish whiskey. The chestnut-finished rum isn鈥檛 bad either.
Walking this morning in Stockholm, I stumbled up the Spirit Museum. As the name suggests, it is the museum of Swedish spirits with a focus on @AbsolutUS and prohibition in Sweden. Fascinating displays and a tasting of Swedish liquor. Highly recommend!
This is the Pharmarium (Swedish for pharmacy) Old Fashioned in Stockholm. Made with @MakersMark bourbon and @Angels_Envy rye, refined sugar, and house made bitters, this is my first old fashioned in Sweden. This is fantastic. Smoked and nicely balanced, the house bitters add a nice herbaceous kick to the cocktail. At the similarly named Pharmarium.
If you haven鈥檛 tried @ShortBBourbon, why not? These guys are releasing some really great stuff at reasonable prices. Found this single-barrel Bee鈥檚 Knees at my local @kroger. In today鈥檚 bourbon market there are a number of honey-finished bourbons and ryes out there but this is a bit unique in that it is a double barrel toasted bourbon finished in honey barrels. A complex whiskey with a nice balance of sweet and drier astringent notes from the oak. For $100, I鈥檒l be grabbing another before they run out!
