Which bottle did you just buy and why?

I just picked this up on the secondary market;

Ardbeg SMWS 33.137 (10 year - Nov. 27th, 2008) "Campfire marshmallows on singed sticks" from a 1st-fill ex-bourbon barrel - 59.9% ABV.

Why? Because a friend of mine owns a restaurant and as a way to retain his staff, he has converted his restaurant into a bottle shop. He had this for sale and my wife suggested that we support him and purchase the bottle. She said that she would give it to me as a Christmas present. Who am I to argue with that kind of logic? The only down side is I won’t have access to the bottle for a couple of months, but I think it will be worth the wait.

@bwmccoy fascinating. Normally the SMWS does not put the names of the distillery on the bottle

@Nozinan - that was the restaurant owner so his staff would know what they were pouring. I didn’t have the heart to take it off.

@bwmccoy Your Christmas will be very merry.

My Longrow arrived today

@Wierdo Well scored. Please report back after you have cracked it.

Well, @Wierdo 's Longrow arrived today, and this arrived at my house today.

No, not Uuuuuuh Donuts. I got those yesterday.

Again, I will let the photo speak for itself.

Why? Because I tasted it at a liquor shop in Tokyo and liked it, but I didn't buy it then since I was after something else. However, since I was able to keep up the 'try it before you buy it' policy, I decided when I found it here (I ordered online) at a reasonable (at least I think it was) price then I would get myself a bottle, or two.

@ajjarrett do you have room for those bottles with all that Nadurra on your shelves?

@Nozinan

Not really, so I guess this means I will have to make room. Or find more shelf space somehow.

@ajjarrett You can always make more room! (as long as you don't listen to my wife! )

@TracerBullet

No problem there. I am a single man. That's what happens (sometimes) when you surround yourself with books, whisk(e)y, and end up watching youtube videos, such as Japanese who record their small claw otters. Sometimes otters are more enjoy able than trying to endure Ralfy on his soap box. I used to enjoy his reviews. Luckily, like many things in life, I just stopped clicking 'play' or 'fwd' to skip the nonsense. I guess that is hard to do with a wife. HA!

Now before I get anyone upset about that last comment. I am the product of the 80's, such as Monty Python, George Carlin and Billy Connolly, that's my excuse.

@ajjarrett "Now before I get anyone upset about that last comment. I am the product of the 80's, such as Monty Python, George Carlin and Billy Connolly, that's my excuse."

Same here! I can't give my wife a hard time. She actually encourages my scotch habit to a point. She has also located some hard to find bottles on occasion. Plus, she likes scotch too!

@TracerBullet

You might need to hide some of your whisk(e)y, just in case. "Just in case of what?", you might be asking. Well, Tammy Wynette sang a song all about it. HA! Starts with D and ends with an E, and in the song she spells it out. ^_^

2 half bottles of a limited (?first) release brand of brandy, a half bottle of unfiltered vapour infused gin and lime bitters.

Why?

Dillon's distillery in the Niagara region was one of the first to prepare and supply health care workers with sanitizer when there was a shortage at the beginning of COVID. They donated 12 wine bottles full (I think the wine bottles were from a local winery) to our home palliative care group, and have been continuing to support front line workers. I have been looking for an opportunity to make a purchase from them for a while (I did make a "donation" to their programme in lieu of buying sanitizer a few months ago). Now that sanitizer is plentiful and I have better use for the gel, not the liquid (and still have lots of their liquid), I did not see the point in ordering more.

They just released the brandy and it is a limited release (aged in ex-bourbon). I know some people who might want to try it. The price for a half bottle is half that of a full bottle so 2 smaller ones make sense.

I've been meaning to buy the gin to support them as well. I was curious about the unfiltered cloudy description and it has 22 botanicals. It is 40%. The 7 botanicals version is 44% and I may try that next time. I'm not much of a gin user.

I own no bitters (except Alpenbitter gifted by a patient) and I thought it would be nice to try some. It's 50%. I like lime. I figure I could always put a splash into soda and see what happens, or look up recipes.

Purchases over $75 are free shipping.

And finally. I have a gift card virtual VISA that I had to claim before the end of October. It was for $95. The total for the order was $94.85. It was just meant to be...

I bought a bottle of Ardbeg wee beastie 5 yo. Lovely.

I just received two bottles from a “private barrel pick” that @JasonHambrey organized. I know that someone here bought about half the barrel himself. I can’t wait to try it.

@OdysseusUnbound I've tasted that liquid. It's surprisingly good for such a young spirit. And at 74.5% a perfect whisky for COVID times.

I'm ;looking forward to my 2 bottles making their way to me....eventually.

@OdysseusUnbound that is some righteous ABV!

@OdysseusUnbound, Oh my gosh, me too!

This is damned good whisky! Wish I had bought more.

A big THANK YOU to Jason Hambrey for his excellence in managing this project.

Cheers!

@paddockjudge I’m jealous that you got bottle number 1 ! I’m thinking of having some while watching the Presidential debate tonight. I’ll definitely need some high-test stuff !!

@paddockjudge

This puts my 'collection' of Glenlivet 16yo Nadurra to shame.

bow bow

@OdysseusUnbound, 120 hours of overtime put to good use

@ajjarrett, lol, if you only knew.....

@paddockjudge I take it this was not available outside of Ottawa. Would have liked to get one of these.

@Astroke, got you covered man.

That's some lethal ABV. Be handy to have if a person wanted to flambé something for dinner.

Seventy four and a half percent.....Wow. Just wow!!!!

Well congratulations to both of you, sirs. That's quite an impressive ABV. I hope that you'll enjoy it thoroughly! One of the best spirits I've ever had was ardbeg New make at about 70%.

@Alexsweden, a few more of our Connosr friends have, or will receive, bottles from this cask. I’ve been referring to this barrel as The Covid Buster

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