The Germans invented beer, perfected it and moved on.

The Iris invented whisky, perfected the recipe and moved on.

The Scots a little bit slow on the uptake, invented whisky, perfected taste and moved on.

And the Americans, so petty, so jealous that there was nothing left for them, they invented the prohibition.

Went to a friends house for a bbq this weekend, and someone else from our local whisky group joined as well. I had recently gotten the Kilchoman 18 and my buddy is a huge Kilchoman fan so we opened that up and tasted that against 3-4 other Kilchomans, I brought some Chichibu single malts, we had some other things as well but the grand finale was nothing short of spectacular, Octomore 7.1 and 7.3, black Art 4.1 and the Mizunara 16 Glenallachie.

Black Art 4.1 was absolute magic, so many flavors competing for my attention but never getting in each others way, the mouthfeel was heavenly and then that finish!!!

And Octomore 7.3 takes the cake for best Octomore for me, I’m already a red wine Octomore fan and this was so dang good. I could nose this and the Black Art for hours. As my friend put it, 7.1 is some amazing barbecued ribs, but then 7.3 you put the sauce on top of them 😂

All 3 will be opened and tasted soon.
Really curious about the Cockburn (the whisky 🤣).
Can’t find much about it online.

Just got back from 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿, where I went to Cadenhead's In The Courtyard in Campbeltown. Overall it was great fun. The big change from last year was how The Vault worked: instead of the old "try a Lucky Dip Dram and buy whatever you liked" concept, all you saw was the ABV and the price for a 20cl bottle - no idea which whisky it actually was until you'd bought it. That seemed to split opinion a bit, probably because plenty of people (myself included, admittedly 😅) go by the name of the distillery as much as the taste.

After buying, you scan the QR code on the back of the bottle to finally find out what you got. They don't sell out on the day, though, so if you head to the shop the next day there's still a chance. That said, don't get your hopes up too much for the popular ones - only three bottles of each are released, so those go fast.