Dec. 27: Drammers Stamford Holiday Party...
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Hello Stamford Drammers!
We’re hosting a holiday get together on December 27th at 7pm! This will be fun -- the usual Drammers shenanigans (see the 8 bottle lineup below) plus a White Elephant gift exchange -- everyone brings a wrapped bottle (recommended in the $40 to $60 range, any spirit, doesn't have to be whiskey)! A big thank you to Yoni for organizing and to Bradley for hosting (address: 35 Ardsley Rd, Stamford, CT 06906).
If you haven't participated in a white elephant exchange, they're quite fun and silly. We sit in a circle, and we draw straws to see who goes first. That person selects a wrapped gift from the pile, and then we go around the circle in turn. Each person can either select a new unopened gift from the pile or steal a gift from someone who has previously opened a gift. If your gift is stolen, you do the same, you can select a new gift, or steal another gift (you can't steal back the gift that was just stolen from you, though you can get it back later if you get another chance). For the sake of time, once a gift has been stolen 3x, it is out of the running and can no longer be stolen. When we've gone all the way around the circle, the person who opened the first gift has the choice to stand pat or steal a gift, and the game ends when someone decided to stand pat with the gift they have.
We hope you can join us!
Cheers,
Charlie, Yoni and Drammers Club
BOTTLE LINEUP FOR THE EVENT:
Drammers Pick #100 - Proof & Wood Curated Collection - 10yo Straight Bourbon. 750ml, 56.3% abv, 1 of 144 bottles. Distilled at MGP Distillery, Mashbill: 99% corn, 1% malted barley. This was our 10 Year Anniversary Commemorative bottle that was unveiled at our 10 year anniversary party, “The Drammening” in October. We'll taste it at the event and it it is available for sale exclusively to Drammers members at DRINQY.com
Glen Scotia Single Malt Scotch - Master Cask Collection - Drammers Exclusive Single Cask. Next up, we’ll try this single barrel that has just arrived — our 3rd single barrel pick with the distillery, selected by our members in Dallas. We’re very proud to have a great relationship with this distillery, having recently had the honor of arranging a 5 city US tour for their Master Distiller Iain McAlister in October for his first-ever trip to the United States. This single barrel is matured in a first fill Oloroso hogshead (unpeated, 6yo, 56.5% abv), 1 of 230 bottles. Now in stock at our retail partner DRINQY.com.
High Wire Distillery - Jimmy Red Corn (Experimental Single Barrel). This single barrel was selected by our fellow Drammers in Charleston from their hometown favorite distillery -- the high Wire Distillery. It features an unusual 100% corn mashbill made entirely from a rare corn varietal that they resurrected from near extinction and call Jimmy Red corn. Unlike their normal releases, this experimental barrel was a combination of two mashes, the first used a wine yeast, the second used their regular yeast, and they combined them in this one barrel. The result is wonderful. Bottled of course at cask strength. As always, it’s available exclusively to Drammers members.
Starlight Distillery - 3 Different Experimental Bourbon Expressions. Next we'll try three exquisite bourbons selected by our members in Indianapolis (the distillery is located in southern Indiana, close to Louisville). One was aged 5.5 years, features a mashbill that includes corn that was mesquite-smoked before distillation, and was finished in an oloroso sherry cask. The second was aged 4 years and finished in a Turkish apricot brandy cask, which the head of our Indianapolis chapter, Sean Crain, says may be the best single barrel of Starlight he's ever tasted (and that's saying something!). The third just arrived on the 23rd and is a bourbon finished in a grape brandy cask. All bottled at cask strength of course.
RIZ - Brown Rice Louisiana Whiskey (Exclusive Single Barrel). Our newest Drammers barrel pick is hot off the presses -- it is arriving on Friday, December 15th! A barrel of brown rice whiskey from our friends at the Atelier Vie distillery in New Orleans -- their first ever brown rice variant on their popular RIZ - Louisiana Rice whiskey. Bottled at cask strength of 59% abv.
Rolling Fork Brazilian Rum. This was selected by our Drammers Indy chapter, and we’re receiving it on the 22nd — you’ll be the first to try it! Finished in an amburana cask. This was so yummy when we picked it earlier this year, we can’t wait to see how it turned out in the bottle!