Dec. 17: Drammers Washington DC Holiday Party......
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Hello DC Drammers!
We’re hosting a holiday get together on Sunday, Dec. 17th at 6pm! This will be fun -- the usual Drammers shenanigans (see 5 of the 8 bottles in the 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 Joe for hosting us again (the address is: 701 24th St NW (20037).
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.
And we'll also have our usual fullsome lineup of fun new bottles to taste as well, which you can read more about below, including several fun new club picks. We hope you can join us!
Cheers,
Charlie, Joe 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 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 - 2 Different Experimental Bourbon Expressions. Next we'll try two 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 other 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!). Both bottled at cask strength of course.