Feb. 7: Drammers Indianapolis...
Hello Indy Drammers!
Our next rare whiskey and spirits tasting is coming up on February 7th at 7pm. A big thank you to Jeff and Dee for hosting us again (their address is 16028 Far Hills Drive, Westfield, IN 46074).
We've got a great bottle lineup, which you can read more about below. As usual, we'll order in pizza to make sure nobody's drinking on an empty stomach, and of course we strongly recommend arranging a ride home. Can't wait to see you all!
We hope you can join us!
Cheers,
Charlie, Sean and Drammers Club
PS, after our event in Indy, we've got events in St. Louis on the 8th and Kansas City on the 9th, and we're also relaunching our Louisville chapter on March 8th. If you know anyone in those cities that might be a good fit for the club, please let us know!
BOTTLE LINEUP:
Bardstown Bourbon Co. - Single Barrel Bourbon. This single barrel just arrived, part of the launch of the first-ever single barrel program from Bardstown Bourbon Co. They selected only 100 barrels of their Origins profile (60% corn, 36% rye, 4% malted barley), all aged 6 years, for the entire US, and it only yielded a surprisingly low 138 bottles. Bottled at cask strength exclusively for members of Drammers Club.
Green River - Single Barrel KY Straight Bourbon. This single barrel also just arrived from Bardstown’s sister distillery (Bardstown acquired the historic distillery in 2022 and both launched their single barrel programs at the end of 2023, though reportedly only something like 40 barrels were released as part of their inaugural year). This was also aged 6 years, but it is so different, with big eucalpytus / minty notes going into the finish. It is technically “Full Proof” - 59.5% abv / 119 proof (in other words, close to cask strength, but diluted slightly so they don’t have to submit TTB labels for approval for each barrel). Damn fine bourbon. The barrel yielded 156 bottles, mashbill: 70% Corn, 21% Rye, 9% Malted Barley).
Loch Lomond's Glengarry 12yo Single Malt Scotch. This single cask club pick is a 12yo single malt Scotch from the Highlands distillery Loch Lomond. Distilled in 2010, bottled in 2023, unpeated, matured in a 1st fill Bordeaux red wine barrel -- the barrel yielded 281 bottles. 55.0% abv. Of course non-chill filtered and no color added. Cask #21/546-6. Exclusively available to Drammers members.
Empirical's "The Plum, I Suppose". This company is bonkers, in all the best ways. Nothing they make is categorizable -- not whiskey, not gin, not rum, etc. Just very creative distillates. This one takes the kernel inside plum stones as the foundation, plus distilled marigold kombucha. We're doing an online event with the co-founder on Jan. 29th, and figured we'd bring a bottle alone for you all to taste! 32% ABV.
Those are 5 of the expressions we’ll be tasting, 3 more to be announced soon!