Nov. 18 - Drammers Seattle!......
Fellow Drammers!
Our next in person event in Seattle will take place on Thursday, November 18th at 7pm. We’ll be meeting at the Great American Diner and Bar (4752 California Ave, SW, Seattle, 98116). We’ve assembled a great lineup of bottles to taste:
The Glenlivet - Enigma. We’re huge fans of cask strength Glenlivet, and this one, first released in 2019 and bottled at 60.6% was initially released (as its name would imply), as a mystery bottling, with a process by which consumers could fill in a code to try to determine what it was. Eventually, they put an end to the mystery — it is a blend of single malt scotch matured in a mix of American Oak barrels (presumably ex-bourbon) and finished in ex-Canadian first-fill rye barrels.
Killowen Irish Whiskey - 10yo Txakolina Finish. This is an innovative new whiskey from Killowen, who were in NYC last week from Ireland for WhiskyFest there, and we had a chance to do an in-depth tasting with them. The distillery they set up is still quite young, so while they’re aging whiskey, they are also sourcing from Great Northern Distillery, the contract distillery supplying a lot of the new distilleries that have emerged in recent years (from the members of the Teeling family that sold Cooley). In any case, this whiskey is just about to hit the market in the US, but is not yet available anywhere to our knowledge, and it’s particularly yummy.
Amrut Indian Single Malt - Ex-Rye Cask. This one is hot off the presses -- a single barrel of Amrut's Indian Single Malt -- made like a scotch, but in Bangalore, India. The hotter climate there means this whisky ages a lot differently than a scotch,with delightful results, and here it was aged in an ex-rye cask, a rare offering from the distillery (we previously tried a similar Amrut ex-rye cask bottled by our friends at La Maison du Whisky in Paris a few years ago. This is a Drammers exclusive single barrel pick, and is bottled at 60.2% abv.
Frey Ranch 4 Grain Bourbon. This farmer husband-and-wife team are taking bourbon to the next level -- all the whisky they make uses grains they grow themselves on their generations-old farm just outside Reno, Nevada. Initially conceived as a way to show off the quality of their grains, it has taken on a life of its own, and this is the first single barrel they have allowed outside of the Nevada and California markets (it was selected by our members as a Drammers exclusive bottling).
Stellum Single Barrel Rye (Serpens). The new Stellum line from our friends at Barrell Craft Spirits has arrived, and we were proud to select a private barrel of their rye just for our club. At only $59/bottle, it was the easily standout favorite for the price at our event in Charlotte a couple days ago. The “Serpens” name refers to the mashbill (95% rye, 5% malted barley), and of course it is bottled at cask strength.
Kilchoman Drammers Single Barrel - STR cask finish single malt. Another single barrel, this time hailing from Islay, and as you would expect from (most) Islay whiskies, it is plenty peaty and plenty smoky. This is a single barrel Drammers Club pick that was finished in an STR cask and bottled as always at cask strength.
Michel Couvreur - Overaged French Single Malt. Next up we’ve got a French whisky, a single malt from the esteemed Michel Couvreur line, who we welcomed last May for our World Whisky Day celebrations. Btw, don’t be thrown off by the “overaged” name, that’s a bit of a lost-in-translation concept as we learned at World Whisky Day. It’s actually their best-selling product…
Great Jones Distillery - Bourbon. Hot off the presses! This distillery opened in NYC two months ago, and we were there at the launch with a big party. Although they’ve only been distilling at their Manhattan location for 2 months, a few years ago they bought a distillery (Black Dirt) located about an hour North of Manhattan and started working on a signature flavor profile there, so that they were able to have bottles for sale the day they opened on Broadway. This is one of the bottles in their first batch of Great Jones Bourbon! 43% abv.
That’s our lineup! And there’s a good chance we’ll have a couple additional pours leftover from our event the day before in Indianapolis. We’ll also have food as usual. We hope you can join us!
Cheers,
Drammers Club