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Hello Las Vegas Drammers!
You’re invited to join us for another tasting of rare whiskey and spirits on Saturday, May 9th at 7pm. We’ve assembled a great lineup — the tasting will feature some exciting new single casks that our club picked (which have just arrived) plus some other cutting-edge new releases. Specifically, the lineup will include:
Two Bourbons TBA!
Ardnamurchan Peated 6yo - Peated 6yo Drammers Single Barrel Pick #110. Distilled at the Ardnamurchan Distillery, which has been around now for over 10 years, but they are still arguably one of the hottest of the newer crop of young Scotch distilleries. Cask #1520, distilled in 2018, matured in a Peated First Fill Oloroso Sherry Hogshead, 1 of 320 bottles, 58.6% abv. Wait until you see how dark this liquid is (no color added of course!).
Linkwood Distillery Unpeated 14yo (Independent Bottling by Adelphi). This is another single cask pick selected by Drammers Club (pick #111), and it’s not a coincidence that they arrived at the same time (Adelphi is the parent company that built and owns the Ardnamurchan distillery, so we picked these casks together). This pick is also ridiculously dark. Matured in a 1st Fill PX Sherry Cask. Distilled in 2011, Bottled in 2025, 1 of 217 bottles, 53.5% abv.
Nikka - From the Barrell - Limited Edition “Extra Marriage” Release. This one is hot off the presses, the new limited edition release in honor of the 40th anniversary of this famous whisky. We recently hosted an online tasting with Emiko Kaji, who is Nikka’s Leader of Global Business Strategy, Education and PR. The tasting centered around this special one-off release, which emphasizes the importance Nikka puts on letting whisky “settle” after they create their signature, ultra-complicated blends. Here they let the vatting settle in used casks for a total of 6 months (double the usual time). The result is distinctly different than their usual “From the Barrel” release. Some folks like it better, some like the original better. But one thing’s for sure — these are now sold out, so it’s unlikely you’ll get another chance to try this. 51.4% abv.
5 Sentidos Uncertified Mezcal - Drammers Pick #112. This exceptional mezcal was made in a tiny batch on a clay pot still in Oaxaca (the distillation yielded only 65 bottles!). It is an ensamble or blend of different agave types, which is how all mezcal was made until only 10 or so years ago (basically mezcaleros would just use a mix of whatever agaves were ripe and ready for harvest rather than isolating different varietals). In this case, this mezcal is made from a mix of Bicuixe Verde, Espadin and Bicuixe agaves by Mezcalero Jose Garcia. 50.5% abv.
5 Sentidos Uncertified Mezcal - Drammers Pick #113. This is a very special treat - mezcal fermented in cowhide or “de cuero” (in a cured animal skin). We had the opportunity to go to Oaxaca to visit this producer last August, and it is very, very hard to find mezcaleros making mezcal in this older style that dates back to a time when producers needed to be more mobile to be able to hide from authorities who were trying to stop what they were doing. As may be obvious, fermenting in tiny tanks made by stretching cowhide over logs is much less efficient than usual mezcal, and so very few distillers have maintained these old production methods. This Espadin de Cuero is by Reynaldo Alejandro, the distillation yielded only 54 bottles, and it was bottled at 46.1% abv.
Stauning - Peated Single Malt (Amarone Single Cask). This brand new Drammers single barrel is from our friends at the Stauning Distillery in Denmark. This is our 3rd cask pick with them — a peated single malt matured in 1st fill bourbon and Amarone casks. Aged 4 years, 10 months, bottled at 57% abv.
That’s our lineup, we hope you can join us! Our fearless leader Bob Brown has conflicting plans this evening, so Charlie will be running solo (and we’re in the process of confirming a venue — if anyone wants to volunteer, let us know!). We’ll order in light food which is included in your ticket (likely pizza) and as always we ask that everyone arrange a ride home — after all, we’ll be drinking a bunch of high proof stuff.
Cheers,
Charlie, Bob and Drammers Club