One year ago, I had a special project with my son. We went together #hiking, as he wanted to be a part of my YouTube video.

So we explored together Mount #HighWest in #HongKong and ended up in front of a ghost house, a steep cliff and playing table football. Watching that video again, I am still smiling. https://youtu.be/5i5ETbvzoEQ

Last night's Midwest A Midwinter Night's Dram party was fantastic - great food, great drink, and, most of all, great company.

For starters we tried the full run of High West Distillery's A Midwinter Night's Dram. That was fantastic. (Thanks to Frank for bringing the Act 2.2.)

But that was just the start. We continued with more High West. Ryan had sent along a bottle of the Loch & K(e)y Double Rye! Panache Grenache, which was next in line. Then I pulled the rest of the High West I had on hand, which was another eight unique bottles. (I'm always looking to expand that lineup - still hunting for The Prisoner's Share.)

Having exhausted the High West offerings on hand, we took a little detour to try a couple of special Glenmorangie bottlings. We tried the Truffle Oak at the last gathering, and agreed it still really holds up - though the Sonoma-Cutrer was quite good.

Then we returned to ryes. Last time we tried WhistlePig Whiskey The Boss Hog VII, and since then I'd acquired The Boss Hog IX, so that was the first cracked. Of course, we had to compare, so we went back and tried I, III, V, and VII again. VII was the overall favorite, but you can't go wrong. (Yes, somehow I've only picked up the odd numbered releases. I'm looking to fill in the gaps.)

There was some conversation about small, local distilleries and that reminded me that I'd picked up a couple of bottles while visiting family in upstate NY last summer. So we wrapped up with a Bourbon and a Rye from 36 Locks, from The Schenectady Distilling Company, Inc./ 36 Locks Tasting Room.

There was also a bottle of Rittenhouse 100 proof Bottled-In-Bond Rye in play as a few people enjoyed a Moxie & Rye. Don't knock it until you've tried it. 😉

A great evening. Can't wait to do it again.

This is the full list of the evening:
High West:
A Midwinter Night's Dram
- Act 1 Scene 902
- Act 2.1 Scene 8
- Act 2.2 Scene ?
- Act 3 Scene 2
- Act 4 Scene 1
- Act 5 Scene 8
- Act 6 Scene 4
- Act 7 Scene 6
- Act 8 Scene 4
- Act 9 Scene 3
- Act 10 Scene 1
- The Encore Act 1 Scene 1

Double Rye! Limited Release Barrel 20086 Bottle 215 The Loch & K(e)y Society "The Panache Grenache"

Rendezvous Rye Limited Release Barrel 1803 Bottle 150 The Loch & K(e)y Society Quady Port

Double Rye! Limited Release Barrel 10505 Bottle 5 The Loch & K(e)y Society

Yippee Ki-Yay Batch 7

Campfire Batch 22F30

Bourye Batch 17A12

American Prairie Bourbon Barrel 7811 Bottle 94 The Loch & K(e)y Society French Oak Port

American Prairie Bourbon Barrel 2683 Bottle 9 The Loch & K(e)y Society Quady Black Muscat

High Country American Single Malt Batch 21J21

Glenmorangie:
Glenmorangie Sonoma-Cutrer Reserve Aged 25 Years

Glenmorangie Truffle Oak Reserve Aged 26 Years

WhistlePig:
WhistlePig The Boss Hog IX Siren's Song

WhistlePig The Boss Hog I

WhistlePig The Boss Hog III The Independent

WhistlePig The Boss Hog V The Spirit Of Mauve

WhistlePig The Boss Hog VII Magellan's Atlantic

36 Locks:
Schenectady Distilling Co. 36 Locks Black Rock Bourbon

Schenectady Distilling Co. 36 Locks Canal Rye Whiskey

Rittenhouse:
Rittenhouse 100 proof Bottled-In-Bond Rye

#Whiskey #Whisky #Glenmorangie #HighWest #WhistlePig #Rye #Scotch #Rittenhouse #36Locks #Moxie #Bourbon

We started there - and kept going.

Great night.

Apologies for no alt text, I'm intoxicated and exhausted. They're all pictures of the whiskies we poured tonight.

#Whiskey #Whisky #Glenmorangie #HighWest #WhistlePig #Rye #Scotch

High West Yippee Ki-Yay Batch 19C20 46% ABV
Now discontinued & only seen in auctions for close to £200, this double rye is matured in oak barrels originally used to age two different types of wine. Californian Vermouth Barrels & Californian Qupé Syrah barrels.The original Yippee Ki-Yay was a marriage of two straight rye whiskies a
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#americanwhiskey #HighWest #qupesyrah #RyeWhiskey #uswhiskey #Vermouth #winecask #yippeeki-yay

High West Double Rye Moscatel finish Barrel 9596 Friends of Boston store pick 49.6% ABV
The standard Double Rye 46% is a blend of column & pot-still whiskies, a 2yo and a sweeter 16yo* made with a higher proportion of corn. Mash Bill: Straight Rye whiskeys: 95% rye, 5% barley malt from MGP; 80% Rye, 20% Malted Rye from High West. This p
https://thewhiskeychaps.com/high-west-double-rye-moscatel-finish/
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Not yet midwinter but an enjoyable blended rye #Whiskey from #HighWest for tonight's tipple

Preparing for a nice visit with an old friend on Thanksgiving Eve. Good friends, good conversation. We are going to enjoy some bottles from a few of my favorite Scottish distilleries: #Arran and #GlenAllachie; and an interesting blended whiskey by #HighWest.