TBWC Advent Calendar 2021 - Dram reviews

Those great people at @DrinksByTheDram sent me an Advent Calendar for the run up to Christmas! For the whisky fans amongst us this makes much more sense than a chocolate one!

Now the idea with an Advent Calendar is that you open 1 door each day from the 1st December through to Christmas Eve... But please enjoy your whisky responsibly! Sometimes it may not possible to open a dram each day, you could share with mates or save a couple to enjoy at the weekend?

TBWC Wine Series MMXXI

That Boutique-y Whisky have now switched to quarterly themed releases for their whisky. Led by their brand ambassador Dave Worthington @BoutiqueyDave you are taken through some amazing whiskies this time wine finished!

The latest line-ups introduces ten world (non-Scotch) whiskies alongside four rums, with bottlings from both new and established distilleries.

TBWC Advent Calendar 2021

Those great people at @MasterofMalt sent me an Advent Calendar for the run up to Christmas! For the whisky fans amongst us this makes much more sense than a chocolate one!

Now the idea with an Advent Calendar is that you open 1 door each day from the 1st December through to Christmas Eve... But please enjoy your whisky responsibly! Sometimes it may not possible to open a dram each day, you could share with mates or save a couple to enjoy at the weekend?

TBWC Home Nations Series MMXXI

That Boutique-y Whisky have now switched to quarterly themed releases for their whisky. Led by their brand ambassador Dave Worthington @BoutiqueyDave you are taken through some amazing whiskies this time from the UK!

This Home Nations Series is a release of 12 bottles - 9 whiskies and 3 rums.

TBWC Australian Series MMXXI

That Boutique-y Whisky often run invite only tastings to showcase their latest batch releases. Led by their brand ambassador Dave Worthington @BoutiqueyDave you are taken through some amazing whiskies this time from down under!

This Australian Series is a release of 8 bottles.

That Boutique-y Burns Night Tasting

That Boutique-y Whisky often run invite only tastings to showcase their latest batch releases. Often led by their brand ambassador Dave Worthington @BoutiqueyDave you are taken through some amazing whiskies and, this time, some poetry!

For Burn's Night 2021 a selection of 4 drams were showcased, accompanied by some unique poetry!

TBWC Rye Series MMXX

Independent Bottler That Boutique-y Whisky Company have switched to releasing their whiskies as series, the previous one was World Whiskies, the latest is all about Rye.

Let's see what they are all about!

Side by side : Three Unusual Bourbons

Heading across the Atlantic for this side by side, three Bourbons, each with a strange twist!

One of these featured in the TBWC 12 Days of Christmas Advent Calendar and the others are from a drample swap from @whiskeychap - lets' see how they compare:

Side by side : Mid ABV Ryes

Over the last few months I've been enjoying more and more Ryes, I've bought a few bottles and swapped a few samples so am looking at three lower, three mid range and three higher ABV Ryes over three blogs.

In this blog I'm trying 3 at the mid level of the ABV range, lower range blog here, but higher ones are to follow!

Side by side : Lower ABV Ryes

Over the last few months I've been enjoying more and more Ryes, I've bought a few bottles and swapped a few samples so am looking at three lower, three mid range and three higher ABV Ryes over three blogs.

In this blog I'm trying 3 at the lower level of the ABV range, but higher ones to follow!

Boutique-y Highland Fling!

As part of That Boutique-y Dram Good Club I recently received two Highland drams and decided to give them my side-by-side treatment.

These are both TBWC bottlings of Teaninch and Glengoyne whiskies.

Corn Whiskey - Am I in heaven?

In the UK we mainly associate corn with BBQs and corn on the cob, in the US it's used to distil whiskey.

Corn is an interesting style of whiskey as it doesn't have to be matured before it's sold - distil it, bottle it, sell it.

Review of my whisky year - 2017

First of all thank you to all the people who have read my blog (c16,500) and followed me on Twitter (c900) since I started back in January with my first whisky post.