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Bainbridge Battle Point Organic Whiskey

Good. Nice for sipping, especially for something so young.

Redemption High-Rye Straight Bourbon Whiskey

Super carmel-corn sweet and quite spicy with the rye content. NIce.

Redemption Straight Rye Whiskey

If I were to take the Temptation and Redemption High-rye Bourbons and try to predict what a rye by the same company would taste like, this’d be exactly it.

Ransom Old Tom Gin

Yes, I know, not a whiskey. But it’s a gin with malted barley and corn in it. It was even barrel aged. And it was exactly what I expected based on the description. It is a malty, herby, floral gin and it was fantastic on a warm day with a little water and a little ice.

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Woodford Reserve Double Oaked Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey

Oh, that’s niiiiiiice. This is so lovely and so smooth and not very sweet but just sweet enough. It is deeper, darker, and mellower than Woodford Reserve.

Charbay Hop-Flavored Whiskey

Much, much sweeter on the front end than I expected any part of it to be. It was like hop-flavored candy. I loved it and I don’t even like super-hoppy beers. I also asked someone who prefers beer and isn’t very into whiskey to try it and delighted as his eyebrows shot up and he expressed surprise and approval.

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Aberlour a’bunadh Single Speyside Malt Whisky, Batch 29

A friend I recently stayed with had this in her liquor cabinet and I jumped at the chance to try what little was left of it. Aberlour’s a’bunadhs don’t say how old they are. They’re blends of scotches from 5 to 25 years old and batch 29 is so, so good. I’ll definitely be on the lookout for other batches.

Roughstock Handcrafted Pure Malt Montana Whiskey

Malty! Which means I’ll (probably) love it. And I did. This wasn’t as overwhelmingly malty as, say the Husdon or the Chatoe Rogue, but instead subtler, somehow. I really enjoyed it and would love ot have it again.

Roughstock Black Label Montana Whiskey

A quick admin note: You may’ve noticed that I will occasionally mention specific bars but remain vague about “my barkeep,” “my bartender,” and my favorite local bars. I am completely comfortable giving shout-outs to bars I visit when I travel but when it comes to where I live I am intentionally more reserved.

By the time I was on to my second whiskey at Seven Grand in LA, the bar was dark and packed so we’ll have to make do with their lovely neon stag and their whiskey wall.

The Black Label Roughstock is a thing of beauty. It’s like the Pure Malt but all grown up, with a respectable job that it threw away in pursuit of its mid-life crisis. It’s stone-fruit fruity with other notes I didn’t manage or couldn’t be bothered to suss out. Fiery neat, blissful on the rocks. I want a bottle of this.

49/52 — Blooming

I would say spring has sprung but it keeps doing that and then changing its mind. There’s another tree 20 feet away that is completely bare, having flowered then lost all of its blooms after a cold snap.