2019 Year In Review

I like buying and trying good booze, but historically my acquisition rate has been higher than my consumption rate. I opened the Nightcap to try and do a few things.

  1. Share exceptionally good and/or rare booze with friends.

  2. Have those friends chip in to my booze fund.

  3. Keep buying good stuff to share with friends.

I’ve found success on all three points, though I’m still acquiring more than I’m consuming. I’ve gotten efficient at hosting events as the sole worker bee, but I need to find a way to increase consumption with either larger events or more frequent events.

Inventory: Scotch Whisky

Ardbeg

  • Grooves - no age statement - Bourbon + Wine Cask - 92 proof

Balvenie - Speyside - Dufftown

  • Caribbean Cask - 14 years - Bourbon + Rum Cask - 86 proof

  • Double Wood - 12 years - Bourbon Cask - 80 proof

  • Peat Week - 14 years - Bourbon Cask - 96 proof

  • Sherry Wood - 15 years - Sherry Cask - 96 proof

Bowmore - Islay

  • Bowmore 18 - 18 years - Sherry Cask - 86 proof

Bunnahabhain - Islay

  • Battlehill Peated - 4 years - Bourbon Cask - 116 proof

  • Gordon MacPhail - 8 years - Bourbon Cask - 86 proof

Clynelish - Highlands - Brora, Sutherland

  • Carn Mor ‘Celebration of the Cask’ - 20 years - Sherry Cask - 114 proof

  • Signatory Vintage Un-Chillfiltered Collection- 20 years - Bourbon Cask - 92 proof

  • Clynelish 14 - 14 years - Bourbon Cask - 92 proof

Glenfiddich - Speyside - Dufftown

  • Glenfiddich 12 - 12 years - Bourbon Cask - 80 proof

Glen Scotia - Cambeltown

  • Glen Scotia 15 - 15 years - Bourbon Cask - 92 proof

Highland Park - Islands - Orkney

  • Highland Park 18 - 18 years - Sherry Cask - 86 proof

Lagavulin - Islay

  • Lagavulin 8 - 8 years - Bourbon Cask - 96 proof

  • Lagavulin 16 - 16 years - Bourbon Cask - 86 proof

Miltonduff - Speyside - Elgin, Moray

  • Battlehill Miltonduff - 8 years - Bourbon Cask - 110 proof

  • Berry’s - 33 years - Bourbon Cask - 92 proof

  • Master’s of Malt - 28 years - Bourbon Cask - 92 proof

Oban - Highlands - Oban

  • Oban 14 - 14 years - Bourbon Cask - 86 proof

Springbank - Cambeltown

  • Hazelburn 10 - 10 years - Bourbon Cask - 92 proof

  • Hazelburn Oloroso 13 - 13 years - Sherry Oloroso Cask - 94 proof

  • Longrow Peated - no age statement - Bourbon Cask - 92 proof

  • Longrow Red - 13 years - Bourbon + Malbec Cask - 102 proof

  • Springbank 10 - 10 years - Bourbon Cask - 92 proof

  • Springbank 12 Cask Strength - 12 years - Bourbon Cask - 110 proof

Inventory: Mezcal

Agave de Cortez

  • Joven - Espadin - 86 proof

Alipus

  • San Andres - Espadin - 95 proof

Del Maguey

  • Vida - Espadin - 84 proof

El Jolgorio

  • Cuixe - 94 proof

  • Espadin - 95 proof

  • Madrecuixe - 94 proof

  • Tepeztate - 98 proof

Fidencio

  • Classico - Espadin - 90 proof

Lalocura

  • San Martinero - 98 proof

Mezcalero

  • #16 - Madrecuixe - 94 proof

  • #18 - Mexicano, Espadin, Bicuishe, Madrecuishe

  • #20 - Arroqueno - 96 proof

  • #21 - Cirial, Tepeztate, Tobala - 96 proof

  • #22 - Bicuixe - 95 proof

  • #23 - Sierrudo - 92 proof

  • Special Bottling #1 - Madrecuixe - 99 proof

  • Special Bottling #3 - Tobala - 97 proof

Pierde Almas

  • Espadin - 98 proof

Real Minero

  • Espadin, Largo - 102 proof

  • Largo - 96 proof

Rey Campero

  • Espadin - 96 proof

  • Jabali - 98 proof

Union

  • Uno - Barril, Cirial, Espadin - 80 proof

  • Viejo - Espadin, Tobala - 90 proof

Inventory: American Whiskey

Basil Hayden’s Distillery - Clermont, Kentucky

  • Bourbon - 80 proof

Buffalo Trace - Frankfort, Kentucky

  • Buffalo Trace Bourbon - 80 proof

  • Eagle Rare - 90 proof

  • EH Taylor Small Batch Bourbon - 100 proof

  • EH Taylor Straight Rye - 100 proof

  • Sazerac Rye - 90 proof

  • Stagg Jr Barrel Proof Bourbon - 131 proof

Bulleit Frontier Whiskey - Louisville, Kentucky

  • Bourbon - 90 proof

Copperworks Distilling - Seattle, Washington

  • Single Malt Cask #79 - 124 proof

FEW Spirits - Evanston, Illinois

  • Bourbon - 93 proof

Four Roses - Lawrenceburg, Kentucky

  • Single Barrel - 100 proof

Heaven Hill - Bardstown, Kentucky

  • Elijah Craig Barrel Proof Bourbon - 131 proof

  • Pikesville Rye - 110 proof

High West Distillery - Park City, Utah

  • Double Rye - 92 proof

  • Rendezvous Rye - 92 proof

  • Midwinter Night’s Dram - 98.6 proof

  • Silver Whiskey - 80 proof

Hiram Walker - Windsor, Ontario

  • Lot 40 - 86 proof

JP Trodden - Maltby, Washington

  • Small Batch Bourbon - 90 proof

Michter’s Distillery - Louisville, Kentucky

  • Single Barrel Straight Rye - 85 proof

Ransom Spirits - McMinnville, Oregon

  • Whipper Snapper - 84 proof

St George Spirits - Alameda, California

  • Single Malt Whiskey - 86 proof

Westland - Seattle, Washington

  • Sherry Wood - 92 proof

  • Cask Exchange - Black Raven - 100 proof

  • Single Cask Release #2497 - 120 proof

  • Garryana 3|1 - 112 proof

Whistlepig - Shoreham, Vermont

  • 10 Year Rye - 100 proof

  • 12 Year Old World Rye - 86 proof

  • Boss Hog IV - 119 proof

  • Boss Hog V - 119 proof

Willet - Bardstown, Kentucky

  • Pot Still Reserve Bourbon - 96 proof

  • 4 Year Rye - 110 proof

Woodinville Whiskey Company - Woodinville, Washington

  • Bourbon - 90 proof