I guess this can serve as the Johnny Prime Christmas post. Some of you may have seen some links of this thing floating around this year (or maybe last year, if you’re cool like me). My wife gave me this as an early Christmas gift in 2012. I didn’t drink them at the time, thinking that I might save them for a special time. But when this year rolled around, I figured what the fuck – may as well drink them now. A whisky a day keeps the steak cravings at bay, and I decided to use the empties as Christmas Tree decorations. There were some really fucking great scotches in this collection. Seriously. Take a look at some of the vintages. Bottles for some cost upwards of $200. Only bad thing: the advent calendar only has 24 days rather than 25. Not sure if that is traditionally the way the calendars worked. My only real experience with them is digging the molded chocolates out each day as a kid, or looking at the pictures behind the windows without really reading the scripture. So anyway… Merry Christmas. Here are all the whiskies, in all of Jesus’ birthday glory, each day with some taste notes I jotted down along the way. The pictures get a little more creative and interesting as you get toward the end.
a mix of medicinal with a slight fruity nose
smooth and creamy up front with a slight peat and smoke sting at the back end
robust and peaty without overpowering
smooth, creamy and round, hints of caramel or vanilla
peaty, medicinal, but not blowing out the taste buds
smooth yet peaty
strong medicinal iodine, peat, smoke, leather, latakia tobacco
nutty, hints of chocolate
creamy, vanilla, butterscotch
cognac sherry, floral, fruity, hint of peat
citrus, fresh greens, oak spice
grassy, iodine, medicinal
creamy caramel with a peaty bite at the finish
fruity, sweet, vanilla, almond
smooth, creamy, oak
immaculate – very smooth
strong, woody
smoke, peat, leather, latakia tobacco, iodine, medicinal, but still smooth and round
*one of my personal favorites*
creamy smoke, with a sweet dark rum finish (as the label suggests)
*beside it are some bottles of snake whisky that I picked up in Vietnam*
smooth but potent (66.7% alcohol/133 proof), sweet, spicy roasted cocoa
smooth and easy
spicy vanilla cream
fruity (black cherry) and creamy, with a toasty finish
*the grinch who stole whisky*
toasted oak, cinnamon, nutmeg, coffee
*drinkin’ with JC*
MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM JOHNNY PRIME!