Thanks to /u/WDMC-905 for this sample.

So you read a name like First Edition and think “Holy Damn! A First Edition! What does that mean?”

And maybe you think it’s like books. This is the first time it’s made. The first printing.

One problem: Whisky isn’t printed.

Maybe that’s not a problem.

Okay, so Laphroaig 19 1996 First Edition not juice from the first time Laphroaig was made. That would cost me an arm and a leg and someone else’s kids.

Alright, so what is it? Well it’s a sub-brand of an IB, which should usually be the way you think about things. Marketing is everywhere people. Nothing is true, all is permitted.

Alright, so Edition Spirits makes First Edition. They started in the light, happy days of 2010. They aim for quality on a regular basis.

According to what I’ve read, they taste each single cask monthly, aiming for…