Thanks to /u/devoz for bringing this to the end of the year tasting of 2017.

Price isn’t part of my reviews.

Let’s all take a second to say that out loud.

Done? Great, we can move on.

Price isn’t part of my reviews.

Just making sure.

There are some mountains that we all look for. High end whiskies that we look for, ones that are hard to find. For me, I have lists and lists of whiskies that will probably take me years to find.

And frankly, given how much of a tater Pappy Van Winkle Family Reserve 23 is, I didn’t think I’d end up trying this without paying half the secondary for a bar to open it up and give a bartender an eventual and completely justified panic attack pouring a sample.

So what is this legendary, very old whiskey? According to the website,

Only the most careful…