So far we’re over a week into the Advent samples that I’ve been doing, and with this being Advent Day #8, we’ve had a few surprises, yet nothing overly epic.

Well, that’s about to change because my wife’s drunk “order” by Abv. is ramping up. I have been adding drops of water to pick apart more notes, as I always do. Now, more than ever, I need to do that.

Let’s see what today brings, shall we? (Yes, I know you know already because of the title, but play along. Not just for the man-children, but the women children and children-children too).

Price: N/A

Region: Highland

Vintage: 1996

Bottled: 2016

Number of Bottles: 212

Abv: 51.9%

Colour: 2.5Y 8/8

Nose: Sourdough dough, mango, malt, brown sugar

Initial yeast. I guess Irish. Then realize I took all Irish samples out before my wife picked the samples. So not Irish, though the…