Here‘s a cool one (at least to me)…
My grandfather introduced me to wetshaving when I was 15. He was a barber from Ireland. I wetshaved off and on since. Mostly 5 bladed carts in the shower over the years due to convenience, kids, life… but I digress.
He gave me this bottle of Bell’s 27 years ago for my wedding and told me to keep it for just him and I to drink a shot every Christmas. He bought it in Scotland in the 50’s and it was unopened when he gave it to me in 1995. I had the box and receipt and I recall it was 1954 (I was negative 15 years old at the time).
We drank a small glass every year and he died 20 years ago around this time. He told me to finish the bottle after he died. I couldn’t bring myself to do it.
Cleaning out the liquor cabinet today (who drinks all these sweet liqueurs that end up at the back of the cabinet anyways and why are they in my house?) I found it. I haven’t had a dram from this bottle in maybe 15 years and the original cork/lid was so fragile the last time I had a drink that I had to use a wine cork since (LB is my wife’s favourite wine BTW and it is excellent).
Decided to finish it tonight in his honour.
It tastes peatier than the current Bell’s regular offering but Scotch in a bottle doesn’t age. Maybe a bit of oxidation from 15 years with a wine cork, but man, this is a great glass of scotch.
I’m sure the providence comes into play here though.
TLDR, nice old blended scotch!
My grandfather introduced me to wetshaving when I was 15. He was a barber from Ireland. I wetshaved off and on since. Mostly 5 bladed carts in the shower over the years due to convenience, kids, life… but I digress.
He gave me this bottle of Bell’s 27 years ago for my wedding and told me to keep it for just him and I to drink a shot every Christmas. He bought it in Scotland in the 50’s and it was unopened when he gave it to me in 1995. I had the box and receipt and I recall it was 1954 (I was negative 15 years old at the time).
We drank a small glass every year and he died 20 years ago around this time. He told me to finish the bottle after he died. I couldn’t bring myself to do it.
Cleaning out the liquor cabinet today (who drinks all these sweet liqueurs that end up at the back of the cabinet anyways and why are they in my house?) I found it. I haven’t had a dram from this bottle in maybe 15 years and the original cork/lid was so fragile the last time I had a drink that I had to use a wine cork since (LB is my wife’s favourite wine BTW and it is excellent).
Decided to finish it tonight in his honour.
It tastes peatier than the current Bell’s regular offering but Scotch in a bottle doesn’t age. Maybe a bit of oxidation from 15 years with a wine cork, but man, this is a great glass of scotch.
I’m sure the providence comes into play here though.
TLDR, nice old blended scotch!
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