yesterday (including William Larue Weller) and this was the highlight of my day & easily the best tasting dram

A great dram when you just want to sit and relax and not think about work... which I'm totally doing

Definitely some flashes of dark earthy cognac which drums up more of the dark fruits. This settled very nicely into a profile that almost resembles Midwinter Nights Dram Act 8 Scene 4; very

With 25D firmly in the dud category, 25C manages to elevate the experience quite a bit.

Both seem to be open to interpretation here as you dig through this delicious dram.

I have tasted this twice now before today as I also managed to score one of my good friends a bottle, This years blend managed to take what was an already amazing whiskey and crank up the volume without

Has the blending prowess of the team, including barrel manager Chad Watson, improved with time? years as described by the brand Further identification: According to Chad Watson, the barrel operations manager

Continuing to work through the glass shows off a mouthfeel that isn't quite a thick viscosity, yet it still manages

Drizzly day dram. If you've known me a while, you'd know my first whiskey was an Irish whiskey.

It manages to drink both vintage and new at the same time with perfect balance despite the monstrous

TL;DR: A bit of a fickle dram; beautiful when shining, but too woody for most occasions Rating: 4/5 ( explored an early 1990s Wild Turkey split label 12 year bourbon, Heaven Hill 17 year, and Redbreast Dream Put them all together, and the ranking shook out like this: Redbreast Dream Cask 30 year Irish whiskey

TL;DR: A shy dram offering just hints of everything it carries, yet somehow never lacking complexity