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Australian Whisky Advent Day 25: Double Cask from Hellyers Road Distillery, TAS #WhiskyAdvent #WhitePossum Merry Christmas Everyone

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Australian Whisky Advent Day 24: Triple Barrel Whisky from Tattarang Springs Distilling, WA #WhiskyAdvent #WhitePossum

Australian Whisky Advent Day 23: Limeburners American Oak from Great Southern Distillery, WA #WhiskyAdvent #WhitePossum

Just a quick snap of the final dram of Whisky Advent 2024, right as my Christmas Eve guests were set to arrive. Just posed things on the sideboard in my dining room, with the table of sweets I've been baking over the last few days in the background.

Merry Christmas!

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A photograph of a Glencairn glass of whisky on a pink marble surface, with a view to a dining room with a table loaded with baked goods and a small white Christmas tree lit up with a string of lights visible in the background.

Another night of prep. This was taken as I was about to trim that big slab of Florentine bars in the background down into individual cookies. The dram's an expression I haven't had before from a distillery that's a nostalgic thing for me: Mortlach 21 Special Release 2020, cask strength at 56.9%ABV.

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A photograph of a Glencairn glass of whisky with a slab of Florentine cookies visible behind (almonds and candied orange peel in a caramel base on top of shortbread). The cookies are sitting on top of a white cutting board, and everthing is sitting on a butcher block surface.

Australian Whisky Advent Day 23: Limeburners American Oak from Great Southern Distillery, WA #WhiskyAdvent #WhitePossum

Fully into Christmas Eve prep now, so here's today's dram with the apple-rye-brown butter blondies I just pulled out of the oven. It's Caol Ila 32 Year Old 1991 Old & Rare Platinum from Hunter Laing, 41%ABV, which went into a cask the year I graduated from college and is the second in a row that has spent more time maturing than my adult children.

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A photograph of a Glencairn glass of whisky being held in the photographer's hand, with a tray of blondies streaked with apple butter in a pan in the background.

Australian Whisky Advent Day 22: Upshot from Whipper Snapper Distillery, WA #WhiskyAdvent #WhitePossum

Makin' my Ten Spice syrup recipe on Day 21, now that I'm in prep-for-Christmas-Eve mode. The dram keeping me company is The Character of Islay Fiona Macleod 33 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky, from an unnamed Islay distillery. It's named for the pseudonym of Scottish writer and poet William Sharp (an interesting story in and of itself, told well recently on The Allusionist podcast).

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A photograph of a Glencairn glass of whisky surrounded by spices including vanilla, black pepper, allspice, clove, cardamom, orange peel, bay leaf, ginger, star anise, and cinnamon. A portion of a notebook appears in the lower right, with the title and a bit of the ingredient list for "Ten Spice Syrup" visible on the page.

Australian Whisky Advent Day 21: Smoky Wedding Peated from Furneaux Distillery, TAS #WhiskyAdvent #WhitePossum

Day 20's whisky with day 20's dinner: beef stew and biscuits. The whisky is That Boutique-y Whisky Company's bottling of Glengoyne 17, Batch 1, at 49.1%ABV. The beef stew and biscuits are homemade, and delicious.

Dried fruit, vanilla, orange, and cinnamon on the nose; vanilla, honey, figs, orange marmalade, and a whiff of leather on the palate; the finish gives way to walnuts, cocoa, and some woody tannins. Leans a bit sweet for me.

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A photograph of a Glencairn glass of whisky next to a fired clay bowl of beef stew on a wooden table, with some flaky homemade biscuits visible in the back of the scene on a pale green knitted tea towel with a brown stripe.

Australian Whisky Advent Day 20: Waubs Original from Waubs Harbour, TAS #WhiskyAdvent #WhitePossum

Australian Whisky Advent Day 19: Good(e) Whisk(e)y from Archie Rose Distilling, NSW #WhiskyAdvent #WhitePossum

Come out to the coast, we'll get together, have a few laughs, crawl through an air duct, cause an explosion, maybe defenestrate a German guy… man, that was *not* the Christmas party I expected. Anyone know if bearer bonds are still valid with a little bit of char on them? Yippee-ki-yay. This fists-with-your-feet thing sure works better without the broken glass.

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A photograph of a Glencairn glass of whisky sitting on top of some (prop) bearer bonds that are a bit singed around the edges, as if they'd been through, say, an explosion at Nakatomi Plaza.

Day 18 is my annual calendar signing night, apparently. The year before I started this whole whisky Advent calendar project, I began putting together photo calendars for my Scout camp's alumni association from my photography at the camp. I do all the work, sign and number the series, cover the printing, shipping, and credit card handling costs, and donate 100% of the price to the association.

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A photograph of a doubles glass of whisky sitting on top of an Camp Cachalot 2025 photo calendar, in front of a stack of calendars. A pen sits on top of the calendar as well, ready to sign it, and the small bottle the whisky came in, labeled Glen Scotia, is near the stack on the right.

Australian Whisky Advent Day 18: Solera Muscat Cask from Spring Bay Distillery, TAS #WhiskyAdvent #WhitePossum

Got home from the Jacques Pépin book signing/dinner tonight to dram 17, Seaweed & Aeons & Digging & Fire & Cask Strength 10 Year Old (Batch 04), a partly sherry-finished single malt from an unnamed Islay distillery @ 58.3%ABV.

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A photograph of a Glencairn glass of whisky sitting on top of an open copy of Jacques Pépin's "The Art of the Chicken", signed "To Dennis, best. Jacques Pépin". Part of a copy of the program/menu for "An Evening with Jacques Pépin" is visible in the lower right corner.

Australian Whisky Advent Day 17: Double Wood from Kinglake Distillery, SA #WhiskyAdvent #WhitePossum

Day 16 of Whisky Advent is a mouthful: Douglas Laing's Old Particular Fanatical About Flavor Teaninch 12 year old 2009 (cask 15437), a single cask single malt. Lemon, hay, and something sweet on the nose; malty sweetness, cocoa, and warm spices on the palate with just a little bit of peat; the peat comes out a bit more along with clove and allspice on the finish. Very, very tasty tipple.

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A photograph of the fingertips of a hand holding a Glencairn glass of pale whisky, with an antique clock and some cut crystal glasses on a wooden sideboard behind. The lighting is chiaroscuro and comes from the right-hand side of the scene.

Australian Whisky Advent Day 16: Iniquity Talamara from Tin Shed Distilling, SA #WhiskyAdvent #WhitePossum

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