It’s been a rainy, chilly few days here in central Virginia so it’s the perfect setting for settling down in front of the TV with some whisky. Time to break out a few more samples from my friends in the Scottish Distillery Group and putting in “the work”. First up tonight is this somewhat rare, expensive and well-aged offering from Glenfiddich: 19 Year Old Age of Discovery (Bourbon Cask). This one was supplied by my friend Pranay. She’s a shiny, new penny copper in the glass and smells of fresh cut oak as soon as the liquid began flowing from the sample bottle. It also formed some oily, quick legs when I spin it. The nose is all bourbon: cinnamon and peppery oak spices with a weird, musty smell settling in as I let it breathe well past 15-20 minutes. It wasn’t off-putting, so to speak, it was just odd. It didn’t transfer over into the initial sip so “no harm, no foul” I guess. The palate just delivered more bourbon cask, cinnamon, cut oak and the slightest bit of sweetness. It didn’t hang around long so I didn’t really get a chance to try harder to detect anything specific. The finish was medium length, warm-turning-spicy, but dry. More excellent oak notes hung around on the tongue and it ended up being a nice contrast from the super fruity, sweet scotch I paired this one with. Many thanks to Pranay for supplying this one, as it’s been on my radar for awhile and I just have a hard time plopping down $175+ for a ‘Fiddich. Yeah, I’m THAT snob you’ve read about... 4 stars. What’s next?