Today is my son’s 3rd birthday. He is asleep now and I am glad I have a very special whisky here for that special occasion, which is a kindly provided sample from @Soba45 - which btw traveled around literally half the earth. Thanks. Some of you gentlemen who were getting the chance to review this rarity as well already had the best words to say about it so I won’t even try to analyze it. Instead I will just enjoy it and just state what makes it different to what I know so far from experiences of my personal whisky journey. This 41 years old whisky which was distilled half a century ago is by far the oldest whisky I had (24 being the oldest so far). From a friend I heard that this is particularly interesting because scotch was made differently back then with no real electronic or digital help and a lot of it came down to “gut feeling”. So I was told to be prepared for imperfections. I also was told to let it breathe for a while - so I have it resting here in a Norlan glass for a little over an hour now. That I hope will have given it proper time to develop. Cheers / Slainte @Soba45 and @Distiller community. (30 Minutes later) Ok this really is different. It feels like after all these years there is no maltyness or sweetness left. Instead it is ultra herbal and like a intense dry red wine with a lot of wood influence, which really feels like OLD wood. And really good black tea you let infuse way to long. What an experience. I like it quite a lot but I couldn’t drink it regularly. It is very challenging and something to pay proper attention and focus to. I also won’t give it a rating. I can only rate whisky in comparison with other whiskies and I honestly have nothing I can compare it with. I also base my ratings on aspects I think a whisky does good or doesn’t. A whisky like this doesn’t bring something to the table which anyone could ever anticipate it having so there is no balancing outcomes and flavors they could optimize in other batches. This Whisky is like a Picasso or Van Gogh painting - both you can’t really compare with other paintings in general. It is simply something with its own art and identity - completely unique. The same applies here. But yeah - I like this whisky more than a lot of the whiskies I had to date but it still just doesn’t fit in.