It’s 2020. It’s December. Let’s shut this year down with a brand new whiskey (or whisky) every day. It’s my own personal whiskey advent calendar. +6! Dec. 14, 2020 I’m moderately alarmed by my lack of knowledge about my own whiskey collection. The other day, I learned Monkey Shoulder wasn’t a bourbon. Apparently, I also have a Flaviar sample kit? I don’t know much about Flaviar, but my initial impression based on what I just saw online is that it’s a way to charge absurdly too much for anything worth three-sixths of a damn and fair prices for all the stuff nobody wants. This effect seems amplified within their sample kits. Enter Wolfburn. This is frighteningly clear. I can’t recall the last time I saw a whisky look like this. I swear I’ve seen yellower white dog. Nose is caramel, sugar, and cigar smoke. Overall unpleasant nose. Body is intense. Jalapeño, smoke, cream. Possibly some chocolate. It’s interesting, but I can’t call it pleasant. Finish is spicy, acidic. Liquid hot sauce. It turns your stomach. I think I just developed GIRD. After you recover, there’s a decent peat runoff (decent duration, not intensity). The last 2 seconds of this drink are the best. But then you don’t want to go back. I’m relatively new to scotch, so with all the appropriate caveats and humility I assert: this is not great. If I’m way off, please let me know. I have a drop or two left in the vial, but unless there’s something major that I’m missing, I’m pouring it out. This reminds me a lot of that Dickel Tobasco nonsense: it’s interesting on paper, and introducing an acidic hot sauce note does foster some mildly interesting interaction with other notes. However, I can’t say that it’s enjoyable, and I want nothing to do with it. ‘Tis the season. I’m day-to-day on my whiskey selection, so if you’re reading this and there’s something readily available out there you’d like me to enjoy/suffer through this holiday season, leave it in the comments. Merry whiskey to all, and to all a beer flight!