vPub Live - (Almost) New Whiskies

What do you call a whisky that's only new for some people?

In other words; what might you call a whisky that's calling itself new, but isn't, really? Or, what do you call a whisky that's only new in the sense it's the first time it's been made available? Well, I'm calling the slightly oddball whiskies I have this week 'Almost New'. It makes sense to me. I'll do my best to make it sound sensible to you too.

One of these has been sitting on the side for a few weeks and I've been desperate to open it and give it a try, but also to share it with you, live. It's just that there hasn't been a suitable moment or theme to do so. So I've basically contrived a vPub session to do just that, because (as is these things tend to do) along came one or two other bottles that seem to fit that similar theme; something that's very new to me, or certainly very new to the vPub, but in the big scope of the ever turning wheel of whisky, not entirely 'new' at all.

So, this week I have;
A whisky that's new because they took a long time to release it
A whisky that's new because I've never been lucky enough to get any
A whisky that's new because we're told it is, but it isn't
A whisky that's new because I've never seen it for sale before
A whisky that's new because it's the latest in my favourite series of geek whiskies and therefore, by definition, isn't new either

And who would bet against me stumbling upon another new thing that isn’t really before Thursday?

Anyway, all of these bottles have prompted me to contrive a whisky topic, but also to once more think about another shifting dynamic in whisky, something that I think will continue to change the way we enjoy and share whisky in general. In itself, it isn't anything bad, overall I'd say it's a good change, but I'll share this much now; it’s not good news for Whiskytube.

As always, I look forward to welcoming you there.

Time stamps:
0:00 - Opening
3:18 - Overview of topic
5:32 - Welcoming in the Barflies
20:44 - What are (Almost) New Whiskies?
22:40 - What's in the glass...
23:20 - Uncorking The Strathearn & Caveats
53:01 - Uncorking Circumstance English Whisky
1:13:48 - Integrity, independence & Dornoch
1:28:44 - Uncorking The Ballindalloch Sherry cask
1:42:14 - The polarisation of scotch whisky
1:53:15 - How to bridge the polarised gap
1:57:00 - Uncorking Loch Lomond DE5
2:10:00 - Quiz at the End

PS: I found this line up to be one of the finest ever on any vPub uncorking session. The future is bright.