I remember the original Maker's Mark being one of my first bottles of whiskey that I ever had. I purchased that bottle on semi-impulse at the Habitat, citing the fact that I was lazy to go onto Carousell and purchase the same bottle at the same price but at 1 litre size. Fast forward a few months, and that bottle is downed, and I was looking for a new bottle to replace that. ...
I have always been interested in the Glendronach lineup, but it was not so high up on my wishlist that I would really jump onto the opportunity to purchase one. So, when I found a seller selling a dram of this, I took the chance to get one dram to try it out...
I made it pretty clear that the Hibiki Lineup by Suntory always holds a special place in my heart as I consider it to be my gateway into the wide world of whisky appreciation. As such, I would always have a set of Hibiki's on my shelf, squirreled away. However, due to the immense demand from Japanese Whiskies these few years (could be a topic for another article), I purchased those bottles at a pretty significant markup. Thus, even though I have the bottles and whisky, I could never really bear to open up the bottles and drink it. Thus, whenever I could realistically purchase a sip of this, I would not hesitate to jump on the opportunity to do so...