Happy Holidays readers!&nbsp; If you are as into the whisky, as we are, you most likely got a few nice bottles this week.&nbsp; Holidays are a great time to stock up on whisky, and I know that I personally rely on my friends and family to help restock my dwindling bar every December.&nbsp; Here&amp;#8217;s a quick look at my whisky score this year.
All in all, I got the Glenmorangie 18, an Ardbeg 10 (my go-to whisky), a new bottle of the always excellent McCarthy&amp;#8217;s Oregon Single Malt Whiskey, a Cask Strength, Single Barrel expression of McCarthy&amp;#8217;s bottled just last month, samples of Compass Box Flaming Heart and Amrut Intermediate Sherry (Thanks Dan!) and two rather unique independent bottlings that need an introduction.
Those odd looking bottles are Independent Bottlings of a Caol Ila 13 Cask Strength and a Royal Brackla 11 year old.&nbsp; The IB is a store called Vom Fass (literally translated as &amp;#8220;from the cask&amp;#8221;).&nbsp; Vom Fass is a very popular chain in France and Germany that sells oils, vinegar, liquers, brandy and whisky straight from the cask in their stores. &nbsp; Vom Fass is a newcomer here in the USA, and I stumbled into one of their only US franchises while down in New Orleans visiting my in-laws.&nbsp; I&amp;#8217;ll have more on Vom Fass and their whisky selection in a separate post later this week.
So how did you do this year?&nbsp; What bottles did you find in your stocking or under your tree?