According to High West’s Instagram account, over 189,000 bottles of A Midwinter Night’s Dram Act 11 were produced, up from approximately 115,000 for Act 10. It was so cold and freezing that we avoided a snowmargeddon only because we didn’t have precipitation at the same time. This release is a shining example of that hard work resulting in a delicious product for us enthusiasts to sip on as an "an indispensable part of making it through the long cold winter". If you terminate your account, you will no longer have access to the Service and your Contributions (specified below), if any.

Peach marmalade, grapefruit zest, Danish pastry with brandy drizzle, grated nutmeg, vanilla meringue pie, roasted pecans. As with all of VinePair’s whiskey reviews, this was tasted in a Glencairn glass and rested for at least five minutes.There are almost no hard truths in this world and it gives me a exciting moment (or several hours) to put down math and science (my day job) to just explore the magic of it all. Its being a rye is more prominent on the nose, while the cask finishing flavors are more expressive in the mouth. I've seen scenes as high as 11 on this release, but you can rest assured that this act is all from one (quite gargantuan) batch.

This gift was shared by the Men of Tain with friends and family from St Andrews Day to Christmas to Burns Night. To those of you tempted to pay that type of premium: “Let’s teach ourselves that honorable stop, Not to outsport discretion,” in the words of a prominent Moor.Those readers fearing that the entirety of this review would be written in iambic pentameter can now breathe a sigh of relief. There’s a bit more of an acidic character as this moves toward the middle of the mouth, though this evens out against some of the rich dark fruit flavors imparted by the port cask. I get light to medium aromas of lemon peel, lemon zest, dried apricots, dried mangoes, ice wine, Fuji apples, star fruit, and honeydew melon. Taken into context, we should all have a much easier time finding these on the shelves this year compared to last.