What whisk(e)y are we drinking? (Part 2)

LONG time lurker around these parts but the Secret Santa idea has prompted me to get involved!

Also regarding the Aberlour, it was 2 years ago. I remember as my dad took a shine to it and I gave him half the bottle and had to get another one! Was hoping O'Briens would do something similar again but no such luck...their selection of Scotch has just faded away post Brexit

Last orders for this. We have eleven people participating now including myself. Anyone else interested please send me a private message by 10am Monday morning. It promises to be a good night so don't miss out!

It has been a couple of months since I finished my last bottle of Powers three swallows, opened a bottle bought last week. I'm thinking it must be me, but is smells like a glass of caramel, not what I recall, I mean there was some sweetness to the smell, but this is stronger. Also quite a caramel taste, much sweeter than I remember. Anyone else notice this in a recent bottling?

We have thirteen people for the Secret Santa. As we have an odd number of participants I will do secret santa with two people so nobody misses out. I have completed the draw using a random online generator and will send the details to everybody this evening. Some guidelines below:

2 samples of 30ml each

To allow for those who want to blind sample please mark samples as sample 1 and sample 2 but also include a folded note of what the samples are for those who don't want to blind sample

We will aim for Friday 23rd of December from 7pm to post our thoughts about the samples received. Obviously drinking them on that night might not suit everyone so we can taste them on a different date beforehand and post on the night if preferred. If people can't do either they can post as soon as they can after that date.

Thanks for everybody who agreed to take part. It promises to be an interesting experiment and I look forward to enjoying a whiskey or two with you all!

If you had to, really had to:

Whisk(e)y choices if you had €25, €25 - €50 and €50-€100.

I really only know what I like and what I dont but happy to treat myself and maybe another on the run in to xmas.

Thoughts? Please n thanks in advance.

I'd say <25 right now tesco finest irish 12 year old single malt

25 - 50 toughest category for me. Johnnie walker black or wild turkey 101 taste depending. Wildly different

50 - 100 red breast cask strength or ardbeg 10. Again wildly different so taste dependant

Is it 2 50ml samples we are sending in secret Santa? Also what date are we sending them?

If you are gonna spend 70 on redbreast 12

Spend an extra 20 and get the redbreast 12 cask strength

Absolutely stunning

If the cask strength is too heavy you can always add a few drops of water

Instructions here... I've already posted mine what with xmas post being what it is.

I sent 2 single malts, sample a and b with abv on container. With a folded note with the names