The Macallan 12 Years Old

20140930:
The Macallan 12 Years Old on the rocks.

This Macallan smells lighter, and has less of an apple juice scent than the Johnnie Walker Black Label.

The drink was okay upon first contact, but then the spice and burn hits.

The second sip was easier than the first. 7:15PM PT

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The Macallan 12 Years Old *
*The Macallan distillery makes a 12 year old whisky aged in fine oak and a 12 year old whisky aged in fine sherry casks. I'm guessing the one I had was aged in sherry oak (based on color and taste).

Relevant Links:
The Macallan 12 Years Old (Macallan Website)
The Macallan distillery (Wikipedia.org)

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Website Information:

Colour: Rich gold
ABV: 40% (USA 43%)
Nose: Vanilla with a hint of ginger, dried fruits, sherry sweetness and wood smoke
Palate: Deliciously smooth, rich dried fruits and sherry balanced with wood smoke and spice
Finish: Sweet toffee and dried fruits, with wood smoke and spice

Johnnie Walker Black Label

20140930:
Johnnie Walker Black on the rocks.

(20160827)

It smells like apple juice to me. However, it definitely doesn't taste like apple juice.

Instead, it taste really strong to me. While it gets a little lighter as the ice melts, the drink still has a spice to it.

Having tried very few whiskies, I didn't really enjoy this cup of Johnnie Walker until the end.

(20160828)

I'm quite tipsy from it. 7:03PM PT

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20160827:
Today I drank some Johnnie Walker Black neat. It was smooth with a strong spice.

I poured some more and added two drops of water using an ice cube. I felt like it was easier to drink. Without the two drops of water there was simply too much spice! 5:38PM CT

[20160915 Quick Edit]

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20160828, 31:
I definitely had some more the next day (20160828) and the day we left for the airport (20160831).

(20140930)

It's possible I had some on the days in between, but there's no text or photo record of such.

[20160915]

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Johnnie Walker Black Label

(20160827)

Relevant Links:
Johnnie Walker Black Label (Johnnie Walker Website)
Johnnie Walker (Wikipedia.org)

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Website Information:

Johnnie Walker
Black Label
Regarded by experts as the ultimate Scotch deluxe whisky, the benchmark by which all others are measured. With its origins in the 1870s Old Special Highland Whisky, Johnnie Walker Black Label simply became "Black Label" in 1909.

[A lot of information omitted]

It can be enjoyed on its own, with a dash of still or sparkling water, or with soda or ginger ale as a long drink.

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Amazon Simple Beer Service

Amazon Simple Beer Service

Relevant Links:
Simple Beer Service Webpage

20140930:
Technically - as far as I know - this beer doesn't have a name. But the kegerator is called "Simple Beer Service" and hence so shall the beer it dispenses be named.

I find the beer is very carbonated, refreshing, and lacks taste. Maybe its like a good Bud? 6:49PM PT

However, while the beer itself might not be impressive, the kegerator dispensing the beer is pretty noteworthy. As explained by the sign, it sends data about the beer flow to the cloud and that information is then charted live.

Sign Information:
SIMPLE BEER SERVICE

AWS services used: Amazon Kinesis, Amazon S3, Amazon EC2, Amazon Elastic MapReduce and Amazon Redshift

The Simple Beer Service (SBS) is a cloud-connected kegerator developed by the AWS San Francisco office which sends data about beer flow to Amazon Kenesis. Observe data on individual pours of beer including the duration and volume of the pour in near real-time through a custom JavaScript application running on Amazon S3. The data is also stored in Amazon S3 for later processing and analysis using Amazon EC2, Amazon Elastic MapReduce, and Amazon Redshift. Visualize the SBS historical beer pour data using Tableau, an Amazon partner which supports Amazon Redshift.

Fox Barrel Pacific Pear

~I'm not a beer. I'm a cider.~

20140912:
This Fox Barrel* Pacific Pear is a pear cider. The pear taste is subtle and overall the cider is pretty good tasting. There is very little carbonation and I think the final sips were not as good as the initial ones. 4:21PM PT

*Apparently this is now Crispin Pacific Pear, but the bottle I'm drinking from still has the Fox Barrel label.

[20141104]

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Fox Barrel Pacific Pear*
*now known as Crispin Pacific Pear

Relevant Links:
Pacifc Pear (Crispin Website)
Fox Barrel (Wikipedia.org)
Fox Barrel Pacific Pear Cider (RateBeer.com)

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Website Information: (Crispin Website)

Pacific Pear

Overview:
Naturally elegant and refreshingly adult with a sparkling natural pear finish and a subtle woody complexity, complemented by an intense fresh pear bouquet.

Naturally fermented using 100% pear juice, not from pear juice concentrate or pear-flavored hard apple cider.

Filtered cold for extra purity, with no added colorants, sugar, sorbate or benzoate preservatives. No added malt, spirit, grape or apple alcohols.

Nutritional Information:
Serving Size: 12 fl.oz
ABV: 4.5%
Calories: 160
Colorants: 0
Benzoate Preservatives: 0
Sorbate Preservatives: 0
Added Sugar: 0
Added Malt or Spirit Alcohol: 0
Gluten Free: Yes
Naturally Fermented: Yes

Redd's Apple Ale

20140901:
Redd's Apple Ale was a good tasting ale.* It's refreshing. While it's not as crisp as Crispin Original, it's still good. 10:44PM PT

*I originally thought it was a cider, but apparently it's an ale.

[20141031][20171104 Edit]

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Redd's Apple Ale

Relevant Links:
Redd's Apple Ale (Redd's Website)
Redd's Apple Ale (RateBeer.com)
Redd's Apple Ale (BeerAdvocate.com)

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Website Information:

REDD's Apple Ale
Two ways to pick different
REDD's Apple Ale is the beer that's crisp like an apple, but brewed like an ale. It's a refreshing break from your everyday beer routine and the perfect way to pick different. Make the ripe call with REDD's Apple Ale and Strawberry Ale.

Selected FAQ:
REDD'S Apple Ale is crips like an apple, but brewed like an ale.

It is not gluten-free.

It is 5% alcohol by volume.

Per 12 ounces, Redd's Apple Ale contains 165 calories, 17.1 carbs, <1.0g protein, 0g fat