Thanks. Glad I'm not the only one that felt that way. It was a fun event but I've found my palate is good for about five different whiskey's before my tongue goes kind of numb, so I lost any real appreciation for those sorts of evenings. The selection at the time was frankly fairly awful so to hear it has improved is a good thing. I had better offerings at home the last time I went.
Certainly the MLCC has become much better at sourcing whisky/whiskey in recent years, though I think they're pushing the limit of credibility with their pricing. Notably the 'fancy' Diageo releases - if you look around elsewhere they aren't commanding what the MLCC is trying to charge for them and they are sitting. The 2022 pricing on them was probably the limit of what they can charge, but I'm not sure how effective they are at evaluating that just yet. $250 for a 10 y/o Clynelish in fancy packaging? I think not.
Probably the boom in distilling in Canada and the U.S. is certainly helping, along with the social media push for collecting.
The Islay selection has certainly improved though if you're not a fan of Lagavulin or Ardbeg then maybe not so much. Lot of Laphroaig around but whoo-doggies, that pricing.
Bourbon selection is amazing now relatively speaking, as if the rye.
I won't ever stand in line for the premium releases they do and I have no luck on their lotteries to this point, so I tend to miss the more interesting stuff anyway.
Also, go Jets go. Hockey, hockey, hockey.
