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| - I admit that I have a terrible (wonderful?) bourbon addiction. Living in Nashville, with all the distilleries so close, how could one not? I am proud to have 55 different bottles of bourbon in my whiskey library (plus a few random Rye's, Scotch's, Irish, and of course, 5 different Tennessee Whiskeys as well) Whenever I am in a new town, I always frequent a liquor store or two in the hopes of finding something truly unique - local liquor laws always keep some items off Tennessee shelves. Searching in Las Vegas for bourbon, I found the Whisky Attic
Inside a bar called The Freakin' Frog is a staircase that leads to heaven - whiskey heaven. The Frog itself is a wonderful place, famous for having over 1,100 beers, but the Whisky Attic is amazing as it has over 600 different bottles of whiskey! While that makes the place amazing in its own right, it is what the owner, Adam Carmer, teaches that makes the place one of the Must Do's in Las Vegas.
Like most people, I taste whiskey the way everyone else does - look, smell, taste - or at least I should say, I USED to taste that way; not anymore. Adam has invented the only new method of tasting whiskey - ever. His method allowed me to taste 13 different whiskey's, one after the other and still be able to pick out individual tastes and smells. It was amazing. All those flavors I had tasted before, plus new ones I had read other people taste, but had never been able to pick out myself, they all shone through - even on the second or third sip.
Adam's tasting class is by phone reservation only, and its not cheap ($150 for the one I attended), but for anyone that has a desire to taste whiskey and know what they are talking about, I cannot recommend this place and this experience highly enough.
As one of my friends put it - its like seeing a new color
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