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| - I took my buddies here for as the afternoon part of a bachelor party. Some of them were skeptical even though we all love whisky (particularly scotch). Adam greeted us at the door and gave us a tour of the Freakin' Frog before taking us to the main event, The Whisky Attic.
Like I said some of my friends were skeptical about the entire thing, I pushed for everyone to sign up for the big tasting that was $120 but half felt only the $75 one was necessary and the larger was one pretty much a waste. I wouldn't go as far as to say that my friends and I are scotch experts but we have a scotch club that meets once a month and we love the hobby.
Adam discussed what we were in store for and sat around the table as he gave us a bit of a history lesson in why he made the Attic, individual hedonism as he puts it, and how and why he came up with a new way of tasting, which he coins as CSTEM (couldn't tell you what it stands for other than the C is for his first name). All I will say is that you will be a believer.
What I love is that every single tasting is different. Adam went around the table and asked each of us the same questions. By doing this he understands the palate each participant has. I love this customization. We had some real peatheads in our group, we only had one peaty scotch and a smokey whisky, let me tell you they weren't upset.
I wasn't too excited to try out some bourbons, Canadian whiskies or anything other than Irish and Scottish whiskies, not when I'm dishing out $120 bucks but I will tell you that I shelled out $120 bucks, as did every single one of my friends (even the skeptics) and I will say that every single one of us left with our minds blown and so happy we did this.
I cannot say enough good words about Adam, his partner in crime (didn't catch his name) and the entire experience. Adam is coming out with a book in a few weeks which I will buy, when I come back to Vegas I will come to the Attic again (even though half the value of the experience is the tasting method). I wholeheartedly recommend this place to absolutely anyone who loves whisky or is intrigued by it.
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