2024 Rules

Objective

We'll sample 24 different AMERICAN whiskeys (80 Proof or greater) during the Advent Season - December 1 through 24.

Teams

This year, we have 9 participants arranged in 8 TEAMS.:

• SEVEN teams will have ONE participant

• ONE team will have TWO participants

Budgets

Once again, TEAMS will be assigned a BUDGET with which to buy THREE bottles.  The BUDGET is $120 per PARTICIPANT:

• 1 participant teams have a budget of $120

• the 2 participant team has a budget of $240 (roughly half should be spent on THE Christmas Eve bottle)

Draft 

We'll get together to do a Fantasy-style draft.  The draft order will be decided randomly before draft night.

Picks will be done snake style:

• Round 1 - Teams from 1 - 8

• Round 2 - Teams from 8 - 1

• Round 3 - Teams from 1 - 8

As in 2023, rounds are not assigned a dollar range, picks can be made freely regardless of price.

If the calendar is blind, then only bottles from 2022 and earlier may be repeated.

Bottles

If you haven't already, purchase two packs of these bottles.

Drop off your clean sample bottles (in the fashionable crate), along with your whiskies at Steve's by Wed Nov 27th so that the bottles can be filled and randomized by our generous randomization team in time for Dec 1st.

Blind or sighted

TBD

Reviews/comments

The SURVEY page will provide a form so that you can rate each whiskey and add tasting notes for future reference.