A friend gave me my first bottle of 18 y o Balvenie for my ordination. When I went to open it, back at the house, he said I should save it for a big occasion. I said, “Unless you’re going to serve it at my funeral. . . “
Yeah that's how I'd do it. With whiskey in particular you're gonna be drinking it for a while anyway, so if you ever feel like celebrating you can just have a tiny bit & not notice the drop.
The hard part is initially breaking the seal to open it lol
Literally done exactly this. Also have handed friends a pour of a 28 year Bruichladdich at my birthday party last year and watched their eyes get a bit big lol.
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(Of course, the Portwood is 21 y o, not 18, as I originally wrote.)
The hard part is initially breaking the seal to open it lol