Malternative Nation @ Bar Agricole Next Week

As time goes by and I get older I'm much more interested in a lasting experience than I am in a lasting bottle of booze. Part of the reason that people are willing to pay more for whisky today is because whisky keeps. You can nurse a $100 bottle over the course of many years, rather than plough through it all in one night like you need to with wine. But I've got too many open bottles of whisky at home already these days. Personally, I'd rather have one awesome $100 night on the town, than I would one awesome $100 bottle of whisky at home; even if that night only lasts the course of a few hours. Part of the reason I enjoy traveling to Scotland each year is because of the memories I create while tasting with different people, sharing ideas, holding a glass of whisky while I learn more about it and increase my awareness of the spirit. Those are the moments that ultimately last, far longer than that last tiny bit of Port Ellen 30 I'll probably never get around to finishing. But where can you have such an experience around here? Who will provide you with a unique, interesting, exciting, and engaging evening full of Scotch variety and intrigue where you can talk casually but intently with other connoisseurs and professionals? We can! There are still tickets available for this coming Tuesday's whisky event at Bar Agricole on 11th Street in San Francisco's SOMA neighborhood. We're pulling out all the stops on the patio for what should be a glorious evening. I'll be there along with some of my co-workers to guide you through a huge selection of our most-recent arrivals, including some serious selections that should make your head spin. Check out what's included:

-Unlimited food and snacks.

-Unlimited cocktails made with our latest creation: the Faultline Blended Scotch Whisky.

-A detailed tasting of our latest K&L exclusive whiskies direct from Scotland, including:

Caol Ila 5 Year Old Hepburn's Choice K&L Exclusive Single Barrel Cask Strength Single Malt Whisky $49.99

Bowmore 12 Year Old Hepburn's Choice K&L Exclusive Single Barrel Cask Strength Single Malt Whisky $79.99

Smoky & Peaty Tobermory (Ledaig) 8 Year Old Hepburn's Choice K&L Exclusive Single Barrel Cask Strength Single Malt Whisky $59.99

Mortlach 7 Year Old Hepburn's Choice K&L Exclusive Single Barrel Cask Strength Single Malt Whisky $49.99

Craigellachie 18 Year Old Hepburn's Choice K&L Exclusive Single Sherry Butt Cask Strength Single Malt Whisky $99.99

Miltonduff 19 Year Old Hepburn's Choice K&L Exclusive Single Barrel Cask Strength Single Malt Whisky $99.99

Laphroaig 16 Year Old K&L Exclusive Old Particular (Douglas Laing) Single Barrel Single Malt Whisky $139.99

Tamdhu 16 Year Old K&L Exclusive Old Particular (Douglas Laing) Single Barrel Single Malt Whisky $99.99

Tobermory 18 Year Old K&L Exclusive Old Particular (Douglas Laing) Single Barrel Single Malt Whisky $109.99

Girvan 24 Year Old Sovereign K&L Exclusive Single Barrel Cask Strength Single Grain Whisky $99.99

Port Dundas 36 Year Old Sovereign K&L Exclusive Single Barrel Cask Strength Single Grain Whisky $149.99

Macallan 21 Year Old K&L Exclusive Old Particular (Douglas Laing) Single Barrel Single Malt Whisky $249.99

North British 50 Year Old Sovereign K&L Exclusive Single Barrel Cask Strength Single Grain Whisky $249.99

Plus, the chance to be one of only 40 people allowed in to this intimate experience. You won't have to line up or get herded through the room like cattle. You'll have all the room and time you need to soak it all in (so will your liver). You know you wanna come! Buy your ticket below:

K&L & Bar Agricole Present "Malternative Nation," Tuesday, April 28th, from 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM $100 -Join us on the patio at Bar Agricole in San Francisco for a thorough tasting of our entire 2015 selection of single malts and grain whiskies from Hepburn's Choice, Sovereign, and Old Particular. Thirteen spectacular single-barrel expressions will be available, along with Scottish snacks and appetizers cooked up by the BA kitchen. Only forty tickets will be made available, so this will not be a packed house. It will be an intimate tasting with K&L staff members on hand to walk you through each exclusive bottle. There are no paper tickets for this event. Your name will be placed on a guest list. There are no refunds once tickets have been purchased, so please don't reserve a spot until you're certain you can come. We'll see you there!

-David Driscoll

David Driscoll