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Aug 18, 20221 min read
Starward Two-Fold
Starward Two-Fold Double Grain Australian Whisky Cask: ex-red wine ABV: 40% Nose: Ground wheat, malt loaf, tropical fruit, overripe...
Aug 13, 20221 min read
Michter's Small Batch
ABV: 43% Batch No.: 18G1077 Nose: Vanilla custard, bubblegum, banana pudding, fruit cake, hints of sweet tea with mint, soft cinnamon....
Jul 3, 20221 min read
Germain-Robin Old Havana
Distillery: Germain-Robin ABV: 40% Color: Deep amber Nose: Up front: citrus flowers, under ripe peaches, cocoa powder, and vanilla...
Mar 15, 20221 min read
Unpeated Caol Ila
Stitchell Reserve “Unpeated Style” Caol Ila Bottled in 2013 ABV: 59.6% Nose: Honey, summer hay, licorice candy, fresh cut pine wood,...
Mar 15, 20221 min read
"Petrified Decadence" SMWS 1.242
“Petrified Decadence” Cask: Ex-bourbon into PX. ABV: 60.6% Age: 7 years Distilled: February 2013 Distillery: Glenfarclas Nose: Cedar,...
Mar 13, 20221 min read
Privateer Rum
ABV: 45% Nose: Light brown sugar, chocolate covered banana, coconut flakes, apple skins, honey syrup, red candy. Palate: Cinnamon butter,...
Feb 8, 20221 min read
That Boutiquey Whisky Company - Clynelish Batch #2
That Boutiquey Whisky Company - Clynelish Batch #2 ABV: 50.6% Age: NAS Cask: Who knows! Color: Golden Hay Nose: Green jelly beans,...
Jan 24, 20221 min read
New Riff Single Barrel #4428
New Riff Single Barrel #4428 ABV: 54.8% Distilled: July 25th, 2017 Bottled: October 19th, 2021 Nose: Cocoa powder, strawberry candy,...
Nov 29, 20211 min read
Bruichladdich Black Arts 9.1
ABV: 44.1% Age: 29 Years Distilled: 1992 Nose: Deep, layered, fruit forward. Coconut flakes, vanilla beans, pine nuts, ripe melons,...
Nov 29, 20212 min read
Deep in the heart of Texas farms
Once upon a time I dreamed of being a farmer. My wife and I actually moved to Waco to pursue that dream. We sold our house, packed up our...
Nov 22, 20211 min read
Lagavulin Distiller's Edition 2017
A surprisingly sweet and chocolatey Lagavulin. Peat takes a backseat to the candy and dried fruit notes. Age: 16 Years Casks: Ex-bourbon...
Nov 20, 20211 min read
Bardstown Fusion Series #5
This Bardstown release is a blend of their own whiskey (mostly 4 year stock, some 3 year) with some 11 year sourced Kentucky of unnamed...
Nov 1, 20211 min read
Glenfarclas 12
Throwback to my notes from this bottle years ago: "Absolute classic. Glenfarclas uses bourbon and sherry casks but it’s those sherry...
Nov 1, 20211 min read
BenRiach 1994 Single Barrel
Distillery: BenRiach Age: 22 years Cask: Ex-bourbon ABV: 52.7% Distilled: July 15th, 1994 Nose: Grilled (slightly burnt) peaches,...
Oct 8, 20211 min read
Crowded Barrel Peated Single M.o.M.
Distiller: Crowded Barrel ABV: 54% Age: 8 months Casks: 5 gallon American Oak Rich and creamy, this single malt is young (under a year)...
Oct 1, 20213 min read
AnCnoc 12 and 18, Six Years and a Sherry Cask Apart
Even as an American to whom names like “Knockdhu” are very funny, I still think I wouldn’t have been confused by the fact that there was...
Sep 15, 20211 min read
“The Perfect Catch” SMWS 59.62
Distillery: Teaninich Cask: Ex-bourbon into new Sauternes ABV: 55.6% Age: 11 years Distilled: September 29th, 2008 Nose: Delicate,...
Aug 21, 20211 min read
Jura 12
Distillery: Jura Age: 12 Years Abv: 40% Casks: Ex-bourbon, Oloroso finish Nose: Strong, sherry forward backed up by sweet, wet ash and...
Aug 21, 20211 min read
Abasolo Mexican Whiskey
Distillery: Abasolo ABV: 43% Casks: Used bourbon and new American oak. Nose: Buttery corn, oily pupusas, summer hay, grassy and floral....
Aug 6, 20211 min read
Green Spot Irish Whiskey
Green Spot Single Pot Still Irish Whiskey Distillery: Middleton ABV: 40% Casks: Bourbon Nose: Mint syrup, Good n’ Plenty candy, banana...
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