I tried this blind and then was revealed the bottle, so keep that in mind while reading my notes. This is a bottling from SMWS of Caol Ila. It was aged for 11 years in a refill bourbon hogshead, then bottled at cask strength with no color added and was non-chill filtered. ABV: 59.5% Nose: Buttery Popcorn,
Review #408; Scotch #149: Caol Ila 11yr 2007 SMWS 53.304 “Rose petals on a rock pool” Read More »
This is a 143 liter batch of Jabali. They harvesed 326 pinas, which were where then roasted underground in a conical oven with Encino oak, dried banana leaves, and acacia leaves for 100 days. The cooked agave was then hand mashed with wooden mallets and fermented in underground stone tank with tree bark for 4
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This is a single barrel, cask strength bourbon selected by our t8ke of t8ke.review. This comes from craft distiller Drftless Glenn who is based out of Wisconsin. This bourbon has a mashbill of 60% Corn, 20% rye, 10% Distiller’s Malt, and 10% Caramel Malt. It is 4 years and 3 months old. Let’s see how
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This is a Gin from English producer Whitley Neil. It is made with classic gin botanicals as well as blackberries. ABV: 43% Nose: Heavy Blackberry, salt, spicy, black pepper, coriander, citrus peel, lemon zest Palate: Medium oily mouthfeel. Heavy Blackberry Jam and Orange Peel. Coriander, lemon zest, Finish: Medium length, Heavy blackberry, Orange Peel, white pepper, salt. Rating: 7/10 Far
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This is a 14 year old Expression from the Savanna distillery on Reunion Island. ABV: 65.1% Nose: Pungent, Soured Fruits, Overripe Mango and Guava. Juicy Fruit Gum, Allspice, Slight Vicks Vapor Rub, caramel. Palate: Medium Mouthfeel. Slight Heat, Overipe funky fruits again. Allspice, Juicy fruit gum, dark chocolate, vicks vapor rub. Finish: Medium length. Warm and moist. Over-ripe fruits,
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This is an offering from Cinco Sentidos. The plants were aged 12-15 years, cooked in a Conical Earth oven with Guamuchil and Mezquite, fermented for 6 days with well water and distilled on copper stills. This was produced in October of 2019, with a batch size of 62 liters. Mezcalero: Atenogenes Garcia Batch: BC04-19MX ABV: 48.7% Nose: Spicy, cream
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This is a Gin from the Bruichladdich Distillery. This is a gin that has 31 different botanicals in it, and is made at a distillery most well renown for their scotch. Lets see how their Islay Dry gin stacks up. ABV: 46% Nose: Brine, juniper, lemon zest, peppery, spicy, vegetal, Palate: Medium mouthfeel. Warm, brine, spice, junipery, lemony,
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This is a bottling from El Jolgorio, this is one of their Espadin, which was rested in glass for a long period of time. This comes from San Luis Del Rio. Let’s see how it holds up. Edition 8, 2006 Harvest Rafael Méndez Cruz ABV: 47.8% Nose: Fresh cut Green Bell Peppers, Wildflowers, light Earthiness, orange citrus,
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This is a bottling from Signatory Vintage. It is a 16 year old peated Ballechin, that was aged in an ex-Islay cask that then held sherry in it. It was bottled for the Whisky Club Luxembourg. This was bottled at cask strength with no color added, and was non-chill filtered. ABV: 58.9% Nose: Smoked Meaty Peat, Jammy
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This is a bottling from Bozal made from the Tobala agave variant. Tobala takes 12-15 years and is a very small agave, which means it takes a large amount of them to make a batch. This offering was clay pot distilled. Lot: 00219 ABV: 46.2% Nose: Meat like dried and smoked pork, pepper, brine. Sweet, guava, mango, and
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