Background: This is a single barrel Bowmore, bottled by an Signatory Vintage. It was aged for 12 years in a refill sherry cask before being bottled at cask strength with no color added, and was non-chill filtered. I had this blind then was revealed the bottle so keep that in mind reading my notes. ABV: 59.1% […]
Review #92; Scotch #19: Bowmore 2001 12yr Exclusive Malts Read More »
Tamdhu 20 year K+L Old Malt Cask ABV: 56.7% Nose: Very sweet, light fruits, grassy, Sulphur hint, Palate: Grassy, tannic, Sulphur, bitter, oak, but some fruity vanilla hints after 30ish minutes of air. Finish: Short, but whats there is the bitter, sulphuric tannic ness. Rating: 4/10 This is a bitter, tannic, oaky, sulphury mess to me, but perhaps I should
Review #91; Scotch #19: Tamdhu 20yr K&L Old Malt Cask Select Read More »
Background: This is a single barrel rye picked by Nasa Liquors in Texas from the Beam distillery. This was part of the big rye blind where I took notes on several ryes then was shown the bottle. his is a series that I will be posting my reviews and reveal from but no the overall
Review #90; Rye #23: Knob Creek SiB Rye (NASA Liquors Select) Read More »
Background: This is from a rye blind series I did. This was shown after I wrote my notes. This is a blend of straight ryes that have been finished in Port and French Oak barrels. ABV: 49.3% This is a series that I will be posting my reviews and reveal from but no the overall
Review #89; Rye #22: High West Midwinters Night Dram Act 6 Read More »
Background: This is a 10 year old Scotch from Scotland that has been aged for 9 years in a combo of 80% ex bourbon and 20% ex sherry casks before marrying for a year in first fill Oloroso Sherry casks. I had this blind then was revealed the notes so keep that in mind while reading
Review #88; Scotch #17: Benromach Imperial Proof Read More »
Background: This was a blind in rye series. I had this blind then was shown the bottle. Pikesville is a 6 year old rye from Heaven Hill that is a barely legal rye with a rye mashbill of 51% rye, 39% corn, and 10% malted barley. This is a series that I will be posting
Review #87; Rye #21: Pikesville Rye Read More »
Background: This was a blind rye in a series that I tasted, took my notes, then was revealed the bottle. This rye is from Balcones, a craft distiller in Waco, Texas. This is a 100% rye that has been aged for at least 15 months in Texas before being bottled. This is a series that
Review #86; Rye #20: Balcones Rye Read More »
Background: This was a blind review, with a series of ryes blinded, then I was revealed the bottle after. This is a Rye that has been finished in new level 4 charred oak barrels. This is a series that I will be posting my reviews and reveal from but no the overall results. A group
Review #85; Rye #19: Knob Creek Twice Barreled Rye Read More »
Background: This is an indie bottling of 2000 vintage Laphroaig aged in a single sherry hogshead until 2018, when it was bottled by Malts of Scotland. A release of just 223 bottles. ABV: 51.8% Nose: Very sweet sherry, vanilla frosting, peat, figs, allspice, grapes. Smells amazing. Palate: Thick oily mouthfeel, peat, hint of medicinal, sherry on the backend
Review #84: Scotch #16: Malts of Scotland Laphroaig 18yr 2000 Read More »
Big Rye Roundup #1 This is a series that I will be posting my reviews and reveal from but no the overall results. A group of us did a big rye split where we samples over a month blind samples from each other where we dedicated whole bottles, set those scores into a google doc,
Review #83; Rye #18: Woody Creek 4yr 101 Single Barrel Read More »
