The Auditor

Highland Park “Heart of it All” 13 This is a single cask offering picked by the state of Ohio. Distilled: 2004 Bottled: 2018 Cask Type: Refill Sherry Butt ABV: 63.2% Nose: Fruitcake, dark berries, baking spices, citrus, Palate: Heat, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, dark berries, leather. Finish: Medium, Cloves, berries, leather, oak, and other baking spices. This is alright, it reminds me of

This is the yearly limited release that Laphroaig, 2018s being matured in ex-bourbon and ex-fino casks. ABV: 51.8% Nose: Warm thick peat, honey, pears, citrus, ash, honeydew, medicinal hint, bacon. Palate: Peat, bacon, medicinal, honey, ash, pears. Well balanced and very good. Dry on the back end. Finish: Long, medicinal, warm peat, ash and honey. This is well balanced

Background: This single cask of Bruichladdich comes to us from Independent bottler Signatory Vintage. This single malt has been aged for 26 years in a sherry butt before being bottled at cask strength with no additives and was non-chill filtered. ABV: 56% Nose: Gingerbred baked spiced sweetness, muted sherry not as much as you’d expect for 26

GlenDronach 20 1995 Cask 543 Ex-PX puncheon 689 total bottles produced ABV: 54.6% Nose: Incredibly sweet noes, figs, berries, allspice, strong sherry/px it really comes through, grapes, Palate: Thick, oily, and dry. Figs, candy, berries, Sherry, bit of Sulphur funk, vanilla Finish: Long, dry, Sweet sherry, Sulphur funk, allspice, black pepper. This is pretty tasty and stands out as

Background: This bottling was initially matured for over five years in first-fill bourbon The whisky was then transferred to American oak quarter-casks for a further six months. The single malt is non chill-filtered and bottled at cask-strength. ABV: 57.2% Nose: BBQ-esque Peat, Salt, hint of ash, vanilla hint, oak, medicinal/iodine. Palate: Medium mouthfeel, Sweet peat, smoke, vailla hint,

Background: This bottling of Laphroaig comes to us from the famed Laphroaig distillery. This single malt has been aged for 10 years in ex-bourbon barrels before being bottled at cask strength. ABV: 57.2% Nose: Medicinal, Warm Peat, Smoke, Decaying Vegetation, Lemon Pledge Wipes, Brine. Palate: Thick, Oily, Heat, peat, medicinal, lemon pledge, smoke, seaweed, small hint of vanilla.

Background: This is an 11 year old Caol ila bottling from IB Gordon and Macphail. It was aged in First Fill ex-bourbon barrels.  ABV: 54.1% Nose: Peat, a king of sweetish peat, smoke, vanilla, salt, hint of grass. Palate: Oily mouthfeel, BBQ esque peat, vanilla, smoke that lingers, hint of berries Finish: Medium long, creamy vanilla, peat, smoke, hint