Old Rip Van Winkle 10 Year (2017) Part of the hyped releases every fall by Buffalo Trace, this is a wheated bourbon bearing the famous Van Winkle Name. Lets see how it holds up to the hype. ABV: 53.5% Nose: Cherry, Raspberries, Vanilla, Oak, Citrus Orange faint funk. Palate: Mediumish Mouthfeel doesn’t match its proof, Strong Cherry, Faint […]
Review #150; Bourbon #52: Old Rip Van Winkle 2017 Read More »
Compass Box: Great King Street Artist Blend The Party Source Pick Cask Type: Sherry Marrying Cask Married: 10 Jan 2017 Bottled: 16 July 2018 This is a single cask offering from Compass Box, who married their artist blend into a sherry cask for slightly under a year and a half. This barrel was picked by The Party Source
Background: This is a travel retail exclusive of Octomore. It has a PPm of 208. This was aged for 5 years in American Oak and as well as Ex-Syrah Wine casks. ABV: 58.5% Nose: Briskety peat, smoke, brine, citrus, tartness, young red grapes. Palate: Briskety Meaty Peat, sweet smoke, grape sweetness, tart, citrus, brine Finish: Medium/Long, BBQ Peat, smoke,
Review #148; Scotch #47: Octomore 7.2 Read More »
Background: This is a whiskey bottled by the Michter’s line, made up of an undisclosed Masbhill that makes it neither Bourbon or Rye. I had this blind so keep that in mind while reading my notes. ABV: 43% Nose: Heavy Artificial Banana, Overpowering Sweetness, Bubblegum. Man this nose is overpoweringly sweet Palate: Thin, watery mouthfeel. Artificial Banana,
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Background: This is an 11 year old Micro Provenance Muscat de Rivsealtes Cask. Only 246 bottles were released. It was bottled at cask strength with no additives. ABV: 62.8% Nose: Lemon, Citrus, Sulphur Funk, Berries and light fruits, Biscuits, oak. Palate: Heat, Funk, Overpowering fruits, heavy oak, lemon, tart, hay. Finish: Medium length but fleeting, funk, lemon, tart, berries,
Review #146; Scotch #46: Bruichladdich 2007 Micro-Provenance Rivesaltes Read More »
You know it, most of you love it, my first foray into BTAC of any kind, the 2018 release of George T. Stagg. The details are a page long but the quick highlights: Age: 15 Year and 4 months Barrels: 284 Now lets dive in and see if it lives up to the hype ABV: 62.45% Nose: Dark Chocolate,
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Background: Eades is an IB based in Virginia. This one is Highland, 15% 13 year Clynelish aged in Port casks and 85% 9 year old Ben Nevis aged in Port casks. ABV: 46% Nose: Sweet berries, Gingerbread, baking spices, floral, heavy syrupy molasses, dark chocolate. Palate: Medium mouthfeel, waxy? Heat, berries, grapes, baking spices, Sulphur, honey, oak, slight
Review #143; Scotch #44: Eades Double Malt Clynelish 13yr and Ben Nevis 9yr Read More »
Background: This is a single barrel from the Scotch Malt Whiskey Society. This Aberlour has been aged for 12 years in a refill ex-bourbon barrel before being bottled at cask strength with no color added and was non-chill filtered. I had this blind so keep that in mind while reading my notes. ABV: 58% Nose: Honeycomb,
Review #142: Scotch #43: Aberlour 12yr 2006 SMWS 54.72 Read More »
Background: This is a pre bottled old fashioned from Watershed distillery located in Columbus Ohio. It has Bourbon, Bitters, Sugar, and Cherry Juice and is intended to be poured over ice and drank. I had this blind, so keep that in mind while reading my review. ABV: 35% Nose: Spice, Cloves, Nutmeg, allspice, Cinnamon, Oak Palate: Thin
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Background: Here we will be doing a blind Gelndronach 12 shootout, comparing a 2018 bottling, a 2014 bottling, and a pre 2011 bottling. The pre 2011 bottling did not have a laser code so I am not sure which year it is from, however it is from before the owner ship change. Sample A Nose: Savory
Review #138-140; Scotch #40-42: Glendronach 12 Shootout (Blind) Read More »
