This rye comes to us by way of Peerless distillery located in Louisville Kentucky. This starts with a base of Peerless rye aged in new charred oak before being finished in Absinthe casks from Copper and Kings a distillery also located in Louisville. Bottled at cask strength with no filtering or additives, let’s see how […]
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This is the first Seychelles rum distilled in 2018. This sugar cane is grown on the granite soil of the island of Mahe. This rum was distilled on a column still at the Trois Freres distillery. It is a blend of rums that have aged for 3 years in 2 French Oak barrels. Bottled for
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This is a single barrel of rye, bottled by The Senator brand and produced my MGP. This rye of the 95/5 MGP mashbill is aged for 6 years before being bottled at cask strength with no additives. ABV: 53.8% Nose: Black Pepper, Pine, Slight Tobacco Leaf, Vanilla, Orange Peel. Palate: Medium mouthfeel, Black Pepper, Tobacco Leaf, Orange Peel,
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This is a rum from American rum product Privateer, located in Ipswich Massachusetts. This molasses based rum was aged for 5 years and 3 months, with 2+ years of that time being finished in a rye whiskey barrel. It was then bottled at cask strength with no additives. ABV: 59.2% Nose: Toasted Coconut, Black Pepper, slight breadiness,
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This rye comes to us by way of Wilderness Trail, a newer distillery located in Kentcuky. This rye was aged for 4 years and 10 months, bottled at cask strength, and has a mashbill of 56% rye, 33% corn, and 11 % malted barley. This was selected and sold by The Party Source, a large
This is a Kentucky Rye from Old Forester, with a Mashbill of 65% Rye, 20% Malted Barley, and 15% Corn. This rye has been aged for a non disclosed amount of time. (I believe the time is 4 to 6 years, I was not able to confirm the age of this barrel). The heat cycling
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This rum comes to us by way of the Savanna Distillery on Reunion. This molasses rum was aged for 6 years in ex-cognac casks before being finished for 6 months in ex-sherry casks and bottled by the Savanna distillery. ABV: 46% Nose: Heavy Dark Fruit notes, Raisins, Figs, Plums, toasted coconut, Orange peel, vanilla. Palate: Medium mouthfeel, Figs,
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This is a bottling from Scottish Independent bottler the Scotch Malt Whisky Society. This distillery is mainly used in blends, rarely does any of it’s spirit make it into single malts. This was aged for 23 years in a refill hogshead before being bottled at cask strength with no additives or chill filtering. ABV: 56.7 Nose: Earthy,
Review #822; Scotch #195: Braeval 23yr (1997) SMWS 113.42 “Forest Foraging” Read More »
This single malt comes to us by way of the Scotch Malt Whiskey Society. This Benrinnes was aged for 22 years in a 2nd fill barrel before being bottled at cask strength with no additives or chill filtering for the Spirit of Speyside Festival in 2020. ABV: 60.5 % Nose: Floral, Honeycomb, Slight Earthiness, Nutmeg, Raisin, Red
Review #821; Scotch #194: Benrinnes 22yr (1997) SMWS 36.171 “A Smooth Ride” Read More »
This rum comes to us by way of St. Lucia distillers located on St. Lucia. Distilled in 2005 this is a blend of their John Dore 1 Pot Still and Vendome Pot Still at a 50/50 ratio. This blend was aged in ex-bourbon casks until 2008 before being reracked into port casks for the next
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