This bottling comes to us via TTG, and was selected by a group of selectors. Led by t8ke of the Aficionados Group it included Bourbon Pursuit, Rare Bird 101, Seelbachs, and Mash & Drum. This Cognac from the Petite Champagne region of France is a single cask that was bottled at cask strength with no […]
Review #800; Brandy #26: Through The Grapevine Tessendier Lot 95 Read More »
This is the infamous single barrel selected for r/bourbon for crossing the 200k member threshold. Only 42 bottles came out and it never reached the 12 year mark, coming in at 11 years and 11 months. It was aged at Camp Nelson A and was bottled non-chill filtered. ABV: 55% Nose: Vanilla Chai, Black Pepper, Milk Chocolate, toffee, medium
Review #799; Bourbon #165: Russel’s Reserve Single Barrel “r/bourbon select 200 Grand” Read More »
This rum comes to us from the legendary Demerara distillers located in Guyana. Enmore in this case refers to the wooden coffey column still. This rum was aged for 20 years in ex-bourbon casks in Guyana before being bottled with no additives. ABV: 57.2% Nose: Earthy, Dark Chocolate, Guava, Nutmeg, Cinnamon, toasted Brown Sugar, faint industrial, Espresso
Review #798; Rum #218: El Dorado Rare Collection 20yr (1996) Enmore Read More »
This is a high ester rum from the New Yarmouth estate, selected by 1423 and their S.B.S series and sold by Rombo, a retailer based out of Denmark. This was distilled in 2020 at New Yarmouth and placed into a first fill ex-Oloroso sherry cask for 11 months before being bottled at cask strength with
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This single cask from Westland Distillery, located in Seattle Washington, was aged for 4 years in new charred oak before being aged 2.5 years more in a maple wood barrel that previously held Jack Daniels. This was dumped and bottled at cask strength with no color added, was non-chill filtered, and selected for K&L wines
Review #796; American Single Malt #11: Westland Single Cask #6062 6yr “K&L Select” Read More »
This Rum is the result of Cane juice based fermentation, which has been distilled at Distiilerie du Simon in Martinique. This comes from Chantal Comte, who in her 40 years of distilling has only bottled four unaged rums, with this being the 4th. Every bottle of this rum sold had portions of the proceeds donated
Review #795; Rum #216: Chantal Comte Cuvee Caribbean Read More »
This American Single Malt comes to us by way of Westland, a distillery located in Seattle Washington that specializes in Single Malt Whiskey. This bottling made with their 5-malt recipe was aged for its full term, 6 years, in ex-calvados cask before being bottled at cask strength with no color added and was non-chill filtered.
Review #794; American Single Malt #10: Westland Single Cask #3859 6yr Read More »
Appleton Estate Hearts This small collection of reviews is of the 3 initial Appleton Estate Hearts collection, the 26 year 1994, the 25 year 1995, and the 21 year 1999. All 3 are a special release collaboration between Luca Gargano of Velier and Joy Spence of Appleton rums. These are all single marque, multi cask
Reviews #791-793; Rums #213-215: Appleton Hearts 1994, 1995, and 1999 Read More »
This aged Clairin comes to use by way of the Casimir distillery located in Baraderes, Haiti. Distilled from sugar cane juice, these aged barrels are a relatively new thing thanks to La Masion and Velier erecting a small warehouse in Port-au-Prince to age this rum in bourbon, wine, and ex-rum casks. This cask, selected by
This single barrel of Jamaican rum is from the Long Pond Distillery. It was aged for 15 years in an ex-bourbon barrel and bottled for The Whisky Agency. ABV: 49.3% Nose: Pineapple, Vanilla Chai, Nutmeg, Black Pepper, Cement Glue, faint pencil eraser, Palate: Medium oily mouthfeel, Pineapple, Guava, Nutmeg, Vanilla Chia, Cement Glue, Toasted Coconut, Finish: Medium length finish,
Review #789; Rum #211: Long Pond 15yr (2000) Whiskey Agency Select Read More »
