This Hampden rum comes to us by way of Independent bottler Blackadder. This more premium brand is known for leaving the cask sediment in their bottles, their so-called Raw Casks. This Hampden was aged for 14 years in Europe before being bottled at cask strength with no filtering, and is likely the LROK Mark. ABV: 57.4% […]
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This is a new brand from the folks at Barrell Craft Spirits. This is a blend of bourbons from undisclosed distilleries located in Indiana, Kentucky, and Tennessee. Released in December of 2021 it comes with No age statement, no mashbill, and a $100 price tag. It is an extension of the Stellum lineup, a sort
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This is an 8 year MGP single Barrel selected by the Entry Proof podcast. This comes from the Dancing Goat Distillery in Wisconsin, this being part of their sourced product. This mashbill is 36% rye and is bottled at barrel proof. ABV: 56.3% Nose: Toffee, Nutmeg, Black Pepper, Vanilla Cream, Orange Peel Palate: Medium oily Mouthfeel, Toffee, Orange
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This whiskey comes to us by way of Whiskey Del Bac, a craft distiller located in Arizona that specializes in American Single Malt. This whiskey is made from 100% barley that is malted and smoked over a mesquite fire, mashed, fermented, copper pot distilled, then aged in Arizona. Bottled with no additives or chill filtering,
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This rum comes to us by way of American Independent bottler Holmes Cay. This Savalle still rum was created at DDL in Guyana. This rum was aged for 2 years in Guyana before spending the next 16 in the UK. It was then bottled with no additives. ABV: 51% Nose: Caramel, Star Anise, Toasted Brown Sugar, Guava,
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This Clynelish, bottled by the SMWS, was aged for 26 years in a refill ex-bourbon barrel. Distilled in 1993 this was bottled at cask strength with no additives and was non chill-filtered. ABV: 47.3% Nose: Honeycomb, Granny Smith Apple, Vanilla Wafer, Apricot, Hay, Lavender, Rancio, Peppery, toasted coconut. Palate: Thick oily mouthfeel. Honey, Granny Smith Apple, Apricot, Vanilla
This rum comes to us from South African rum distillery Mhoba. This fresh pressed sugar cane juice rum was distilled on a pot still before being aged for over 2 years in a French Oak Cask that previoiusly held Cape Red Wine. Bottled at cask strength with no additives batch 2019FC3 had 1200 bottles. ABV: 65%
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This American Single Malt comes to us by way of Hood River Disitillers, the producers of the first American Single Malt. This whiskey is sourced two row peat-maled barley from Scotland and utilized a local brewer to make the wash. Distilled in a 60-gallon Holstein pot still using a single pass distillation with no chill
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This rum from the Monymusk distillery comes to us by way of WDI Marketing. This particular rum was bottled for the Japense export market. Aged for 9 years and sold in 2000, let’s see how it turned out. ABV: 46% Nose: Soft Tropical fruits, Pineapple, Guava, slight banana, pencil eraser, Toasted Coconut Palate: Light mouthfeel, Pineapple, Banana, Pencil
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This 10 year old bourbon comes to us by way of the Old Heaven Hill Distillery, before it was burned down in 1996 and moved to the new site. Bottled in 1995 (glass tax stamp on the bottle. In a strange turn this bourbon underwent the Charcoal filtering process similar to Jack Daniels (showing that
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