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Review #552; Mezcal #60: Mezcal Vago Ensemble En Barro Tio Rey

This bottling comes to us from producer Tio Rey. It is an Ensamble of 82% Espadin and 18% Mexicano. It was distilled on clay, grinded by hand, all in the Ancestral Category. Mezcalero: Tio Rey Batch: May 2019 ABV: 48% Nose: Heavy Earthiness, Minerality, Green Wood, lemon zest, Palate: Thick oily mouthfeel, Earthy, metallic minerality, green wood, faint campfire smoke, […]

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Review #551; Rum #74: Lazy Dodo Single Esate Rum

Rum / The Auditor

This rum comes to us from Mauritius, from the Grays who also produce the New Grove Series. The cane for this rum was grown, harvest, and processed all on the Pampelmousses Estate in Mauritius. It was Column distilled from molasses. This rum is a blend of of spirits aged 5, 6 and 12 years, all

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Review #550; Bourbon #134: Hudson Baby Bourbon OPA Pick “Cornbread”

Bourbon / The Auditor

This is a pick for a bar in Ohio, from the Tuthilltown distiller. I don’t know the age but can presume the 100% corn mashbill. Let’s see uh, if Hudson still isn’t awful. ABV: 50% Nose: Sawdust, Paint Varnish, Wet Cardboard, Palate: Heavy sawdust, wet cardboard, acetone, Finish: Too long, sawdust, heavy wet cardboard, musty, tannic Hudson continues to

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Review #549; Rum #73: Karukera L’intense Agricole

Rum / The Auditor

This rum comes to us from Guadeloupe, and is made from the blue cane varietal. I had this blind so keep that in mind while reading my notes. ABV: 60% Nose: Strong fresh cut grass, lemon zest, Brine. Palate: Medium oily mouthfeel. Lemon Zest, orange peel, brine, fresh cut grass, brine. Finish: Medium length finish. Warm and moist. Lemon

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Review #548; Mezcal #59: Maguey Melate Tepextate Vasquez Tepextate

Mezcal / The Auditor

Mezcalero: Hermogenes Vasquez Garcia Batch: HER-TEP-001 This mezcal comes from Maguey Melate. This is from a wild grown Tepextate that was cooked in an earthen oven for 5 days, grinded in an electric mill, fermented for 6 days in a Mexican Cypress Wood Vat, then distilled two times on a copper still using well water. This produced

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Review #547; Rum #72: Cadenhead Caroni 20yr (1998) TMCG

Rum / The Auditor

This comes to us from IB Cadenhead’s. This rum is sourced from the now closed distillery Caroni based out of Trinidad. It was distilled on a column still in January of 1998 then bottled in June of 2018. ABV: 62.4% Nose: Diesel fuel, motor oil, vanilla cream, mango, black pepper, orange peel, Palate: Medium oily mouthfeel. Diesel Fuel,

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Review #546; Scotch #180: Octomore 6yr (2014) Epione Renegade Sauternes Cask

Scotch / The Auditor

This single cask come from former Bruichladdich CEO Mark Reynier. Launched in 2014, this 6 year old octomore was aged in an French oak / ex-sauternes cask. It had no color added and was non-chill filtered. ABV: 50% Nose: Wildflowers, green grapes, graham cracker, brine, faint vegetalness, Palate: Medium mouthfeel. Green grapes, metallic, vegetal peat, some brine, lemon

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Review #545; Bourbon #133: William Larue Weller (2020)

Bourbon / The Auditor

This BTAC bottling comes to us from Buffalo Trace distiller as part of their yearly limited release. A wheated bourbon, 2020’s offering comes in at 12.5 years old. Let us see how this offering holds up. ABV: 67.25% Nose: Strong Cherry, Vanilla Bean, tobacco leaf, Dark chocolate, black pepper, Palate: Thick oily mouthfeel. Heavy cherry, tannins, tobacco leaf,

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Review #544: Scotch #179: Arran 21yr Explorers Series 3 Kildonan & Pladda Island

Scotch / The Auditor

This LE release comes to us from Arran. This was aged for 21 years in in Sherry butts and puncheons before being finished for an undisclosed amount of time in ruby Port Casks. This was bottled at cask strength. ABV: 50.4% Nose: Dark fruits, figs, plums, Raspberry, Breadiness, nutmeg, black pepper, allspice. Palate: Thick oily mouthfeel, heavy dark

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Review #543; Canadian Whisky #2: Alberta Cask Strength Rye

Canadian Whisky / The Auditor

This comes to us from Alberta Distillers in Canada. This is where Whistle pig has gotten its rye distillate that is non US Sourced. This is a 100% rye aged mashbill and comes with no age statement. Let’s see how it holds up. ABV: 66% Nose: Vanilla Cream, Green Apple, Black Pepper, Caramel, Tannins Palate: Medium oily mouthfeel,

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