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Review #796; American Single Malt #11: Westland Single Cask #6062 6yr “K&L Select”

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

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Review #794; American Single Malt #10: Westland Single Cask #3859 6yr

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.

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Review #790; Rum #212: Clairin Ansyen 41 month ex-Cognac cask “Aficionados / Seelbachs Select”

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

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Review #789; Rum #211: Long Pond 15yr (2000) Whiskey Agency Select

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,

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Review #788; American Single Malt #9: Balcones 4yr (2014) SMWS 140.2 “Shotgun Whirligig”

This bottling comes to us by way of the Scotch Malt Whiskey Society, specifically their US branch. This bottling is a 4 year old single malt from Texas based distillery Balcones. This single malt has been aged for 4 years in Texas in a First-Fill Ex-Bourbon barrel before being bottled at cask strength with no

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