This is a blend of rums from Jamaican distiller Appleton. This blend of rums has a minimum age of 21 years, no sugar added but coloring has been added. Being bottled by Appleton 100% of the ageing took place in the Tropics on the island of Jamaica. ABV: 43% Nose: Raisins, Black Pepper, Nuttiness, slight floral, toasted […]
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This whiskey, which was released back in 2018 has languished for a little bit in my sample backlog, in an effort to improve that I am trying to get the things that have been sitting there for awhile which brings us to this. Little Book Chapter 2, the 2nd release in this experimental series from
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This is the 8th release of the Black Art series from Bruichladdich. This 1994 vintage has been aged for 26 years in an unknown cask types, matured 100% on Islay, and bottled at cask strength with no additives and was non-chill filtered. ABV: 45.1% Nose: Honeycomb, graham cracker, hay, raisin, orange peel, cooked apple Palate: Thick oily mouthfeel,
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This rum from New England distiller Privateer is part of their Queens Share line where they take the richest cuts of distillation, collect them, and redistill them as a single batch, single barrel expression known as the Queen’s share. This cask was selected by PM Spirits for the New York market, aged for 3 years
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This limited edition offering comes to us by way of Wild Turkey Distillery. This is a 13 year old bourbon from them, bottled at barrel proof and with no chill filtering. Not much else to say, 13 year old BP Wild Turkey, let’s dive in and see how it is! ABV: 57.4% Nose: Dark Chocolate, Cherry, Tobacco
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This Cognac comes from producer Jean-Luc Pasquet. This lot 92 was bottled in 2019 and has formidable age on it as a result. Coming at cask strength with no additives by the Aficionados in conjunction with Fine Drams this is another brandy selection from the group I am sure is worth trying. Let us see
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This grain from Signatory Vintage comes from the Caledonian distillery and is a well-aged Grain. Aged for 31 years in a Hogshead it was then bottled at cask strength with no color added and was non-chill filtered. ABV: 50.2% Nose: Honey, Bread, Vanilla, Peppery, Lemon Zest, Floral Palate: Medium oily mouthfeel. Pop of Vanilla, Honey, Bread, Lemon zest,
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This batch of Elijah Craig Barrel Proof came out in the earlier part of 2020. This batch, like the other batches, was aged for 12 years before being blended together and bottled at cask strength with no additives. ABV: 68.3% Nose: Cherry Cola, Black Pepper, slight touch of tobacco leaf, oak spice, Palate: Thick oily mouthfeel. Cherry Cola,
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This bottling comes to us from Independent bottler the Scotch Malt Whiskey Society. This bottling comes to us form the Glenlossie distillery where it was aged for 26 years, 24 years in ex-bourbon then finished for 2 more years in a 2nd fill oloroso barrel before being bottled at cask strength with no additives. I
This single cask rum comes to us from Destilleria Centro North, which correlates to the Santa Teresa distillery located in Venezuela. This is likely a blend of pot and column distillate that was then aged for 11 years in an ex-bourbon cask before being bottled at cask strength. ABV: 62.5% Nose: Caramel, black pepper, toasted brown sugar,
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