This is the 2nd iteration of the New Riff Whiskey Club peated experiment. When distilled, they used a backset collected from peat smoked barley used to age this rye. It comes with a 95% rye, 5% Malted Rye Peated backset, was aged at least 4 years, then bottled at 50% without chill filtration. ABV: 50% Nose: Green […]
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This is a single barrel select by Seelbachs from American Rum producer Privateer. It was distilled 2 times, aged in New Oak for 2 years and 5 months, then bottled at cask strength with no color added, non-chill filtered, and with no additives. ABV: 54.4% Nose: Heavily sweet nose, toasted marshmallows, vanilla frosting, light oak spice, Palate: Medium
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This is a bottling from IB Signatory Vintage. This comes from Glenallachie distiller, was aged for 11 years in a first fill sherry hogshead, then bottled at cask strength with no color added, and was non-chill filtered. ABV: 61.3% Nose: Heavy baking spices, nutmeg, allspice, black pepper, oak spice, raisin, toasted brown sugar, Palate: Medium
This is a blind review that I did, of a 1792 Full Proof picked by the Loch & Key Society. ABV: 62.5% Nose: Heavy baking spices, nutmeg, cinnamon, toffee, vanilla beam, raspberry cream Palate: Medium mouthfeel, vanilla bean, cherry, raspberry sweetness, toffee, rich caramel. Finish: medium length finish, oak spice, dark chocolate, vanilla cream. Rating: 6/10 A little on the
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This comes to us from BenRiach. This 10 year old bottling was aged all 10 years in a Sauternes Barrrique. This was bottled at cask strength with no color added and was non-chill filtered. ABV: 58.7% Nose: Heavy Baking Spices, allspice, nutmeg, cinnamon, dark chocolate, fig jam, Palate: Medium oily mouthfeel, Fig jam, allspice, grapes, nutmeg, cinnamon, maltiness
Review #488; Scotch #165: BenRiach 10yr 2008 Sauternes Cask Read More »
This is a 10 year old SiC from a distillery in Panama. It was aged in a single ex-bourbon barrel then bottled at cask strength with no color added, was non-chill filtered, and had no sugar added. ABV: 64.7% Nose: Heavy Fruits, lemon zest, orange peel, mango, vanilla bean, toffee, black pepper. Palate: Medium oily mouthfeel. Warm, dark
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This is an offering from Wild Turkey. It is a single barrel option, one you can choose between it and Russel’s Reserve Single Barrel. They bottle this one at 101 proof much like their mainline WT 101. ABV: 50.5% Nose: Rye Spice, orange Peel, Caramel, faint musty funk, some light vanilla. Palate: Light mouthfeel, orange peel, faint rye
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This comes to us from Lady of the Glen. This Glen Moray was aged for 11 years in bourbon hogsheads, and then finished in a tiny Ex-Pedro Ximenez Octave from Josafer Tanoaria. This was bottled at cask strength with no color added, and was non-chill filtered. ABV: 54.3% Nose: Peppery, Oak Spice, Malty, chocolate. Palate: Medium mouthfeel, cocoa,
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This is a 1989 vintage Bas Armagnac, it was aged 29 years in Gascon Black oak before being bottled at cask strength with no color added, and was non-chill filtered. Yielding 600 bottles this is also one of the highest proof Armagnacs I have seen, clocking in at a blistering 61.3% abv. How did the
Review #484; Brandy #16: Chateau de Laubade 29yr 1989 SMWS A5.1 “Fruit Shop Raid” Read More »
Buffalo Trace SiB Yankee Store Pick Barrel #19 (Central Ohio Bourbon Glass) These are 2 Buffalo Trace single barrels, picked from different stores. I have no info on them besides the basics and felt it would be fun to pit them head to head against each other. ABV: 45% Nose: Light Cherry, vanilla, slight oak spice, cinnamon,
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