Cask #378 This is an 11 year old offering from the Ballechin SFTC series, this one being aged in a Bordeaux cask. This was bottled at cask strength with no color added, with an outrun of 403 500ml bottles. ABV: 53.4% Nose: Rotting Vegetation, Meaty, tart raspberry, slight maltiness, Bready, Palate: Medium oily mouthfeel. Jammy, Rotting Veggie Peat, […]
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This a single vintage Armagnac made from a blend of grape varieties including Folle Blanche, Colombard, and Ugni Blanc. This was bottled in 2007 to celebrate Domaine Boingneres 200th anniversary. ABV: 49% Nose: Strong Spices, Rich dark grapes, Oak Spice, Strong Vanilla Cream, Toffee, Figs. Palate: Medium mouthfeel. Tart Dark Grapes, Black Pepper, figs, grapeskin. Slight must and
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This is a bottling of Russel’s Reserve Single Barrel. This is a single barrel bottling from Wild Turkey that is bottled at 55% abv and is non-chill filtered. This one was chosen by Lukas Wine and Spirits Barrel #: #89, Rickhouse G, Floor 5 ABV: 55% Nose: Spicy, Black Pepper, Musty, Tobacco leaf, Vanilla Frosting, Oak Spice,
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This is a release for Cadenhead’s Club Members, distilled in 1998 and bottled in 2019 this blend was aged in a Sherry hogshead and a Sherry butt. There was 500 bottles produced. ABV: 44.6% Nose: Light fig, dark chocolate, honey, baking spices. Palate: Medium/thinnish mouthfeel. Light Plum, honey, dark chocolate, light Sulphur, brine. Finish: Short, dark fruits, some light
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XXX/Six is an Agricole style rum distilled in Mauritius. XXX/Six was distilled on a column still using cane juice. This bottling was aged in oak casks in Mauritius from 2010 to 2018. In 2018, it was shipped to England where it finished aging in a first-fill Bourbon whiskey cask for 2 years. Bottled on January
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This is a 13 year old GlenAllachie Single Cask, aged in an Olroso Puncheon and bottled for Ralfy.coms 10th anniversary. Bottled at cask strength with no additives. ABV: 60.4% Nose: Tart Rasberry, Nutmeg, Fig, Blueberries, Baking Spices, dark chocolate. Palate: Medium mouthfeel, warm, figs, Tart Blueberries, black pepper, dark chocolate. Finish: Medium Length finish, nutmeg, fig, warm, tart raspberry,
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This is a Russels Reserve Single Barrel Bourbon, picked by the Central Ohio Bourbon group in collaboration with OPA Bar and Grill. It was aged for 9 years and 7 months in Rickhouse CN-A on Floor 4-32-2. Let’s see how well they chose. Nose: Spicy, slight leather, tobacco leaf, vanilla, turkey “funk”, tannic. Taste: Medium oily mouthfeel.
This is a 7 year old Croftengea from the SMWS, aged for 7years in a 2nd Fill Ex-Bourbon barrel. It was then bottled at cask strength with no additives. Let’ see how it holds up ABV: 59.3% Nose: Strong Malt, Vanilla, Musty Corn, Black Pepper, light honey. Palate: Medium Mouthfeel, Cereals, Malt. Some Pepper, Light Vanilla, a bit
This is a bottling from SMWS, it is a 10 year old Glendronach SiC, Aged in an ex bourbon barrel then finished in a FF PX Sherry Hogshead. It was then bottled at cask strength with no additives or chill-filtering. ABV: 59.5% Nose: Vanilla, Stone Fruit, Strawberry, Pepper, Spicy, pear, plum, allspice. Palate: Medium mouthfeel, Pear, Spice, Pepper,
Review #342; Scotch #124: Glendronach 10yr 2008 SMWS 96.30 “Thor’s Slippers” Read More »
This is a traditional pot still rum that is distilled at Worthy Park in Jamaica and then imported to the states and partially aged in Moscatel barrels. This offering was a “Single-Barrel” for the state of Oregon that was bottled at Cask Strength. ABV: 59.2% Nose: Pungent Rotting fruits, motor oil, Pepper, heavy sweet grapes, slight floralness,
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