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, […]
Review #485; Scotch #164: Glen Moray 11yr 2008 “Lady of The Glen” Read More »
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,
Review #482-483; Bourbon #118-119: Buffalo Trace Single Barrel Yankee Store Pick #19 Read More »
This comes to us from distiller Glengyle. This was aged for 8 years in recharred Oloroso casks, then bottled at cask strength with no color added and was non-chill filtered with a release size of 15,000 bottles. Let’s see how this release holds up. ABV: 57.1% Nose: Heavy Baking spices, allspices, black pepper, nutmeg, heavy figs, raisins,
Review #481; Scotch #163: Kilkerran 8yr CS Recharred Oloroso Read More »
This is a rum blend bottled by IB Ultimatum. This is a blend of Jamaica and Guyana Rum that was aged in ex-bourbon barrels for 8 years, then finished for another 3 in a Sherry Whisky hogshead from the now closed Imperial Distillery. ABV: 48.5% Nose: Dark Chocolate, industrial funk, light malt, mango, toffee, burnt rubber. Palate: Light
Review #480; Rum #51: Ultimatum Jamaica – Demerara 11yr Read More »
This is Springbank and bottled under their Longrow series. This bottling was aged for 10 years in ex-bourbon barrels, and then finished for 3 years in Chilean Cabernet Sauvignon barrels. It was then bottled at cask strength with no color added, and was non-chill filtered. ABV: 51.6% Nose: Light Meaty Peat, red grapes, dark chocolate, funk, faint
Review #479; Scotch #162: Longrow Red 13yr Cabernet Sauvignon Finish Read More »
This bottling comes to us from the Scotch Malt Whisky Society. This was distilled at Longmorn, aged for 13 years in a 1st fill ex-sherry butt. It was then bottled at cask strength with no color added and was non chill filtered. This was bottled for the 2020 Speyside festival. Let’s see how they chose.
Review #478; Scotch #161: Longmorn 13yr 2006 SMWS “A Syrupy Sweet Tale of Romance” Read More »
Laphroaig 10 Cask Strength Batch 10 Central Ohio Bourbon Glass This is a head to head of Laphroaig’s Cask Strength offering. This is a 10 year old whisky, bottled at cask strength and barrier filtered to remove char particles i.e.; non-chill filtered. This is aged in ex-bourbon barrels, so let us see how these two
Review #476/477; Scotch #159/160: Laphroaig 10yr Cask Strength Batch 10/11 Read More »
This is a SiB bourbon picked by Bourbon Wine and Spirits. This was aged 10 years, 11 months, then bottled at cask strength and is the OESO recipe. Let us see how well It holds up. ABV: 52.5% Nose: Oak Spice, Black Pepper, tobacco leaf, leather, must, light toffee, Palate: Medium mouthfeel. Black Pepper, Oak Spice, Rye Spice,
Review #475; Bourbon #117: Four Roses 10yr OESO (Bourbon Wine and Spirits Selection #3) Read More »
This is a field blend of 4 Magueys from Atenogenes Garcia, the blend consists of 45% Bicuishe, 25% Coyote, 25% Tepeztate, and 5% Madrecuishe. Distilled in copper, fermented in a pine tank with calcium rich well water, and crushed by a tahona pulled by a “Old Ford Tractor”. This batch was selected by the Aficionados,
Review #474; Mezcal #57: Cinco Sentidos Ensamble de 4 Magueys (Aficionados Batch) Read More »
