J Mattingly White Elephant Disclaimer: A local friend gifted me this bottle for free, I don’t know what area that falls in but I did not pay for this bottle and as a reviewer I feel the need to make my readers aware of that fact. This is a bottling from everyone’s favorite blender, Bourbon30. All […]
Review #294; American Whiskey #8: J. Mattingly White Elephant Single Barrel 11yr Read More »
S.V. Clynelish 23 yr K&L Exclusive 1995 This is a single cask, picked by K&L. It was aged in a 2nd fill Sherry butt and bottled at cask strength and with no chill filtering. This is a birth year bottle for me (young, young I say!) so let’s see if its as awesome as I
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This is an offering from the John Milroy IB, it was Distilled in 2008 and bottled in 2017. It was aged in a Refill Butt, presumably Sherry. Let’s see how it holds up. ABV: 57.2% Nose: Plums, Grape Jam, nuts, black tea, hay. Palate: Medium Oily mouthfeel, strong plums, jam, citrus, Hay, slight cereals. Finish: Medium length, dry strong
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This is a widely available Mezcal offering, this is an espadin that is crushed and fermented in oak vats. It is then double distilled in small copper stills. ABV: 40% Nose: Slight citrus sweetness, pepper, spice, Palate: Thinnish mouthfeel, light smoke. Slight citrus sweetness, black pepper, slight spice, minerally. Finish: Short, slight earthiness, light smoke, citrus, vanilla, mineraly. Rating: 4/10
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I wrote these notes blind, and then was revealed the bottle afterward, so keep that in mind. ABV: 40% Nose: Musty, sawdust, Vanilla, oak, astringent. Palate: Thin, watery mouthfeel, Sawdust, oak spice, vanilla. Finish: Medium length finish, slight ash, peat. Rating: 3/10 Guess: This is either an uninspired Scotland single malt, or a poor Texas single malt. Overall it’s actively bad.
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Compass Box Great King Street Select, Norfolk Wine and Spirits This is a side by side of two different Compass Box Store selects, each with a different marrying cask, each sold at Norfolk Wine and Spirits as a set of 4 they did. I indicate the cask type in each glass below, they are the
Henry Mckenna 10 SiB This is a sample that I reviewed, and then was revealed the bottle afterward, so keep that in mind. ABV: 50% Nose: Caramel, toffee, oak spice, slight tobacco leaf, cherry. Palate: Medium mouthfeel, dry. Strong oak, toffee, black pepper, peanut, Finish: Medium length, Oak Spice, tobacco leaf, slight cherry. Rating: 7/10 Guess: I would guess this to
Review #287; Bourbon #88: Henry McKenna 10yr Single Barrel Read More »
This is Batch 1 of an interesting blend from Barrell, where they took 10 year old whiskey from Indiana, 11 year old bourbon from Tennessee. They then stuck the Indiana whiskey in cabernet barrels, while some of the Tennesee was finished in rum casks and some was finished in port pipes. They then blended all
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This is a heavily peated release from the Bruichladdich Distillery. It was malted to 114 PPM peat, Distilled in 2013 from the 2012 Harvest. It was matured for 6 years in FF ex-Bourbon casks. NCF and NCA. ABV: 61.3% Nose: Balanced, Sweet smoked meaty Peat. Toffee, Vanilla Cream, Malty, black pepper. Palate: Medium Oily Mouthfeel, Meaty peat, Malty,
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Big Peat Christmas 2015 This is a blended malt from Douglas Laing. It has whisky from Ardbeg, Caol Ila, Bowmore and Port Ellen. Let’s dive in and see how well this reasonably priced dram holds up. ABV: 53.8% Nose: Slight Meaty Peat, Campfire Smoke, Malty, Bacon, Iodine, slight vanilla. Palate: Medium oily mouthfeel, slight sweet peat. Ashy, Campfire
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