Review #59; Irish Whiskey #2: Midleton Barry Crockett Legacy 2017

Irish Whiskey /

Background: The Barry Crockett Legacy is named for the Midleton master distiller and combines bourbon cask matured whisky with some from a new American oak barrels. Limited to 2,500 bottles per year. Barrel Number: 244 ABV: 46% Nose: Vanilla frosting, fresh mown grass, butterscotch, Apples, Pears, Sweet baking spices, honey. Lovely sweet nose. Palate: Vanilla, Butterscotch, grass, pears, […]

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Review #57: Scotch #10: Signatory Laphroaig 1998 16 yr

Scotch /

Background: A single cask Laphroaig distilled in September 1998 and then matured in refill sherry butt 700388 before being bottled in October 2014. ABV: 46% Nose: Sherry, berries, honey, peat, melons, hint of smoke, maybe a bit of medicinal. Lovely and complex nose. Palate: Thick and oily mouthfeel. Medicinal Peat but not overpowering, brine, , smoke, berry and

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Review #55; Bourbon #29: Elijah Craig Barrel Proof A117

Bourbon /

Background: This is an uncut, non chill filtered 12 year age stated cask strength bourbon released in 3 batches during the year, with the code showing month and year released. ABV: 63.5% Nose: Strong Ethanol up front underneath, Oak, Peanuts, Caramel, black tea, cherry cola. Palate: Medium mouth feel, hot, oak, leather, peanuts, burnt brown sugar cherry cola.

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Review #54; Indian Whisky #1: Amrut Single Cask Peated Portpipe #4668

Indian Whisky /

Background: This is a single peated malt, matured in port pipes. Distilled in Match of 2013 and bottled in October of 2017 exclusively for the U.S. Market. ABV: 56.5% Nose: Warm meaty peat, Sweet dark fruits, hint of grapes, bbq. Palate: Thick mouthfeel. Warm peaty bbq, meat, dark fruits, hint of brine, and grapes. Port influence is slight.

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Review #53; Scotch #9: Glen Grant Signatory Vintage 1997 Bounty Hunter Select

Scotch /

Background: This is a Scotch single barrel, bottled for Bounty Hunter in California. This was aged for 20 years before being bottled at cask strength with no color added and was non-chill filtered.  ABV: 60% Nose: Bright Berries, honeycomb, Floralness, Cereals. Palate: Medium thickness, some heat. Sweet vanilla, honey, floral wildflower, citrus hint. Finish: Long, sweet honey cereals, citrus,

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Review #52; Scotch #8: Longrow 11 Red Australian Shiraz Cask

Scotch /

Background: This is a bottling from the Springbank Distillery as part of their Red series. This was aged for 11 years and is a mix of refill bourbon hogsheads then aged for 5 years in Australian Shiraz Hogshead.  ABV: 53.7% Nose: Warm peat, Sweet Caramel, Grapes, Sweet light fruits, hint of baking spices, well balanced. Palate: Peaty, burnt

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Review #51; Scotch #7: Clynelish SiC 21yr 1996 The Whisky Exchange

Scotch /

Background: This single malt from the Clynelish distillery was aged for 21 years in a Refill Sherry Cask. Signatory Vintage, an independent bottler then bottled it at cask strength with no additives or filtering for The Whisky Exchange. ABV: 52 % Nose: Sweet Sherry, Berrys, plums, honeydew, Honeycomb, grapes, citrus, vanilla. Palate: Oily, Vanilla, orange, tartness, Less sherry,

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