Review #799; Bourbon #165: Russel’s Reserve Single Barrel “r/bourbon select 200 Grand”

This is the infamous single barrel selected for r/bourbon for crossing the 200k member threshold. Only 42 bottles came out and it never reached the 12 year mark, coming in at 11 years and 11 months. It was aged at Camp Nelson A and was bottled non-chill filtered. ABV: 55% Nose: Vanilla Chai, Black Pepper, Milk Chocolate, toffee, medium

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Review #798; Rum #218: El Dorado Rare Collection 20yr (1996) Enmore

This rum comes to us from the legendary Demerara distillers located in Guyana. Enmore in this case refers to the wooden coffey column still. This rum was aged for 20 years in ex-bourbon casks in Guyana before being bottled with no additives. ABV: 57.2% Nose: Earthy, Dark Chocolate, Guava, Nutmeg, Cinnamon, toasted Brown Sugar, faint industrial, Espresso

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Review #796; American Single Malt #11: Westland Single Cask #6062 6yr “K&L Select”

This single cask from Westland Distillery, located in Seattle Washington, was aged for 4 years in new charred oak before being aged 2.5 years more in a maple wood barrel that previously held Jack Daniels. This was dumped and bottled at cask strength with no color added, was non-chill filtered, and selected for K&L wines

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Review #794; American Single Malt #10: Westland Single Cask #3859 6yr

This American Single Malt comes to us by way of Westland, a distillery located in Seattle Washington that specializes in Single Malt Whiskey. This bottling made with their 5-malt recipe was aged for its full term, 6 years, in ex-calvados cask before being bottled at cask strength with no color added and was non-chill filtered.

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Review #790; Rum #212: Clairin Ansyen 41 month ex-Cognac cask “Aficionados / Seelbachs Select”

This aged Clairin comes to use by way of the Casimir distillery located in Baraderes, Haiti. Distilled from sugar cane juice, these aged barrels are a relatively new thing thanks to La Masion and Velier erecting a small warehouse in Port-au-Prince to age this rum in bourbon, wine, and ex-rum casks. This cask, selected by

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Review #789; Rum #211: Long Pond 15yr (2000) Whiskey Agency Select

This single barrel of Jamaican rum is from the Long Pond Distillery. It was aged for 15 years in an ex-bourbon barrel and bottled for The Whisky Agency. ABV: 49.3% Nose: Pineapple, Vanilla Chai, Nutmeg, Black Pepper, Cement Glue, faint pencil eraser, Palate: Medium oily mouthfeel, Pineapple, Guava, Nutmeg, Vanilla Chia, Cement Glue, Toasted Coconut, Finish: Medium length finish,

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