L’Encantada Le Freche 29yr (1989) Lincoln Road + Bluegrass BB&T Selection “Yak at Sea” This Armagnac comes to us by way of L’Encantada that bottler of Yak in France. This particular bottling came from the Le Freche region and was aged for 29 years in oak before being bottled at cask strength with no additives.it […]
Impex Collection – Lond Pond 15yr (2005) VRW This bottling comes to us from Independent Bottler Impex. This Jamaican rum comes to us from the Long Pond Distillery located in Jamaica. This is of the VRW Marque (Vale Royale Wedderburn) which was taken over by Long Pond from the Vale Royale distillery and clocks in
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Domain D’Aurensan 15yr (2006) This single cask of Armagnac comes to us from the Domaine D’Aurensan producer. This bottling was distilled in 2006 on a Continuous small Armagnac still, put into a 220=liter Gascon Oak cask, utilized 100% Ugni Blanc Grapes, and was aged for 15 years. After ageing, it was bottled at cask strength
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Savanna 5yr Unshared Cask (For Belgium) This “single” cask is a unique project done for the Belgium market. This bottling here is a blend of two casks, the 1st cask (ex-cognac) holding “Traditional Savanna” for 5 years. The 2nd cask, also ex-cognac, held Savanna HERR for 5 years. They then blended these 2 casks together
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Jean-Luc Pasquet Lot 75 – Aficionados x Finedrams This single cask of old Cognac comes to us by way of Jean-Luc Pasquet, a producer based in the village of Saint-Preuil in the Grande Champagne region. This was bottled at cask strength with no additives after being in Oak for a long time. This was a
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Velier Papalin 7yr This bottling comes to us from dependent bottler Velier. This is a blend of two different rums, both 100% pot still and aged for 7 years at their distillery. After ageing for 7 years at Worthy Park and Hampden respectively these rums were blended together and bottled for this release. ABV: 47% Nose: Banana,
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This bottling comes to us by way of American Independent bottler Lost Lantern. This cask of whisky comes from Boulder Spirits in Colorado. This single cask that was chosen had a mashbill of 100% unpeated malt barley, then aged for 5 years in New American Oak in Colorado. This was bottled at cask strength with
This rum comes to us from Independent Bottler Kintra, who I have not had any bottlings from so far. Coming from my favorite rum distillery Hampden, this bottle was distilled in 2009 then aged for 8 years in an ex-bourbon barrel before being bottled at cask strength with no additives. If the list at Single
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This single cask of Cognac comes to us from Jean-Luc Pasquet from the village of Criteuil in the Grand Champagne region. This single cask of Cognac was aged for a long period before being bottled at cask strength with no additives. ABV: 52.1% Nose: Bright, Fruity, Pears, Raisins, Currants, Raspberry Jam, Rancio, Oak Spice, touch of Leather.
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This is a cool older bottling I was able to try thanks to a local generous friend. I have little information on this particular bottle so I will share what little I was able to dig up. This bottling of Navy rum comes to us from Wood’s, a navy rum producer who bottles and sells
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