This bottling comes to us by way of Jean-Luc Pasquet. This single cask of Cognac was selected by the Aficionados in Partnership with Finedrams. Let’s see how well they chose. ABV: 57.4% Nose: Leather, Blackberry, Currants, Rich Oak Spice, Nutmeg, Apple Skin, Dark Ripe Grapes. Palate: Thick oily mouthfeel, Leather, Dark Ripe Grapes, Blackberry, Nutmeg, Toasted Brown Sugar, […]
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This rum today comes to us by way of Transcontinental Rum Line, an independent bottler who is a brand of La Maison du Whisky. This is a single cask of rum selected by the Rochester Elite Barrel Pickers club in Rochester, New York. This Guyana rum was aged for 19 years in Europe in an
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This bottling comes to us by way of Lost Lantern, an American independent bottler doing some cool things in the space of American Spirits. Their focus on American Single Malt warrants some extra kudos as well. This particular bottling was a project of a blend of American Single Malts. However, this was no blend done
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This bottling comes to us by way of Independent rum bottler Compagnie Des Indes. This rum from the Savanna distillery located on La Reunion island was aged for 10 years in an ex-Cognac barrel before being aged for another 2 years in an ex-Hampden cask. It was then bottled without Chill filtration. ABV: 58.3% Nose: Guava, Mango,
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This bottling comes to us by way of Lost Lantern, an American independent bottler. The folks of r/bourbon collaborated with Lost Lantern to release this single cask of Westward. Westward is a distillery located in Portland Oregon who produces American Single Malt whiskey. This particular cask of American Single malt had a mashbill of 100% two-row, high
This bottling comes to us by way of Savanna that distillery located on La Reunion Island. This rum, being of the Grand Arome marque was aged for 14 years in 2 separate casks, ex-port and ex-cognac. They were then blended together into once cognac cask and aged for an extra year before being bottled. ABV: 49.2%
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This Rhum comes to us by way of Barbancourt, a distillery located in Haiti that uses cane juice for its rum instead of molasses. I don’t really have much info on this bottling except its Cane Juice, was bottled sometime in the 90’s, and was aged for an unknown period of time before bottling. ABV: 43%
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This rum comes to us by way of Smooth Amber, a craft distillery located in West Virginia. This is a blend of two well aged rums, 26 and 28 years old Source from two Jamaican distilleries. (Appleton and Monymusk more than likely). Smooth Ambler aged this release for an additional year in Rye Whisky casks
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This single cask from the Edradour distillery was selected or “Pillaged” as they put it, for the Edradourian Knights a collection of folks who are super fans of Edradour whisky. This single malt was aged for 11 years in a 2nd fill Hogshead Bordeaux cask before being bottled at cask strength with no additives or
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This bottling comes to us by way of the Scotch Malt Whiskey Society from Caperdonich, the closed speyside distillery. This Single malt was aged for 25 years in a 2nd fill ex-bourbon barrel before being bottled at cask strength with no additives and was non-chill filtered. ABV: 53.6% Nose: Green Apple, Pineapple, Orange Zest, Lavender, Slight Hay,
