This is a malt whiskey that was distilled on The Isle of Arran before being aged for 7 years in France, this 3 barrel blend was unpeated distillate aged in a first fill sherry cask, unpeated distillate aged in a first fill ex bourbon cask, and a peated distillate aged in a first fill bourbon […]
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This is a single cask rum from Portugal that has been aged for 8 years in casks of some sort. To be honest that is all I could find but lets dive in! ABV: 53.6% Nose: Dark Chocolate, Blackberry, Lemon zest, Vegetalness, Black Tea, Palate: Medium mouthfeel, Lemon Zest, Fresh cut grass, Black Tea, Brine, Earthiness Finish: Medium length
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This is a blend finished bourbons that comes to us by way of American Independent bottler Barrell Craft Spirits. Much in the vein of their Dovetail and Seagrass releases, Armida is a blend of American Bourbons finished in a variety of casks that are then blended together after finishing. Armida’s blend consists of Bourbon Finished
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This bottling comes to us from St. Lucia Distillers located on St. Lucia. This was distilled in 2000 on the John Dore pot still and matured entirely in St.Lucia in ex-bourbon before being bottled with no additives for the U.S. market. This is the longest matured St.Lucia I have tried to date. ABV: 53.1% Nose: Star Anise,
This is a bottling from Barbados rum producer Foursquare in their Exceptional Cask Selection series. This one was aged for 14 years in a mix of Ex-bourbon and Ex-Madeira casks in Barbados before being bottled with no additives. Let’s see how this one holds up. ABV: 61% Nose: Black Pepper, Cherry, toasted coconut, Oak Spice, Cinnamon, Vanilla
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This is a release from Foursquare in the Exceptional cask series. This one, like all Foursquare, is a blend of pot and column distillate that is aged for 11 years in Barbados in ex-bourbon and ex-Zinfandel casks before being bottled with no additives. ABV: 48% Nose: Dark Chocolate, Cherry, Vanilla Bean, Figs, Cola, toasted coconut, toasted brown
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This is a barrel picked by a restaurant in Dublin Ohio. This Elijah Craig was aged for 10 years before being bottled at cask strength with no additives and selected for this restaurant. I have not had a chance to try one of these new offering from Heaven Hill until now, so let us see
This is the 17th release in the Exceptional Cask Series from Foursquare. This bottling is a blend of pot and column distillate, aged for 12 years in ex-bourbon barrels before being bottled with no additives. ABV: 60% Nose: Mango, Vanilla, Black Pepper, Cinnamon, Oak Spice, toasted Brown Sugar, Raspberry Palate: Thick oily mouthfeel, Raspberry, Cinnamon, Toasted Brown Sugar,
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This is a single cask of 19-year rum that comes to us by way of the IB Golden Devil. Selected by K&L this Hampden rum is of the <>H Marque which implies an ester level of 900-1000 gr/hLAA. It was aged in the UK before being bottled at cask strength with no additives. Hampden is
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This offering from IB Compagnie des Indes comes to us from the 10 Cane distillery based in Trinidad that operated from 2003-2015. This bottling is a blend of sugar cane juice rum and traditional molasses based rum that was aged from March of 2012 to April of 2021. This rum was distilled on a French
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