This is a variation of the seasonal Gin’s castle and key has been putting out while their Bourbon and Ryes age. They distill these using their rye mashbill new make, then infuse with seasonal botanicals. Some of the interesting ones used in this one are lemongrass and coconut. ABV: 46.5% Nose: Warm and packed with citrus, vanilla […]
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This is one of Buffalo Traces products of their standard line. It has no age statement, but is bottled in bond, and falls to much of the usual Buffalo Trace hype machine. ABV: 50% Nose: Vanilla, oak spice, slight cherry, toffee. Palate: Medium mouthfeel, vanilla cream, cherry, slight oak, cinnamon. Finish: medium length, warm, slight apple, toffee, vanilla. Rating: 6/10
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This Limited Edition release comes to us from Scotch Distiller Arran. This was distilled and aged in refill oak casks then finished in Côte Rôtie wine casks for an unknown amount of time. This bottle has no aged statement, was non-chill filtered and had no color added. ABV: 50% Nose: Malt, honey, hay, slight must, slight raisin,
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This rum comes to us from Rum Nation. It comes from the Savanna distillery located on Reunion island. It was distilled in 2008, aged in a 2nd fill Cognac cask, then finished for 24 months in a 1st fill Oloroso cask and bottled in 2018. This was aged entirely on Reunion. ABV: 57.4% Nose: Tropical fruits, slight
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This bottling today comes to us from Wild Turkey’s Master keep line, which is their limited release line that they have brought us things like Decades, 17 year, and Sherry finished bourbons to market. This one comes in at 17 years aged, Bottled in Bond designation. This was aged in the Camp Nelson Rickhouses. Let’s
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This comes to us from Belgium, and is a Genever aged for 5 years in American Oak and then bottled at very low proof. I had this blind so keep that in mind when reading these notes. ABV: 38% Nose: Sawdust, peppery, fresh green wood, Palate: Light mouthfeel. Slight vanilla, floral hint, then fades quickly. Finish: Short length, light
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This bottling of Tepextate comes to us from bottler Maguey Melate. This agave was 15 years old, wild harvested, cooked in an earthen oven for 3 days, fermented in plastic and clay, distilled with well water on a copper still, and crushed by a tahona. Mezcalero: Luis Enrique Juarez Batch: 1 ABV: 48.6% Nose: Green Vegetals, cream cheese, clay,
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This standard bottling is the former label, which underwent a change in 2019, this bottling came from being aged in ex-bourbon barrels in Jamaica for a minimum of 12 years. ABV: 43% Nose: Light tropical fruits, mango, melon, brown sugar, cinnamon and caramel. Palate: Light mouthfeel, a bit thin. Caramel, heavy brown sugar, nutmeg, melon, mango, and orange
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This South African rum is a High Ester, unaged, wild yeast rum that used dunder during its long 22 days fermentation process. This one was harvested in November of 2018 using 30% dunder, and was bottled 16/88. This is from Batch 2019HE1 ABV: 65% Nose: Briney, light vanilla, cream cheese funk, olive oil, light pineapple, black tea.
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This bottling comes to us by way of American Independent bottler Single Cask Nation. They bottled a 2-year-old whisky aged in a First-Fill Jamaican rum barrel from producer Milk and Honey based out of Israel. This was bottled at cask strength with no color added and was non-chill filtered. ABV: 61.3% Nose: Honey, fresh baked bread, light
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