Review #541 - Lochlea Harvest Edition First Crop
The Harvest Edition of Lochlea's limited edition Seasonal Releases celebrates the end of summer, when barley is harvested for use in the following year's whisky production.
Review #540 - Lochlea Fallow Edition First Crop
Fallow in farming terms refers to unsown land, which is not used for planting in a given season.
Review #539 - Booker's 2024-01 'Springfield Batch'
The age of the bourbon here is similar to most other Booker's releases: 7 years, 7 months, and 8 days, in this case.
Review #538 - GlenDronach 15 Year Revival (Pre-2015)
In theory, some of this whisky could have been up to 21 years old if the bottling year was close to 2017.
Review #537 - New Riff Headliner (2024)
In 2024, to both celebrate their 10th anniversary and benefit local charities, New Riff released a limited bottling called 'Headliner.'
Review #536 - Elements of Islay Cask Edit
This whisky is a blend of two Islay single malts, Laphroaig and Caol Ila, with each distillate making up roughly 50% of the vatting.
Review #535 - Elijah Craig 9 Year Private Barrel - Kroger Pick
This pick was aged for 9 years before bottling, and it comes with a hefty cask strength of 66.25% ABV.
Review #534 - Old Forester Single Barrel Barrel Strength Bourbon - Kroger Pick
Warehouse K seems to be a popular pick for 'favorite warehouse' from Old Forester.
Review #533 - Ardnamurchan Ardnamerica Tour Bottling (2024)
Just 3 casks went into this vatting: 2 of them contained peated spirit, while the third cask was Ardnamurchan's unpeated style.
Review #532 - Stagg Jr Batch 16 (2021)
Today, we're winding the clock back to the summer of 2021, when Batch 16 was released.
Review #531 - George T. Stagg (2023)
Partnering with Colonel E.H. Taylor of the Old Fashioned Copper distillery, Stagg worked as a salesman, selling barrels of bourbon.
Review #530 - Proper No. Twelve Irish Whiskey
Many celebrity spirits are over-hyped and overpriced; this one comes at a reasonable cost, though, around $25.
Review #529 - Laphroaig Cairdeas White Port and Madeira
The 2023 Cairdeas release from Laphroaig saw the use of both Madeira wine and White Port casks
Review #528 - Elijah Craig Barrel Proof C924
Heaven Hill's tri-annual Elijah Craig release - the Barrel Proof bourbon, a bottling which arrives in January, May, and September annually.
Review #527 - Longrow Red 7 Year Pinot Noir Cask Matured
This isn't the first time we've seen a Pinot Noir release from Longrow - it's one of the more common cask types used in their aging.
Review #526 - Found North Hell Diver First Flight
The second entry in Found North's 'High Altitude Collection,' which started in 2024.
Review #525 - GlenAllachie 25 Year
No longer relegated to blending component status, GlenAllachie has released a wide range of age statements from their vast stocks.
Review #524 - Van Winkle Special Reserve 12 Year Lot "B"
This 12 year old Lot "B" uses Buffalo Trace's wheated bourbon mashbill - the same used to make the Weller range.
Review #523 - Duncan Taylor Dimensions 1995 Imperial 17 Year Single Cask
Imperial was demolished in 2013 - the area was to be redeveloped for a new distillery, Dalmunach.
Review #522 - Larceny Barrel Proof Batch A125
The first barrel proof Larceny release of 2025.