Review #799 - Augusta Distillery Old Route 8 Single Barrel Bourbon
Augusta have sourced distillate from a number of other distilleries - Heaven Hill, Barton 1792, BuffTurkey, and more.
Review #798 - Redbreast Missouri Oak Edition
Redbreast's 'Missouri Oak' Edition is an exclusive release for the American market.
Review #797 - New Riff High Note 6 Year Wheat Whiskey (Confluence Project Vol. 1)
New Riff's 2025 release is also the first in their new Confluence Project, a multi-year collaboration they're doing with Chattanooga Whiskey in Tennessee.
Review #796 - Springbank 5 Year 114 Proof
In 2025, in order to make their malt more accessible, Springbank introduced a '100 Proof' bottling with a feisty 5 year age statement.
Review #795 - Weller Full Proof Single Barrel - Wiseguy Lounge Pick 'Jackpot'
The mashbill and lower entry proof have the potential to combine to create a softer, sweeter bourbon profile.
Review #794 - Ardnahoe 5 Year Inaugural Release
As the newest distillery on the 'whisky island,' there's quite a bit of hype to live up to - let's see how Ardnahoe handled it.
Review #793 - SMWS 89.17 'Keep Nosing' - Tomintoul 9 Year
Tomintoul, owned by Angus Dundee since 2000, was built in the wave of new distilleries during the 1960s.
Review #792 - SMWS 35.399 'Choose Your Own Adventure' - Glen Moray 18 Year
Glen Moray is one of the distilleries that the Scotch Malt Whisky Society has bottled the most.
Review #791 - Glenfiddich 15 Year 'Our Solera Fifteen'
Glenfiddich's 'Our Solera Fifteen' is a rebrand of the product previously called 'Unique Solera Reserve.'
Review #790 - Godawan Series 01 'Rich and Rounded' Indian Single Malt
Alwar distillery, based is Rajasthan, is owned by Diageo; they produce a single malt sold under the brand Godawan.
Review #789 - Glenlivet 15 Year French Oak Reserve
This 15 year version, also called the French Oak Reserve, is differentiated by the fact that a portion of the whisky in each batch is finished in French Limousin oak casks.
Review #788 - Johnny Drum Private Stock
This brand goes back to the 1960s, and the current owners have kept a 'retro' look for the label and bottle to show that heritage.
Review #787 - SMWS 66.198 'Serene Sunset Satisfaction' - Ardmore 23 Year
The bulk of the maturation for this cask took place in an ex-bourbon hogshead; however, for the last 2 years, SMWS moved this spirit into a refill French oak barrique.
Review #786 - SMWS 66.228 'Damp Blue Peat Smoke' - Ardmore 9 Year
At that ripe young age of 9 years, this whisky still sat at an impressive strength of 62.2% ABV at bottling time.
Review #785 - SMWS 64.154 'We're All Going on a Summer Holiday' - Mannochmore 16 Year
This distillery was built in the early 1970s with efficiency in mind, in contrast to its older sister distillery Glenlossie.
Review #784 - McCarthy's 3 Year Oregon Single Malt
Most or all of the single malts made for Clear Creek's 'McCarthy's' brand spend some time aging in Garryana oak, or Oregon oak.
Review #783 - Ballechin 10 Year
While Edradour distillery may be more well-known for their unpeated whisky, which is full of character in its own right, they also produce a line of peated whisky under the brand name 'Ballechin.'
Review #782 - Blanton's Single Barrel Bourbon (Rick 9, Barrel 1769)
Blanton's is a single barrel bourbon brand from Buffalo Trace which uses their 'mashbill #1' - that's their high-rye mashbill.
Review #781 - SMWS 24.162 'Dystopian Deviant' - Macallan 13 Year
After an initial maturation of about 10 years took place in an Oloroso butt, the whisky was transferred to a smaller hogshead cask.
Review #780 - SMWS 24.167 'Glory Days' - Macallan 13 Year
This 13 year old spirit was fully matured in sherry casks.