Review #168 - Laphroaig Select
It's quite a mixture of flavors from those casks - will all of the flavors make their way through, especially at a lower bottling strength of 40% ABV?
Review #167 - Glenmorangie A Tale of Winter
Finished in Marsala casks - that's the shtick here.
Review #166 - Glenmorangie A Tale of the Forest
Instead of typical air drying, or the often seen heavy peat smoke, the barley used in this single malt was dried using a mixture of woodland botanicals.
Review #165 - Kilchoman Concierge Small Batch No. 2
We're Kilchoman fans and Sauternes cask maturation fans; after trying most of the distillery's core range, we find ourselves looking for more unique bottlings.
Review #164 - Clynelish 14 Year
A favorite distillery of many single malt enthusiasts, it's unfortunately not the easiest malt to come by these days.
Review #163 - Stranahan's Single Barrel Cask Strength
In this new wave of American single malts, there are a few distilleries that have established themselves as the leaders in quality and age, helping to push the category forward.
Review #162 - Found North Batch 006-S Second Summit
Based out of Massachusetts, Found North is a relatively new bottler specializing in well-aged Canadian whiskies.
Review #161 - Bruichladdich Octomore 10 Year 4th Edition
There is a series of 10 year Octomore bottlings, and today, we're looking at the 4th edition of this series, which came in 2020.
Review #160 - Russell's Reserve 13 Year
Bottle at 57.4% ABV, or 114.8 proof, and with a minimum of 13 years of aging, this Russell's Reserve bourbon is shaping up to be quite a tasty pour.
Review #159 - Kilkerran Work In Progress 7th Release - Cask Strength Bourbon Wood
It seems they made a nice transition from their ‘work in progress’ bottlings to their ‘final product.’
Review #158 - GlenAllachie 30 Year
It's not often we get to try any 30+ year old single malt, especially from a distillery so 'in vogue' as GlenAllachie is right now.
Review #157 - Hibiki Japanese Harmony
Some research online points us in the direction of a mixture of American oak casks (probably ex-bourbon), ex-sherry casks, and the Mizunara casks.
Review #156 - Eagle Rare 10 Year
This is one of the reasonably priced 10 year old bourbons on the market, at least if you can find it around the MSRP.
Review #155 - Talisker Storm
One of the earlier examples from the new wave of NAS scotch popularity.
Review #154 - The Sassenach Blended Scotch
So, a celebrity-branded spirit, and one with a premium price tag - a recipe for success?
Review #153 - Laphroaig Triple Wood
The name comes from the used of three cask types: ex-bourbon barrels, quarter casks, and Oloroso sherry casks.
Review #152 - Linkumpinch Single Barrel Cask Strength Bourbon
The big bother of the bottled-in-bond bourbon from Dueling Grounds that we looked at in our 79th review, this is bottled at a hefty 60.5% ABV.
Review #151 - SMWS 71.83 "Amuse Your Bouche" - Glenburgie 10 Year
Situated near the River Lossie in Speyside, this is an unpeated single malt - a single cask, in fact - that was aged for 10 years in a first-fill ex-bourbon barrel.
Review #150 - Kaiyo Cask Strength
Like the other whiskies in the Kaiyo range, this is also aged in Mizunara oak casks, spending some time at sea in that process.
Review #149 - Balcones Lineage
Both new charred oak and refill oak are used, supposedly to blend the styles of Texas whisky and traditional Scottish single malts.