The name Knockdhu, like many Scotch distillery names, comes from Gaelic - it means 'Black Hill.’

Diageo has reduced the amount of the distillate from Clynelish that's available to independent bottlers in recent years.

Jay Erisman, one of the founders of New Riff, described in a tasting we attended last summer that the Silver Grove name comes from an old bottling of bourbon from the 1930s.

Balblair has moved away from the vintage release model, with their current range displaying some of the typical age statements for Scotch.

This bottle is the third edition of this Offerman series, and the focus this time is heavily charred casks.

This bottle and brand are famous for the red wax seal on the top of the bottle.

Owned by Diageo, the Linkwood distillery, from Speyside, is hard to find in OB form; most of the time, you have to search for bottles from independent bottlers.

After spending 11 years aging in ex-bourbon casks, this spirit was transferred to New Zealand Pinot Noir casks

A first for Ardbeg, this single malt was fully matured in ex-rye casks.

This batch comes in at 54% ABV, or 108 proof.

Bodegas Lustau is a sherry wine producer in Jerez - they collaborated with Midleton Distillery to create this sherry-finished Redbreast whisky.

A bold 5 year age statement is the biggest point of interest here - heavily peated whiskies can definitely be good at a young age.

This is grown, malted, fermented, distilled, aged, and bottled all at the distillery and its farm. A true barley-to-bottle single malt.

Using a 'Solera' vat, Glenfiddich maintains consistency for its 15 year old single malt via a sort of in-house blending process.

Because of the price and the brand's marketing, we know this is a product targeted toward mixed drinks. How will it hold up neat?

These finishes are all virgin oak barrels, and include Mizunara, French oak, and toasted American oak.

Concerning the maturation on this 12 year old bottle - it's generally a mixture of ex-bourbon casks and ex-sherry casks.

Old Forester "1915," a popular homemade blend of two of Old Forester's Whisky Row bottlings: 1910 'Old Fine Whisky' and 1920 'Prohibition Style.’

One of the most reasonably priced 18 year old Scotch whiskies.

While many American malt whiskies use a mashbill contained 100% malted barley, that isn't the case here - we only have 51% malt