New Riff's first attempt at a widely-available 8 year bourbon - unlike most of the distillery's whiskies, this is not bottled-in-bond.

This pick was selected by the Wiseguy Lounge, a small chain of speakeasy-style bars.

After leaving Bruichladdich, Mark Reynier took his ideas of terroir in whisky into the realm of Irish whisky, founding Waterford Distillery in 2016.

Pedro Ximenez sherry is sweeter and juicier, generally speaking, so we're expecting a heavy emphasis on red fruits.

Clear Creek Distillery produces the McCarthy's Oregon Single Malt with a few different cask finishes.

Like a lot of whiskies in this price category, strength is an entry-level 40% ABV (80 proof).

After such a long maturation, only 135 bottles were left in the cask at a strength of 47.5% ABV.

Laphroaig is often a distillate that, when matured to a higher age, becomes more subtle, retaining some smokiness but also adding softer flavors.

This carried a standard 12 year age statement, like all of the batches had in the few years preceding 2023.

Elijah Craig uses a bourbon mashbill that consists of 78% corn, 12% malted barley, and 10% rye.

Ballechin was actually a neighboring distillery near Edradour, but it was closed in the 1920s, during Prohibition.

The minimum age in this blend is 8 years, giving it an 8 year age statement, but the average age of the whisky inside is roughly 10 years.

Heavily peated Glenturret spirit - something seen occasionally in their official bottlings, though they also produce a lot of unpeated whiskies.

The Scotch Malt Whisky Society (SMWS) aged this in a first fill ex-bourbon cask, but only for 9 years.

The 12 year release - somewhat widely available, and it comes at a reasonable price.

Glenmorangie does give this bottle to us at a preferable strength of 46%, higher than most of their core range.

They kept this under wraps while it aged for 7 years, before the first release came in 2023.

There's no age statement, but we do get this at a preferential strength of 49% ABV (98 proof).

It's an unusual cask from the distillery, as it sees no sherry maturation or finishing.

This product used to carry an age statement of 8 years, which was roughly double the maturation time that the White Label gets; now, it's not age stated.