Review #358 - Peerless Single Barrel Bourbon 'Root Beer Float'
This single barrel (named 'Root Beer Float' based on the distillery's tasting notes) was available for purchase from the distillery's tasting room in Louisville, Kentucky.
Review #357 - Redwood Empire Pipe Dream
Pipe Dream is named for a 367 foot tree located in the Patriarch Forest of Humboldt Redwoods State Park.
Review #356 - Tomatin 12 Year Cuatro Series: Oloroso
The idea behind Tomatin's Cuatro series was to find the impact that different types of sherry casks had on their spirit.
Review #355 - Adelphi Springbank 21 Year Single Cask
This single cask bottling is from Adelphi, and they aged it for an impressive 21 years before bottling it at cask strength.
Review #354 - Winchester Kentucky Rye
It seems to have been produced at the OZ Tyler distillery, which has since changed its name to one most will be familiar with - Green River Distilling.
Review #353 - Signatory Vintage Royal Brackla 11 Year Single Cask
It's almost hard to believe that this was a refill cask - after only those 11 years, this is the color of cola.
Review #352 - Old Grand-Dad 114
This '114' bourbon doesn't care an age statement, but we get a strong proof point of 114 (57% ABV).
Review #351 - Ohishi Sherry Single Cask Whisky
The Ohishi distillery specializes in the use of sherry and brandy casks for their whisky aging.
Review #350 - Evan Williams 12 Year Red Label
Generally found as an export product in other countries, especially Japan, this 12 year old version of Evan Williams wasn't previously available in the US.
Review #349 - Glenmorangie Burgundy Wood Finish
The French wine casks used for this whisky hailed from Cote D’Or in the Burgundy region.
Review #348 - Amrut Triparva Triple Distilled
A style seen most often in Ireland or the Scottish Lowlands, triple-distilled whisky is now popping up in a variety of places across the globe.
Review #347 - Ardbeg Anamorphic
The inside of the cask was recharred, and the barrel heads were removed, heavily scored, and heavily toasted.
Review #346 - Weller 12 Year Bourbon
The oldest age-stated bottle of the Weller 'core range' - this is their 12 year old bourbon, which is bottled at 45% ABV (90 proof).
Review #345 - High West A Midwinter Nights Dram Act 9 Scene 4
Along with those Port casks, we get the nice pinkish hue in the whisky when the light shines through it.
Review #344 - Cadenhead's Benrinnes 11 Year
We have an interesting mixture here - this batch was made up of 40% ex-bourbon casks, 40% ex-Pedro Ximenez sherry casks, and 20% ex-rum casks.
Review #343 - Heaven Hill 7 Year Bottled in Bond Bourbon
This bourbon initially garnered some criticism, as it replaced the previous version of the distillery's bottled in bond bourbon, which was a fraction of the price.
Review #342 - Evan Williams Bottled in Bond Bourbon
Because it's bottled in bond, we know that it was all distilled in one season, and it must be at least 4 years old.
Review #341 - Bruichladdich 18 Year
At last, we get a Bruichladdich with a good age statement, which was distilled after the revitalization of the distillery in the early 2000s.
Review #340 - Kilchoman Loch Gorm (2020)
The distillation vintages are 2007, 2009, 2009, and 2011; that means that the spirit in the bottle probably ranges from 8 to 13 years old.
Review #339 - Glengoyne 15 Year PX Cask Edition
Glengoyne's 15 year old PX Cask Edition is a travel retail exclusive.