Review #558 - Kilchoman 100% Islay 12th Edition (2022)
Kilchoman's local barley was smoked to 20ppm at the distillery - more of a 'medium' level of peat.
Review #556 - Colonel E.H. Taylor Small Batch
Named for Edmund Haynes Taylor, Jr., was one of the fathers of the American whisky industry.
Review #554 - Frank August Small Batch Bourbon
There's no mention of distillery, age, barrel information, or mashbill.
Review #553 - Fercullen 21 Year (2022 Release)
This 21 year old single malt was distilled at Cooley right around the turn of the millennium.
Review #552 - Bunnahabhain 18 Year
An (essentially) unpeated Islay whisky, which spends its life maturing in sherry casks.
Review #551 - Bernheim Barrel Proof Batch A225
The mashbill, which is printed right on the front label, consists of 51% wheat, 37% corn, and 12% malted barley.
Review #549 - Redbreast 27 Year
The pinnacle of the Redbreast whisky range: Redbreast 27 Year, a high-aged single pot still Irish whisky.
Review #548 - New Riff Backsetter Rye
Instead of adding backset from a previous rye mash to this batch of rye whisky, they added single malt backset.
Review #547 - New Riff Backsetter Bourbon
Backset refers to liquid that is held back from a prior mash and added to a later one.
Review #546 - Single Cask Nation Ben Nevis 11 Year Single Cask
While that first fill sherry influence could add some dark fruits, the wood spice element might be a bit more mild than a European oak cask.
Review #545 - Glen Fohdry Fion Frangach French Oak Cask
This Glen Fohdry titled 'Fion Frangach' is a non-age stated single malt that employs a double maturation.
Review #544 - Single Cask Nation Glen Moray 13 Year Single Cask
The spirit spent 5 years in a first fill Spanish oak Oloroso sherry cask - quite a long finishing period.
Review #543 - Found North Batch 010
A Canadian whisky-style take on an American wheated bourbon.
Review #542 - Lochlea Ploughing Edition First Crop
Lochlea uses unpeated distillate in their whiskies, but for their Ploughing Edition, they created a peated whisky through the use of peated casks.
Review #541 - Lochlea Harvest Edition First Crop
The Harvest Edition of Lochlea's limited edition Seasonal Releases celebrates the end of summer, when barley is harvested for use in the following year's whisky production.
Review #540 - Lochlea Fallow Edition First Crop
Fallow in farming terms refers to unsown land, which is not used for planting in a given season.
Review #539 - Booker's 2024-01 'Springfield Batch'
The age of the bourbon here is similar to most other Booker's releases: 7 years, 7 months, and 8 days, in this case.