Review #565 - Booker's 2025-01 'Barry's Batch'
Named to celebrate Barry Berish, the former CEO of the Jim Beam company, who served for more than 40 years.
Review #564 - Westland Sherry Wood
Before it was making its current flagship single malt, Westland had a core range of 3 separate single malts.
Review #563 - Willett 8 Year Wheated Bourbon
In 2022, Willett introduced a new wheated bourbon product with an 8 year age statement.
Review #562 - Kilchoman 8 Year STR Finish - ImpEx Cask Evolution
Kilchoman and ImpEx Beverages collaborate to create the 'ImpEx Cask Evolution' series, a run of single casks of varying age statements and cask types.
Review #561 - Kilchoman Port Cask Matured (2024)
This return after 6 years of absence saw the exclusive use of refill Ruby Port casks.
Review #560 - Kilchoman Batch Strength
After distillation, this whisky's spirit undergoes a maturation process of 3 different cask types.
Review #559 - Kilchoman Loch Gorm (2024)
This 2024 edition of their Loch Gorm single malt was a run of 18,000 bottles.
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.