While the Castle & Key brand is quite young - it began operations in 2018 - the distillery that it employs has a much longer history.

While the source isn't specifically disclosed, the mashbill used for these double oaked 'gold label' single barrels is consistent with the Willett distillery mashbill.

This single cask was matured for a total of 9 years; in an unusual move, the bottle actually lists a second fill ex-bourbon hogshead as the 'finishing cask' on the label.

There was a Thomond Gate distillery that operated from 1809 to 1919, but it closed due to a combination of grain rationing and the American Prohibition.

Raasay specifies that both Oloroso- and Pedro Ximenez-seasoned casks were used for finishing (50% for each type).

The current rye whisky offering from Balcones Distilling - this is their bottled-in-bond Texas rye.

While the distillery does still offer a rye whisky, this bottle we're reviewing is actually an older rye release.

Because of the year of bottling, the spirit in this batch came from some of the earliest distillations at Lochranza.

Whisky blending mastermind Nancy Fraley is behind the Joseph Magnus Cigar Blend series.

We see independent bottlings of Highland Park labeled as originating at an 'Orkney' distillery.

The wheated bourbon option in Buffalo Trace's annual Antique Collection series: this is William Larue Weller.

Isle of Raasay's Na Sia single cask series explores the 6 different spirit and cask combinations that are used to make their flagship whisky.

To celebrate famed master distiller Jimmy Russell's 70th anniversary with the Wild Turkey distillery, the brand released this special edition of their 101 proof bourbon.

For a whisky with a 30 year age statement, this is about as cheap as it gets.

The cask mix chosen for Dru is simple, actually: all ex-bourbon casks.

Blanton's Single Barrel Bourbon - a whisky heavily connected with the whisky boom of the past 10 or so years.

Akkeshi is a relatively new Japanese distillery based on the northern island of Hokkaido.

In our area, this is much easier to find compared to a competitor like Weller Special Reserve, and we think this is a better bourbon, too.

Westward uses a solera-style system consisting of 21 barrels to age the whisky over a long period of time.

This single cask that we're reviewing came from some of the first spirit runs after reopening under the new ownership.