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Review #639 - Balcones True Blue Cask Strength Single Barrel - BevMo Pick
Me, My Wife & Whisky 8/30/25 Me, My Wife & Whisky 8/30/25

Review #639 - Balcones True Blue Cask Strength Single Barrel - BevMo Pick

Balcones' True Blue whisky is made with roasted blue corn.

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Review #638 - New Riff High Note First Decade Rye
Me, My Wife & Whisky 8/29/25 Me, My Wife & Whisky 8/29/25

Review #638 - New Riff High Note First Decade Rye

The companion bottle to New Riff's First Decade Bourbon - this is the First Decade Rye.

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Review #637 - Found North Peregrine First Flight
Me, My Wife & Whisky 8/27/25 Me, My Wife & Whisky 8/27/25

Review #637 - Found North Peregrine First Flight

The first release in Found North's High Altitude series.

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Review #636 - New Riff High Note First Decade Bourbon
Me, My Wife & Whisky 8/26/25 Me, My Wife & Whisky 8/26/25

Review #636 - New Riff High Note First Decade Bourbon

The oldest whiskies from New Riff to date - in the Spring of 2025, for the distillery's whisky club releases, they bottled a 10 year old bourbon and 10 year old rye.

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Review #635 - Wild Turkey Master's Keep Beacon
Me, My Wife & Whisky 8/24/25 Me, My Wife & Whisky 8/24/25

Review #635 - Wild Turkey Master's Keep Beacon

Potentially the final release in Wild Turkey's Master's Keep collection, at least for the time being - this is Beacon, a Kentucky straight bourbon.

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Review #634 - Balcones ZZ Top Tres Hombres
Me, My Wife & Whisky 8/24/25 Me, My Wife & Whisky 8/24/25

Review #634 - Balcones ZZ Top Tres Hombres

A Texas whisky made in collaboration with the band ZZ Top - this is Tres Hombres from Balcones.

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Review #633 - New Riff Single Barrel Bourbon - Total Wine Pick
Me, My Wife & Whisky 8/23/25 Me, My Wife & Whisky 8/23/25

Review #633 - New Riff Single Barrel Bourbon - Total Wine Pick

New Riff's high-rye mashbill often contributes to a strong spicy note in their bourbon.

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Review #632 - Sagamore Reserve Series 9 Year Rye
Me, My Wife & Whisky 8/21/25 Me, My Wife & Whisky 8/21/25

Review #632 - Sagamore Reserve Series 9 Year Rye

Sagamore doesn't actually distill this 9 year rye - they don't yet have distillate this old, and this whisky was sourced from Indiana, specifically from MGP.

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Review #631 - Knob Creek 9 Year Bourbon
Me, My Wife & Whisky 8/20/25 Me, My Wife & Whisky 8/20/25

Review #631 - Knob Creek 9 Year Bourbon

This is Jim Beam's Knob Creek 9 Year Bourbon, one of the best-selling bottles in the $25 to $40 range.

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Review #630 - Single Cask Nation 'Williamson' (Laphroaig) 8 Year Single Cask
Me, My Wife & Whisky 8/19/25 Me, My Wife & Whisky 8/19/25

Review #630 - Single Cask Nation 'Williamson' (Laphroaig) 8 Year Single Cask

Single malt labeled as Williamson is actually Laphroaig - the name Williamson is a reference to their famed distillery manager and owner Bessie Williamson.

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Review #629 - Single Malts of Scotland Bruichladdich 29 Year Single Cask - Spec's Selection
Me, My Wife & Whisky 8/18/25 Me, My Wife & Whisky 8/18/25

Review #629 - Single Malts of Scotland Bruichladdich 29 Year Single Cask - Spec's Selection

It isn't often you see unpeated Bruichladdich bottled by an independent bottler; it's even less common that is has a hefty age statement such as 29 years.

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Review #628 - Knob Creek Bourbon x Rye
Me, My Wife & Whisky 8/17/25 Me, My Wife & Whisky 8/17/25

Review #628 - Knob Creek Bourbon x Rye

This blend takes Knob Creek bourbon and Knob Creek rye and mixes them together.

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Review #627 - Old Fitzgerald Decanter Series 9 Year Bourbon (2025)
Me, My Wife & Whisky 8/15/25 Me, My Wife & Whisky 8/15/25

Review #627 - Old Fitzgerald Decanter Series 9 Year Bourbon (2025)

This bottle harkens back to the 'diamond' decanters used for the Old Fitzgerald brand in the 1950s.

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Review #626 - Single Cask Nation Auchroisk 11 Year Single Cask
Me, My Wife & Whisky 8/13/25 Me, My Wife & Whisky 8/13/25

Review #626 - Single Cask Nation Auchroisk 11 Year Single Cask

Auchroisk is a large operation with a theoretical capacity of just under 6 million liters per annum; most of that production goes into Diageo blends.

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Review #625 - Castle & Key Restoration Rye Single Barrel
Me, My Wife & Whisky 8/12/25 Me, My Wife & Whisky 8/12/25

Review #625 - Castle & Key Restoration Rye Single Barrel

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

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Review #624 - Hirsch Double Oak Single Barrel - LAX Wine & Spirits Pick
Me, My Wife & Whisky 8/11/25 Me, My Wife & Whisky 8/11/25

Review #624 - Hirsch Double Oak Single Barrel - LAX Wine & Spirits Pick

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.

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Review #623 - Single Cask Nation Royal Brackla 9 Year Single Cask
Me, My Wife & Whisky 8/10/25 Me, My Wife & Whisky 8/10/25

Review #623 - Single Cask Nation Royal Brackla 9 Year Single Cask

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.

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Review #622 - Thomond Gate Chateau Kirwan Cask Finish
Me, My Wife & Whisky 8/9/25 Me, My Wife & Whisky 8/9/25

Review #622 - Thomond Gate Chateau Kirwan Cask Finish

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.

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Review #621 - Isle of Raasay Dun Cana
Me, My Wife & Whisky 8/8/25 Me, My Wife & Whisky 8/8/25

Review #621 - Isle of Raasay Dun Cana

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

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Review #620 - Balcones Bottled in Bond Texas Rye
Me, My Wife & Whisky 8/7/25 Me, My Wife & Whisky 8/7/25

Review #620 - Balcones Bottled in Bond Texas Rye

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

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