Review #674 - Old Fitzgerald 7 Year Bottled-in-Bond
In 2025, Heaven Hill set out to bottle a more affordable, attainable version of the Old Fitzgerald brand.
Review #673 - Benriach The Smoky Twelve
Master Blender Rachel Barrie uses a wide array of cask types for the whiskies made by the Benriach distillery.
Review #672 - The Reveries 16 Year Single Barrel 'Torment'
Distilled in Frankfort, but aged in Lawrenceburg - this is BuffTurkey, a Kentucky bourbon that shares DNA from both the Buffalo Trace distillery and the Wild Turkey distillery.
Review #671 - Oregon Spirit Straight American Bourbon
Oregon Spirit Distillers was founded in 2009 in Bend, Oregon.
Review #670 - Dunville's 10 Year PX Cask Single Malt
Dunville's actually goes back to 1808, originally named as Napier and Dunvill.
Review #669 - Cadenhead's Girvan 33 Year (1991) Single Grain
The grain whisky made at Girvan is now primarily made with wheat, along with a small amount of malted barley.
Review #668 - Westland Moscatel Finish Single Cask - r/Bourbon Pick
This single cask Westland, selected for the r/Bourbon community, carries a 7 year age statement, 4 years of which was spent aging in a Moscatel wine cask.
Review #667 - Tincup American Whiskey
It's a combination of two components: a high-rye bourbon distilled in Indiana, as well as a single malt distilled in Colorado.
Review #666 - GlenAllachie Masters of Wood - 17 Year Mizunara & Oloroso Sherry Finish
This is the first release in a new series from the GlenAllachie distillery: the Masters of Wood collection.
Review #665 - Cadenhead's 'A Highland' (Glenmorangie) 37 Year
It's not uncommon for independent bottlers to leave the source distillery undisclosed on a bottle of single malt whisky.
Review #664 - New Riff 6 Year Malted Rye Sherry Finish (2024)
New Riff's sherry-finished version of their 6 year old malted rye whisky returned in 2024 after a 2 year hiatus.
Review #663 - Adelphi Caol Ila 12 Year Single Cask
There are many, many options to explore in the realm of independently-bottled Caol Ila.
Review #662 - Found North T8KE-04 'Johannes' Custom Blend - r/bourbon Pick
This custom blend from T8ke was picked for the r/bourbon community, a part of the Season 5 series of Found North private picks.
Review #661 - Cadenhead's Bowmore 11 Year (2002) Small Batch
It was distilled in 2002, and bottling took place back in 2013.
Review #660 - Four Roses Small Batch Select
Four Roses combines 6 of their 10 bourbon recipes to create this Small Batch Select bourbon.
Review #659 - Daftmill 2011 Winter Batch Release
The cask type used for maturation was exclusively first fill bourbon casks.
Review #658 - Old Forester 1870
The 1870 'Original Batch' refers to the year when George Garvin Brown established the Old Forester distillery on Whiskey Row in Louisville, Kentucky.
Review #657 - Roseisle 12 Year - Diageo Special Releases 2024
Compared to most Diageo distilleries, Roseisle is quite young - construction was completed in 2008.
Review #656 - Four Roses 11 Year OBSF Single Barrel Barrel Strength - Binny's Pick
Selected by Binny's, this bottling uses the distillery's OBSF recipe, which means a high-rye mashbill of 60% corn, 35% rye, and 5% malted barley.
Review #655 - Ardnahoe Infinite Loch
Finally, we get our hands on some Ardnahoe single malt.