Review #730 - Four Roses 10 Year OESQ Single Barrel Barrel Strength - Kentucky Distillers Pick
Four Roses describes the flavor profile of their OESQ bourbon recipe as 'Floral, Banana, Refreshing, Medium Body.'
Review #729 - SMWS Distillery 4 Rare Release 'Take Me to the Chippy' - Highland Park 20 Year
Here we have a SMWS small batch 'Rare Release' from Highland Park, and one that boasts a 20 year age statement.
Review #728 - SMWS 4.293 'A Cunning Combo' - Highland Park 19 Year
This Highland Park was finished in a second-fill sherry butt which had previously held whisky from the Society's Distillery 29, or Laphroaig.
Review #727 - Peerless Single Barrel Bourbon 'Cherry Soda'
This single barrel variation of their bourbon has been titled 'Cherry Soda,' and it comes in at a final strength of 55.4% ABV (110.8 proof).
Review #726 - Hazelburn 15 Year Oloroso Cask Matured (2023)
This spirit was distilled in 2008 and bottled in 2023, and the full time was spent in first fill Oloroso sherry casks.
Review #725 - Hardin's Creek Jacob's Well 211 Months Aged
This Jacob's Well version of the Hardin's Creek series is named for Jacob Beam, the "forefather of America's first family of bourbon."
Review #724 - Hardin's Creek Frankfort 204 Months Aged
Jim Beam's 'Hardin's Creek' series is a collection of premium bourbons that explores the effects of maturation micro-climates on small batches of whisky.
Review #723 - Found North Snow Day First Flurry
To capture winter in a bottle of whisky - that was the ethos when Found North set out to blend this first edition of Snow Day.
Review #722 - Kilkerran Heavily Peated Batch 10
The heavily peated single malt from Glengyle uses barley that has a phenol content of roughly 45ppm, similar to that of many of the famous Islay distilleries.
Review #721 - Highland Park 12 Year Single Cask - Flaviar Selection
Here we have an official bottling from Highland Park, but it's a single cask release, one selected by Flaviar.
Review #720 - Virginia Distillery 'Courage & Conviction' Ex-Bourbon Single Cask - Scotch 4 Dummies Pick
Virginia Distillery Co. is based near Lovingston, Virginia, nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains.
Review #719 - Andalusia Chocolate Malt - Scotch 4 Dummies Pick
Chocolate malt is a variety of malted barley that has been more heavily roasted or dried than usual.
Review #718 - Talisker 18 Year
A premium offering from Diageo's Talisker distillery, this is an 18 year old single malt from the Isle of Skye.
Review #717 - Single Cask Nation Craigellachie 16 Year Single Cask
Craigellachie is known to have a savory characteristic to their spirit owing to the use of worm tubs in the condensation process after distillation.
Review #716 - Barrell Seagrass 20 Year Gold Label
Barrell Craft Spirits produces higher-age versions of some of their blends, which are often adorned with grey or gold labels.
Review #715 - Signatory Vintage Miltonduff 1995 18 Year Single Cask - K&L Wine Merchants Selection
Miltonduff is located in the heart of Speyside, near the whisky town of Elgin.
Review #714 - River Roots 7 Year 'Sea of Kings Vol. III' American Malt Whiskey - r/Bourbon Pick
Here's an unusual whisky: a California-distilled malt whisky, which was made using a mashbill of 88% malted barley and 12% malted rye.
Review #713 - Single Malts of Scotland Tormore 8 Year Single Cask - Storied Company Selection
Here's another under-the-radar distillery, although it's currently experiencing something of a revival: Tormore.
Review #712 - Remus Gatsby Reserve 2024
Overall, a very well-matured bourbon, even if the strength is a little bit lower than other barrel proof bourbons.
Review #711 - Benromach 2014 Cask Strength Batch 03
Finally, a Benromach whisky bottled at full cask strength, in this case 60.6% ABV.