This Port Charlotte was bottled at 10 years old at a strength of 54.4% ABV in 2024.

The Scotch Malt Whisky Society continues to add new codes and bottle whisky from Scotland’s new distilleries.

The Chinkapin oak casks used in this release were highly toasted before they received a high level of char; before all of that, they were air-dried for a minimum of 36 months.

The OESO recipe from Four Roses uses the 'low rye' bourbon mashbill of 75% corn, 20% rye, and 5% malted barley.

Wolfburn, established in 2013, has now been operating for more than 12 years.

Generally, we have to look to independent bottlers to get a taste of Clynelish distillate, especially at cask strength.

This is a member of Bardstown Bourbon Company's 'Origin Series,' a more affordable core range made from Bardstown's own distillate.

The whisky in this single cask was distilled back in 2007 and bottled in 2016.

After the initial maturation in new charred (#3 char) American white oak, Heaven Hill finishes these 'toasted single barrels' in a toasted, lightly charred second new oak barrel.

These sherry casks are sourced from Jose y Miguel Martin in southern Spain, a popular choice among Scottish distilleries.

Extrapolating from those component percentages, we get an age of just over 10 years on average, and the mashbill in total is 74.6% corn, 15.6% rye, and 9.8% barley.

Maclean's Nose doesn't carry an age statement, but the whisky in the current batches are a minimum of 4 years old.

There are both this 'standardized' version of the single barrel, as well as store pick versions.

In 2022, Ardnamurchan released a Madeira Cask single malt which was unpeated; in 2025, they followed that up with a peated edition.

This is 'pre-fire' Heaven Hill, which is highly sought after as a dusty bottle in the current wave of bourbon popularity.

This batch is generally highly regarded among enthusiasts, although there is some discourse about where it ranks.

It's a combination of first fill and refill casks, which means the harsher spirity notes should be rounded off nicely, but we should still get plenty of that distillate character in the background.

One of the older Stagg 'Jr' batches - Batch 4 arrived in the Spring of 2015.

For all of their whiskies, the SMWS publishes their own fanciful tasting notes, and these might be the most unique we've seen.

The latest iteration of Heaven Hill's Elijah Craig Barrel Proof (ECBP) bourbon series - this is batch C925.