It's matured in a combination of traditional American white oak barrels and Chinquapin oak barrels.

Traditionally, Mezcal isn't aged in the first place, so ex-Mezcal barrels are not produced in any great quantity.

Named 'Miz Kiss' for a kiss of Mizunara oak influence - this an 8 year old rye whisky.

Kilchoman distilled this spirit in 2016, and it was matured for 6 years or so in those ex-Cognac casks.

Dark Arts Whiskey House is a blending house based in Lexington, Kentucky.

The story of distilleries other than Glenlivet using 'Glenlivet' in their names dates back to the 1800s, when the actual Glenlivet distillery earned a good reputation that became synonymous with Speyside whiskies.

Some of the whisky in this 2022 bottling spent time aging in toasted French oak barrels.

Here's one of the youngest indie bottlings we've seen: a 6 year old Highland Park, bottled by Campbeltown-based Cadenhead's.

Maker's Mark isn't in the habit of releasing age-stated bourbons; that changed in 2023 with this inaugural release of Cellar Aged.

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.