Review #765 - Isle of Raasay Na Sia Single Cask - Peated Chinkapin Cask
Isle of Raasay's Na Sia series is a range of single casks that explore the different combinations of spirit and cask used in the blending of their flagship single malt.
Review #764 - Westward Cabernet Finished Single Barrel Selection - r/bourbon Pick
Westward distillery matures or finishes their whisky in a wide variety of different cask types, but they're especially known for wine casks due to their connection with the Pacific Northwest.
Review #763 - Westward Milestone Edition No. 2
Westward uses a 21 barrel Solera system for their Milestone releases; each year, more aged barrels of whisky are added to the system.
Review #762 - Tamdhu 15 Year
This 15 year version of Tamdhu single malt is fully matured in Oloroso sherry casks.
Review #761 - The Reveries Raven (Batch 3)
This blend of bourbons is presented at barrel strength: 62.4% ABV (124.8 proof).
Review #760 - Laphroaig Quarter Cask
Laphroaig's Quarter Cask is a core range bottle and a favorite among fans of the distillery.
Review #759 - Bomberger's Declaration Kentucky Straight Bourbon (2023)
It's matured in a combination of traditional American white oak barrels and Chinquapin oak barrels.
Review #758 - Ardnamurchan Mezcal Cask Release (2025)
Traditionally, Mezcal isn't aged in the first place, so ex-Mezcal barrels are not produced in any great quantity.
Review #757 - Raconteur Rye Batch No. 3 'Miz Kiss'
Named 'Miz Kiss' for a kiss of Mizunara oak influence - this an 8 year old rye whisky.
Review #756 - Kilchoman Cognac Cask Matured (2023)
Kilchoman distilled this spirit in 2016, and it was matured for 6 years or so in those ex-Cognac casks.
Review #755 - Dark Arts Blunt Blend
Dark Arts Whiskey House is a blending house based in Lexington, Kentucky.
Review #754 - Cadenhead's Glen Elgin-Glenlivet 12 Year
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.
Review #753 - Shenk's Homestead Sour Mash Whiskey (2022)
Some of the whisky in this 2022 bottling spent time aging in toasted French oak barrels.
Review #752 - Cadenhead's Highland Park 'An Orkney' 6 Year
Here's one of the youngest indie bottlings we've seen: a 6 year old Highland Park, bottled by Campbeltown-based Cadenhead's.
Review #751 - Maker's Mark Cellar Aged (2023)
Maker's Mark isn't in the habit of releasing age-stated bourbons; that changed in 2023 with this inaugural release of Cellar Aged.
Review #750 - Bruichladdich Port Charlotte SYC:01 2013
This Port Charlotte was bottled at 10 years old at a strength of 54.4% ABV in 2024.
Review #749 - SMWS 162.4 'From the Shoreline...' - Isle of Raasay 5 Year
The Scotch Malt Whisky Society continues to add new codes and bottle whisky from Scotland’s new distilleries.
Review #748 - Isle of Raasay Na Sia Single Cask - Unpeated Chinkapin Cask
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.
Review #747 - Four Roses 9 Year OESO Single Barrel Barrel Strength - Hazel's Beverage World Pick
The OESO recipe from Four Roses uses the 'low rye' bourbon mashbill of 75% corn, 20% rye, and 5% malted barley.
Review #746 - Wolfburn Morven
Wolfburn, established in 2013, has now been operating for more than 12 years.