As the newest distillery on the 'whisky island,' there's quite a bit of hype to live up to - let's see how Ardnahoe handled it.

Tomintoul, owned by Angus Dundee since 2000, was built in the wave of new distilleries during the 1960s.

Glen Moray is one of the distilleries that the Scotch Malt Whisky Society has bottled the most.

Glenfiddich's 'Our Solera Fifteen' is a rebrand of the product previously called 'Unique Solera Reserve.'

Alwar distillery, based is Rajasthan, is owned by Diageo; they produce a single malt sold under the brand Godawan.

This 15 year version, also called the French Oak Reserve, is differentiated by the fact that a portion of the whisky in each batch is finished in French Limousin oak casks.

This brand goes back to the 1960s, and the current owners have kept a 'retro' look for the label and bottle to show that heritage.

The bulk of the maturation for this cask took place in an ex-bourbon hogshead; however, for the last 2 years, SMWS moved this spirit into a refill French oak barrique.

At that ripe young age of 9 years, this whisky still sat at an impressive strength of 62.2% ABV at bottling time.

This distillery was built in the early 1970s with efficiency in mind, in contrast to its older sister distillery Glenlossie.

Most or all of the single malts made for Clear Creek's 'McCarthy's' brand spend some time aging in Garryana oak, or Oregon oak.

While Edradour distillery may be more well-known for their unpeated whisky, which is full of character in its own right, they also produce a line of peated whisky under the brand name 'Ballechin.'

Blanton's is a single barrel bourbon brand from Buffalo Trace which uses their 'mashbill #1' - that's their high-rye mashbill.

After an initial maturation of about 10 years took place in an Oloroso butt, the whisky was transferred to a smaller hogshead cask.

This 13 year old spirit was fully matured in sherry casks.

The Repeal Reserve series from Ross & Squibb (previously MGP) celebrates the passing of the 21st Amendment to the US Constitution.

Benrinnes is known for having a robust, potentially sulphury, often savory distillate.

From the Scotch Malt Whisky Society's 'Oily & Coastal' flavor profile, we have this 8 year old Glen Scotia.

This was distilled back in 2012 and bottled at the relatively young age of 8 years old.

Jack Daniel's has introduced a new member of their single barrel lineup.