Review #945 - SMWS 23.78 'Smoky Seadog' - Bruichladdich 10 Year
Some research online points toward the rare Lochindaal spirit for this specific single cask bottling of Bruichladdich, but there's no official confirmation.
Review #944 - SMWS 73.170 'Grassland Gallivant' - Aultmore 13 Year
Aultmore is supposed to have a nice weight to their spirit due to a relatively wide set of cut points - let's see if that comes across in our tastings.
Review #943 - Deer Camp Straight Rye
MGP's 95% rye, 5% malted barley mashbill is one of the most widely sourced and distributed mashbills in the American whisky market.
Review #942 - SMWS Five Region Batch 2025 'The Wandering'
Along with a minimum of 5 different distillates included in this blended malt, there are also a bunch of different cask types.
Review #941 - SMWS Blended Batch 15 'Smokus Fruticosus'
This blended malt batch from the Scotch Malt Whisky Society uses single malts from two of our favorite whisky places in Scotland: Islay and the Orkney Islands.
Review #940 - SMWS Blended Batch 13 'Tabanco Time'
SMWS specifies that this is a combination of whiskies from the Speyside and the Highland regions.
Review #939 - SMWS 89.23 'Velvet Indulgence' - Tomintoul 14 Year
The third and final single malt which was picked as a part of the 2025 SMWS US Tasting Panel Experience: a 14 year old Tomintoul which was named "Velvet Indulgence."
Review #938 - SMWS 35.228 'Cigar Juice' - Glen Moray 31 Year
There are certain distilleries which the Scotch Malt Whisky Society puts out in higher volumes than others; Glen Moray is one of them.
Review #937 - Single Malts of India (Amrut) Neidhal
Amrut is a prominent Indian distillery, but they actually produce an independent bottling line as well: Single Malts of India.
Review #936 - Fercullen 15 Year Single Grain
Fercullen's 15 Year Single Grain was named the world's best single grain whisky at both 2025 and 2026 at the World Whiskies Awards.
Review #935 - Fercullen Single Malt
Here we have the inaugural release of the Fercullen Single Malt - that is, the first release that they distilled themselves, at Powerscourt Distillery.
Review #934 - Fercullen Falls
Fercullen has offered a range of whiskies in their short history. Here's their entry-level bottling: Fercullen Falls, a blended Irish whisky.
Review #933 - Clydeside Napier
Among the many new distilleries opening in Scotland over the past 20 years, there's been a strong concentration of them in the Lowlands region.
Review #932 - Tormore 12 Year Legacy Casks
Elixir Distillers purchased the distillery in 2022, and they've been revamping the production to go primarily into single malt bottlings.
Review #931 - Colonel E.H. Taylor Four Grain Bourbon (2026)
Four grain bourbons contain a mixture of corn (at least 51% of the mashbill), rye, wheat, and malted barley; it's generally more of a specialty mashbill.
Review #930 - W.D. O'Connell 5 Year Small Batch Fino Cask Single Malt
This single malt from W.D. O'Connell was actually distilled at Cooley distillery.
Review #929 - W.D. O'Connell 10 Year Single Grain - Bourbon & Rye Cask Series Batch 03
W.D. O'Connell, an independent bottler, sourced this single grain whisky from Cooley distillery in Ireland.
Review #928 - Stranahan's 12 Year Mountain Angel
As the American single malt category matures, we're slowly seeing more well-aged releases from a variety of distilleries across the US.
Review #927 - Fragrant Drops Glenrothes 24 Year Single Cask
The label depicts Biawa Makalanga, whose ghost allegedly haunts Glenrothes distillery.
Review #926 - Two Stacks Single Malt - Double Barrel
The resurgence of the Irish whisky industry in the past 15 years has seen many new distilleries established, but also some independent bottlers/bonders like Two Stacks.