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Jan 211 min read
Ardbeg Anthology: The Harpy’s Tale
ABV: 46% Age: 13 years Nose: Mead, white raisins, ice wine, cigarette smoke, salty dried seaweed, candied lemon peel, dry hay, and wet...
Dec 2, 20231 min read
Lagavulin Islay Jazz Festival 2018
Nose: Sweet wet ash, dried lemon zest, rose petals, hint of cinnamon bark, seawater on a rocky shore, old oyster shells, dried and...
Aug 12, 20231 min read
"Smoke From a Burning Drum" SMWS 42.77
“Smoke from a Burning Drum” SMWS 42.77 Ledaig (Tobermory) ABV: 58.3% Age: 13 Years Nose: Bracing peat aromas of tires and petrichor, pine...
Apr 6, 20231 min read
Bunnahabhain 12
Nose: Earthy sweetness, wet seaweed, cooked apples with cloves and a splash of orange juice, over a thick layer of dank oak forest floor....
Mar 13, 20231 min read
Adventurously Awesome" SMWS 71.79
“Adventurously Awesome” Scotch Malt Whisky Society 71.79 Distillery: Glenburgie Age: 14 Years Region: Speyside Cask: 1st Fill Ex-Bourbon...
Mar 13, 20231 min read
Loch Lomond 12
ABV: 46% Age: 12 Years Nose: First, whiffs of cedar smoke and red apple skins. Then, waxy candy wrapper, wet oak, stewed apples and...
Mar 15, 20221 min read
Unpeated Caol Ila
Stitchell Reserve “Unpeated Style” Caol Ila Bottled in 2013 ABV: 59.6% Nose: Honey, summer hay, licorice candy, fresh cut pine wood,...
Mar 15, 20221 min read
"Petrified Decadence" SMWS 1.242
“Petrified Decadence” Cask: Ex-bourbon into PX. ABV: 60.6% Age: 7 years Distilled: February 2013 Distillery: Glenfarclas Nose: Cedar,...
Feb 8, 20221 min read
That Boutiquey Whisky Company - Clynelish Batch #2
That Boutiquey Whisky Company - Clynelish Batch #2 ABV: 50.6% Age: NAS Cask: Who knows! Color: Golden Hay Nose: Green jelly beans,...
Nov 29, 20211 min read
Bruichladdich Black Arts 9.1
ABV: 44.1% Age: 29 Years Distilled: 1992 Nose: Deep, layered, fruit forward. Coconut flakes, vanilla beans, pine nuts, ripe melons,...
Nov 22, 20211 min read
Lagavulin Distiller's Edition 2017
A surprisingly sweet and chocolatey Lagavulin. Peat takes a backseat to the candy and dried fruit notes. Age: 16 Years Casks: Ex-bourbon...
Nov 1, 20211 min read
BenRiach 1994 Single Barrel
Distillery: BenRiach Age: 22 years Cask: Ex-bourbon ABV: 52.7% Distilled: July 15th, 1994 Nose: Grilled (slightly burnt) peaches,...
Oct 1, 20213 min read
AnCnoc 12 and 18, Six Years and a Sherry Cask Apart
Even as an American to whom names like “Knockdhu” are very funny, I still think I wouldn’t have been confused by the fact that there was...
Sep 15, 20211 min read
“The Perfect Catch” SMWS 59.62
Distillery: Teaninich Cask: Ex-bourbon into new Sauternes ABV: 55.6% Age: 11 years Distilled: September 29th, 2008 Nose: Delicate,...
Aug 21, 20211 min read
Jura 12
Distillery: Jura Age: 12 Years Abv: 40% Casks: Ex-bourbon, Oloroso finish Nose: Strong, sherry forward backed up by sweet, wet ash and...
Jul 20, 20214 min read
One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Story of Global Trade
Everyone has a preference when it comes to two of the most popular national spirits, bourbon and scotch. But these two national whiskies...
Jul 16, 20211 min read
Glenmorangie Milsean
Glenmorangie Milsean Casks: Ex-Portuguese Wine ABV: 46% Nose: White grape juice. Fresh grain and chaff, butterscotch and buttery...
Jul 6, 20211 min read
The Macallan Fine Oak 17
Age: 17 Years Casks: Ex-Bourbon and Sherry ABV: 43% Nose: Chocolate covered strawberries, vanilla and cloves, wet sherry casks, and mushy...
Jun 14, 20211 min read
Balmenach, Signatory Vintage
Distillery: Balmenach Age: 25 years ABV: 56.3% Cask: Ex-bourbon Story: With almost no releases under their own name, Balmenach is an old...
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