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Jan 271 min read
Balcones Peated Malt - Sauternes Cask
Balcones Texas Single Malt finished in Sauternes casks Distilled from golden promise barley this single malt was first filled into new...
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
Brother Justus Cold Peated Single Malt
Brother Justus is a single malt distillery in Minneapolis that uses local peat from the bogs of Minnesota but there’s a twist. Instead of...
Dec 2, 20231 min read
Westland Solum
Since peat is simply partially decomposed organic material, its properties can change dramatically depending on the kinds of plants that...
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...
Dec 2, 20231 min read
McCarthy's Oregon Single Malt
Not only was McCarthy’s the first peated single malt produced in the US, it was the first American Single Malt, period. They’ve been at...
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...
May 11, 20232 min read
A Tale of Two Tequila Casks
Tequila casks are just beginning to become popular as finishing vessels in American spirits. These casks usually end up in Mexico after...
Mar 14, 20233 min read
A tour of GlenKinchie
Glenkinchie is sometimes called "The Edinburgh Malt" for its close proximity to Scotland's Capital but is still a 30 minute drive from...
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 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
Glenfarclas 12
Throwback to my notes from this bottle years ago: "Absolute classic. Glenfarclas uses bourbon and sherry casks but it’s those sherry...
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 8, 20211 min read
Crowded Barrel Peated Single M.o.M.
Distiller: Crowded Barrel ABV: 54% Age: 8 months Casks: 5 gallon American Oak Rich and creamy, this single malt is young (under a year)...
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,...
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