Review #480 - Adelphi Ben Nevis 10 Year Single Cask
Adelphi aged this single cask from Ben Nevis in an Oloroso sherry butt.
Review #479 - Early Time Bottled in Bond Bourbon
This brand changed hands in 2020, moving from the Brown-Forman portfolio into the hands of Sazerac.
Review #478 - Westland Garryana Edition 4|1 (2019)
The minimum aging time for these barrels was 3 years (44 months, to be specific), but there's a range of cask ages up to 5+ years involved.
Review #477 - SMWS 41.160 'What a Combination' - Dailuaine 12 Year
After spending 9 years in an ex-bourbon hogshead, the spirit was transferred into a first fill Rivesaltes wine barrique.
Review #476 - Isle of Raasay Lightly Peated Hebridean Single Malt
Isle of Raasay refers to their maturation combination as 'Na Sia,' which translates to 'The Six.'
Review #475 - New Riff Silver Grove Rye (2024 Release)
In 2024, New Riff added a rye whisky to the Silver Grove range.
Review #474 - Fercullen 4 Year Marsala Single Cask - SNUG First Anniversary Pick
To celebrate their first anniversary, SNUG of Irvington bottled this Fercullen single cask pick at the end of 2024.
Review #473 - Old Weller Antique Original 107 Brand
This squat bottling style can fetch a hefty sum at auction.
Review #472 - Kilkerran 8 Year Cask Strength - Sherry Cask Matured (2024)
Batch 10 of Kilkerran 8 Year Cask Strength is another sherry matured batch.
Review #471 - McCarthy's 5 Year Single Cask #157 - Westmoreland Liquor Pick
Most or all McCarthy's releases spend time aging in Garryana oak, a species native to the Pacific Northwest.
Review #470 - Compass Box Spice Tree
Balmenach and Glen Moray make up large portions of the blend, and the rest is comprised of their proprietary 'Highland Blend.'
Review #469 - Joseph A. Magnus Cigar Blend Bourbon Batch 176
Three types of casks are used for finishing for these blends: Armagnac, sherry, and Cognac.
Review #468 - SMWS 18.51 'Dark and Decadent' - Inchgower 15 Year
Another one of Diageo's rarely-seen distilleries, which we generally only get to try via independent bottlings.
Review #467 - Buffalo Trace Single Barrel - Wiseguy Lounge Pick 'Jewelry Fence'
This pick selected by the Wiseguy Lounge chain of bars.
Review #466 - Buffalo Trace Single Barrel - Wiseguy Lounge Pick 'Assassin'
Here's an example of the Wiseguy Lounge’s Buffalo Trace store picks, which are still bottled at the standard 45% ABV.
Review #465 - Signatory Vintage Dailuaine 13 Year Single Cask (2007)
This is something of a classic Speyside or Highland ex-bourbon style single malt.
Review #464 - Indri 9 Year Ex-Red Wine Single Cask - ImpEx Selection
Like Indri's other whiskies, this was made using 6 row barley, as opposed to the 2 row variety that's commonly used for single malt in other countries.
Review #463 - Indri 9 Year Ex-Bourbon Single Cask - ImpEx Selection
This cask is quite old for Indian whisky: 9 years, which is uncommon because of the hot, aggressive climate.
Review #462 - Ol' New Riff 6 Year Bourbon
New Riff’s attempt to create an old-fashioned style bourbon, closer to the way it would have been back in the 19th century.
Review #461 - Starlight Single Barrel Rye Finished in Honey Barrels
What Starlight really specialize in is finished whiskies - they've tried just about every cask type that we can think of.