Review #500 - Pappy Van Winkle's 15 Year Family Reserve
While many bourbons from the Buffalo Trace distillery are highly sought after, this is one of the hardest to find.
Review #499 - Ol' New Riff 6 Year Rye
The barrel entry proof for these casks was quite low by modern standards: 51.5% ABV, or 103 proof.
Review #498 - Ardbeg An Oa Re-Review
Ardbeg's An Oa is supposed to be the most approachable single malt of their core range.
Review #497 - Port Askaig 15 Year Single Cask (2006)
After distillation in 2006, this cask was aged for 15 years in an ex-bourbon hogshead.
Review #496 - Penderyn Icons of Wales Hiraeth
Penderyn's 'Icons of Wales' series celebrates famous people, events, or other things associated with Wales.
Review #495 - New Riff Single Barrel Bourbon - Wiseguy Lounge Pick 'Anthony Salerno'
Another Wiseguy Lounge pick that follows the speakeasy-style bar's gangster theme.
Review #493 - High West A Midwinter Nights Dram Act 11 Scene 7
For their annual limited release of A Midwinter Nights Dram, High West finishes rye whisky in Port wine barrels.
Review #493 - Bowmore 12 Year Re-Review
Today, we're revisiting an Islay single malt staple: the 12 Year Old from Bowmore.
Review #492 - Knob Creek 11 Year Single Barrel Select - Wiseguy Lounge Pick 'Lucky Luciano'
This single barrel selection comes in at 11 years old - a nice age statement on a modern version of Knob Creek.
Review #491 - Angel's Envy Cask Strength Bourbon Finished in Port Wine Barrels (2020)
This year's batch was bottled at 60.2% ABV (120.4 proof)
Review #490 - Single Malts of Scotland Laphroaig 9 Year Single Cask
Coming from cask number 188, this whisky was aged in a hogshead after distillation in 2013.
Review #489 - Compass Box Menagerie
The thought process behind this blended malt was to create a whisky that combined the heavier, more meaty components from Scotland's distilleries.
Review #488 - Barrell Foundation Double Barrel Bourbon
Barrell Craft Spirits recently started a new series - a core range, bottled at 100 proof, which comes at a more approachable price point.
Review #487 - Kilchoman Loch Gorm (2023)
For the 2023 edition of the annual Loch Gorm release, Kilchoman distillery vatted together 22 casks.
Review #486 - New Riff High Note 8 Year 100% Malted Rye
Instead of choosing a strength of 50% ABV to go along with their typical bottled-in-bond presentation, New Riff chose to bottle this release at barrel proof.
Review #485 - Jim Beam Black 7 Year Bourbon
Early in 2024, Jim Beam released a new age-stated budget bourbon: a 7 year old Black version.
Review #484 - Found North Peregrine 2024 Release
The 2024 release of Peregrine gets a 1 year bump in age statement compared to the previous version, as well as a revised Cognac to New Oak finishing ratio.
Review #483 - Blackadder Benrinnes Raw Cask 15 Year Barbados Rum Cask Finish
This whisky is all natural - no chill filtration, no coloring added - and bottled at cask strength.
Review #482 - Russell's Reserve 6 Year Rye
Wild Turkey and their Russell's Reserve brand may be known more for their bourbons, but they also produce a selection of rye whiskies.
Review #481 - Arran Sherry Cask 'The Bodega'
This is a NAS cask strength single malt, the spirit of which matured in sherry hogsheads.