Benriach 24 Years – 1997 Cask 15058 is the classic unpeated Benriach aged for 24 years in an Oloroso Puncheon. Which, on the surface sounds like it should be dynamite. Classic tasty Benriach in sherry? Yes please. Which also makes it a pretty simple, straight forward whisky to talk about up here. So… let’s get […]
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BenRiach 23 Years – 1998 Cask 10297 is the classic unpeated Benriach aged for 23 years in a Marsala Wine Hogshead… and I’m excited about it. When Marsala is done right it can enhance a whisky and deliver something truly unique. And that’s the question here. Will this Marsala cask join the memorable ranks of […]
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BenRiach 12 Years – 2009 Cask 3812 is the classic unpeated Benriach aged for 12 years in a Pedro Ximénez Puncheon. Which, if I’m being honest because we’re all friends here, is my least favorite of the potential sherry casks to age in. It’s not a “deal breaker” for me, I’ve had plenty of delicious […]
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Bruichladdich knows how to usher in fall, hello Octomore 13.2. The mornings and evenings carry a crispness, the leaves are falling as fast as the temperature and my glencairns are carrying more and more peated whiskey in them – well. more than usual anyway. This is my favorite time of the year. And this year, […]
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The 2022 Laphroaig Cairdeas Warehouse 1 is not the first time they’ve released a Laphroaig touting the “entirely aged in ex-Maker’s Mark barrels”. Or even the Warehouse 1 aging for that matter. They did this exact release 7 years ago (2015) with one notable exception: floor malting. The 2015 version of this was made entirely […]
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The second release from Sky’s second distillery, the Torabhaig Allt Gleann is made from “select parcels of casks” distilled in 2017 and 2018. Released in 2022 that would make this, at best, a 4-year-old whisky. Though to make that true the 2018 casks would all need to have been distilled in early 2018. I’d wager […]
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What’s the difference between release 1 and the Benriach Smoke Season 2nd Edition? Nothing. Well, the whisky itself obviously because it’s a new batch, but when it comes to the actual specs, the answer is nothing. It’s still a “double cask” release employing both new charred and used bourbon barrels, still peated, bottled at 105.6 […]
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Like the first edition, the Benriach Malting Season 2nd Edition is made from Benriach’s floor malted barley and aged in a combination of new and used cooperage. The only difference on the surface between the two is the ABV (#2 is .2 % higher), but after tasting, I’m wondering if it’s the casks too. This […]
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Indie Taliskers aren’t exactly rare, but they aren’t exactly plentiful either, so when this 2009 Old Particular Talisker 8 Years popped up at K&L I jumped on it immediately. Then I did what all obsessive whisky nerds do and hoarded it “just in case” I needed it for something. That something came in the form […]
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I like some of the Heaven’s Door Series, so I was excited to get my hands on this Heaven’s Door Decade Series 10 Years for two reasons: who doesn’t enjoy trying 10+ yo whiskey and this one is labeled as Straight. No the source still isn’t disclosed, but we’ll talk about that in a second. […]
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