Willowbank 18 Years Old Batch 2
Lots of old wood and fruit influence as you’d expect for its age and ex-red wine cask, hints of eucalyptus in places but overall a superb woody old whisky! 85/100
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Teerenpeeli 5 Years Old Batch 1
Another great wine cask example from TBWC, I’ve no feeling for the original spirit but this felt like mostly sherry cask and perhaps not too much original spirit nature – certainly for a 5yo. The result is a very enjoyable sherried whisky. 84/100
A rather long verticale of young to middle aged Benrinnes
Benrinnes 11 yo 2009/2020 (46%, The Whisky Lodge, Orcines)Benrinnes 11 yo 2008/2020 (59.9%, James Eadie, 1st fill oloroso finish, cask #4/1, 563 bottles)Benrinnes 12 yo 2008/2021 (54.8%, Fable Whisky, The Ghost Piper of Clanyard Bay, Chapter One, hogsh…
Paul John Christmas Edition 2021 Review
It’s the most wonderful time of the year: the Paul John Christmas Edition 2021 is out! This marks the fourth release of this whisky, but only the third that’s made its way to the USA. Due to a snafu, 2018 never made it here and instead was enjoyed, a lot, throughout Europe and the UK. […]
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SCWC + Malt Nuts: Milk and Honey Tasting (Super Vertical)
Over the course of two nights, the Malt Nuts and the SCWC joined forces with the Milk and Honey distillery to taste through a massive chunk of what they’ve released to-date. There are some indies, early releases and small releases we didn’t have, but on the whole, we covered a large chunk of what’s been […]
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Wonderland Cask Strength Blend of Straight Whiskeys Review
I love seeing products like this Wonderland Cask Strength Blend of Straight Whiskeys in the market. It’s not a new idea to take whiskey from other distilleries and blend them to create something new, the whole Scotch industry is built on it, but it is fairly new in America… kinda. More like a modern resurgence […]
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Armorik 5 Years Old Batch 2
Very sweet on the nose but very balanced on the palate and eminently drinkable. Some sharp French oak tannins give a good edge or foil to the fruity Sauternes sweetness. 84/100
A wee pair of Aberfeldy
Aberfeldy 16 yo (40%, OB, +/-2021)Aberfeldy 15 yo 2005/2021 (55.3%, Quaich Bar Singapore, hogshead, 165 bottles)
Westland Garryana Edition 6
Every year, the folks at Westland put together something special with their Garryana releases; Westland Garryana Edition 6 is no different. Just taking a look at the casks used, and considering the cask management and blending experiments that took place to get to this exact whiskey is an impressive endeavor to think about. They pull […]
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