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.
Review #460 - Benromach 15 Year
This 15 year old Benromach was aged in a combination of first fill ex-bourbon and ex-sherry casks.
Review #459 - Kilchoman 8 Year Ruby Port Finish - ImpEx Cask Evolution
ImpEx Beverages, a US-based spirits, partners with Kilchoman distillery to bottle a series of single casks.
Review #458 - Elijah Craig Barrel Select
A relatively exclusive bottling that's generally only available at the distillery or their other retail outlets in Kentucky.
Review #457 - Wolfburn 10 Year
Wolfburn was established in 2013, so they've theoretically had 10 year old spirit for nearly 2 years now.
Review #456 - New Riff Silver Grove Bourbon (2024 Release)
It takes that name from an old whisky bottling from the 1930s.
Review #455 - Glengoyne 18 Year
In the modern market, the 18 year mark is often viewed as the graduation to 'older' whisky.
Review #454 - Hatozaki Small Batch Japanese Whisky
This was matured in a mixture of ex-bourbon casks, ex-sherry casks, and the famous Mizunara oak casks.
Review #453 - Gordon & MacPhail Caol Ila 11 Year Single Cask - Binny's Pick
Caol Ila is one of the most common Islay Scotch whiskies to find via independent bottlers.
Review #452 - Rabbit Hole Dareringer
This bourbon, which is finished in Pedro Ximenez sherry casks for 6 to 8 months, is distilled in Indiana.